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In the year 1986
648 Notable deaths
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 (1925–1986).
Born May 17th, 1922 in Chambéry. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1986 at 63 years old in 15th arrondissement of 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.
Jan Zumbach
Royal air force flying ace (1915–1986).
Born April 14th, 1915 in Ursynów.
Died January 3rd, 1986 at 70 years old in Paris.
Peter Pears
English tenor (1910–1986).
Born June 22nd, 1910 in Farnham.
Died April 3rd, 1986 at 75 years old in Aldeburgh.
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter (1923-1986).
Born March 28th, 1923 in Pontiac.
Died August 21st, 1986 at 63 years old in Copenhagen (cancer).
Theodore H. White
American historian and author (1915–1986).
Born May 6th, 1915 in Dorchester.
Died May 15th, 1986 at 71 years old in New York City.
Moshe Feinstein
Great orthodox jewish rabbi of the 20th century (1895–1986).
Died March 23rd, 1986 at 91 years old in New York City.
Noel Streatfeild
British children's author (1895–1986).
Born December 24th, 1896 in Frant.
Died September 11th, 1986 at 89 years old in London, Greater London.
Helen B. Taussig
Jewish-american cardiologist (1898-1986).
Born May 24th, 1898 in Cambridge.
Died May 20th, 1986 at 87 years old in Kennett Square (car collision).
R. Gordon Wasson
American ethnobiologist (1898-1986).
Born September 22nd, 1898 in Great Falls.
Died December 23rd, 1986 at 88 years old in Binghamton.
George Nelson
American industrial designer (1908–1986).
Born May 29th, 1908 in Hartford.
Died March 5th, 1986 at 77 years old in New York City.
Dorothy Ashby
American jazz harpist (1932-1986).
Born August 6th, 1932 in Detroit. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1986 at 53 years old in Santa Monica (cancer). [ref]
Shigechiyo Izumi
Japanese supercentenarian.
Born June 29th, 1865 in Omonawa Magiri.
Died February 21st, 1986 at 120 years old in Isen (pneumonia).
Olive Deering
American actress (1918–1986).
Born October 11th, 1918 in New York City.
Died March 22nd, 1986 at 67 years old in New York City (cancer).
Altiero Spinelli
Italian politician (1907-1986).
Born August 31st, 1907 in Rome.
Died May 23rd, 1986 at 78 years old in Rome.
John W. Bricker
American politician (1893-1986).
Born September 6th, 1893 in Mount Sterling.
Died March 22nd, 1986 at 92 years old in Columbus.
Sonny Terry
American piedmont blues musician (1911–1986).
Born October 24th, 1911 in Greensboro.
Died March 11th, 1986 at 74 years old in Mineola.
Maurice Duruflé
French composer and organist.
Born January 11th, 1902 in Louviers. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1986 at 84 years old in Louveciennes. [ref]
Stanley Rous
6th president of fifa (1895–1986).
Born April 25th, 1895 in Mutford.
Died July 18th, 1986 at 91 years old in Paddington (leukemia).
Michele Sindona
Italian banker (1920–1986).
Died March 22nd, 1986 at 65 years old in Voghera (cyanide poisoning).
Harry Benjamin
German/american endocrinologist and sexologist.
Born January 12th, 1885 in Berlin.
Died August 24th, 1986 at 101 years old in New York City.
Georges Dumézil
French philologist (1898-1986).
Born March 4th, 1898 in 12th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died October 11th, 1986 at 88 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Guillermo Cano Isaza
Colombian journalist (1925-1986).
Born August 12th, 1925 in Bogotá.
Died December 17th, 1986 at 61 years old in Bogotá.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 648
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche