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* ] – ], Filipino professional boxer (b. ]) * ] – ], Filipino professional boxer (b. ])
* ] – Sir ], British general (b. ])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/09/world/sir-brian-horrocks-is-dead-at-89-british-general-in-world-war-ii.html |title=Sir Brian Horrocks is dead at 89; British General in World War II |newspaper=]|date=January 9, 1985 |access-date=19 December 2014}}</ref> * ] – Sir ], British general (b. ])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/09/world/sir-brian-horrocks-is-dead-at-89-british-general-in-world-war-ii.html |title=Sir Brian Horrocks is dead at 89; British General in World War II |newspaper=]|date=January 9, 1985 |access-date=19 December 2014}}</ref>
* ] – ], American cinematographer (b. ]) * ] – ], American cinematographer (b. ])
* ] – ], 12th Governor-General of Australia (b. ])<ref>{{cite NSW Parliament |id=1523 |former=Yes|title=Sir (Bill) William John McKell (1891–1985) |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> * ] – ], 12th Governor-General of Australia (b. ])<ref>{{cite NSW Parliament |id=1523 |former=Yes|title=Sir (Bill) William John McKell (1891–1985) |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref>
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* ] – ], Sudanese religious thinker (b. ]) * ] – ], Sudanese religious thinker (b. ])
* ] – ], German-American philosopher (b. ])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/23/arts/eric-voegelin-philosopher-author-and-professor-dies.html|title=Eric Voegelin, Philosopher, Author and Professor, Dies|date=January 23, 1985|website=New York Times|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref> * ] – ], German-American philosopher (b. ])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/23/arts/eric-voegelin-philosopher-author-and-professor-dies.html|title=Eric Voegelin, Philosopher, Author and Professor, Dies|date=January 23, 1985|website=New York Times|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref>
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* ] – ], Argentine politician (b. ])<ref>{{cite web |title=Rubén Rabanal |url=http://www.efemeridesradicales.com.ar/Indice/R/Ruben_Rabanal/Ruben_Rabanal.html |website=efemeridesradicales.com.ar |publisher=Radical Ephemeris |access-date=15 December 2023 |language=Spanish}}</ref> * ] – ], Argentine politician (b. ])<ref>{{cite web |title=Rubén Rabanal |url=http://www.efemeridesradicales.com.ar/Indice/R/Ruben_Rabanal/Ruben_Rabanal.html |website=efemeridesradicales.com.ar |publisher=Radical Ephemeris |access-date=15 December 2023 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
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** Doctor ], Chairman of ] (b. ]) ** Doctor ], Chairman of ] (b. ])
** ], American jazz saxophonist (b. ]) ** ], American jazz saxophonist (b. ])
* ] – ], Russian-French painter (b. ])<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-04-21/news/8501230773_1_marc-chagall-tapestry-art-institute|title=A tapestry master's hands of gold|date=April 21, 1985|author=Elaine Markoutsas|work=]|access-date=January 21, 2021}}</ref> * ] – ], Russian-French painter (b. ])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/04/21/a-tapestry-masters-hands-of-gold/|title=A tapestry master's hands of gold|date=April 21, 1985|author=Elaine Markoutsas|work=]|access-date=January 21, 2021}}</ref>
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** ] (Jeannine Deckers), Belgian nun and singer (b. ])<ref>{{Cite book |title=Sœur Sourire: Journal d'une tragedie | first=Leen |last=Van Den Berg |publisher=Editions Luc Pire |year=2005 |isbn=2-87415-483-0 |page=209 }}</ref> ** ] (Jeannine Deckers), Belgian nun and singer (b. ])<ref>{{Cite book |title=Sœur Sourire: Journal d'une tragedie | first=Leen |last=Van Den Berg |publisher=Editions Luc Pire |year=2005 |isbn=2-87415-483-0 |page=209 }}</ref>
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* ] – ], British Olympic rower – coxless fours (b. ])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/terence-sanders|title=Terence Sanders|website=IOC|access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> * ] – ], British Olympic rower – coxless fours (b. ])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/terence-sanders|title=Terence Sanders|website=IOC|access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref>
* ] – ], German jurist, political theorist and professor of law (b. ]) * ] – ], German jurist, political theorist and professor of law (b. ])
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** ], Irish actor (b. ]) ** ], Irish actor (b. ])
** ], Brazilian elected president and former ] (b. ])<ref>{{cite book|title=Unisa Latin American Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjMlAQAAIAAJ|year=1985|publisher=UNISA Centre for Latin American Studies|page=30}}</ref> ** ], Brazilian elected president and former ] (b. ])<ref>{{cite book|title=Unisa Latin American Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjMlAQAAIAAJ|year=1985|publisher=UNISA Centre for Latin American Studies|page=30}}</ref>
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* ] – Ralph A. Wolfe, American comic book artist and animator (b. ])
* ] – ], Swedish politician, 25th ] (b. ]) * ] – ], Swedish politician, 25th ] (b. ])
* ] – ], Lebanese lawyer, 27th ] (b. ]) * ] – ], Lebanese lawyer, 27th ] (b. ])
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* ] – ], American actor and singer (b. ]) * ] – ], American actor and singer (b. ])
*] – ], Scottish street trader and company director (b. ]) * ] – ], Scottish street trader and company director (b. ])
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** ], Japanese singer (b. ]) ** ], Japanese singer (b. ])
** ], German racing driver (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-14-sp-2840-story.html|title=Controversy Erupts Over Death of Race Driver|date=August 14, 1985|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=November 26, 2020}}</ref> ** ], German racing driver (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-14-sp-2840-story.html|title=Controversy Erupts Over Death of Race Driver|date=August 14, 1985|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=November 26, 2020}}</ref>
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* ] – ], American screenwriter, one of the ] (b. ]) * ] – ], American screenwriter, one of the ] (b. ])
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** ], Canadian actor (b. ]) ** ], Canadian actor (b. ])
* ] – ], Anglo-American writer (b. ])<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Arthur Garraty|author2=Mark Christopher Carnes|title=American National Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHIRAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-512783-6|page=206}}</ref> * ] – ], Anglo-American writer (b. ])<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Arthur Garraty|author2=Mark Christopher Carnes|title=American National Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHIRAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-512783-6|page=206}}</ref>
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**], American operatic soprano (b. ])<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|date=2002|entry=Cecil, Winifred |encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O009914|author=Philip L. Miller}}</ref>
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** ], American cinematographer (b. ]) ** ], American cinematographer (b. ])
** ], American seismologist and physicist, creator of the ] (b. ]) ** ], American seismologist and physicist, creator of the ] (b. ])
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===November=== ===November===
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* ] – ], American entertainer (b. ])<ref>{{cite book|title=The New York Times Biographical Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ots1AQAAIAAJ|date=July 1985|publisher=University Microfilms|page=1317}}</ref> ** ], American entertainer (b. ])<ref>{{cite book|title=The New York Times Biographical Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ots1AQAAIAAJ|date=July 1985|publisher=University Microfilms|page=1317}}</ref>
** ], American animator, film director, and film producer (b. ])
* ] – ], American basketball player (b. ])<ref name=sf_obit>{{cite news|title=Don Bragg|date=November 13, 1985|newspaper=San Francisco Examiner|page=B-13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/156461666/|via=]|access-date=October 3, 2024}}</ref>
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** ], Georgian linguist (b. ]) ** ], Georgian linguist (b. ])
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* ] – ], Luxembourgian cyclist (b. ]) * ] – ], Luxembourgish cyclist (b. ])
* ] – ], French actress (b. ]) * ] – ], French actress (b. ])
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* ] – ], English poet and novelist (b. ]) * ] – ], English poet and novelist (b. ])
*] – ], American serial killer (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=1985-12-07 |title=CONFESSED MURDERER OF 13 IS EXECUTED IN NEVADA |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/07/us/confessed-murderer-of-13-is-executed-in-nevada.html |access-date=2024-02-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * ] – ], American serial killer (b. ])<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=1985-12-07 |title=CONFESSED MURDERER OF 13 IS EXECUTED IN NEVADA |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/07/us/confessed-murderer-of-13-is-executed-in-nevada.html |access-date=2024-02-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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** ], 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (b. ]) ** ], 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (b. ])
** ], Filipino diplomat (b. ]) ** ], Filipino diplomat (b. ])
* ] – ], American Mafia boss (b. ]) * ] – ], American Mafia boss (b. ])

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Contents

January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December

← 1984 1985 1986 →


The following is a list of notable deaths in 1985. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

  • Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

Deaths in 1985

January

Mikhail Gromov

February

Clarence Nash
Efrem Zimbalist

March

Konstantin Chernenko
Sir Michael Redgrave
Marc Chagall
Gerhard Stock

April

Enver Hoxha
Tancredo Neves

May

Tahar Ben Ammar
Margaret Hamilton
Penn Nouth

June

Percy Fender
Tage Erlander
Haruo Remeliik

July

Jan de Quay
Simon Kuznets
Heinrich Böll

August

Forbes Burnham
Samantha Smith
Macfarlane Burnet

September

Paul Flory
Italo Calvino
Charles Francis Richter

October

Rock Hudson
Yul Brynner
Orson Welles

November

Main article: Deaths in November 1985
Wellington Koo
Lon Nol

December

Main article: Deaths in December 1985
Anne Baxter
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Ricky Nelson

References

  1. "Sir Brian Horrocks is dead at 89; British General in World War II". The New York Times. January 9, 1985. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. "Sir (Bill) William John McKell (1891–1985)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. "Eric Voegelin, Philosopher, Author and Professor, Dies". New York Times. January 23, 1985. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  4. SIR ARTHUR BRYANT, BRITISH PILOT AND HISTORIAN
  5. "Rubén Rabanal". efemeridesradicales.com.ar (in Spanish). Radical Ephemeris. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  6. no byline (1 March 1985). "Veteran Film-TV Actor J. Pat O'Malley Dies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  7. Earle Chester Clements
  8. Allen Hughes (March 13, 1985). "Eugene Ormandy is Dead at 85 in Philadelphia". New York Times. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  9. Kika Markham (8 September 2014). Our Time of Day: My Life with Corin Redgrave. Oberon Books. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-78319-599-2.
  10. Elaine Markoutsas (April 21, 1985). "A tapestry master's hands of gold". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  11. Van Den Berg, Leen (2005). Sœur Sourire: Journal d'une tragedie. Editions Luc Pire. p. 209. ISBN 2-87415-483-0.
  12. "Terence Sanders". IOC. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  13. JOHN FREDERICK COOTS
  14. Paulin Kola (2003). The Search for Greater Albania. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-85065-596-1.
  15. Morgan, Derec Llwyd (1991), Kate Roberts. Writers of Wales series. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-1115-6
  16. "Jack Medica". IOC. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  17. Unisa Latin American Report. UNISA Centre for Latin American Studies. 1985. p. 30.
  18. Hal May; Ann Evory (February 1986). Contemporary Authors. Gale Research International, Limited. p. 393. ISBN 978-0-8103-1916-5.
  19. "Pete Desjardins". IOC. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  20. "Edmond O'Brien, Actor, Dies at 69". The New York Times. May 10, 1985. p. D22. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  21. Raph Uwechue; Africa Books Limited (1991). Makers of Modern Africa. Africa Journal Limited. p. 104. ISBN 9780903274180.
  22. Chester Gould, Cartoonist, Dies at 84
  23. Jean Dubuffet; Agnes Husslein-Arco (2003). Jean Dubuffet. Prestel. p. 16. ISBN 978-3-7913-6010-2.
  24. Biography Hilding Rosenberg
  25. "সাদুল্লাপুর উপজেলা, প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব". Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  26. Vladimir Jankelevitch; Vladimir Jankélévitch (April 2005). Forgiveness. University of Chicago Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-226-39213-4.
  27. Hockey deaths - June 1985
  28. Stryker, Jeff (March 31, 1996). "Right to Die; Life After Quinlan". New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  29. Jon Surtees (1 June 2017). Wisden at The Oval. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-4729-4264-7.
  30. Hale, Georgia (1999). Charlie Chaplin: intimate close-ups. Kiernan, Heather. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow. pp. x. ISBN 978-1578860043. OCLC 43929623.
  31. "Charlotte | grand duchess of Luxembourg | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  32. "Controversy Erupts Over Death of Race Driver". Los Angeles Times. August 14, 1985. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  33. J. Willard Marriott
  34. John Arthur Garraty; Mark Christopher Carnes (1999). American National Biography. Oxford University Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-19-512783-6.
  35. "Driver Is Killed In Race Accident". The New York Times. Associated Press. 2 September 1985. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  36. World Book, Inc. Staff (February 1986). The World Book Year Book. World Book, Incorporated. p. 516. ISBN 978-0-7166-0486-0.
  37. Perry, S. V. (1987). "Rodney Robert Porter. 8 October 1917-6 September 1985". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 33: 445–89. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1987.0017. JSTOR 769960. PMID 11621436.
  38. Kenneth T. Jackson; Karen Markoe; Arnie Markoe (1998). The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: 1981-1985. Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-684-80492-7.
  39. Philip L. Miller (2002). "Cecil, Winifred". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O009914.
  40. Slesin, Suzanne (18 September 1985). "Laura Ashley, British Designer, Is Dead at 60". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  41. Beno Weiss (1993). Understanding Italo Calvino. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-87249-858-7.
  42. Jill C. Wheeler (1 January 2013). E. B. White. ABDO Publishing Company. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-61480-938-8.
  43. Hardit Singh Malik
  44. The New York Times Biographical Service. University Microfilms. July 1985. p. 1317.
  45. "Don Bragg". San Francisco Examiner. November 13, 1985. p. B-13. Retrieved October 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  46. "CONFESSED MURDERER OF 13 IS EXECUTED IN NEVADA". The New York Times. 1985-12-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
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