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In the year 1986
580 Notable deaths
Franz Xaver Dorsch
German civil engineer (1899–1986).
Born December 24th, 1899 in Illertissen.
Died November 8th, 1986 at 86 years old in Munich.
Helmut Thielicke
German theologian (1908-1986).
Born December 4th, 1908 in Barmen.
Died March 5th, 1986 at 77 years old in Hamburg.
Georgy Gause
Russian biologist (1910–1986).
Born December 27th, 1910 in Moscow.
Died May 2nd, 1986 at 75 years old in Moscow.
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).
Grete Mosheim
German actress (1905-1986).
Born January 8th, 1905 in Berlin.
Died December 29th, 1986 at 81 years old in New York City (cancer).
Kunio Maekawa
Japanese architect.
Born May 14th, 1905 in Niigata. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1986 at 81 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Lyudmila Pakhomova
Soviet ice dancer (1946–1986).
Born December 31st, 1946 in Moscow.
Died May 17th, 1986 at 39 years old in Moscow (leukemia, lymphoma).
Hu Feng
Chinese marxist writer, poet and literary theorist (1902–1985).
Born November 1st, 1902 in Qizhou.
Died January 15th, 1986 at 83 years old in Beijing.
Adolfo Baloncieri
Italian footballer.
Born July 27th, 1897 in Alessandria.
Died July 23rd, 1986 at 88 years old in Alessandria.
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Italian screenwriter, film director and novelist.
Born July 28th, 1927 in Melfi. [ref]
Died February 25th, 1986 at 58 years old in Rome (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 311 to 320 of 580
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