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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

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January

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Mikhail Gromov

February

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Clarence Nash
 
Efrem Zimbalist

March

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Konstantin Chernenko
 
Sir Michael Redgrave
 
Marc Chagall
 
Gerhard Stock

April

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Enver Hoxha
 
Tancredo Neves
 
Tahar Ben Ammar
 
Margaret Hamilton
 
Penn Nouth

June

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Percy Fender
 
Tage Erlander
 
Haruo Remeliik

July

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Jan de Quay
 
Simon Kuznets
 
Heinrich Böll

August

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Forbes Burnham
 
Samantha Smith
 
Macfarlane Burnet

September

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Paul Flory
 
Italo Calvino
 
Charles Francis Richter

October

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Rock Hudson
 
Yul Brynner
 
Orson Welles

November

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Wellington Koo
 
Lon Nol

December

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Anne Baxter
 
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
 
Ricky Nelson

References

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  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.[permanent dead link]
  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. ^ "Charlotte | grand duchess of Luxembourg | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  31. ^ "Controversy Erupts Over Death of Race Driver". Los Angeles Times. August 14, 1985. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  32. ^ John Arthur Garraty; Mark Christopher Carnes (1999). American National Biography. Oxford University Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-19-512783-6.
  33. ^ "Driver Is Killed In Race Accident". The New York Times. Associated Press. 2 September 1985. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  34. ^ World Book, Inc. Staff (February 1986). The World Book Year Book. World Book, Incorporated. p. 516. ISBN 978-0-7166-0486-0.
  35. ^ 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.
  36. ^ 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.
  37. ^ Philip L. Miller (2002). "Cecil, Winifred". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O009914.
  38. ^ Slesin, Suzanne (18 September 1985). "Laura Ashley, British Designer, Is Dead at 60". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  39. ^ Beno Weiss (1993). Understanding Italo Calvino. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-87249-858-7.
  40. ^ Jill C. Wheeler (1 January 2013). E. B. White. ABDO Publishing Company. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-61480-938-8.
  41. ^ Hardit Singh Malik
  42. ^ The New York Times Biographical Service. University Microfilms. July 1985. p. 1317.
  43. ^ "Don Bragg". San Francisco Examiner. November 13, 1985. p. B-13. Retrieved October 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  44. ^ "CONFESSED MURDERER OF 13 IS EXECUTED IN NEVADA". The New York Times. 1985-12-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-22.