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In the year 1985
558 Notable deaths
Max Zaslofsky
American basketball player and coach (1925–1985).
Born December 7th, 1925 in Brooklyn.
Died October 15th, 1985 at 59 years old in Long Island (leukemia).
Kirill Moskalenko
Soviet military commander (1902-1985).
Born May 11th, 1902 in Hryshyne.
Died June 17th, 1985 at 83 years old in Moscow.
Vasyl Stus
Ukrainian poet, publicist and dissident (1938–1985).
Born January 6th, 1938 in Rakhnivka. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1985 at 47 years old in Perm-36. [ref]
Saunders Lewis
Welsh writer and politician (1893-1985).
Born October 15th, 1893 in Wallasey.
Died September 1st, 1985 at 91 years old in Cardiff. [ref]
Marion Martin
American actress (1909-1985).
Born June 7th, 1909 in Philadelphia.
Died August 13th, 1985 at 76 years old in Santa Monica.
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter.
Born July 10th, 1911 in Mobile. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1985 at 74 years old in New York City (disease). [ref]
Dane Rudhyar
French-born american author, composer, and humanistic astrologer.
Born March 23rd, 1895 in 11th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 13th, 1985 at 90 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Phil Karlson
American film director.
Born July 2nd, 1908 in Chicago. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1985 at 77 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Helen MacInnes
20th-century scottish-american author.
Born October 7th, 1907 in Glasgow.
Died September 30th, 1985 at 77 years old in New York City. [ref]
Deaths 191 to 200 of 558
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson