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Dead at age 85

1,698 Notable deaths

Serge Voronoff

Tissue transplant specialist (1866-1951).

Born July 10th, 1866 in Voronezh. [ref]

Died September 3rd, 1951 at 85 years old in Lausanne.

Fred Stone

American actor (1873-1959).

Born August 19th, 1873 in Longmont.

Died March 6th, 1959 at 85 years old in North Hollywood.

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger

German footballer (1939–2024).

Born March 31st, 1939 in Düren.

Died May 20th, 2024 at 85 years old in Milan. [ref]

Carl David Anderson

American physicist.

Born September 3rd, 1905 in New York City. [ref]

Died January 11th, 1991 at 85 years old in San Marino. [ref]

Henri Guisan

Swiss general (1874-1960).

Born October 21st, 1874 in Mézières.

Died April 7th, 1960 at 85 years old in Pully.

James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury

British politician (1861-1947).

Born October 23rd, 1861 in London.

Died April 4th, 1947 at 85 years old in London.

Jimmy Jones

Northern ireland football player (1928-2014).

Born July 25th, 1928 in Keady.

Died February 13th, 2014 at 85 years old in Lurgan. [ref]

Trina Robbins

American comic artist and comics historian.

Born August 17th, 1938 in New York City.

Died April 10th, 2024 at 85 years old in San Francisco. [ref]

Harry Schwarz

South african activist (1924-2010).

Born May 13th, 1924 in Cologne.

Died February 5th, 2010 at 85 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]

Pavel Cherenkov

Soviet physicist (1904-1990).

Born July 28th, 1904 in Novaya Chigla.

Died January 6th, 1990 at 85 years old in Moscow.

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