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Dead at age 85
2,083 Notable deaths
George Dunlop Leslie
English genre painter, author and illustrator (1835-1921).
Born July 2nd, 1835 in London.
Died February 21st, 1921 at 85 years old in Sussex.
Fritz Bronsart von Schellendorf
German soldier (1864-1950).
Born June 16th, 1864 in Berlin.
Died January 23rd, 1950 at 85 years old in Kühlungsborn.
Tatyana Sukhotina-Tolstaya
Russian painter and memoirist (1864-1950).
Born October 16th, 1864 in Yasnaya Polyana.
Died September 21st, 1950 at 85 years old in Rome.
Hans Sennholz
Austrian school economist (1922-2007).
Born February 3rd, 1922 in Bergkamen.
Died June 23rd, 2007 at 85 years old in Grove City. [ref]
Li Fang-Kuei
Chinese linguist and sinologist (1902–1987).
Born August 20th, 1902 in Guangzhou.
Died August 21st, 1987 at 85 years old in San Mateo County.
Charles Sprague Sargent
American botanist (1841-1927).
Born April 24th, 1841 in Boston. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1927 at 85 years old in Boston. [ref]
Alfredo González Flores
Costa rican politician and lawyer (1877-1962).
Born June 15th, 1877 in Heredia.
Died December 28th, 1962 at 85 years old in Heredia.
Artur Lundkvist
Swedish writer (1906-1991).
Died December 11th, 1991 at 85 years old in Råsunda church parish.
Sergio Pitol
Mexican politician and writer (1933–2018).
Born March 18th, 1933 in Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza. [ref]
Died April 12th, 2018 at 85 years old in Xalapa (stroke, acute aphasia). [ref]
Geo Bogza
Romanian writer, surrealist, dissident (1908–1993).
Born February 6th, 1908 in Blejoi.
Died September 14th, 1993 at 85 years old in Bucharest.
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy