Notable deaths on March 5

German operatic bass (1938–2017)

American football player (1920–2016)

Sudanese religious and political leader (1932–2016)

American computer programmer (1941–2016)

American Catholic cardinal (1932–2015)

Serbian musician

Scottish economist (1963–2014)

American actor and game show host

Spanish poet (1948–2014)

United States Army officer (1931–2014)

American creationist (1921–2013)

President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013

American professional wrestling manager (1954–2013)

New Zealand-born writer

Welsh actor (1934–2012)

United States Army soldier and the first Sergeant Major of the Army

Musical artist

American filmmaker and actor (1938–2010)

English actor and screenwriter (1923–2010)

German-American computer scientist (1923–2008)

English cleric and cricketer (1929–2005)

French pornographic actress (1963–2000)

American actor (1922–1999)

French film director