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In the year 1985
582 Notable deaths
George Devereux
Ethnologist (1908–1985).
Born September 13th, 1908 in Lugoj. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1985 at 76 years old in Paris, 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Zoran Radmilović
Serbian actor (1933-1985).
Born May 11th, 1933 in Zaječar.
Died July 21st, 1985 at 52 years old in Belgrade (colorectal cancer).
Charlotte Delbo
French writer and resistance fighter (1913-1985).
Born August 10th, 1913 in Vigneux-sur-Seine. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1985 at 71 years old in Paris (lung cancer). [ref]
Denis de Rougemont
Swiss writer (1906-1985).
Born September 8th, 1906 in Couvet.
Died December 6th, 1985 at 79 years old in Geneva.
Cora Coralina
Brazilian writer and poet..
Born August 20th, 1889 in Goiás.
Died April 10th, 1985 at 95 years old in Goiânia.
Charles K. Bliss
Chemical engineer, inventor of blissymbolics.
Born September 5th, 1897 in Chernivtsi.
Died July 13th, 1985 at 87 years old in Sydney.
Friedrich Ruge
German admiral (1894-1985).
Born December 24th, 1894 in Leipzig.
Died July 3rd, 1985 at 90 years old in Tübingen.
Victor Capesius
Concentration camp pharmacist, nazi war criminal (1907–1985).
Born February 7th, 1907 in Miercurea Sibiului.
Died March 20th, 1985 at 78 years old in Göppingen.
Monroe Beardsley
American philosopher.
Born December 10th, 1915 in Bridgeport.
Died October 18th, 1985 at 69 years old in Philadelphia.
Gaston Rébuffat
French mountaineer.
Born May 7th, 1921 in Marseille. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1985 at 64 years old in Bobigny (cancer).
Werner Schröer
German world war ii fighter pilot (1918–1985).
Born February 12th, 1918 in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
Died February 10th, 1985 at 66 years old in Ottobrunn.
Eugene Lyons
20th-century american journalist and writer.
Born July 1st, 1898 in Uzliany.
Died January 7th, 1985 at 86 years old in New York City.
Iosif Shklovsky
Soviet astronomer.
Born July 1st, 1916 in Hlukhiv.
Died March 3rd, 1985 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Alí Primera
Venezuelan musician (1941–1985).
Born October 31st, 1941 in Coro.
Died February 16th, 1985 at 43 years old in Caracas (traffic collision).
Penn Nouth
Cambodian prime minister (1906–1985).
Born April 1st, 1906 in Phnom Penh.
Died May 18th, 1985 at 79 years old in Châtenay-Malabry.
Tatiana Proskouriakoff
American mayanist scholar (1909-1985).
Born January 23rd, 1909 in Tomsk.
Died August 30th, 1985 at 76 years old in Watertown (Alzheimer's disease).
D. J. Opperman
South african poet (1914–1985).
Born September 29th, 1914 in Dannhauser.
Died September 22nd, 1985 at 70 years old in Stellenbosch. [ref]
Fred Uhlman
German-english writer, painter and lawyer of jewish origin (1901-1985).
Born January 19th, 1901 in Stuttgart.
Died April 11th, 1985 at 84 years old in London.
Gohar Mamajiwala
Indian actress (1910–1985).
Born November 19th, 1910 in Lahore.
Died September 28th, 1985 at 74 years old in Mumbai.
Claudio Cassinelli
Italian actor (1938–1985).
Born September 29th, 1938 in Bologna.
Died July 13th, 1985 at 46 years old in Page (aircraft crash).
Paul Peter Ewald
German physicist (1888–1985).
Born January 23rd, 1888 in Berlin.
Died August 22nd, 1985 at 97 years old in Ithaca.
Elias Sarkis
Sixth president of lebanon (1924-1985).
Died June 27th, 1985 at 60 years old in Paris (disease).
Jetta Goudal
Actress.
Born July 12th, 1891 in Amsterdam.
Died January 14th, 1985 at 93 years old in Los Angeles.
Harry Harvey
American actor (1901-1985).
Born January 10th, 1901 in Indian Territory.
Died November 27th, 1985 at 84 years old in Sylmar.
Ernst Öpik
Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (1893-1985).
Born October 22nd, 1893 in Kunda.
Died September 10th, 1985 at 91 years old in Bangor.
Deaths 251 to 275 of 582
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon