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March 5, 2000 Franklin Garrett, American Historian March 5, 1999 Richard Kiley, actor, Man of La Mancha, dies at 76 March 5, 1996 Joshua Compston, art impressario, dies at 26 March 5, 1996 Khundaqar Mushtaq Amhed, president of Bangladesh (1975), dies March 5, 1996 Nicolas Cotoner y Cotoner, spanish courtier, dies at 90 March 5, 1996 Whit Bissell, actor (Time Tunnel), dies at 86 March 5, 1995 Ed Flanders, actor (Dr. Westphal-St. Elsewhere), dies March 5, 1995 Marguerite Kelsey, Engl painter/sculptor model (Haunting), dies at 86 March 5, 1995 Peter John Norton, naval diplomat/artist, dies at 82 March 5, 1995 Vivian Stanshall, British musician (Magical Mystery Tour), dies at 51 March 5, 1994 Abdullah Al-Sallal, President of Yemen (1962-67), dies March 5, 1994 Joe Daley, jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player, dies at 75 March 5, 1994 Paul Vincze, medallist, dies at 86 March 5, 1993 Diana Ochoa, dies after long illness at 80 March 5, 1993 Peter Bierdrager, Dutch Fokker's-test pilot, dies in air crash March 5, 1992 Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82 March 5, 1992 Yevgeny Yevstigneev, Russian actor (Welcome Kosta), dies at 65 March 5, 1991 August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92 March 5, 1991 Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland, dies at 109 March 5, 1990 Gary Merrill, actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 75 March 5, 1990 Gloria Carter Spann, President Carter's sister, dies at 63 of cancer March 5, 1984 Harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85 March 5, 1984 Michael Sklar, California, comedian (Laugh-in, Sha Na Na), dies at 39 March 5, 1984 Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (Scarpia in Tosca), dies at 68 March 5, 1984 William Powell, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 91 March 5, 1982 John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33 March 5, 1981 Brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64 March 5, 1981 Paul Horbiger, actor (3rd Man), dies at 86 March 5, 1980 Jay Silverheels, actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60 March 5, 1980 Winifred Wagner-William, German World Festival organizer, dies at 82 March 5, 1979 Vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81 March 5, 1977 Lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52 March 5, 1977 Moses Pergament, composer, dies at 83 March 5, 1974 Billy DeWolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67 March 5, 1974 Solomon I "Sol" Hurok, U.S. impresario, dies at 85 March 5, 1973 Rupert Crosse, actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45 March 5, 1972 Nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78 March 5, 1971 Winnie Lightner, actress (Gold Dust Gertie, Sit Tight), dies at 71 March 5, 1967 Mischa Auer, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 61 of a heart attack March 5, 1967 Mohammed H Mossadeq, premier of Persia (1951-53), dies March 5, 1966 Anna Achmatova, Ukrainian poet, dies at 76 March 5, 1966 Enrique E Ecker, Curaeaos/US bacteriologist, dies at 79 March 5, 1966 Anna Akhmatova, Russian Poet March 5, 1963 Cyril Smith, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 70 March 5, 1963 Hawkshaw Hawkins, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), dies at 41 March 5, 1963 Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy), dies in a plane crash at 30 March 5, 1962 Anne C Veth, Dutch cartoonist/art critic, dies at 82 March 5, 1962 Otakar Jeremias, composer, dies at 69 March 5, 1960 Dornford Yates, British Novelist March 5, 1956 Erich Itor Kahn, composer, dies at 50 March 5, 1954 Julian Lowell Coolidge, mathematician (Study-Segre school), dies at 80 March 5, 1953 Josef V Stalin, soviet leader responsible for 11M murders, dies at 73 March 5, 1953 Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, composer, dies at 61 March 5, 1953 Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader March 5, 1953 Sergei Prokofiev, Russian Composer March 5, 1952 Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer, dies at 63 March 5, 1950 Edgar Lee Masters, American Poet March 5, 1947 Alfredo Casella, Italian composer and conductor (La Giara), dies at 63 March 5, 1944 Max Jacob, French writer, dies in nazi concentration camp at 67 March 5, 1941 Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel 1927), dies at 82 March 5, 1932 Takuma Dan, Japanese baron/financier/industrial, murdered March 5, 1919 Jozef Surzynski, composer, dies at 67 March 5, 1904 Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71 March 5, 1895 Nikolai Leskow, writer, dies at 64 March 5, 1893 Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, dies at 64 March 5, 1893 Richard Samuel Hughes, composer, dies at 37 March 5, 1876 Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], Fren author, dies at 70 March 5, 1873 Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34 March 5, 1853 Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75 March 5, 1827 Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82 March 5, 1827 Pierre Laplace, French Mathematician March 5, 1795 Josef Reicha, composer, dies at 42 March 5, 1794 Ramon de la Cruz, Spanish playwright/translator, dies at 62 March 5, 1778 Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67 March 5, 1770 Crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre March 5, 1732 Joseph-Franeois Salomon, composer, dies at 82 March 5, 1644 Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73 March 5, 1625 James I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58 March 5, 1605 Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 March 5, 1576 Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Netherlands (1573-76), dies at 70 March 5, 1574 Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies March 5, 1561 Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 March 5, 1291 Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated March 5, 254 Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies March 5, 254 St. Lucius I, Pope (253-54), dies |