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Dead at age 85
2,084 Notable deaths
Gordon Douglas
American film director (1907-1993).
Born December 15th, 1907 in New York City.
Died September 29th, 1993 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Martin Fleischmann
British chemist (1927–2012).
Born March 29th, 1927 in Karlovy Vary. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 2012 at 85 years old in Tisbury (Parkinson's disease).
Robert Clarke
American actor (1920-2005).
Born June 1st, 1920 in Oklahoma City.
Died June 11th, 2005 at 85 years old in Valley Village (diabetes).
Soon-Tek Oh
Korean-american actor (1932-2018).
Born June 29th, 1932 in Mokpo.
Died April 4th, 2018 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (Alzheimer's disease).
Philip J. Klass
Ufo researcher (1919-2005).
Born November 8th, 1919 in Des Moines.
Died August 9th, 2005 at 85 years old in Cocoa (cancer).
Ahmad Ali
Pakistani novelist and poet (1910–1994).
Died January 19th, 1994 at 85 years old in Karachi.
Baruch Samuel Blumberg
American physician, geneticist and nobel prize winner (1925–2011).
Born July 28th, 1925 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died April 5th, 2011 at 85 years old in Mountain View (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Chikao Ōtsuka
Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (1929-2015).
Born July 5th, 1929 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died January 15th, 2015 at 85 years old in Shinjuku (heart failure).
Evert Taube
Swedish author, artist, composer and singer (1890–1976).
Born March 12th, 1890 in Göteborgs Carl Johans parish.
Died January 31st, 1976 at 85 years old in Maria Magdalena parish.
Yuri Manin
Russian mathematician (1937–2023).
Born February 16th, 1937 in Simferopol.
Died January 7th, 2023 at 85 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Deaths 541 to 550 of 2084
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris