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Dead at age 85
1,508 Notable deaths
Henry J. Kaiser
American industrialist.
Born May 9th, 1882 in Sprout Brook.
Died August 24th, 1967 at 85 years old in Honolulu (disease).
John Mortimer
English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009).
Born April 21st, 1923 in Hampstead. [ref]
Died January 16th, 2009 at 85 years old in Turville. [ref]
Ruth Handler
American businesswoman.
Born November 4th, 1916 in Denver. [ref]
Died April 27th, 2002 at 85 years old in Century City (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Dean Rusk
United states secretary of state (1909-1994).
Born February 9th, 1909 in Cherokee County. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1994 at 85 years old in Athens (heart failure). [ref]
Hiroshi Yamauchi
Japanese businessman.
Born November 7th, 1927 in Kyoto.
Died September 19th, 2013 at 85 years old in Kyoto (pneumonia).
Jamini Roy
Indian artist (1887-1972).
Born April 11th, 1887 in Beliatore. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1972 at 85 years old in Kolkata. [ref]
Alexey Leonov
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019).
Born May 30th, 1934 in Listvyanka. [ref]
Died October 11th, 2019 at 85 years old in Burdenko Hospital (diabetes). [ref]
D. R. Bendre
Kannada poet.
Born January 31st, 1896.
Died October 26th, 1981 at 85 years old in Mumbai.
Warren Christopher
U.s. secretary of state (1925-2011).
Born October 17th, 1925 in Scranton.
Died March 18th, 2011 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (bladder cancer, kidney cancer). [ref]
Angelo Badalamenti
American composer.
Born March 22nd, 1937 in Brooklyn.
Died December 11th, 2022 at 85 years old in Lincoln Park. [ref]
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That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. Emily Dickinson