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In the year 1986
600 Notable deaths
Heather Angel
British actress (1909–1986).
Born February 9th, 1909 in Oxford. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1986 at 77 years old in Santa Barbara (cancer). [ref]
Siobhán McKenna
Irish stage and screen actress (1923-1986).
Born May 24th, 1922 in Belfast. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1986 at 64 years old in Dublin (lung cancer). [ref]
Marcel Dassault
French aircraft industrialist (1892-1986).
Born January 22nd, 1892 in 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1986 at 94 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Emilio Fernández
Mexican film director and actor (1904-1986).
Born March 26th, 1904 in Sabinas Municipality.
Died August 6th, 1986 at 82 years old in Mexico City (myocardial infarction).
Jerry Colonna
American musician, actor and comedian (1904-1986).
Born September 17th, 1904 in Boston.
Died November 21st, 1986 at 82 years old in Woodland Hills (kidney failure).
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist (1930-1986).
Born July 7th, 1930 in Eastman. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1986 at 55 years old in Philadelphia (pneumonia). [ref]
Paul Stewart
American actor (1908-1986).
Born March 13th, 1908 in New York City.
Died February 17th, 1986 at 77 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Dean Reed
Singer, musician, actor, writer, director (1938-1986).
Born September 22nd, 1938 in Denver.
Died June 13th, 1986 at 47 years old in Zeuthen (drowning).
Celâl Bayar
3rd president of turkey.
Born May 16th, 1883 in Umurbey. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 1986 at 103 years old in Istanbul. [ref]
Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
German world war ii u-boat captain (1911-1986).
Born December 11th, 1911 in Bremen.
Died April 18th, 1986 at 74 years old in Bremen.
Ye Jianying
Former head of state of the people's republic of china (1897-1986).
Born April 28th, 1897 in Jiaying Zhou.
Died October 22nd, 1986 at 89 years old in Beijing.
Coluche
French comedian and actor (1944-1986).
Born October 28th, 1944 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1986 at 41 years old in Opio (traffic collision). [ref]
Dar Robinson
American stunt performer and actor (1947-1986).
Born March 26th, 1947 in Los Angeles.
Died November 21st, 1986 at 39 years old in Page.
Daniel Balavoine
French recording artist; singer-songwriter (1952–1986).
Born February 5th, 1952 in Alençon. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1986 at 33 years old in Gourma-Rharous (aviation accident).
Masaji Kitano
Japanese businessman (1894-1986).
Born July 14th, 1894 in Tokyo.
Died May 17th, 1986 at 91 years old in Tokyo.
Teddy Wilson
American jazz pianist (1912–1986).
Born November 24th, 1912 in Austin.
Died July 31st, 1986 at 73 years old in New Britain (stomach cancer).
Flo Hyman
American volleyball player (1954-1986).
Born July 31st, 1954 in Inglewood.
Died January 24th, 1986 at 31 years old in Japan (Marfan syndrome, aortic dissection).
Lee Dorsey
American pop/r&b singer (1924–1986).
Born December 24th, 1924 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1986 at 61 years old in New Orleans (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Leonid Kantorovich
Russian mathematician (1912-1986).
Born January 19th, 1912 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1986 at 74 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Corita Kent
Pop artist (1918-1986).
Born November 20th, 1918 in Fort Dodge.
Died September 18th, 1986 at 67 years old in Boston (cancer).
Lyudmila Rudenko
Soviet chess player (1904-1986).
Born July 27th, 1904 in Lubny.
Died March 4th, 1986 at 81 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Brion Gysin
British-canadian painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist (1916-1986).
Born January 19th, 1916 in Taplow. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1986 at 70 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris (lung cancer). [ref]
Robert Abercrombie Lovett
Politician and united states navy officer (1895–1986).
Born September 14th, 1895 in Huntsville.
Died May 7th, 1986 at 90 years old in Locust Valley.
Michel de Certeau
French jesuit and scholar.
Born May 17th, 1925 in Chambéry. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1986 at 60 years old in Paris (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Theodor Busse
German general of infantry in the second world war (1897-1986).
Born December 15th, 1897 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died October 21st, 1986 at 88 years old in Wallerstein.
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