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Dead at age 86

1,649 Notable deaths

Grace Hartigan

American artist (1922-2008).

Born March 28th, 1922 in Newark. [ref]

Died November 15th, 2008 at 86 years old in Baltimore (liver failure). [ref]

Pudge Heffelfinger

American football player and coach (1867–1954).

Born December 20th, 1867 in Minneapolis.

Died April 2nd, 1954 at 86 years old in Blessing.

Dede Allen

American film editor (1923-2010).

Born December 3rd, 1923 in Cleveland. [ref]

Died April 17th, 2010 at 86 years old in Los Angeles (stroke). [ref]

Kurt Goldstein

German neurologist (1878-1965).

Born November 6th, 1878 in Katowice.

Died September 19th, 1965 at 86 years old in New York City.

Vina Mazumdar

Indian academic, feminist (1927-2013).

Born March 28th, 1927 in Kolkata, British Raj.

Died May 30th, 2013 at 86 years old in New Delhi.

Suniti Kumar Chatterji

Bengali linguist (1890–1977).

Born November 26th, 1890 in Shibpur.

Died May 29th, 1977 at 86 years old in Kolkata.

Friedrich von Ledebur

Austro-hungarian actor.

Born June 3rd, 1900 in Nisko.

Died December 25th, 1986 at 86 years old in Schwertberg.

Margery Sharp

English writer (1905–1991).

Born January 25th, 1905 in Salisbury.

Died March 14th, 1991 at 86 years old in London.

Sergei Novikov

Soviet and russian mathematician.

Born March 20th, 1938 in Nizhny Novgorod.

Died June 6th, 2024 at 86 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Gordon R. Sullivan

American general (1937–2024).

Born September 25th, 1937 in Boston.

Died January 2nd, 2024 at 86 years old [ref]

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