Explore notable deaths.

Grayson Hall

1922–1985

actor, stage actor, television actor

Official cause

lung cancer

June Bamber

1924–1985

Official cause

gunshot wound

Mickey Shaughnessy

1920–1985

actor, comedian, television actor

Official cause

lung cancer

Kay Kyser

1905–1985

bandleader, conductor, radio personality

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Nels Crutchfield

1911–1985

ice hockey player

Official cause

traffic collision

Esther Allan

1914–1985

composer, pianist

Official cause

disease

Aristid von Grosse

1905–1985

chemist

Official cause

pneumonia

Zoran Radmilović

1933–1985

actor, stage actor, film actor

Official cause

colorectal cancer

Janusz Zajdel

1938–1985

writer, nuclear physicist

Official cause

lung cancer

John Canaday

1907–1985

art historian, historian, journalist

Official cause

pancreatic cancer

Sjumandjaja

1933–1985

actor, writer, film director

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Gunter Wyszecki

1925–1985

mathematician, physicist

Official cause

leukemia

Tage Erlander

1901–1985

politician

Official cause

pneumonia

Kent Bowers

Unknown–1985

Official cause

hanging to death

Maya Kristalinskaya

1932–1985

singer, translator

Official cause

cancer

John Y. Brown, Sr.

1900–1985

politician, lawyer, jurist

Official cause

pneumonia

Inoue Yūichi

1916–1985

painter, calligrapher

Official cause

hepatitis

Robert Stethem

1961–1985

military personnel, United States Navy Diver

Official cause

gunshot wound

Bernard Gruver

1923–1985

cartoonist, animator

Official cause

pneumonia

Karen Ann Quinlan

1954–1985

activist

Official cause

pneumonia

Dominique Laffin

1952–1985

film actor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Harold Hecht

1907–1985

film producer, stage actor, choreographer

Official cause

cancer; Pancreatic cancer

Raúl Borrás

1933–1985

journalist, politician

Official cause

lung cancer

Kiyoshi Nakamura

1913–1985

track and field coach, athletics competitor

Official cause

drowning