In the year 1985
631 Notable deaths
Gaston Rébuffat
French mountaineer.
Born May 7th, 1921 in Marseille.
Died May 31st, 1985 at 64 years old in Bobigny (cancer).
Iosif Shklovsky
Soviet astronomer (1916–1985).
Born July 1st, 1916 in Hlukhiv.
Died March 3rd, 1985 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Charles K. Bliss
Chemical engineer, inventor of blissymbolics (1897–1985).
Born September 5th, 1897 in Chernivtsi.
Died July 13th, 1985 at 87 years old in Sydney.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Scott Brady
American actor (1924-1985).
Born September 13th, 1924 in Brooklyn.
Died April 16th, 1985 at 60 years old in Los Angeles (pulmonary emphysema).
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.
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]
Elias Sarkis
Sixth president of lebanon (1924-1985).
Born July 18th, 1924 in Chbaniye. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1985 at 60 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (disease). [ref]
Claudio Cassinelli
Italian actor (1938–1985).
Born September 13th, 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.
Gohar Mamajiwala
Indian actress (1910–1985).
Born November 19th, 1910 in Lahore.
Died September 28th, 1985 at 74 years old in Mumbai.
Harry Harvey
American actor (1901-1985).
Born January 10th, 1901 in Indian Territory.
Died November 27th, 1985 at 84 years old in Sylmar.
Jetta Goudal
Actress (1891–1985).
Born July 12th, 1891 in Amsterdam.
Died January 14th, 1985 at 93 years old in Los Angeles.
Sergei Gerasimov
Soviet film director, screenwriter, actor (1906-1985).
Born June 3rd, 1906 in Kundravy.
Died November 26th, 1985 at 79 years old in Moscow.
Helmuth Plessner
German philosopher and sociologist (1892–1985).
Born September 4th, 1892 in Wiesbaden.
Died June 12th, 1985 at 92 years old in Göttingen.
Ernst Öpik
Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (1893-1985).
Born October 22nd, 1893 in Kunda.
Died September 10th, 1985 at 91 years old in Bangor.
Tadeusz Pełczyński
Polish general (1892–1985).
Born February 14th, 1892 in Warsaw.
Died January 3rd, 1985 at 92 years old in London.
Marion Byron
American actress (1911-1985).
Born March 16th, 1911 in Dayton.
Died July 5th, 1985 at 74 years old in Santa Monica (disease).
Carter Brown
English writer (1923-1985).
Born August 1st, 1923 in London.
Died May 5th, 1985 at 61 years old in Cremorne.
Aksel Airo
Finnish army general (1898–1985).
Born February 14th, 1898 in Turku. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1985 at 87 years old in Heinola.
Wolfgang Kieling
German actor (1924–1985).
Born March 16th, 1924 in Neukölln.
Died October 7th, 1985 at 61 years old in Hamburg (cancer).
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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving