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Dead at age 86
1,998 Notable deaths
Ernest Thompson Seton
British/american author, artist and naturalist, and one of the founders of the scouting movement (1860–1946).
Born August 14th, 1860 in South Shields.
Died October 23rd, 1946 at 86 years old in Seton Village.
Alberto Vargas
Peruvian pin-up artist (1896-1982).
Born February 9th, 1896 in Arequipa.
Died December 30th, 1982 at 86 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Sugathakumari
Indian poet and activist (1934-2020).
Born January 3rd, 1934 in Aranmula.
Died December 23rd, 2020 at 86 years old in Thiruvananthapuram (bronchopneumonia, COVID-19). [ref]
Bruno Bettelheim
Austrian-american child psychologist and writer (1903–1990).
Born August 28th, 1903 in Vienna.
Died March 13th, 1990 at 86 years old in Silver Spring (asphyxia).
Otto Kretschmer
German admiral and u-boat commander during world war ii.
Born May 1st, 1912 in Hajduki Nyskie. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1998 at 86 years old in Straubing (cranial trauma).
E. C. George Sudarshan
Indian physicist (1931–2018).
Born September 16th, 1931 in Pallom.
Died May 14th, 2018 at 86 years old in Austin.
Kumkum
Indian actress.
Born April 22nd, 1934 in Hussainabad.
Died July 28th, 2020 at 86 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Pujie
Chinese politician and younger brother of puyi (1907-1994).
Born April 16th, 1907 in Beijing.
Died February 28th, 1994 at 86 years old in Beijing.
Dory Previn
American musician (1925-2012).
Born October 22nd, 1925 in Rahway.
Died February 14th, 2012 at 86 years old in Norfolk County (disease). [ref]
Gerald Kaufman
British politician (1930-2017).
Born June 21st, 1930 in Leeds. [ref]
Died February 26th, 2017 at 86 years old [ref]
Deaths 251 to 260 of 1998
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy