List of Famous people who died in 1985

Lidiya Vins

First Name Lidiya
Born on March 30, 1907
Died on May 19, 1985 (aged 78)
Born in Russia, Amur Oblast
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Pierre Tal-Coat

Pierre Jacob
First Name Pierre
Last Name Tal-Coat
Born on December 12, 1905
Died on June 12, 1985 (aged 79)
Born in France, Brittany

Pierre Tal-Coat was a French artist considered to be one of the founders of Tachisme.

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John Derek Wigan

First Name John
Last Name Wigan
Born on January 2, 1916
Died on January 26, 1985 (aged 69)
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Robert Nathan

First Name Robert
Last Name Nathan
Born on January 2, 1894
Died on May 25, 1985 (aged 91)

Robert Gruntal Nathan was an American novelist and poet.

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George O'Brien

First Name George
Last Name O'Brien
Born on April 19, 1899
Died on September 4, 1985 (aged 86)

George O'Brien was an American actor, popular during the silent film era and into the talkie era of the 1930s, best known today as the lead actor in F. W. Murnau's 1927 film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans.

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Emily Barbara Walsh

First Name Emily
Born on September 6, 1905
Died on January 1, 1985 (aged 79)
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Lady Mabel Jocelyn

First Name Lady
Last Name Jocelyn
Born on March 25, 1915
Died on June 27, 1985 (aged 70)
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Kent Smith

Frank Kent Smith
First Name Kent
Last Name Smith
Born on March 19, 1907
Died on April 23, 1985 (aged 78)

Frank Kent Smith was an American actor who had a lengthy career in film, theatre and television.

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Ernst Öpik

Ernst Julius Öpik
First Name Ernst
Last Name Öpik
Born on October 22, 1893
Died on September 10, 1985 (aged 91)

Ernst Julius Öpik was an Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career (1948–1981) at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland.

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Roger Sessions

First Name Roger
Last Name Sessions
Born on December 28, 1896
Died on March 16, 1985 (aged 88)

Roger Huntington Sessions was an American composer, teacher and writer on music.

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