Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
Dead at age 85
1,722 Notable deaths
Melvin Calvin
American biochemist.
Born April 8th, 1911 in Saint Paul. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1997 at 85 years old in Berkeley (heart failure). [ref]
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1922-2008).
Born October 29th, 1922 in Hastings.
Died October 11th, 2008 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Gustav Fröhlich
German actor and film director (1902-1987).
Born March 21st, 1902 in Hanover.
Died December 22nd, 1987 at 85 years old in Lugano.
Paul Strand
American photographer (1890–1976).
Born October 16th, 1890 in New York City.
Died March 31st, 1976 at 85 years old in Orgeval.
Reubin Askew
American politician (1928-2014).
Born September 11th, 1928 in Muskogee.
Died March 13th, 2014 at 85 years old in Tallahassee (stroke).
Selman Abraham Waksman
American scientist, biochemist, microbiologist who discovered streptomycin and many antibiotics.
Born July 22nd, 1888 in Nova Priluka.
Died August 16th, 1973 at 85 years old in Woods Hole. [ref]
George Hall
Canadian actor (1916-2002).
Born November 19th, 1916 in Toronto.
Died October 21st, 2002 at 85 years old in Hawthorne.
Robert Fogel
American economist, historian (1926–2013).
Born July 1st, 1927 in New York City. [ref]
Died June 11th, 2013 at 85 years old in Oak Lawn.
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
Catholic cardinal (1932-2017).
Born August 24th, 1932 in Reading.
Died September 1st, 2017 at 85 years old in London (cancer).
Piero Sraffa
Italian economist.
Born August 5th, 1898 in Turin. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1983 at 85 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Deaths 361 to 370 of 1722
A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. Lao Tzu