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In the year 1986
531 Notable deaths
Georgy Gause
Russian biologist.
Born December 27th, 1910 in Moscow.
Died May 2nd, 1986 at 75 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Rex Warner
English writer.
Born March 9th, 1905 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died June 24th, 1986 at 81 years old in Wallingford. [ref]
Stanley Ellin
Novelist, short story writer.
Born October 6th, 1916 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1986 at 69 years old in Brooklyn (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Harald Reinl
Austrian director (1908-1986).
Born July 8th, 1908 in Bad Ischl. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1986 at 78 years old in Puerto de la Cruz.
Henrik Sjögren
Swedish ophthalmologist (1899-1986).
Born July 23rd, 1899 in Köping.
Died September 17th, 1986 at 87 years old in Lund.
Antonio di Benedetto
Argentine journalist.
Born November 2nd, 1922 in Mendoza.
Died October 10th, 1986 at 63 years old in Buenos Aires (cerebral hemorrhage).
Helga Anders
Austrian television actress.
Born January 11th, 1948 in Innsbruck.
Died March 31st, 1986 at 38 years old in Haar (myocardial infarction).
Hermann Friedrich Graebe
German righteous among the nations.
Born June 19th, 1900 in Solingen.
Died April 17th, 1986 at 85 years old in San Francisco.
Ernst Biberstein
Ss officer (1899-1986).
Born February 15th, 1899 in Hilchenbach.
Died December 8th, 1986 at 87 years old in Neumünster.
Valentin Kataev
Soviet writer, playwright, screenwriter, poet.
Born January 28th, 1897 in Odesa. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1986 at 89 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Deaths 281 to 290 of 531
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson