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In the year 1986
531 Notable deaths
Sobha Singh
Indian artist (1901-1986).
Born November 29th, 1901.
Died August 22nd, 1986 at 84 years old
Nikhil Banerjee
Indian sitar player.
Born October 14th, 1931 in Kolkata.
Died January 27th, 1986 at 54 years old
John Alcott
British cinematographer (1930-1986).
Born November 27th, 1930 in London. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1986 at 55 years old in Cannes (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Dora Russell
Author, feminist, socialist campaigner (1894-1986).
Born April 3rd, 1894 in London.
Died May 31st, 1986 at 92 years old in Porthcurno.
Harry Benjamin
German/american endocrinologist and sexologist.
Born January 12th, 1885 in Berlin.
Died August 24th, 1986 at 101 years old in New York City.
Charles Starrett
American actor (1903-1986).
Born March 28th, 1903 in Athol.
Died March 22nd, 1986 at 82 years old in Borrego Springs (cancer).
Raúl Prebisch
Argentine economist (1901-1986).
Born April 17th, 1901 in San Miguel de Tucumán.
Died April 29th, 1986 at 85 years old in Santiago (myocardial infarction).
Elisabeth Bergner
Austrian-german actress (1897-1986).
Born August 22nd, 1897 in Drohobych. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1986 at 88 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist.
Born March 2nd, 1922 in New York City.
Died November 3rd, 1986 at 64 years old in Culver City. [ref]
Jacques-Henri Lartigue
French photographer and painter (1894-1986).
Born June 13th, 1894 in Courbevoie. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1986 at 92 years old in Nice. [ref]
Deaths 181 to 190 of 531
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde