March 5 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1534 – Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)
• 1539 – Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)
• 1592 – Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (b. 1499)
• 1611 – Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)
• 1622 – Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
• 1695 – Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
• 1726 – Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician
• 1770 – Crispus Attucks, American Revolution figure
• 1776 – Yeongjo of Joseon of Korea (b. 1694)
• 1778 – Thomas Arne, English composer (b. 1710)
• 1815 – Franz Anton Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734)
• 1827 – Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician (b. 1749)
• 1827 – Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (b. 1745)
• 1829 – John Adams, British mutineer (b. 1766)
• 1849 – David Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)
• 1876 – Marie d'Agoult, German-born writer (b. 1805)
• 1893 – Hippolyte Taine, French historian (b. 1828)
• 1895 – Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer (b. 1831)
• 1895 – Henry Rawlinson, British soldier and scholar (b. 1810)
• 1903 – George Francis Robert Henderson, British soldier (b. 1854)
• 1904 – John Lowther du Plat Taylor, British Army officer (b. 1829)
• 1907 – Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843)
• 1925 – Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (b. 1859)
• 1926 – Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841)
• 1927 – Franz Mertens, German mathematician (b. 1840)
• 1929 – David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-born American automobile executive (b. 1854)
• 1931 – Fr. Arthur Tooth, British religious figure (b. 1839)
• 1935 – Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest-civil engineer (b. 1877)
• 1940 – Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (b. 1868)
• 1944 – Max Jacob, French poet and writer (b. 1876)
• 1945 – Lena Baker, American convicted murderer (b. 1901)
• 1947 – Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (b. 1883)
• 1950 – Edgar Lee Masters American poet, biographer and dramatist (b. 1868)
• 1953 – Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1953 – Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer, (b. 1891)
• 1953 – Joseph Stalin, Georgian leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
• 1955 – Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian politician (b. 1888)
• 1963 – Patsy Cline, American singer (b. 1932)
• 1963 – Cowboy Copas, American singer (b. 1913)
• 1963 – Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer (b. 1921)
• 1965 – Chen Cheng, Chinese politician (b. 1897)
• 1965 – Pepper Martin, American baseball player (b. 1904)
• 1966 – Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (b. 1889)
• 1967 – Georges Vanier, Canadian politician (b. 1888)
• 1967 – Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian Prime Minister (b. 1882)
• 1973 – Michael Jeffery, British music manager (b. 1933)
• 1974 – John Samuel Bourque, Canadian politician (b. 1894)
• 1974 – Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1974 – Sol Hurok, Russian-born American impresario (b. 1888)
• 1977 – Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (b. 1949)
• 1980 – Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (b. 1912)
• 1980 – Winifred Wagner, German opera producer (b. 1897)
• 1981 – Yip Harburg, American lyricist (b. 1896)
• 1982 – John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
• 1984 – Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (b. 1924)
• 1984 – Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (b. 1915)
• 1984 – William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1988 – Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian (b. 1933)
• 1990 – Gary Merrill, American film actor (b. 1915)
• 1993 – Cyril Collard, French author and filmmaker (b. 1957)
• 1995 – Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and touring car racer (b. 1952)
• 1995 – Vivian Stanshall, English musician (Bonzo Dog Band) (b. 1943)
• 1996 – Whit Bissell, American actor (b. 1909)
• 1997 – Samm Sinclair Baker, American dietician and author (b. 1909)
• 1997 – Jean Dréville, French film director (b. 1906)
• 1999 – Richard Kiley, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2000 – Rena Dor, Greek actress and singer (b. 1917)
• 2000 – Lolo Ferrari, French pornographic actress (b. 1962)
• 2004 – Walt Gorney, American actor (b. 1912)
• 2006 – Richard Kuklinski, American organized crime figure (b. 1935)
• 2008 – Joseph Weizenbaum, German-born American computer science professor (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter (b. 1925)