Died in 1985

Yul Brynner American Actor October 10
Rodney Robert Porter British Scientist September 7
Rock Hudson American Actor October 2
Robert Mayer English Businessman January 9
Robert Graves Irish Novelist December 7
Robert Fitzgerald American Author January 16
Ricky Nelson American Musician December 31
Potter Stewart American Judge December 7
Philip Larkin English Poet December 2
Phil Silvers American Actor November 1
Paul Castellano American Criminal December 16
Orson Welles American Actor October 10
Margaret Hamilton American Actress May 16
Roger Maris Athlete December 14
Roger Sessions American Composer March 16
William Lyons Irish Businessman February 8
Theodore Sturgeon American Writer May 8
Taylor Caldwell American Author August 30
Tancredo Neves Brazilian Politician April 21
Susanne Langer American Philosopher July 17
Susan Ertz English Novelist
Stuart Chase American Writer
Smokey Joe Wood American Athlete July 27
Saunders Lewis Welsh Poet September 1
Samantha Smith American Celebrity August 25
Sam Ervin American Politician April 23
Ruth Gordon American Actress August 28
Marc Chagall French Artist March 28
Louise Brooks American Actress August 8
Lord Harlech British Politician
Chester Gould American Cartoonist May 11
Charles Richter American Scientist April 20
Charles Francis Richter American Scientist April 20
Carlos P. Romulo Filipino Politician December 15
Burleigh Grimes American Athlete December 6
Brenda Ueland American Writer March 5
Bill Scott American Actor November 29
Basil Bunting British Poet
Arthur Bryant British Historian June 22
Anne Baxter American Actress December 12
Andre Kertesz Hungarian Photographer September 28
Alister Hardy British Scientist May 22
Dan White American Criminal October 21
Dian Fossey American Scientist December 26
Laura Ashley British Designer September 17
Johnny Olson American Entertainer October 12
Jock Stein Scottish Celebrity September 10
Jean Dubuffet French Artist May 12
James Beard American Author January 21
Italo Calvino Italian Journalist September 19
Irving Mills American Musician April 21
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. American Politician February 27
Frank Scott Canadian Poet January 30
Fernand Braudel French Historian November 27
Eugene Ormandy American Musician March 12
E. B. White American Writer October 1
Albert Maltz American Author April 26