Famous Deaths for 5th September 2023

1901 – Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (b. 1853)
1912 – Arthur MacArthur, Jr, American career military officer (US Army – Civil War, American Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, Philippine–American War), dies at 67
1972 – Moshe Weinberg, Israeli Olympic wrestling coach, murdered in the Munich Olympic massacre by terrorists at 32
1977 – George Barnes, American swing-jazz and session guitarist, and electric guitar pioneer, dies of a heart attack at 56
1979 – Alberto di Jorio, Italian Cardinal and former head of the Vatican Bank, dies at 95
1993 – Mohamed Tabet, Moroccan police commissar of Casablanca, convicted of sexually abusing over 1,500 women, executed at 54
1993 – Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (Spy Who Loved Me), dies at 78
2000 – Roy Fredericks, West Indian cricket batsman (59 Tests @ 42.49, 8 x 100s; British Guyana, Glamorgan CCC), dies at 57
2015 – Jacques Israelievitch, French Canadian classical violinist, concertmaster (St. Louis Symphony, 1978-88; Toronto Symphony, 1988-2008), and music director (Koffler Chamber Orchestra, 2005-14), dies of lung cancer at 67
2022 – Hans Eder, German soccer defender (Hertha BSC) and manager (Hertha BSC 1974, 79, 85), dies at 87

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