List of Famous people who died in 1985

1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

Victoria Ruth Mary Rosamund Oliphant

First Name Victoria

Last Name Oliphant

Born on May 10, 1907

Died on January 1, 1985 (aged 77)

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Kenny Clarke

First Name Kenny

Last Name Clarke

Born on January 9, 1914

Died on January 26, 1985 (aged 71)

Born in United States of America, Pennsylvania

Kenneth Clarke Spearman, nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride cymbal to keep time rather than the hi-hat, along with the use of the bass drum for irregular accents.

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John Robert Stuart-King

First Name John

Last Name Stuart-King

Born on September 13, 1934

Died on August 31, 1985 (aged 50)

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Francoise Carmen Dagmar de la Panouse

First Name Francoise

Last Name Panouse

Born on January 1, 1903

Died on January 30, 1985 (aged 82)

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Dorothea Helena Carnegie

First Name Dorothea

Born on August 6, 1906

Died on January 1, 1985 (aged 78)

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Sir John Molesworth-St. Aubyn, 14th Bt.

First Name Sir

Born on January 12, 1899

Died on November 15, 1985 (aged 86)

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Marian Engel

Marian Passmore

First Name Marian

Last Name Engel

Born on May 24, 1933

Died on February 16, 1985 (aged 51)

Born in Canada, Ontario

Marian Ruth Engel was a Canadian novelist and a founding member of the Writers' Union of Canada. Her most famous and controversial novel was Bear (1976), a tale of erotic love between a librarian and a bear.

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Alexander Lloyd, 2nd Baron Lloyd

First Name Alexander

Last Name Lloyd

Born on September 30, 1912

Died on November 5, 1985 (aged 73)

Alexander David Frederick Lloyd, 2nd Baron Lloyd, was a British Conservative politician.

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Gershom John Stewart

First Name Gershom

Born on April 26, 1935

Died on July 24, 1985 (aged 50)

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Sir Richard Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 2nd Bt.

First Name Sir

Born on March 28, 1908

Died on February 7, 1985 (aged 76)

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