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In the year 1985
582 Notable deaths
Johanna Wolf
Secretary to adolf hitler.
Born June 1st, 1900 in Munich.
Died June 5th, 1985 at 85 years old in Munich.
Alvah Bessie
American politician (1904-1985).
Born June 4th, 1904 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1985 at 81 years old in Terra Linda. [ref]
Harald Cramér
Swedish mathematician (1893–1985).
Born September 25th, 1893 in Hedvig Eleonora parish. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1985 at 92 years old in Oscar Parish.
Georgia Hale
American silent film actress.
Born June 24th, 1905 in St. Joseph. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1985 at 79 years old in Hollywood. [ref]
Alister Hardy
British marine biologist (1896–1985).
Born February 10th, 1896 in Nottingham. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1985 at 89 years old in Oxford.
Manfred Winkelhock
German racing driver (1951-1985).
Born October 6th, 1952 in Waiblingen.
Died August 12th, 1985 at 32 years old in Toronto.
Floyd Crosby
American cinematographer (1899-1985).
Born December 12th, 1899 in West Philadelphia.
Died September 30th, 1985 at 85 years old in Ojai.
Dmitry Konstantinovich Belyayev
Russian biologist.
Born July 17th, 1917 in Kostroma.
Died November 14th, 1985 at 68 years old in Novosibirsk.
Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter (1894-1985).
Born January 16th, 1894 in Odesa.
Died April 21st, 1985 at 91 years old in Palm Springs.
Ferhat Abbas
Algerian politician (1899-1985), president of provisional government of algeria, president of the national constitutional assembly of algeria.
Born August 24th, 1899 in Chahna.
Died December 24th, 1985 at 86 years old in Algiers. [ref]
Abe Lenstra
Dutch footballer (1920-1985).
Born November 27th, 1920 in Heerenveen.
Died September 2nd, 1985 at 64 years old in Heerenveen.
Milton H. Greene
Photographer, film producer (1922–1985).
Born March 14th, 1922 in New York City.
Died August 8th, 1985 at 63 years old in Los Angeles (lymphoma).
George Murdock
American anthropologist.
Born May 11th, 1897 in Meriden.
Died March 29th, 1985 at 87 years old in Devon.
Hedley Bull
Australian academic (1932-1985).
Born June 10th, 1932 in Sydney. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1985 at 52 years old in Oxford (cancer). [ref]
Zarifa Aliyeva
Azerbaijani ophthalmologist (1923-1985).
Born April 28th, 1923 in Sharur District.
Died April 15th, 1985 at 61 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Seiji Miyaguchi
Actor (1913-1985).
Born November 15th, 1913 in Tokyo.
Died April 12th, 1985 at 71 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer).
Masten Gregory
Racecar driver (1932-1985).
Born February 29th, 1932 in Kansas City.
Died November 8th, 1985 at 53 years old in Porto Ercole (myocardial infarction).
Helen Rose
American costume designer (1904-1985).
Born February 2nd, 1904 in Chicago.
Died November 9th, 1985 at 81 years old in Palm Springs.
Paul Flory
American chemist (1910-1985).
Born June 19th, 1910 in Sterling.
Died September 9th, 1985 at 75 years old in Big Sur (myocardial infarction). [ref]
C. B. van Niel
Dutch-american microbiologist (1897–1985).
Born November 4th, 1897 in Haarlem.
Died March 10th, 1985 at 87 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Max Zaslofsky
American basketball player and coach (1925–1985).
Born December 7th, 1925 in Brooklyn.
Died October 15th, 1985 at 59 years old in Long Island (leukemia).
Kirill Moskalenko
Soviet military commander (1902-1985).
Born May 11th, 1902 in Hryshyne.
Died June 17th, 1985 at 83 years old in Moscow.
Vasyl Stus
Ukrainian poet, publicist and dissident (1938–1985).
Born January 6th, 1938 in Rakhnivka. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1985 at 47 years old in Perm-36. [ref]
Saunders Lewis
Welsh writer and politician (1893-1985).
Born October 15th, 1893 in Wallasey.
Died September 1st, 1985 at 91 years old in Cardiff. [ref]
Deaths 176 to 200 of 582
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk