Explore notable deaths.

George London

1920–1985

opera singer

Official cause

disease

José Luis Munguía

1959–1985

association football player

Official cause

traffic collision

David Huffman

1945–1985

stage actor, television actor, film actor

Official cause

stab wound to the chest

J. Pat O'Malley

1904–1985

composer, songwriter, actor

Official cause

disease

Peter Firstbrook

1933–1985

figure skater

Official cause

pneumonia

Malisa Zini

1921–1985

actor

Official cause

cancer

Charles Breslin

1964–1985

Official cause

gunshot wound

David Hunt

1934–1985

ornithologist

Official cause

tiger attack

Alexander Scourby

1913–1985

stage actor, film actor, television actor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Ina Claire

1893–1985

actor, stage actor, film actor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Louis Hayward

1909–1985

military officer, stage actor, film actor

Official cause

cancer; lung cancer

Tony Janiro

1926–1985

boxer

Official cause

kidney failure

Daniel González

1953–1985

association football player

Official cause

traffic collision

Martín Adán

1908–1985

poet, writer

Official cause

shock

Neil Cameron, Baron Cameron of Balhousie

1920–1985

writer, politician

Official cause

cancer

Wade Nichols

1946–1985

actor, pornographic actor, singer

Official cause

death from AIDS-related complications

Jean-Pierre Rassam

1941–1985

film producer, producer

Official cause

intoxication

Bernard Pierre Wolff

1930–1985

photographer

Official cause

death from AIDS-related complications

Joseph Howard Hodges

1911–1985

Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

Official cause

lung cancer

Robert W. Cairns

1909–1985

chemist

Official cause

pneumonia

Mario Petri

1922–1985

film actor, opera singer

Official cause

stroke

David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech

1918–1985

diplomat, politician

Official cause

traffic collision

Gabriel Elorde

1935–1985

boxer

Official cause

lung cancer

Raoul Pene Du Bois

1914–1985

costume designer, scenographer

Official cause

stroke