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In the year 1986
600 Notable deaths
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).
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.
Josef Kammhuber
German general.
Born August 19th, 1896 in Tüßling. [ref]
Died January 25th, 1986 at 89 years old in Munich.
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.
John Ciardi
American poet, professor, translator.
Born June 24th, 1916 in Boston. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1986 at 69 years old in Edison. [ref]
Leona Woods
American nuclear physicist.
Born August 9th, 1919 in La Grange.
Died November 10th, 1986 at 67 years old in Santa Monica.
Jorge Alessandri
Chilean politician and president (1896-1986).
Born May 19th, 1896 in Santiago.
Died August 31st, 1986 at 90 years old in Santiago.
King Clancy
Canadian ice hockey player.
Born February 25th, 1903 in Ottawa.
Died November 10th, 1986 at 83 years old in Toronto.
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.
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]
Helen Mack
American actress (1913-1986).
Born November 13th, 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. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1986 at 92 years old in Nice. [ref]
Yaroslav Stetsko
Prime minister of ukraine (1912–1986).
Born January 19th, 1912 in Ternopil.
Died July 5th, 1986 at 74 years old in Munich.
Ding Ling
Chinese writer (1904-1986).
Born October 12th, 1904 in Linli County.
Died March 14th, 1986 at 81 years old in Beijing.
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.
Born June 18th, 1896 in Chicago. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1986 at 90 years old in New York City (stroke). [ref]
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]
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).
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.
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.
Abdul Fattah Ismail
President of south yemen (1939-1986).
Born July 29th, 1939 in Ta'izz.
Died January 13th, 1986 at 46 years old in South Yemen.
Robert S. Mulliken
American physicist and chemist.
Born June 7th, 1896 in Newburyport.
Died October 31st, 1986 at 90 years old in Arlington County (heart failure). [ref]
Walter Wanderley
Brazilian pianist, organist and arranger (1932-1986) of bossa nova and latin jazz.
Born May 12th, 1932 in Recife. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1986 at 54 years old in San Francisco (cancer). [ref]
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.
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris