Dead at age 85
1,726 Notable deaths
Lev Kopelev
Soviet writer.
Born April 9th, 1912 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1997 at 85 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Traugott Herr
German general (1890-1976).
Born September 16th, 1890 in Weferlingen.
Died April 13th, 1976 at 85 years old in Achterwehr.
Tony Scott
American jazz clarinetist, musician (1921-2007).
Born June 17th, 1921 in Morristown. [ref]
Died March 28th, 2007 at 85 years old in Rome (prostate cancer). [ref]
Peko Dapčević
Yugoslav partisan and politician (1913-1999).
Born June 25th, 1913 in Ljubotinj.
Died February 13th, 1999 at 85 years old in Belgrade.
Randall Thompson
American composer.
Born April 21st, 1899 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 9th, 1984 at 85 years old in Boston. [ref]
Daniel Bovet
Nobel prize-winning pharmacologist (1907–1992).
Born March 23rd, 1907 in Neuchâtel.
Died April 8th, 1992 at 85 years old in Rome (cancer).
Sweet Emma Barrett
American musician (1897-1983).
Born March 25th, 1897 in New Orleans.
Died January 28th, 1983 at 85 years old in Metairie.
Charles Sumner Tainter
American inventor and businessman.
Born April 25th, 1854 in Watertown.
Died April 20th, 1940 at 85 years old in San Diego.
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
Indian urdu language poet, author, critic and theorist..
Born September 30th, 1935 in Azamgarh.
Died December 25th, 2020 at 85 years old in Prayagraj (COVID-19). [ref]
bonifacios o líneas Mario Moreno cantinfales
Cuban-mexican rumbera and actress (1929–2015).
Born November 10th, 1929 in Havana. [ref]
Died January 1st, 2015 at 85 years old in Mexico City (myocardial infarction).
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Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes