Dead at age 85
1,722 Notable deaths
Kenojuak Ashevak
Inuit artist (1927–2013).
Born October 3rd, 1927 in Baffin Island.
Died January 8th, 2013 at 85 years old in Kinngait (lung cancer).
Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli
Austro-hungarian general (1856-1941).
Born February 12th, 1856 in Ancona.
Died December 9th, 1941 at 85 years old in Opava.
Carol Hughes
American actress (1910-1995).
Born January 17th, 1910 in Chicago.
Died August 8th, 1995 at 85 years old in Burbank.
Basil Bunting
Poet (1900–1985).
Born March 1st, 1900 in Benwell & Scotswood.
Died April 17th, 1985 at 85 years old in Hexham.
Johanna Wolf
Secretary to adolf hitler.
Born June 1st, 1900 in Munich.
Died June 5th, 1985 at 85 years old in Munich.
Gaston Julia
French mathematician.
Born February 3rd, 1893 in Sidi Bel Abbès.
Died March 19th, 1978 at 85 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Vladimir Shukhov
Russian engineer-polymath, scientist and architect (1853-1939).
Born August 28th, 1853 in Grayvoron. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1939 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
American actress (1873–1959).
Born March 7th, 1873 in Louisville.
Died February 1st, 1959 at 85 years old in Woodland Hills (stroke).
Henry Louis Le Châtelier
French chemist.
Born October 8th, 1850 in Paris. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1936 at 85 years old in Miribel-les-Échelles. [ref]
Nagaoka Hantarō
Japanese physicist.
Born August 15th, 1865 in Ōmura.
Died December 11th, 1950 at 85 years old in Tokyo.
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks