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In the year 1986
580 Notable deaths
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter (1923-1986).
Born March 28th, 1923 in Pontiac. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1986 at 63 years old in Copenhagen (bone cancer). [ref]
Theodore H. White
Historian and author.
Born May 6th, 1915 in Dorchester. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1986 at 71 years old in New York City.
Moshe Feinstein
Great orthodox jewish rabbi of the 20th century.
Died March 23rd, 1986 at 91 years old in New York City.
Noel Streatfeild
British children's author (1895–1986).
Born December 24th, 1895 in Frant.
Died September 11th, 1986 at 90 years old in London, Greater London.
Helen B. Taussig
American cardiologist (1898-1986).
Born May 24th, 1898 in Cambridge.
Died May 20th, 1986 at 87 years old in Chester County (car collision).
R. Gordon Wasson
American ethnobiologist (1898-1986).
Born September 22nd, 1898 in Great Falls.
Died December 23rd, 1986 at 88 years old in Binghamton.
George Nelson
American industrial designer.
Born May 29th, 1908 in Hartford. [ref]
Died March 5th, 1986 at 77 years old in New York City. [ref]
Dorothy Ashby
American jazz harpist (1932-1986).
Born August 6th, 1932 in Detroit. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1986 at 53 years old in Santa Monica (cancer). [ref]
Shigechiyo Izumi
Japanese supercentenarian.
Born June 29th, 1865 in Omonawa Magiri.
Died February 21st, 1986 at 120 years old in Isen (pneumonia).
Olive Deering
American actress (1918–1986).
Born October 11th, 1918 in New York City.
Died March 22nd, 1986 at 67 years old in New York City (cancer).
Deaths 151 to 160 of 580
Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard