page_title: 2005
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 2005 / Deaths / August
caption_attribution_description: Brother Roger at a prayer in Taizé
context_page_description: 2005 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2005th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 5th year of the 3rd millennium, the 5th year of the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2000s decade.
  2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. 2005 was also the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People.
context_section_description: August 1 – King Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1921)
  August 6 – Robin Cook, British politician (b. 1946)
  August 7 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-American news anchor (b. 1938)
  August 8
  Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress, artist, and children's author (b. 1922)
  Ahmed Deedat, South African preacher (b. 1918)
  August 9 – Matthew McGrory, American actor (b. 1973)
  August 11 - James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1927)
  August 12 – Lakshman Kadirgamar, foreign minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1932)
  August 13 – David Lange, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
  August 16
  Joe Ranft, American screenwriter, comedian, animator, storyboard artist, voice actor and magician (b. 1960)
  Brother Roger, Swiss monastic and founder of the Taizé Community (b. 1915)
  August 19
  Faimalaga Luka, 6th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1940)
  Mo Mowlam, British politician (b. 1949)
  August 23 – Brock Peters, American actor (b. 1927)
  August 31 – Joseph Rotblat, Polish-British physicist (b. 1908)
caption: Brother Roger
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