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Dead at age 86
1,998 Notable deaths
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Polish textile artist and sculptor (1930-2017).
Born June 20th, 1930 in Falenty.
Died April 20th, 2017 at 86 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Martti Ahtisaari
President of finland from 1994 to 2000.
Born June 23rd, 1937 in Vyborg.
Died October 16th, 2023 at 86 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Calouste Gulbenkian
Armenian businessman, art collector and philanthropist (1869-1955).
Born March 23rd, 1869 in Üsküdar. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1955 at 86 years old in Lisbon.
Artem Sergeev
Soviet general, adopted son of stalin (1921-2008).
Born March 5th, 1921 in Moscow.
Died January 15th, 2008 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Jess Willard
American boxer (1881–1968).
Born December 29th, 1881 in Kansas.
Died December 15th, 1968 at 86 years old in Los Angeles.
Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu
Romanian engineer.
Born November 10th, 1887 in Galați.
Died November 25th, 1973 at 86 years old in Bucharest.
Louise Bennett-Coverley
Poet, writer and folklorist (1919-2006).
Born September 7th, 1919 in Kingston.
Died July 26th, 2006 at 86 years old in Toronto.
Fritz Kreisler
Austrian violinist and composer (1875-1962).
Born February 2nd, 1875 in Vienna.
Died January 29th, 1962 at 86 years old in NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital.
Daniel Keyes
American author.
Born August 9th, 1927 in Brooklyn.
Died June 15th, 2014 at 86 years old in Boca Raton (pneumonia).
Albert B. Sabin
Jewish-polish-american physician and epidemiologist who developed oral polio vaccines (1906-1993).
Born August 26th, 1906 in Białystok.
Died March 3rd, 1993 at 86 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure).
Deaths 241 to 250 of 1998
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