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July 5, 2006 Kenneth Lay, American Businessman July 5, 2004 Syreeta Wright, singer, Don't You Know With You I'm Born Again, dies at 58 July 5, 2004 Rodger Ward, American Celebrity July 5, 2003 N!xau, bushman/actor, The Gods Must Be Crazy, dies at 59 July 5, 2002 Katy Jurado, actress, High Noon, dies at 78 July 5, 2002 Ted Williams, athlete, last person to hit .400 for a season as a major leaguer, dies at 83 July 5, 1996 Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer, dies at 91 July 5, 1996 Clyde Wiegand, physicist, dies at 81 July 5, 1996 Lorna Young, salesperson, dies at 44 July 5, 1995 Adrienne Keith Cohen, travel editor, dies at 69 July 5, 1994 Ad Gang, Dutch Liberal Party asst sec of state, dies at 67 July 5, 1993 Harrison E. Salisbury, U.S. journalist (New York Times), dies at 84 July 5, 1993 Harrison Salisbury, American Journalist July 5, 1992 Georgia Brown, British singer and actress (Love at Stake), dies at 58 July 5, 1991 Howard Nemerow, U.S. poet laureate (Pulitzer), dies July 5, 1991 Mildred Dunnock, dies at 87 July 5, 1990 Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at 46 July 5, 1989 Ernesto Halffter, composer, dies at 84 July 5, 1985 Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86 July 5, 1985 Jack Robertson, South Africa cricket spinner (3 Tests vs. Aust 1935-36), dies July 5, 1985 Marion Byron, actress (Steamboat Bill Jr), dies at 73 July 5, 1983 Arie Querido, psychiatrist (social psychiatry), dies July 5, 1983 Harry James, swing-era bandleader/trumpet player, dies at 67 July 5, 1983 Vaclav Trojan, composer, dies at 76 July 5, 1981 Jorge Urrutia Blondel, composer, dies at 75 July 5, 1980 Archibald James Potter, composer, dies at 61 July 5, 1979 Elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles), dies at 87 July 5, 1979 Judson Laire, actor/singer (Papa-Mama), dies at 76 July 5, 1969 Ben Alexander, dies at 58 July 5, 1969 Tom Mboya, Kenyian economics minister, assassinated in Narobi at 65 July 5, 1969 Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at 86 July 5, 1969 Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85 July 5, 1967 Bruce Barton, American Author July 5, 1963 Daniel Ruyneman, composer, dies at 76 July 5, 1951 James Norman Hall, American Author July 5, 1950 Kenneth Shadrick, Pvt from WV becomes 1st U.S. fatality in Korean War July 5, 1950 Salvatore Giuliano, Sicilian bandit, shot by police July 5, 1948 Carole Landis, U.S. actress (1 Million BC, Topper Returns), dies at 29 July 5, 1948 G Bernanos, writer, dies at 60 July 5, 1948 Peter JM Aalberse, Dutch minister of Labor, dies at 77 July 5, 1944 William Gillies Whittaker, composer, dies at 67 July 5, 1941 Oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69 July 5, 1935 Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament expert, dies at 58 July 5, 1925 Hjalmar Borgstrom, composer, dies at 61 July 5, 1920 Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor, dies at 63 July 5, 1911 George J Stoney, Irish physicist, dies at 85 July 5, 1909 Emil Bohn, composer, dies at 70 July 5, 1908 Jonas LI Lie, Norwegian writer (Kommandorens dottre), dies at 74 July 5, 1908 Peter Oliver, English Artist July 5, 1907 Maria Anna Mahler, Gustav Mahlers eldest daughter, dies at 5 July 5, 1905 Carel V Gerritsen, free thinker, dies July 5, 1894 Betty Paoli, writer, dies July 5, 1887 August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies July 5, 1886 Henry Gerhard, founder (Social-Democratic Union), dies at 57 July 5, 1884 Victor Masse, composer, dies at 62 July 5, 1883 Frederick Scotson Clark, composer, dies at 42 July 5, 1871 Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess, dies July 5, 1852 Johann Baptist Weigl, composer, dies at 69 July 5, 1803 William Jackson, composer, dies at 73 July 5, 1681 Fjodor Aleksejevitsj, tsar of Russia, dies July 5, 1626 Stephan Fadinger, Austrian boer leader, dies in battle July 5, 1539 Antonio M Zaccaria, Italian physician/saint, dies |