In the year 1985
631 Notable deaths
Gábor Szegő
Hungarian mathematician.
Born January 20th, 1895 in Kunhegyes.
Died August 7th, 1985 at 90 years old in Palo Alto.
Hans Keller
Austrian-british musician and writer (1919–1985).
Born March 11th, 1919 in Vienna.
Died November 6th, 1985 at 66 years old in London (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Charles Francis Richter
Seismologist and mathematician.
Born April 26th, 1900 in Overpeck.
Died September 30th, 1985 at 85 years old in Pasadena.
Paulino Uzcudun
Spanish boxer (1899–1985).
Born May 3rd, 1899 in Errezil.
Died July 5th, 1985 at 86 years old in Madrid.
Shiva Naipaul
Trinidad and tobago writer (1945–1985).
Born February 25th, 1945 in Port of Spain.
Died August 13th, 1985 at 40 years old in London Borough of Camden (traffic collision).
Morrie Ryskind
American activist and entertainer (1895-1985).
Born October 20th, 1895 in Brooklyn.
Died August 24th, 1985 at 89 years old in Washington, D.C..
Afet İnan
Turkish sociologist (1908–1985).
Born November 29th, 1908 in Salonica vilayet.
Died June 8th, 1985 at 76 years old in Ankara (myocardial infarction).
Dragan Mance
Serbian footballer (1962-1985).
Born September 26th, 1962 in Belgrade.
Died September 3rd, 1985 at 22 years old in Zemun (traffic collision).
Infanta Isabel Alfonsa of Spain
Spanish and bourbon-two sicilian royal (1904-1985).
Born October 16th, 1904 in Madrid.
Died July 18th, 1985 at 80 years old in Madrid.
Tom Adams
Prime minister of barbados.
Born September 24th, 1931 in Barbados.
Died March 11th, 1985 at 53 years old in Barbados (myocardial infarction).
Bill McKell
Former governor-general of australia (1891-1985).
Born September 26th, 1891 in Pambula.
Died January 11th, 1985 at 93 years old in Waverley.
Max-Josef Pemsel
German general (1897–1985).
Born January 15th, 1897 in Regensburg.
Died June 30th, 1985 at 88 years old in Ulm. [ref]
Kate Roberts
Welsh author (1891–1985).
Born February 13th, 1891 in Cae'r Gors.
Died April 14th, 1985 at 94 years old in Denbigh.
Tage Danielsson
Swedish actor, writer and director (1928–1985).
Born February 5th, 1928.
Died October 13th, 1985 at 57 years old in Lidingö Parish (melanoma).
Kyril Bonfiglioli
British art dealer (1928–1985).
Born May 29th, 1928 in Eastbourne.
Died March 3rd, 1985 at 56 years old in Jersey (liver cirrhosis).
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.
Alí Primera
Venezuelan musician (1941–1985).
Born October 31st, 1941 in Falcón, Coro.
Died February 16th, 1985 at 43 years old in Caracas (traffic collision).
George London
Opera singer from canada (1920-1985).
Born May 30th, 1920 in Montreal.
Died March 24th, 1985 at 64 years old in New York City (disease).
Zoran Radmilović
Serbian actor (1933-1985).
Born May 11th, 1933 in Zaječar.
Died July 21st, 1985 at 52 years old in Belgrade (colorectal cancer).
Alex La Guma
South african novelist and politician (1925–1985).
Born February 20th, 1925 in Cape Town.
Died October 11th, 1985 at 60 years old in Havana.
Charlotte Delbo
French writer and resistance fighter (1913-1985).
Born August 10th, 1913 in Vigneux-sur-Seine.
Died March 1st, 1985 at 71 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris (lung cancer).
George Devereux
Ethnologist (1908–1985).
Born September 13th, 1908 in Lugoj. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1985 at 76 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris, Paris. [ref]
Denis de Rougemont
Swiss writer (1906-1985).
Born September 8th, 1906 in Couvet.
Died December 6th, 1985 at 79 years old in Geneva.
Friedrich Ruge
German admiral (1894-1985).
Born December 24th, 1894 in Leipzig.
Died July 3rd, 1985 at 90 years old in Tübingen.
Cora Coralina
Brazilian writer and poet..
Born August 20th, 1889 in Goiás.
Died April 10th, 1985 at 95 years old in Goiânia.
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner