Dead at age 85
1,695 Notable deaths
Stanley Matthews
English association football player (1915-2000).
Born February 1st, 1915 in Hanley.
Died February 23rd, 2000 at 85 years old in Newcastle-under-Lyme (disease).
Howard Morris
American actor.
Born September 4th, 1919 in The Bronx. [ref]
Died May 21st, 2005 at 85 years old in Hollywood. [ref]
Farley Granger
American actor.
Born July 1st, 1925 in San Jose. [ref]
Died March 27th, 2011 at 85 years old in New York City. [ref]
Montserrat Caballé
Spanish operatic soprano.
Born April 12th, 1933 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died October 6th, 2018 at 85 years old in Barcelona (infectious disease). [ref]
Chespirito
Mexican actor, comedian and producer (1929–2014).
Born February 21st, 1929 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died November 28th, 2014 at 85 years old in Cancun (myocardial infarction).
Soumitra Chatterjee
Indian actor (1935–2020).
Born January 19th, 1935 in Krishnanagar.
Died November 15th, 2020 at 85 years old in Kolkata (COVID-19). [ref]
Kamala Sohonie
Indian biochemist. first indian woman to get her ph.d in a scientific discipline.
Born September 14th, 1912 in Indore.
Died June 28th, 1998 at 85 years old in New Delhi.
Walter Stanley Keane
American plagiarist (1915–2000).
Born October 7th, 1915 in Lincoln.
Died December 27th, 2000 at 85 years old in Encinitas.
Fred Perry
English tennis player.
Born May 18th, 1909 in Stockport.
Died February 2nd, 1995 at 85 years old in Melbourne.
Benoit Mandelbrot
Polish-born, french and american mathematician.
Born November 20th, 1924 in Warsaw.
Died October 14th, 2010 at 85 years old in Cambridge (pancreatic cancer).
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No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut