People Who Died in The Eighties, 1985
January 03 Lucien Cailliet, composer, dies at 93
January 04 Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89
January 06 Robert H W Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85
January 07 Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67
January 09 Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies
January 13 Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42
January 14 Jetta Goudal, French actress (White Gold), dies at 86
January 18 Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Moslem leader, hanged at 76
January 18 Wilfrid Brambell, actor (Hard Day's Night, Boys), dies at 72
January 20 Jo Juda, Dutch musician, dies at 75
January 21 Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema
January 26 James Cameron, journalist, dies
January 30 Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol), dies at 67
February 06 Charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Capt Newman), dies at 53
February 06 Dandy Nichols, actress (Confessions of a Window Cleaner), dies at 78
February 07 Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist, dies at 83
February 07 Uday Merchant, cricket (bro of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies
February 08 Marvin Miller, actor (Michael Anthony-Millionaire), dies at 71
February 08 Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75
February 11 Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer, dies of pneumonia at 83
February 11 Henry Hathaway, actor/director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86
February 11 Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer, dies at 68
February 12 Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61
February 16 Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69
February 17 Wanda Perry, actress (Roberta, Death of a Salesman), dies at 67
February 18 Willy Alberti, [Carel Verbruggen], Dutch singer, dies at 58
February 19 Elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick & Jane), dies
February 19 George Holmes, actor (Man in the Trunk), dies at 66
February 20 Clarence Nash, voice (Donald Duck), dies at 80 of leukemia, in Calif
February 21 Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer (Floris), dies at 47
February 21 Ina Claire, actress/comedienne (3 Bdwy Girls), dies of stroke at 89
February 21 Louis Hayward, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), dies of lung cancer at 75
February 22 Alexander Scourby, actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at 71
February 22 Efrem A Zimbalist, Russian/US composer/violinist, dies at 95
February 23 Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71
February 27 David Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies
February 27 Henry Cabot Lodge, (Sen-R)/diplomat, dies at 82
February 27 Pat J O'Malley, actor (My Favorite Martian, Maude), dies at 83
February 28 Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC
March 01 Eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at 66
March 02 John B Kelly Jr, chairman US Olympic Committee, dies at 57
March 02 Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips), dies at 77 of Parkinson's
March 03 Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86
March 06 Eric Sloane, US artist, dies at 80
March 07 George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76
March 07 Robert W Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95
March 07 Victor W Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies
March 08 Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack
March 08 Thomas Creighton, US heart patient (3 implants in 46 hrs), dies at 33
March 10 Konstantin Chernenko, party leader/pres of USSR (1984-85), dies at 73
March 12 Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85
March 16 B V A Röling, Dutch lawyer (WW II Tokyo trials), dies at 78
March 16 Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88
March 17 Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies
March 18 Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89
March 21 Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Mr Arkadin), dies at 77
March 21 Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78
March 23 Anton Constandse, Dutch anarchist/writer, dies at 85
March 23 Patricia Roberts Harris, (Rep-D), dies at 60
March 23 Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium at 52
March 28 Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97
March 28 Nand Baert, Belgian radio/tv-host, dies at 53
March 30 Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76
April 05 Tyrell Johnson, cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies
April 11 Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76
April 14 Enver Hoxha, Albanian leader (1944-85), dies
April 14 Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63
April 16 Scott Brady, [Gerald Tierney], actor (Shotgun Slade), dies at 60
April 17 Ilona Bodden, writer, dies
April 21 Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62
April 21 Tancredo Neves, president-elect of Brazil, dies at 75
April 23 Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78
April 23 Sam J Ervin Jr, (Sen-D-NC), dies at 88
April 24 Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80
April 25 Murray Matheson, actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72
April 25 Richard Haydn, British actor (Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 80
April 30 George Pravada, actor (Felscher-Holocaust), dies at 66
May 02 Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery
May 02 Milton S Eisenhower, US diplomat, dies at 85
May 07 Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54
May 08 Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74
May 08 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies of Alzheimer's at 69
May 08 Karl Marx, German composer/conductor, dies at 87
May 09 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69
May 11 Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy), dies at 84
May 11 Garmt Stuiveling, literatrary (Ego & Echo), dies at 77
May 11 Jorja Curtright, actor (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack
May 11 Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies
May 12 Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies
May 13 Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) NYC at 91
May 13 Selma Diamond, comedienne (Selma-Night Court), dies of cancer at 64
May 14 Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed
May 15 Jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38
May 16 Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82
May 17 Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas
May 17 Hugh Burden, actor (Night of Laughing Dead), dies at 72
May 17 Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wizard of Oz), dies
May 18 Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82
May 20 George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46
May 25 Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer
May 25 Robert Nathan, US writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at 91
May 27 Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80
May 29 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match
May 29 Madge West, actress (Grandma-McLean Stevenson Show), dies at 93
June 01 Richard Greene, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 67
June 06 Siem Devout, Dutch actor, dies at 54
June 10 Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68
June 10 George Chandler, actor (Lassie), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87
June 11 Karen Ann Quinlan, comatose patient, dies in Morris Plains NJ at 31
June 15 Len Hopwood, cricketer (took 0-155 in two Tests Eng v Aust 1934), dies
June 15 Percy Fender, cricketer (13 Tests for England, 380 runs 29 wkts), dies
June 17 Piet De Somer, Belgian rector of University of Louvain, dies at 67
June 28 James Craig, actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74
June 30 James Dewar, inventor (Twinkie), dies
July 04 John de Quay, Dutch premier (1959-63), dies at 83
July 05 Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86
July 05 Jack Robertson, S Afr cricket spinner (3 Tests v Aust 1935-36), dies
July 05 Marion Byron, actress (Steamboat Bill Jr), dies at 73
July 07 Patti McCarty, actress (Gangster of the Frontier), dies at 64
July 08 Gardner Cowles Jr, US publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82
July 08 Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley), dies at 72
July 08 Simon Kuznets, US economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84
July 09 Rafael Campos, actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49
July 10 Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered
July 16 Heinrich Böll, German writer (Nobel 1972), dies at 67
July 16 Wayne King, orch leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84
July 17 Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer, dies at 93
July 17 Margo, actress (Rumba, Viva Zapata), dies at 68 of a brain tumor
July 21 Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65
July 21 Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney)
July 23 Kay Kyser, bandleader (Kay Kyser's Kollege), dies at 79
July 27 Joseph "Smoky Joe" Wood, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies at 95
July 28 Grant Williams, actor (Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning at 54
July 29 James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69
July 31 Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78
July 31 Murray Chapple, cricketer (14 Tests for NZ, 497 runs), dies
August 01 Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92
August 02 Frank Faylen, vaudevillian, dies of pneumonia at 79
August 02 Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies
August 04 Zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65
August 05 Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67
August 07 Grayson Hall, actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58
August 08 Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78
August 10 Kenny Backer, comedian (Time Bandits), dies of a heart attack at 72
August 12 Marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86
August 13 Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67
August 14 Gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86
August 15 Richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68
August 20 Harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists
August 22 Ginty Lush, cricketer (NSW quickie of 30's), dies
August 24 Paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78
August 25 Samantha Smith, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street), dies in plane at 13
August 26 Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP/editor (GPV, Netherlands Daily), dies at 76
August 28 Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88
August 29 Alexander Abramsky, composer, dies at 87
August 29 Evelyn Ankers, actress (Black Beauty, Jungle Woman), dies at 67
August 29 Patrick Barr, actor (Black Orchid, On the Run), dies at 77
September 02 Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64
September 03 Joe Jones, drummer, dies at 73
September 03 John Herbert McDowell, composer, dies at 58
September 04 George O'Brien, actor (Daniel Boone, Salute), dies of a stroke at 85
September 04 Isabel Jeans, actress (Suspicion, Easy Virtue, Tovarich), dies at 93
