List of Famous people who died in 1985

Line Noro

Aline Simone Noro
First Name Line
Last Name Noro
Born on February 22, 1900
Died on November 4, 1985 (aged 85)
Born in France, Grand Est

Line Noro was a French stage and film actress. During the 1930s she played glamorous, often exotic, women in films such as Pépé le Moko. Between 1945 and 1966 Noro was a member of the Comédie Française. She was married to the film director André Berthomieu.

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Karl-Adolf Hollidt

First Name Karl-Adolf
Died on May 22, 1985 (aged 15)

Karl-Adolf Hollidt was a German army commander and war criminal during World War II. He was a general (Generaloberst) in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the 6th Army.

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Mikel Zabaltza Garate

First Name Mikel
Born on July 31, 1952
Died on November 26, 1985 (aged 33)
Born in Spain, Navarre

Mikel Zabalza Garate, also known as Mikel Zabaltza Garate, was a Basque bus driver, and employee of the Sant Sebastian Municipal Trolley Service.

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Friedrich Traugott Wahlen

First Name Friedrich
Last Name Wahlen
Born on April 10, 1899
Died on November 7, 1985 (aged 86)

Friedrich Traugott Wahlen was a Swiss agronomist and politician.

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George Savalas

First Name George
Last Name Savalas
Born on December 5, 1924
Died on October 2, 1985 (aged 60)

Georgios Demosthenes Savalas was an American film and television actor. He was the younger brother of actor Telly Savalas, with whom he acted in the popular 1970s TV crime series Kojak.

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Kamatari Fujiwara

First Name Kamatari
Last Name Fujiwara
Born on January 15, 1905
Died on December 21, 1985 (aged 80)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Kamatari Fujiwara was a Japanese actor.

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Evelyn Ankers

First Name Evelyn
Last Name Ankers
Born on August 17, 1918
Died on August 29, 1985 (aged 67)
Height 166 cm | 5'5

Evelyn Felisa Ankers was an American actress who often played variations on the role of the cultured young leading lady in the many American horror films during the 1940s, most notably The Wolf Man (1941) opposite Lon Chaney Jr., a frequent screen partner.

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Leon Klinghoffer

First Name Leon
Last Name Klinghoffer
Born on September 24, 1916
Died on October 8, 1985 (aged 69)

Leon Klinghoffer was an American man who was shot, killed and thrown overboard the cruise ship Achille Lauro by members of the terrorist group known as the Palestine Liberation Front who hijacked the ship in 1985.

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Wellington Koo

First Name Wellington
Last Name Koo
Born on January 29, 1888
Died on November 14, 1985 (aged 97)

Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo was a statesman of the Republic of China. He was one of Republic of China's representatives at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.

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Estanislao Shilinsky Bachanska

First Name Estanislao
Last Name Bachanska
Born on August 10, 1911
Died on September 27, 1985 (aged 74)

Estanislao Schillinsky Bachanska, known as Estanislao Shilinsky or simply Shilinsky, was a Lithuanian-born Mexican comedian and the half of the 1940–1970 comedy duo Manolín y Shilinsky with Manuel Palacios ("Manolín").

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