In the year 1986
648 Notable deaths
Liu Bocheng
Marshal of the people's republic of china (1892-1986).
Born December 4th, 1892 in Kaizhou District.
Died December 7th, 1986 at 94 years old in Beijing.
Chesley Bonestell
American science fiction and space illustrator (1888-1986).
Born January 1st, 1888 in San Francisco.
Died June 11th, 1986 at 98 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Peter Capell
German actor (1912-1986).
Born September 3rd, 1912 in Berlin.
Died March 3rd, 1986 at 73 years old in Munich.
Nikhil Banerjee
Indian sitar player (1931–1986).
Born October 14th, 1931 in Kolkata.
Died January 27th, 1986 at 54 years old in Kolkata.
Charles Starrett
American actor (1903–1986).
Born March 28th, 1903 in Athol.
Died March 22nd, 1986 at 82 years old in Borrego Springs (cancer).
Ian Marter
English actor and writer (1944-1986).
Born October 28th, 1944 in Coventry.
Died October 28th, 1986 at 42 years old in London (myocardial infarction, diabetes).
Manly Wade Wellman
American writer (1903-1986).
Born May 21st, 1903 in Portuguese Angola.
Died April 5th, 1986 at 82 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Tommy Farr
British boxer (1913-1986).
Born March 12th, 1913 in Clydach Vale.
Died March 1st, 1986 at 72 years old in Shoreham-by-Sea.
Walter Brooke
American actor (1914-1986).
Born October 23rd, 1914 in New York City.
Died August 20th, 1986 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (pulmonary emphysema).
Elisabeth Bergner
Austrian-german actress (1897–1986).
Born August 22nd, 1897 in Drohobych.
Died May 12th, 1986 at 88 years old in London (cancer).
Raúl Prebisch
Argentine economist (1901-1986).
Born April 17th, 1901 in San Miguel de Tucumán.
Died April 29th, 1986 at 85 years old in Santiago (myocardial infarction).
Josef Kammhuber
German general (1896–1986).
Born August 19th, 1896 in Tüßling. [ref]
Died January 25th, 1986 at 89 years old in Munich.
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist (1922–1986).
Born March 2nd, 1922 in New York City.
Died November 3rd, 1986 at 64 years old in Culver City.
Oscar Zariski
American mathematician (1899–1986).
Born April 24th, 1899 in Kobryn.
Died July 4th, 1986 at 87 years old in Brookline.
Lord David Cecil
British biographer, historian and academic (1902–1986).
Born April 9th, 1902 in Hatfield House.
Died January 1st, 1986 at 83 years old in Dorset.
Howard da Silva
American actor (1909–1986).
Born May 4th, 1909 in Cleveland.
Died February 16th, 1986 at 76 years old in Ossining (lymphoma).
John Ciardi
American poet, professor, translator (1916–1986).
Born June 24th, 1916 in Boston.
Died March 30th, 1986 at 69 years old in Edison.
Jorge Alessandri
Chilean politician and president (1896–1986).
Born May 19th, 1896 in Santiago.
Died August 31st, 1986 at 90 years old in Santiago.
Yaroslav Stetsko
Prime minister of ukraine (1912–1986).
Born January 19th, 1912 in Ternopil.
Died July 5th, 1986 at 74 years old in Munich.
Leona Woods
American nuclear physicist (1919–1986).
Born August 9th, 1919 in La Grange.
Died November 10th, 1986 at 67 years old in Santa Monica.
King Clancy
Canadian ice hockey player.
Born February 25th, 1903 in Ottawa.
Died November 10th, 1986 at 83 years old in Toronto.
Jaroslav Seifert
Czechoslovak poet, nobel prize laureate (1901–1986).
Born September 23rd, 1901 in Žižkov. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1986 at 84 years old in Prague. [ref]
Ismail al-Faruqi
Palestinian-american muslim philosopher and scholar (1921–1986).
Born January 1st, 1921 in Jaffa.
Died May 27th, 1986 at 65 years old in Wyncote (stabbing).
Sydney J. Harris
British american journalist (1917–1986).
Born September 14th, 1917 in London.
Died December 8th, 1986 at 69 years old in Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Ding Ling
Chinese writer (1904-1986).
Born October 12th, 1904 in Linli County.
Died March 14th, 1986 at 81 years old in Beijing.
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