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Dead at age 85
2,084 Notable deaths
Sepp Piontek
German association football player and manager.
Born March 5th, 1940 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died February 18th, 2026 at 85 years old in Odense. [ref]
Culbert Olson
American politician (1876–1962).
Born November 7th, 1876 in Fillmore.
Died April 13th, 1962 at 85 years old in Los Angeles.
Heinrich Hoffmann
German psychiatrist and children's writer.
Born June 13th, 1809 in Frankfurt.
Died September 20th, 1894 at 85 years old in Frankfurt (stroke).
Leonid Kuravlyov
Soviet and russian actor (1936–2022).
Born October 8th, 1936 in Moscow.
Died January 30th, 2022 at 85 years old in First Moscow Hospice (pneumonia). [ref]
J. P. Clark
Nigerian poet (1935–2020).
Born April 6th, 1935 in Kiagbodo.
Died October 13th, 2020 at 85 years old [ref]
Simon Hantaï
French painter (1922–2008).
Born December 7th, 1922 in Bia. [ref]
Died September 12th, 2008 at 85 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Clements Markham
British geographer (1830-1916).
Born July 20th, 1830 in Stillingfleet.
Died January 30th, 1916 at 85 years old in London.
Pierre Pilote
Canadian ice hockey player (1931–2017).
Born December 11th, 1931 in Kénogami.
Died September 9th, 2017 at 85 years old in Barrie (cancer). [ref]
Valentin Varennikov
Soviet general and russian politician (1923-2009).
Born December 15th, 1923 in Krasnodar.
Died May 6th, 2009 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Totó la Momposina
Colombian singer.
Born August 1st, 1940 in Bolívar Department, Talaigua Nuevo.
Died May 17th, 2026 at 85 years old in Celaya. [ref]
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde