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January 5th
171 Notable deaths
Calvin Coolidge
President of the united states from 1923 to 1929.
Born July 4th, 1872 in Plymouth Notch. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1933 at 60 years old in Northampton (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Sonny Bono
American entertainer, musician and politician (1935-1998).
Born February 16th, 1935 in Detroit. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1998 at 62 years old in Stateline (skiing accident). [ref]
George Washington Carver
African american botanist and inventor (1864-1943).
Born January 1st, 1864 in Diamond.
Died January 5th, 1943 at 79 years old in Tuskegee (anemia).
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-irish antarctic explorer (1874–1922).
Born February 15th, 1874 in Kilkea. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1922 at 47 years old in Grytviken (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Pete Maravich
American basketball player.
Born June 22nd, 1947 in Aliquippa.
Died January 5th, 1988 at 40 years old in Pasadena (myocardial infarction).
Jerry Van Dyke
American actor and comedian (1931–2018).
Born July 27th, 1931 in Danville.
Died January 5th, 2018 at 86 years old in Hot Springs (heart failure).
Francesca Hilton
American actress (1947-2015).
Born March 10th, 1947 in New York City.
Died January 5th, 2015 at 67 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
Eusébio
Portuguese footballer (1942–2014).
Born January 25th, 1942 in Maputo. [ref]
Died January 5th, 2014 at 71 years old in Lisbon (heart failure). [ref]
Max Born
German-jewish physicist and mathematician.
Born December 11th, 1882 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1970 at 87 years old in Göttingen. [ref]
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader (1922–1979).
Born April 22nd, 1922 in Nogales. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1979 at 56 years old in Cuernavaca (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner