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In the year 1986
648 Notable deaths
Abdul Fattah Ismail
President of south yemen (1939-1986).
Born July 28th, 1939 in Al Aghābirah. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1986 at 46 years old in Aden.
Helen Mack
American actress (1913-1986).
Born November 12th, 1913 in Rock Island.
Died August 13th, 1986 at 72 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer).
Jacques-Henri Lartigue
French photographer and painter (1894–1986).
Born June 13th, 1894 in Courbevoie.
Died September 12th, 1986 at 92 years old in Nice.
Carl Ferdinand Cori
Czech nobel prize laureate and scientist (1896–1984).
Born December 5th, 1896 in Prague.
Died October 20th, 1986 at 89 years old in Cambridge.
Blanche Sweet
American actress (1896–1986).
Born June 18th, 1896 in Chicago.
Died September 6th, 1986 at 90 years old in New York City (stroke).
Floyd Gottfredson
American cartoonist (1905-1986).
Born May 5th, 1905 in Kaysville. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1986 at 81 years old in La Crescenta-Montrose. [ref]
Bob Kaufman
African american beat poet (1925–1986).
Born April 18th, 1925 in New Orleans.
Died January 12th, 1986 at 60 years old in San Francisco.
Arthur Grumiaux
Belgian violinist and pianist (1921-1986).
Born March 21st, 1921 in Villers-Perwin.
Died October 16th, 1986 at 65 years old in Brussels.
Robert Sanderson Mulliken
American physicist, chemist and botanical collector (1896 - 1986).
Born June 7th, 1896 in Newburyport.
Died October 31st, 1986 at 90 years old in Arlington County (heart failure).
Friedrich von Ledebur
Austro-hungarian actor.
Died December 25th, 1986 at 86 years old in Schwertberg.
Ted Lyons
American baseball player and coach (1900-1986).
Born December 28th, 1900 in Lake Charles.
Died July 25th, 1986 at 85 years old in Sulphur.
Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari
Iranian grand ayatollah (1906-1986).
Born January 6th, 1906 in Tabriz.
Died April 3rd, 1986 at 80 years old in Tehran (kidney failure).
Walter Wanderley
Brazilian pianist, organist and arranger (1932-1986) of bossa nova and latin jazz.
Born May 12th, 1932 in Recife.
Died September 4th, 1986 at 54 years old in San Francisco (cancer).
Willy Coppens
Fighter ace (1892–1986).
Born July 6th, 1892 in Watermael-Boitsfort.
Died December 21st, 1986 at 94 years old in Berchem.
Gaston Defferre
French politician (1910–1986).
Born September 14th, 1910 in Marsillargues.
Died May 7th, 1986 at 75 years old in Marseille.
John Braine
British novelist (1922–1986).
Born April 13th, 1922 in Bradford.
Died October 28th, 1986 at 64 years old in London.
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer (1905–1986).
Born April 2nd, 1905 in Pyrohiv. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1986 at 81 years old in Lausanne.
Nii Amaa Ollennu
Judge, former speaker of the parliament and former acting president of ghana (1906-1986).
Died December 22nd, 1986 at 80 years old
Claude Jutra
Canadian actor, film director, and screenwriter (1930–1986).
Born March 11th, 1930 in Montreal.
Died November 5th, 1986 at 56 years old in Montreal (drowning).
Arthur Llewellyn Basham
British historian and indologist (1914-1986).
Born May 24th, 1914 in Loughton.
Died January 27th, 1986 at 71 years old in Kolkata.
Moses I. Finley
American-born british academic and classical scholar (1912–1986).
Born May 20th, 1912 in New York City.
Died June 23rd, 1986 at 74 years old in Cambridge.
Thierry Sabine
French racing driver (1949–1986).
Born June 13th, 1949 in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Died January 14th, 1986 at 36 years old in Gourma-Rharous (aviation accident).
Hermann Gmeiner
Austrian philanthropist (1919–1986).
Born June 23rd, 1919 in Alberschwende.
Died April 26th, 1986 at 66 years old in Innsbruck.
Nikolay Semyonov
Soviet physical chemist (1896-1986).
Born April 15th, 1896 in Saratov. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1986 at 90 years old in Moscow.
Cheryl Crawford
American theatre director and producer (1902-1986).
Born September 24th, 1902 in Akron.
Died October 7th, 1986 at 84 years old in New York City.
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