Notable deaths on December 5

Canadian and American architect (1929–2025)

American racing driver (1986–2025)

French poet, writer and mathematician (1932–2024)

American screenwriter and producer (1922–2023)

American actress (1951–2022)

American politician and attorney (1923–2021)

English golfer and broadcaster (1931–2020)

American actor (1940–2019)

Canadian pornographic film actress (1994–2017)

King of Romania (r. 1927–1930, 1940–1947)

American rapper

Indian actress and politician (1948–2016)

American businessperson and food writer (1915–2015)

US Army soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (1929–2015)

American evangelical clergyman

(1931–2014) American aviator

Queen of the Belgians from 1960 to 1993

Irish politician (1931–2014)

Mexican historian (1909–2014)

Turkish writer and historian (1931–2014)

American architect (1917–2013)

President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999

American diplomat (1927–2013)

American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012)