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In the year 1986
531 Notable deaths
Corita Kent
Pop artist (1918-1986).
Born November 20th, 1918 in Fort Dodge. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1986 at 67 years old in Boston (cancer). [ref]
Flo Hyman
American volleyball player (1954-1986).
Born July 31st, 1954 in Inglewood.
Died January 24th, 1986 at 31 years old in Japan (Marfan syndrome, aortic dissection).
Masaji Kitano
Japanese businessman (1894-1986).
Born July 14th, 1894 in Tokyo.
Died May 17th, 1986 at 91 years old in Tokyo.
Leonid Kantorovich
Russian mathematician (1912-1986).
Born January 15th, 1912 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1986 at 74 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Theodor Busse
German general of infantry in the second world war (1897-1986).
Born December 15th, 1897 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died October 21st, 1986 at 88 years old in Wallerstein.
Brion Gysin
British-canadian painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist (1916-1986).
Born January 19th, 1916 in Taplow. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1986 at 70 years old in Paris (lung cancer). [ref]
Moshe Feinstein
Great orthodox jewish rabbi of the 20th century.
Died March 23rd, 1986 at 91 years old in New York City.
Peter Pears
British opera and lied singer.
Born June 22nd, 1910 in Farnham. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1986 at 75 years old in Aldeburgh. [ref]
Guillermo Cano Isaza
Colombian journalist (1925-1986).
Born August 12th, 1925 in Bogotá.
Died December 17th, 1986 at 61 years old in Bogotá.
Robert Abercrombie Lovett
Politician and united states navy officer.
Born September 14th, 1895 in Huntsville.
Died May 7th, 1986 at 90 years old in Locust Valley.
Deaths 141 to 150 of 531
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir