In the year 1986
553 Notable deaths
Nikolay Semyonov
Soviet physical chemist (1896-1986).
Born April 15th, 1896 in Saratov.
Died September 25th, 1986 at 90 years old in Moscow.
Fritz Albert Lipmann
German-american biochemist.
Born June 12th, 1899 in Königsberg. [ref]
Died July 24th, 1986 at 87 years old in Poughkeepsie. [ref]
Hermann Gmeiner
Austrian philanthropist (1919-1986).
Born June 23rd, 1919 in Alberschwende.
Died April 26th, 1986 at 66 years old in Innsbruck.
Arthur Llewellyn Basham
British historian and indologist (1914-1986).
Born May 24th, 1914 in Loughton.
Died January 27th, 1986 at 71 years old in Kolkata. [ref]
Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari
Iranian grand ayatollah (1906-1986).
Born January 6th, 1906 in Tabriz.
Died April 3rd, 1986 at 80 years old in Tehran (kidney failure).
Moses I. Finley
American-born british academic and classical scholar (1912–1986).
Born May 20th, 1912 in New York City. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 1986 at 74 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer (1898–1986).
Born November 1st, 1898 in Jefferson County. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1986 at 88 years old in Detroit (stroke).
Alexandre Tansman
Franco-polish musician (1897-1986).
Born June 12th, 1897 in Łódź. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1986 at 89 years old in Paris. [ref]
Yaroslav Stetsko
Prime minister of ukraine.
Born January 19th, 1912 in Ternopil.
Died July 5th, 1986 at 74 years old in Munich.
James Rainwater
American physicist.
Born December 9th, 1917 in Council.
Died May 31st, 1986 at 68 years old in New York City.
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If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou