Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1986
592 Notable deaths
Bessie Emery Head
South african born botswanan writer.
Born July 6th, 1937 in Pietermaritzburg.
Died April 17th, 1986 at 48 years old in Serowe (hepatitis).
Vladimir Pravik
Soviet firefighter (1962-1986).
Born June 13th, 1962 in Chornobyl.
Died May 11th, 1986 at 23 years old in Moscow.
Ernst Haas
American photographer (1921-1986).
Born March 2nd, 1921 in Vienna.
Died September 12th, 1986 at 65 years old in New York City.
Bina Das
Indian revolutionary and nationalist.
Born August 24th, 1911 in Krishnanagar.
Died December 26th, 1986 at 75 years old in Rishikesh.
Alva Myrdal
Swedish sociologist and politician (1902-1986).
Born January 31st, 1902 in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1986 at 84 years old in Danderyd.
Howard Greenfield
American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous brill building..
Born March 15th, 1936 in Brooklyn.
Died March 4th, 1986 at 49 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure, death from AIDS-related complications).
Gunnar Björnstrand
Swedish actor (1909–1986).
Born November 13th, 1909 in Stockholm.
Died May 26th, 1986 at 76 years old in Stockholm.
Hoang Van Thai
Vietnamese general (1915-1986).
Born May 1st, 1915 in Tiền Hải.
Died July 2nd, 1986 at 71 years old in Hanoi.
Manny Shinwell
British politician (1884-1986).
Born October 18th, 1884 in London.
Died May 8th, 1986 at 101 years old in London.
Nicholas Kaldor
Hungarian-british economist.
Born May 12th, 1908 in Budapest. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1986 at 78 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 592
Death ends a life, not a relationship. Mitch Albom