Dead at age 86
1,987 Notable deaths
Thorleif Schjelderup
Norwegian ski jumper (1920-2006).
Born January 20th, 1920 in Christiania.
Died May 28th, 2006 at 86 years old in Oslo.
Masaji Kiyokawa
Swimmer (1913-1999).
Born February 11th, 1913 in Toyohashi.
Died April 13th, 1999 at 86 years old in Tokyo (pancreatic cancer).
Egon Franke
Polish fencer (1935–2022).
Born October 23rd, 1935 in Gliwice.
Died March 30th, 2022 at 86 years old in Turin. [ref]
Nina Otkalenko
Soviet distance runner.
Born May 23rd, 1928 in Kozhlya.
Died May 13th, 2015 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Sheila Piercey Summers
South african tennis player (1919–2005).
Born March 18th, 1919 in Johannesburg.
Died August 14th, 2005 at 86 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
Bent Løfqvist
Danish footballer (1936–2022).
Born February 26th, 1936 in Copenhagen.
Died April 14th, 2022 at 86 years old in Odense. [ref]
Juan Bautista Gaona
Provisional president of paraguay, 1904 – 1905 (1845–1932).
Born June 30th, 1845 in Asunción.
Died May 18th, 1932 at 86 years old in Asunción.
Eleanor Goss
American tennis player (1895–1982).
Born November 18th, 1895 in New York City. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1982 at 86 years old in Salisbury. [ref]
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern
Head of the house of hohenzollern-sigmaringen (1924-2010).
Born February 3rd, 1924 in Umkirch.
Died September 16th, 2010 at 86 years old in Sigmaringen. [ref]
Eric Hultén
Swedish botanist (1894-1981).
Born March 18th, 1894 in Halla socken, Södermanland.
Died February 1st, 1981 at 86 years old in Stockholm.
Deaths 1591 to 1600 of 1987
I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather