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In the year 1985
512 Notable deaths
Alex La Guma
South african novelist (1925-1985).
Born February 20th, 1925 in Cape Town.
Died October 11th, 1985 at 60 years old in Havana.
George London
Opera singer from canada (1920-1985).
Born May 30th, 1920 in Montreal.
Died March 24th, 1985 at 64 years old in New York City (disease). [ref]
Dragan Mance
Serbian footballer (1962-1985).
Born September 26th, 1962 in Belgrade.
Died September 3rd, 1985 at 22 years old in Zemun (traffic collision).
Kate Roberts
Welsh author.
Born February 13th, 1891 in Cae'r Gors.
Died April 14th, 1985 at 94 years old in Denbigh.
Tage Danielsson
Swedish actor, writer and director (1928–1985).
Born February 5th, 1928 in Linköping.
Died October 13th, 1985 at 57 years old in Stockholm (melanoma).
Denis de Rougemont
Swiss writer (1906-1985).
Born September 8th, 1906 in Couvet.
Died December 6th, 1985 at 79 years old in Geneva.
Victor Capesius
Concentration camp pharmacist, nazi war criminal.
Born February 7th, 1907 in Miercurea Sibiului.
Died March 20th, 1985 at 78 years old in Göppingen.
Pavel Batov
Soviet military commander.
Born June 1st, 1897 in Filisovo, Yaroslavl Oblast.
Died April 19th, 1985 at 87 years old in Moscow.
Charlotte Delbo
French writer and resistance fighter (1913-1985).
Born August 10th, 1913 in Vigneux-sur-Seine. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1985 at 71 years old in Paris (lung cancer). [ref]
Afet İnan
Turkish sociologist (1908-1985).
Born November 29th, 1908 in Salonica Vilayet.
Died June 8th, 1985 at 76 years old in Ankara (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 231 to 240 of 512
Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters. Horace