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In the year 1986
592 Notable deaths
Lady Diana Cooper
English social figure, actress and memoirist, editor.
Born August 29th, 1892 in Bruton Street. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1986 at 93 years old in London. [ref]
Jacob Koppel Javits
American politician (1904-1986).
Born May 18th, 1904 in New York City.
Died March 7th, 1986 at 81 years old in West Palm Beach (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Yukiko Okada
Japanese pop singer (1967-1986).
Born August 22nd, 1967 in Atsuta-ku. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1986 at 18 years old in Yotsuya (falling). [ref]
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Hungarian biochemist, nobel prize laureate in physiology or medicine in 1937 (1896-1986).
Born September 16th, 1893 in Budapest.
Died October 22nd, 1986 at 93 years old in Woods Hole (kidney failure).
Herschel Bernardi
American actor (1923–1986).
Born October 30th, 1923 in New York City.
Died May 9th, 1986 at 62 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Heather Angel
British actress (1909–1986).
Born February 9th, 1909 in Oxford. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1986 at 77 years old in Santa Barbara (cancer). [ref]
Siobhán McKenna
Irish stage and screen actress (1923-1986).
Born May 24th, 1922 in Belfast. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1986 at 64 years old in Dublin (lung cancer). [ref]
Marcel Dassault
French aircraft industrialist (1892-1986).
Born January 22nd, 1892 in 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1986 at 94 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Emilio Fernández
Mexican film director and actor (1904-1986).
Born March 26th, 1904 in Sabinas Municipality.
Died August 6th, 1986 at 82 years old in Mexico City (myocardial infarction).
Jerry Colonna
American musician, actor and comedian (1904-1986).
Born September 17th, 1904 in Boston.
Died November 21st, 1986 at 82 years old in Woodland Hills (kidney failure).
Deaths 121 to 130 of 592
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