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In the year 1985
579 Notable deaths
Zoran Radmilović
Serbian actor (1933-1985).
Born May 11th, 1933 in Zaječar.
Died July 21st, 1985 at 52 years old in Belgrade (colorectal cancer).
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]
Denis de Rougemont
Swiss writer (1906-1985).
Born September 8th, 1906 in Couvet.
Died December 6th, 1985 at 79 years old in Geneva.
Cora Coralina
Brazilian writer and poet..
Born August 20th, 1889 in Goiás.
Died April 10th, 1985 at 95 years old in Goiânia.
Charles K. Bliss
Chemical engineer, inventor of blissymbolics.
Born September 5th, 1897 in Chernivtsi.
Died July 13th, 1985 at 87 years old in Sydney.
Friedrich Ruge
German admiral (1894-1985).
Born December 24th, 1894 in Leipzig.
Died July 3rd, 1985 at 90 years old in Tübingen.
Victor Capesius
Concentration camp pharmacist, nazi war criminal (1907–1985).
Born February 7th, 1907 in Miercurea Sibiului.
Died March 20th, 1985 at 78 years old in Göppingen.
Monroe Beardsley
American philosopher.
Born December 10th, 1915 in Bridgeport.
Died October 18th, 1985 at 69 years old in Philadelphia.
Gaston Rébuffat
French mountaineer.
Born May 7th, 1921 in Marseille. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1985 at 64 years old in Bobigny (cancer).
Werner Schröer
German world war ii fighter pilot (1918–1985).
Born February 12th, 1918 in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
Died February 10th, 1985 at 66 years old in Ottobrunn.
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