In the year 1986
580 Notable deaths
Ted Lyons
American baseball player and coach (1900-1986).
Born December 28th, 1900 in Lake Charles.
Died July 25th, 1986 at 85 years old in Sulphur.
Gaston Defferre
French politician (1910–1986).
Born September 14th, 1910 in Marsillargues.
Died May 7th, 1986 at 75 years old in Marseille.
Friedrich von Ledebur
Austro-hungarian actor.
Died December 25th, 1986 at 86 years old in Schwertberg.
John Braine
English novelist.
Born April 13th, 1922 in Bradford. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1986 at 64 years old in London.
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).
Nii Amaa Ollennu
Judge, former speaker of the parliament and former acting president of ghana (1906-1986).
Died December 22nd, 1986 at 80 years old
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer (1905-1986).
Born April 2nd, 1905 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1986 at 81 years old in Lausanne. [ref]
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]
Claude Jutra
Canadian filmmaker and actor.
Born March 11th, 1930 in Montreal. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1986 at 56 years old in Montreal (drowning).
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]
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)