Dead at age 86
1,998 Notable deaths
Ray Walston
American actor (1914–2001).
Born December 2nd, 1914 in Laurel.
Died January 1st, 2001 at 86 years old in Beverly Hills (systemic lupus erythematosus).
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American writer, suffragist and women's rights activist (1815–1902).
Born November 12th, 1815 in Johnstown.
Died October 26th, 1902 at 86 years old in New York City (heart failure).
Jack Warner
American film executive (1892–1978).
Born August 2nd, 1892 in London.
Died September 9th, 1978 at 86 years old in Hollywood (pulmonary edema).
Edd Byrnes
American actor (1932-2020).
Born July 30th, 1933 in New York City.
Died January 8th, 2020 at 86 years old in Santa Monica (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
E. B. White
American author (1899–1985).
Born July 11th, 1899 in Mount Vernon.
Died October 1st, 1985 at 86 years old in Brooklin (Alzheimer's disease).
John Prescott
British politician (1938–2024).
Died November 20th, 2024 at 86 years old (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Bernard Francis Law
Catholic cardinal (1931–2017).
Born November 4th, 1931 in Torreón.
Died December 20th, 2017 at 86 years old in Rome (prostate cancer). [ref]
Isabel Sanford
American actress (1917–2004).
Born August 29th, 1917 in Harlem.
Died July 9th, 2004 at 86 years old in Los Angeles (heart disease, cardiac arrest).
David Horowitz
Neoconservative activist, writer.
Born January 10th, 1939 in Forest Hills.
Died April 29th, 2025 at 86 years old in Colorado. [ref]
Andrew Sachs
British actor (1930–2016).
Born April 7th, 1930 in Berlin.
Died November 23rd, 2016 at 86 years old in London (vascular dementia). [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 1998
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson