Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 05-Aug

Died on This Day (05-Aug)

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
	Toni Morrison	Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison , known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist, essayist, book editor, and college professor.	American novelist	88	1
	Helen Alexander	Dame Helen Anne Alexander DBE was a British businesswoman.	British businesswoman	60	3
	George Cole	George Edward Cole, OBE was an English actor whose career spanned 75 years.	English actor	90	5
	Roland Charles Wagner	Roland C. Wagner was a French writer of humorous science fiction.	French writer	51	8
	Francisco María Aguilera González	Francisco María Aguilera González was a Mexican Bishop of the Roman Catholic ChurchAguilera González was born in Guanajuato and was ordained a priest April 11, 1943.	Catholic bishop	92	10
	Samuel J. Tedesco	Samuel J. Tedesco was an American politician who was the 96th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1963 to 1966.	American politician	88	17
	Menachem Avidom	Menachem Avidom was an Israeli composer. His Hebrew surname is the combination of the names of his daughters Daniella and Miriam .	Israeli composer of Polish descent	87	25
	Carlo Tamberlani	Carlo Tamberlani was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1931 and 1976.	Italian film actor	81	40
	Otto Hardwick	Otto James "Toby" Hardwicke was an American saxophone player associated with Duke Ellington.	American musician	66	50
	Friedrich Engels	Friedrich Engels əlz, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈʔɛŋl̩s]), sometimes anglicised as Frederick Engels , was a German philosopher, critic of political economy, historian, political theorist and revolutionary socialist.	German political philosopher	74	125

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
	Ellen Joyce Loo	‹See TfM› Ellen Joyce Loo Hoi Tung was a Canadian-Hong Kong musician, singer-songwriter and record producer.	Canadian-born Hong Kong singer	32	2
	Robin Chichester-Clark	Sir Robert "Robin" Chichester-Clark was Member of Parliament for Londonderry in the British House of Commons from 1955 until February 1974, and to date was the last member representing a seat in Northern Ireland to be a British government minister.	British government minister	88	4
	George Duke	George M. Duke was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer.	American musician	67	7
	Andrzej Lepper	Andrzej Zbigniew Lepper ; 13 June 1954 – 5 August 2011) was a Polish politician who was the leader of Samoobrona RP political party.	Polish politician	57	9
	Jane Lawrence	Jane Lawrence Smith , born Jane Brotherton, was an American actress and opera singer who was part of the New York art scene beginning in the 1950s.	American opera singer and actor	90	15
	Alec Guinness	Sir Alec Guinness was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets , in which he played nine different characters, The Lavender Hill Mob , for which he received his first Academy Award nomination, and The Ladykillers .	English actor	86	20
	Arnold Horween	Arnold Horween was an American college and professional American football player and coach.	American football player and coach	87	35
	Gustav von Wangenheim	Gustav von Wangenheim was a German nobleman, actor, screenwriter and director.	German politician	80	45
	Amos Whitney	Amos Whitney was a mechanical engineer and inventor who co-founded the Pratt & Whitney company.	American businessman	87	100
	Ethan A. Hitchcock	Ethan Allen Hitchcock was a career United States Army officer and author who had War Department assignments in Washington, D.	Union Army general	72	150