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Dead at age 85
1,722 Notable deaths
Culbert Olson
American politician (1876–1962).
Born November 7th, 1876 in Fillmore.
Died April 13th, 1962 at 85 years old in Los Angeles.
Leonid Kuravlyov
Soviet and russian actor (1936–2022).
Born October 8th, 1936 in Moscow.
Died January 30th, 2022 at 85 years old in First Moscow Hospice (pneumonia). [ref]
J. P. Clark
Nigerian poet.
Born April 6th, 1935 in Delta State.
Died October 13th, 2020 at 85 years old [ref]
Simon Hantaï
French painter (1922–2008).
Born December 7th, 1922 in Bia. [ref]
Died September 12th, 2008 at 85 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Pierre Pilote
Canadian ice hockey player (1931–2017).
Born December 11th, 1931 in Kénogami.
Died September 9th, 2017 at 85 years old in Barrie (cancer). [ref]
Valentin Varennikov
Soviet general and russian politician (1923-2009).
Born December 15th, 1923 in Krasnodar.
Died May 6th, 2009 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Archer Milton Huntington
Philanthropist and art patron.
Born March 10th, 1870 in New York City.
Died December 11th, 1955 at 85 years old in Bethel, Redding.
Rosemary Radford Ruether
American theologian.
Born November 2nd, 1936 in Saint Paul.
Died May 21st, 2022 at 85 years old in Pomona.
Charles J. Pedersen
American organic chemist.
Born October 3rd, 1904 in Busan.
Died October 26th, 1989 at 85 years old in Salem (multiple myeloma).
Akhtar Hameed Khan
Development activist, social scientist.
Died October 9th, 1999 at 85 years old in Indianapolis (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 561 to 570 of 1722
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