September 06 Jane Frazee, singer/actress (Alice-Beulah), dies at 67 of pneumonia
September 06 Johnny Desmond, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies of cancer at 65
September 06 Leon Orthel, composer, dies at 79
September 10 Alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23
September 11 William Alwyn, composer, dies at 79
September 13 Dane Rudhyar, composer, dies at 90
September 17 Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, dies by accident
September 19 Italo Calvino, sci-fi author (T-Zero, Mr Palomar), dies at 61
September 22 Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73
September 23 Mickey Simpson, actor (Wagonmaster), dies of a heart attack at 72
September 25 Albert Moeschinger, composer, dies at 88
September 27 Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83
September 30 Charles F Richter, US seismologist (scale of R), dies at 85
September 30 Heleb MacInnes, US spy writer (Affiliate in place), dies at 77
September 30 Simone Signoret, German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies at 64
October 01 Charlotte White, US author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web), dies at 86
October 02 George Savalas, actor (Kojak), dies at 58
October 02 Rock Hudson, actor (MacMillian & Wife), dies of AIDS at 59
October 02 Sidney Clute, actor (Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey), dies at 69
October 03 Charles Collingwood, newscaster (Chronicles), dies at 68
October 03 Maurice Copeland, actor (Ralph-Those Young Charmings), dies at 74
October 08 Leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat
October 08 Ricardo Bacchelli, playwright/poet (Il malino del Po), dies at 94
October 10 Orson Welles, actor/dir (Citizen Kane), dies of heart attack at 70
October 10 Yul Brynner, [Taidje Khan], actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 65
October 11 Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer
October 12 Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75
October 12 Ricky Wilson, rock guitarist (B-52's), dies of AIDS at 32
October 13 Jack Wilson, cricketer (Test for Australia, 0-39 & 1-25, DNB), dies
October 15 Meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72
October 16 Claude Stroud, actor (Hobart-Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78
October 18 Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30
October 25 Elsa Moranet, writer, dies at 67
October 25 Morton Downey, singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83
October 29 John Lodge, actor (Sensation, In Like Flint)/(gov-R-CT), dies at 82
October 30 Kirby Grant, actor/singer (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74
November 01 Phil Silvers, comedic actor (Sgt Bilko), dies in his sleep at 73
November 06 Joel Crothers, actor (Edge of Night), dies of a heart attack at 44
November 09 Helen Rose, costume designer, dies at 81
November 09 Mary MacLaren, actress (Black Swan), dies at 85 of respiratory probs
November 10 Pelle Lindbergh, goalie (Phila Flyers), dies in drunk driving accident
November 15 Spencer W Kimball, US head of mormon church, dies at 90
November 16 John J Sparkmann, (Sen-D-Ala), dies at 85
November 17 Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81
November 19 Lall Singh, cricketer (Test for India 1932), dies
November 19 Stepin Fetchit, [Lincoln Penny], 1st black star, dies of pneumonia 83
November 20 Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65
November 21 Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), dies
November 24 Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator, dies at 67
November 26 Ransom Sherman, comedian (Father of Bride), dies at 87
November 28 Fernand Braudel, French historian, dies at 83
November 29 Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager, dies at 71
December -- Forrest Shaklee, businessman, dies at 91
December 02 Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies
December 02 Philip Larkin, [hermit of Hull], English poet, dies at 63
December 03 Sam Gillman, actor (Sam-Shane), dies at 70
December 04 Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83
December 06 Burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92
December 06 Burr Tillstrom, puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie), dies at 68
December 07 Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70
December 07 Robert Graves, English writer/poet (King Jesus), dies at 90
December 12 Anne Baxter, actress (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel), dies at 62
December 12 Ian Stewart, keyboardist/road mgr (Rolling Stones), dies at 47
December 14 Roger Maris, HR hitter (61 in 61, NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 51
December 14 Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum, US, sci-fi author (Red Peri), dies at 85
December 16 Dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies
December 16 Merv Waite, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust 1938, 1 wkt avg 190), dies
December 16 Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a NYC restaurant
December 17 Otto Gotsche, writer, dies
December 23 James Vance (20) & Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking
December 23 their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages
December 25 George Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66
December 26 Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53
December 27 Dian Fossey, US naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), found dead in Rwanda
December 31 Alexander Matheson, cricketer (2 wickets/2 Tests for NZ 1930-31), dies
December 31 Rick Nelson, singer/actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 45
December 31 Sam Spiegel, Academy Award winning producer (Betrayal), dies at 84