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In the year 1986
531 Notable deaths
Adolfo Baloncieri
Italian footballer.
Born July 27th, 1897 in Alessandria.
Died July 23rd, 1986 at 88 years old in Alessandria.
Rudolf Schock
German tenor.
Born September 4th, 1915 in Duisburg. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1986 at 71 years old in Düren (myocardial infarction).
James Holmes
Dutch author and poet.
Born May 2nd, 1924 in Collins. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1986 at 62 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Kunio Maekawa
Japanese architect.
Born May 14th, 1905 in Niigata. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1986 at 81 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Glyn Daniel
British archaeologist (1914-1986).
Born April 23rd, 1914 in Lampeter Velfrey. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1986 at 72 years old in Cambridge (lung cancer). [ref]
Lya Lys
American actress (1908-1986).
Born May 18th, 1908 in Berlin. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1986 at 78 years old in Newport Beach (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Franz Xaver Dorsch
German civil engineer.
Born December 24th, 1899 in Illertissen.
Died November 8th, 1986 at 86 years old in Munich.
Harrison Brown
American physicist and geochemist.
Born September 26th, 1917 in Sheridan. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1986 at 69 years old in Albuquerque. [ref]
Lyudmila Pakhomova
Soviet ice dancer.
Born December 31st, 1946 in Moscow.
Died May 17th, 1986 at 39 years old in Moscow (leukemia, lymphoma).
Wanis al-Qaddafi
Former prime minister of libya (1924-1986).
Born September 4th, 1924 in Benghazi.
Died December 21st, 1986 at 62 years old in Libya (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 301 to 310 of 531
Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman