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In the year 1985
558 Notable deaths
Johanna Wolf
Secretary to adolf hitler.
Born June 1st, 1900 in Munich.
Died June 5th, 1985 at 85 years old in Munich.
Alvah Bessie
American politician (1904-1985).
Born June 4th, 1904 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1985 at 81 years old in Terra Linda. [ref]
Harald Cramér
Swedish mathematician (1893–1985).
Born September 25th, 1893 in Hedvig Eleonora parish. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1985 at 92 years old in Oscar Parish.
Georgia Hale
American silent film actress.
Born June 24th, 1905 in St. Joseph. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1985 at 79 years old in Hollywood. [ref]
Alister Hardy
British marine biologist (1896–1985).
Born February 10th, 1896 in Nottingham. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1985 at 89 years old in Oxford.
Manfred Winkelhock
German racing driver (1951-1985).
Born October 6th, 1952 in Waiblingen.
Died August 12th, 1985 at 32 years old in Toronto.
Floyd Crosby
American cinematographer (1899-1985).
Born December 12th, 1899 in West Philadelphia.
Died September 30th, 1985 at 85 years old in Ojai.
Dmitry Konstantinovich Belyayev
Russian biologist.
Born July 17th, 1917 in Kostroma.
Died November 14th, 1985 at 68 years old in Novosibirsk.
Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter (1894-1985).
Born January 16th, 1894 in Odesa.
Died April 21st, 1985 at 91 years old in Palm Springs.
Ferhat Abbas
Algerian politician (1899-1985), president of provisional government of algeria, president of the national constitutional assembly of algeria.
Born August 24th, 1899 in Chahna.
Died December 24th, 1985 at 86 years old in Algiers. [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner