In the year 1986
580 Notable deaths
Ding Ling
Chinese writer (1904-1986).
Born October 12th, 1904 in Linli County.
Died March 14th, 1986 at 81 years old in Beijing.
Carl Ferdinand Cori
Czech nobel prize laureate and scientist (1896–1984).
Born December 5th, 1896 in Prague.
Died October 20th, 1986 at 89 years old in Cambridge.
Blanche Sweet
American actress.
Born June 18th, 1896 in Chicago. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1986 at 90 years old in New York City (stroke). [ref]
Floyd Gottfredson
American cartoonist (1905-1986).
Born May 5th, 1905 in Kaysville. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1986 at 81 years old in La Crescenta-Montrose. [ref]
Ismail al-Faruqi
Palestinian-american muslim philosopher and scholar (1921–1986).
Born January 1st, 1921 in Jaffa.
Died May 27th, 1986 at 65 years old in Wyncote (stabbing).
Arthur Grumiaux
Belgian violinist and pianist (1921-1986).
Born March 21st, 1921 in Villers-Perwin. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1986 at 65 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Bob Kaufman
African american beat poet.
Born April 18th, 1925 in New Orleans.
Died January 12th, 1986 at 60 years old in San Francisco.
Abdul Fattah Ismail
President of south yemen (1939-1986).
Born July 29th, 1939 in Ta'izz.
Died January 13th, 1986 at 46 years old in South Yemen.
Robert S. Mulliken
American physicist and chemist.
Born June 7th, 1896 in Newburyport.
Died October 31st, 1986 at 90 years old in Arlington County (heart failure). [ref]
Walter Wanderley
Brazilian pianist, organist and arranger (1932-1986) of bossa nova and latin jazz.
Born May 12th, 1932 in Recife. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1986 at 54 years old in San Francisco (cancer). [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner