Deaths in September 1985

The following is a list of notable deaths in September 1985.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

September 1985

1

Robert S. Babcock, 70, American politician, lieutenant governor of Vermont (1959–1961).
Stefan Bellof, 27, German racing driver, racing crash.
Laxmikant Bhembre, 79, Indian writer and liberation activist.
Lloyd Davenport, 73, American baseball player.
Eileen de Coppet, Princess of Albania, 62, English-American socialite.
Sir David Derham, 65, Australian jurist and academic administrator.
Tom Stanley Hepworth, 69, Australian educator.
Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, 92, Pakistani diplomat.
Saunders Lewis, 91, Welsh politician and writer.
Richie Panch, 31, American racing driver, plane crash.
Sir James Pitman, 84, English educationalist and politician, MP (1945–1964).
Evelyn Sharp, Baroness Sharp, 82, British civil servant.
Dale Singleton, 30, American motorcycle racer, plane crash.
Harold H. Velde, 75, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1949–1957).

2

Anna Banti, 90, Italian writer.
Yvonne Barrett, 39, Australian singer, strangled.
Gershon Benjamin, 86, Romanian-born American painter.
Eveline M. Burns, 85, American economist.
Donald Craik, 54, Canadian politician.
Eleanor Layfield Davis, 73-74, American painter.
V. Dharmalingam, 67, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1960–1983), shot.
John Oscar Egeland, 94, Norwegian shipping magnate.
Gonzalo Güell, 90, Cuban politician, prime minister (1958–1959).
Bob Kinney, 64, American basketball player.
Abe Lenstra, 64, Dutch footballer.
Nils Sæbø, 88, Norwegian Olympic equestrian (1936).
Alex Stevenson, 73, Irish footballer.
Sir Hugh Walmsley, 87, British RAF commander.
Jay Youngblood, 30, American professional wrestler, complications from a heart attack.

3

Alexis I. du Pont Bayard, 67, American politician, lieutenant governor of Delaware (1949–1953), complications from surgery.
Jocelyn Bonham-Carter, 81, English cricketer and civil servant.
He Zhuguo, 87-88, Chinese general.
Jo Jones, 73, American jazz drummer, pneumonia.
Frank Kilby, 79, New Zealand rugby player.
Dragan Mance, 22, Yugoslav footballer, traffic collision.
Johnny Marks, 75, American songwriter ("Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "A Holly Jolly Christmas"), complications from diabetes.
Bonaro W. Overstreet, 82, American author, stroke.
Gilles Thomas, 55, French author.

4

Larry Beauregard, 28, Canadian flautist, colon cancer.
Art Bramhall, 76, American baseball, basketball and football player.
Michel Brunet, 68, Canadian historian.
Andrzej Chudziński, 36, Polish Olympic swimmer (1972).
Isabel Jeans, 93, English actress (Gigi).
Lidija Liepiņa, 94, Soviet Latvian chemist.
Mira Mihelič, 73, Yugoslav writer.
José Nozari, 71-72, Mexican Olympic sports shooter (1948).
George O'Brien, 86, American actor (Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans).
Georgeann Robinson, 67, American Osage artist.
Oldřich Sedlák, 62, Czechoslovak ice hockey player.
Vasyl Stus, 47, Soviet Ukrainian dissident, starvation.

5

George Arnott, 84, Australian footballer.
Jimmy Cotter, 26, New Zealand rugby player, traffic collision.
Tibor Czorba, 78-79, Hungarian artist.
Gerald Dreyer, 55, South African boxer.
Maud Johnson, 66-67, American journalist and author.
Albert Larsen, 84, Danish Olympic runner (1924, 1928).
Jim McGlone, 88, Australian footballer.
Philip M. Morse, 82, American physicist.
Mieczysław Mümler, 85, Polish-English flying ace.
Carolynne Snowden, 85, American actress and singer.
Jiřina Štěpničková, 73, Czechoslovak actress.
Rupert Tang Choon, 71, Trinidadian cricketer.
Willem van der Oord, 65, Dutch hydraulic engineer.
Blaine Walsh, 60, American sportscaster.

6

J. R. Bailey, 48, American singer and songwriter.
Johnny Desmond, 65, American singer, cancer.
Jane Frazee, 70, American actress, pneumonia.
Heydar Ghiai, 62, Iranian-French architect.
Little Brother Montgomery, 79, American jazz and blues musician.
Léon Orthel, 79, Dutch composer.
Rodney Porter, 67, British biochemist, Nobel Prize recipient (1972), traffic collision.
Richiardi Jr, 61, Peruvian-American magician.
Barnet J. Segal, 87, American businessman and investor.
Shi Liang, 85, Chinese lawyer and jurist.
Tscherim Soobzokov, 61, Russian-born American spy and Nazi collaborator, injuries sustained in an explosion.
Joseph Janney Steinmetz, 79, American photographer.
Dick Zoll, 71, American football player.

7

Ferenc Csanádi, 60, Hungarian football manager.
Tom Fena, 75, American football player.
Harold Gomberg, 68, American oboist, heart attack.
George Heywood, 78, English footballer.
Patrick Kelly, 67, South African-born Scottish footballer.
Bruiser Kinard, 70, American football player, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Nazim Osmanov, 46, Soviet Uzbek politician.
Ivy Parker, 77, American chemist.
Josef Věromír Pleva, 86, Czechoslovak children's author.
George Pólya, 97, Hungarian-American mathematician, complications from a stroke.
Viv Randall, 71, Australian footballer.
Finn Seemann, 40, Norwegian footballer, traffic collision.
Doris Svedlund, 58, Swedish actress.
Jacoba van Velde, 82, Dutch novelist.
Sir Ellis Waterhouse, 80, English art historian, heart attack.
José Zabala-Santos, 74, Filipino cartoonist.

8

Harry Bailey, 62, Australian psychiatrist, suicide by drug overdose.
John Franklin Enders, 88, American virologist, Nobel Prize recipient (1954).
Buck Jones, 96, American football player.
Norman Magee, 62, Canadian politician.
Frederick May, 74, Irish composer.
Ana Mendieta, 36, Cuban-American artist, fall.
Emmy Brady Rogers, 87, American pianist.
Jim Shanahan, 84, Australian footballer.

9

John Baker, Baron Baker, 84, British structural engineer.
Patrick Burke, 81, Irish politician, TD (1944–1973).
Neil Davis, 51, Australian photojournalist, tank fire.
Paul Flory, 75, American chemist, Nobel Prize recipient (1974), heart attack.
Rod Funseth, 52, American golfer, cancer.
Ernesto Ganelli, 84, Italian architect.
Robert Henderson, 80, American actor.
Yaacob Abdul Latiff, 67, Malaysian politician, mayor of Kuala Lumpur (1972–1980).
Luis Padilla Nervo, 91, Mexican diplomat.
Sun Zhen, 93, Chinese general.
Antonino Votto, 88, Italian opera conductor.
Ahmad Zamir, 55, Pakistani naval admiral.

10

Alex Buchanan, 79, MP (1955–1972).
Chong Yun Jing, 22, Singaporean administrative officer, medical malpractice.
Marianus Czerny, 89, German physicist.
M. L. Ahamed Fareeth, 45, Sri Lankan politician, MP (since 1977).
Ettore Maria Fizzarotti, 69, Italian filmmaker.
John Goleby, 50, Australian politician.
Ebbie Goodfellow, 78, Canadian ice hockey player, cancer.
Guy Thompson Griffith, 77, English historian.
Chakali Ilamma, 89, Indian independence activist.
Bonifaty Kedrov, 81, Soviet philosopher.
Alexa Kenin, 23, American actress.
Werner Meyer, 71, Swiss Olympic handball player (1936).
Ernst Öpik, 91, Estonian-Northern Irish astrophysicist.
Samuel Oshoffa, 75, Nigerian evangelist, traffic collision.
Jock Stein, 62, Scottish football player and manager, pulmonary edema.

11

William Alwyn, 79, English composer.
Dame Henrietta Barnett, 80, English RAF commander.
Eleanor Dark, 84, Australian novelist (The Timeless Land, Prelude to Christopher, Return to Coolami).
Emmy Klieneberger-Nobel, 93, German microbiologist.
Federico Melchor, 70, Spanish politician and journalist.
Masako Natsume, 27, Japanese actress, leukemia.
David Rioch, 85, American neuroanatomist.
Jean Albert Sulpice, 72, French curler.
Andrew C. Thornton II, 40, American drug smuggler and narcotics officer, fall.
Fred Urmson, 77, English footballer.
Luigi Velluti, 76, Italian sculptor.

12

Sylvia Benton, 98, British archaeologist.
Maurice Anthony Biot, 80, Belgian-American physicist.
Bartolome Cabangbang, 67, Filipino politician, stroke.
Frank Carpay, 68, Dutch-New Zealand industrial engineer.
Franz Josef Conrad, 41, German politician.
Galina Dzhunkovskaya, 62, Soviet navigator.
Herb Eisele, 81, American football coach.
Raymond Fife, 12, American murder victim.
John Kerans, 70, British naval officer and politician, MP (1959–1964).
Tom Knowles, 77, English rugby player.
Galo Ocampo, 71, Filipino artist, cardiac arrest.
Sam Reese, 55, American actor, stroke.
Namik Resuli, 77, Albanian linguist.
Steamboat Struss, 76, American baseball player.

13

Allan Bergkvist, 77, Swedish chess player.
E. L. M. Burns, 88, Canadian general and diplomat.
Winifred Cecil, 78, American opera singer.
George Roche Evans, 62, American Roman Catholic prelate.
Kim Yong-woo, 73, South Korean scouting leader.
J. P. Kuiper, 63, Dutch social medicine professor.
Gordon Lawson, 85, New Zealand rugby player.
Stan McKenzie, 89, Australian footballer.
Art Murakowski, 60, American football player.
Odhise Paskali, 71, Albanian sculptor.
Charles D. Phelps, 47, American ophthalmologist, cancer.
Andy Philipsen, 45-46, Canadian politician, traffic collision.
Augusto Rademaker, 80, Brazilian naval admiral and politician, vice president (1969–1974).
Sam Reese, 55, American actor. (death announced on this date)
Dane Rudhyar, 90, American astrologer, writer and composer.
Muriel Smith, 62, American singer, cancer.
Hugo Spadafora, 45, Panamanian physician, mercenary and dissident, beheaded.
Hans Raj Vohra, 75-76, Indian journalist and approver.
Peter Wright, 77, Australian mining executive.

14

Frank Baker, 76, American football player.
Julian Beck, 60, American actor, stomach cancer.
Albert Bennett, 75, English cricketer.
Kath Bonnin, 74, Australian nurse.
Ernie Collihole, 54, Australian footballer.
Claire Cribbs, 73, American basketball player.
Bob Danskin, 77, English footballer.
Bakhshi Galandarli, 82, Soviet Azerbaijani actor and theatre director.
Worth Tuttle Hedden, 89, American author.
John Holt, 62, American educator and author (How Children Fail), cancer.
Niel Morgan, 81, Welsh cricketer and diplomat.
Joselito Rodríguez, 78, Mexican film director.

15

Wolfgang Abendroth, 79, German political scientist and jurist.
Bruno Banducci, 63, Italian-born American football player, heart attack.
Norman Banks, 79, Australian radio announcer and television presenter.
Kálmán Czakó, 66, Hungarian jurist.
René De Smet, 54, Belgian racing cyclist.
Marcel Dyf, 85, French painter.
Eureka Forbes, 80, American politician, member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1959–1966) and Senate (1966–1974).
Dick Godlove, 80, American college sports coach.
Maurice Grosclaude, 85, French Olympic runner (1924).
Pinchas Litvinovsky, 91, Russian-born Israeli painter.
Nick Paithouski, 67, Canadian footballer.
William B. Willcox, 77, American historian, cancer.
Cootie Williams, 74, American trumpeter, kidney disease.
Alexei Yepishev, 77, Soviet diplomat, politician and general.

16

Einari Aalto, 59, Finnish Olympic swimmer (1952).
Victor Bourdillon, 88, South African-born Zimbabwean cricketer.
John Lloyd, 77, Canadian politician.
Malcolm Pitt, 88, American college sports coach.
Birgit Ridderstedt, 70, Swedish folk singer.
Art Scholl, 53, American stunt pilot, plane crash.
Herb Trawick, 64, Canadian football player.
Kurt Wegner, 77, German artist.

17

Laura Ashley, 60, Welsh fashion designer, complications from a fall.
Carmen Barth, 73, American Olympic boxer (1932).
John Bowle, 79, English historian.
Henry Stuart Carter, 75, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1948–1960).
James Mercer, 69, Ghanaian diplomat.
Fred Polak, 78, Dutch futurologist.
Petter Ravn, 76, Norwegian footballer.
Fran Ross, 50, American author (Oreo), cancer.
Gerrit Van Roekel, 86, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1967–1971).
Hurtle Willsmore, 95, Australian cricketer.

18

Monroe Beardsley, 69, American art philosopher.
Roderick Cameron, 71, American travel writer, AIDS.
Iorwerth Evans, 79, Welsh rugby player.
Louis G. Friedrichs, 68, American football player and coach.
Ed Don George, 80, American professional wrestler.
A. Earl Hedrick, 89, American art director.
Gerald Holtom, 71, English artist, designer of the peace sign.
Arthur Goodwin Hudson, 80, Australian Anglican prelate.
Ed Lewis, 76, American jazz trumpeter.
Walter James Nungester, 84, American immunologist.
Don Otten, 64, American basketball player.
Harvey Parry, 85, American stuntman and actor.
John Kingsley Read, 49, British politician.
Charles Rowley, 78, Australian academic.
Theodore O. Yntema, 85, American economist and business executive.

19

Bob Barnwell, 69, American football and basketball coach.
Italo Calvino, 61, Italian writer (Cosmicomics, Invisible Cities), complications from a stroke.
Rockdrigo González, 34, Mexican singer-songwriter, earthquake.
Charlie Holmes, 75, American saxophonist.
Emila Medková, 56, Czechoslovak photographer.
Charles E. Thornton, 50, American journalist, missile strike.
Hans Weidel, 82, German jurist and Nazi activist.
Klaus Wittkugel, 74, German artist.

20

Karl Angerstein, 94, German general.
Tommy D'Arcy, 53, Scottish footballer.
Irmgard Enderle, 90, German politician and journalist.
Eileen Furley, 85, Australian politician.
Grace Jordan, 93, American writer and journalist.
Taizo Kawamoto, 71, Japanese footballer.
Guy L'Écuyer, 54, Canadian actor.
Ernest Nagel, 83, Austrian-born American sociologist, pneumonia.
Dick Ottele, 58, American football player.
Alexander Sagadin, 70, Austrian Olympic equestrian (1956).
Ruhi Su, 72-73, Turkish singer, prostate cancer.

21

Claire de Lorez, 90, American actress.
Paul Ernst, 85, American writer.
Gu Long, 47, Hong Kong-born Taiwanese filmmaker and novelist, cirrhosis.
Jeff Jefferson, 63, American baseball player.
Anzelmas Matutis, 62, Soviet Lithuanian poet.
Ethel Rudkin, 91-92, English writer and folklorist.
Isabel Grenfell Quallo, 92, Congolese-born British-American community activist.
Amarnath Vidyalankar, 82, Indian politician, MP (1952–1967, 1971–1977).

22

Robert Elmore, 72, American composer.
Charles Errickson, 87, American college sports coach.
Dickie Henderson, 62, English comedian and actor, pancreatic cancer.
Reidar Jørgensen, 80, Norwegian Olympic runner (1928) and botanist.
Nico Kasanda, 46, Congolese musician.
Endre Nemes, 75, Hungarian-born Swedish artist.
D. J. Opperman, 70, South African poet.
Robinsón Pitalúa, 21, Colombian Olympic boxer (1984), drowned.
Philippe Pottier, 47, Swiss footballer.
Edwin Schutte, 79, American basketball coach.
Axel Springer, 73, German publisher and businessman, heart attack.
Geneviève Tabouis, 92, French historian and journalist.
Edward Allen Tamm, 79, American jurist and intelligence agent, cancer.

23

Stefan Dembicki, 72, French footballer.
Coe Glade, 85, American opera singer.
Malcolm Mercer Hollett, 93, Canadian politician.
Saturno Meletti, 78-79, Italian opera singer.
Phil O'Connor, 31, English-Australian footballer, traffic collision.
Charles Phillips, 84, British archaeologist.
Herman Seborg, 78, American football player.
Larry Shue, 39, American actor, plane crash.
Mickey Simpson, 71, American actor, heart failure.
Charlie Tyson, 87, Australian footballer.

24

Hal C. Banks, 76, Canadian trade unionist, heart disease.
Ángel Custodio Loyola, 59, Venezuelan songwriter and singer.
Cor Kools, 78, Dutch footballer.
Ron Lewin, 65, English footballer.
David Lewis, 76, American jurist.
Paul Mann, 71, Canadian actor, stroke.
Elizabeth Sadoques Mason, 88, American nurse.
Antonio Poma, 75, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.
Odd Schjerve, 51, Norwegian businessman.
Henno Sepmann, 60, Estonian architect.

25

Bill Banker, 78, American football player, heart attack.
Margaret Fishback, 85, American poet.
Herbert Greene, 64, American conductor and musical director, heart attack.
Zofia Jaroszewska, 83, Polish actress.
Orlando Martins, 85, Nigerian actor.
Albert Moeschinger, 88, Swiss composer.
Oleksandr Perviy, 24, Soviet Ukrainian Olympic weightlifter (1980), heart attack.
Chelikani Venkata Rama Rao, 84, Indian politician.
George Ronald Richards, 79, British-born Australian intelligence operative.
William Cumming Rose, 98, American biochemist.
Hans Schmoller, 69, German-British typographer.
Moshe Zvi Segal, 81, Ukrainian-born Israeli rabbi.
Jay Sommers, 68, American television producer (Green Acres, Petticoat Junction), heart disease.
Tommy Treacy, 81, Irish hurler.
Werner Vordtriede, 70, German-American language professor.

26

Frank Bracht, 75, American film editor.
Tatton Brinton, 69, British politician, MP (1964–1974).
Peter Craigie, 47, British biblical scholar, traffic collision.
Pierre Dufau, 77, French architect.
Charles Gonnet, 87, French poet.
Reuben Hill, 73, American sociologist, heart attack.
Anton Janda, 81, Austrian footballer.
Max Leslie, 82, American naval admiral.
Jacques Locas, 59, Canadian ice hockey player.
Colin McLachlan, 60, New Zealand politician, MP (1966–1981).
Lloyd Nosler, 84, American filmmaker.
Checco Rissone, 76, Italian actor.
Yona Wallach, 41, Israeli poet, breast cancer.

27

Ernie Dickens, 64, Canadian football and ice hockey player.
Iris du Pré, 71, English pianist and composer.
Eugenio Gaddini, 69, Italian physician.
Dirk Geijskes, 78, Dutch biologist and ethnologist.
Leonard Gribble, 77, English writer.
Nikolai Gulayev, 67, Soviet flying ace.
Paul McNulty, 83, American football player.
Lloyd Nolan, 83, American actor (The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial), lung cancer.
Ryūtarō Ōtomo, 73, Japanese actor.
Estanislao Shilinsky, 74, Lithuanian-born Mexican comedian.
Bruce Smalls, 30, American police officer, shot.
Herb Wallerstein, 59, American television and film producer, bludgeoned.
G. P. Wells, 84, British zoologist.
Joanna Wichmann, 80, German artist.

28

L. B. Abbott, 77, American cinematographer.
Josef Dobeš, 81, Czechoslovak Olympic equestrian (1936).
Roy Genders, 72, English cricketer.
Hec Highton, 61, Canadian ice hockey player.
Ellen Isefiær, 85, Norwegian actress and director.
André Kertész, 91, Hungarian-American photographer.
Henry Lamar, 79, American college sports coach.
Papaliʻi Laupepa, 44, Samoan politician.
Maurice Jupurrurla Luther, 39-40, Australian education advocate.
Gohar Mamajiwala, 74, Indian actress and singer.
Richard C. Mangrum, 78, American general.
Zdzisław Michalski, 57, Polish Olympic rower (1952).
Zaki Osman, 86-87, Egyptian footballer.
Lobsang Samten Taklha, 51-52, Tibetan politician and medical director.
Robert Lyster Thornton, 76, British-American physicist.
Laurie Walquist, 87, American football player.

29

Oswald Cheesman, 72, New Zealand musician.
Helmut Damerius, 79, German theatre director.
Abdallah Farhat, 71, Tunisian politician.
Charles K. Fletcher, 82, American politician and banker, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1949), cancer.
Joan Fry, 79, British tennis player.
Victor Gold, 63, Austrian-born British chemist.
Sukemasa Irie, 80, Japanese essayist.
Aubrey Rodway Johnson, 84, British linguist and biblical scholar.
Arthur Krams, 73, American set designer.
Timothy McAuliffe, 76, Irish politician, senator (1961–1969, 1973–1983).
John J. Sawtelle, 91, American politician.
Esmond Wickremesinghe, 65, Sri Lankan politician and media proprietor.
Archie Williams, 58, Scottish footballer.
Mieczysław Zub, 31, Polish convicted serial killer, suicide.

30

Herbert Bayer, 85, Austrian-American artist and architect.
Paul Berlenbach, 84, American boxer.
Marcus Boyall, 67, Australian footballer.
Floyd Crosby, 85, American cinematographer (Tabu: A Story of the South Seas).
Carlo de Ferrariis Salzano, 80, Italian diplomat.
John P. Humes, 64, American diplomat, stroke.
Marnie Kennedy, 65-66, Australian writer.
Pierre Lacans, 28, French rugby player.
Helen MacInnes, 77, Scottish-American novelist, complications from a stroke.
Konstanty Mackiewicz, 90, Polish painter.
Doel Reed, 91, American painter, printmaker, and educator
Charles Richter, 85, American seismologist, developer of the Richter scale, heart failure.
Al Romero, 74, Mexican Olympic boxer (1932).
Robert Shtilmark, 76, Soviet author and journalist.
Simone Signoret, 64, French actress (Room at the Top, Casque d'Or, The Crucible), pancreatic cancer.
Carl Ueter, 85, German composer.

References

↑ Robert Babcock Sr. Dead At 70; Lawmaker, Educator
↑ Driver Is Killed In Race Accident
↑ Sir Muhammad Z. Khan, 92; Pakistan Ex-Foreign Minister
↑ Marcin Richard "Richie" Panch, Marietta, Ga.,... (subscription required)
↑ Ex-Rep. Harold H. Velde; Led Anti-Communist Unit
↑ Veteran gets life for killing wife
↑ Eveline M. Burns; Helped Shape Social Security Act (subscription required)
↑ Two TULF Former MPs Killed - Thousands Protest
↑ Gonzalo Guell, 90, a former Cuban prime... (subscription required)
↑ JO JONES, 73, A JAZZ DRUMMER INFLUENTIAL IN SWING ERA, DIES
↑ JOHNNY MARKS DIES; COMPOSED HIT SONG, 'RUDOLPH' IN 1949
↑ Bonaro W. Overstreet, Author, Is Dead at 82
↑ Art Bramhall dies at 76
↑ George O'Brien, 86, Is Dead; Hollywood Western Film Star
↑ Deaths: Bartlesville
↑ JOHNNY DESMOND DIES AT 65; SINGER ON TV AND BROADWAY
↑ Jane Frazee, Movie Actress Appeared in Musicals in 40's
↑ RODNEY R. PORTER, BIOCHEMIST
↑ PIPE-BOMB DEATH PUZZLES AUTHORITIES
↑ Richard A. (Dick) Zoll
↑ HAROLD GOMBERG, OBOIST, 68
↑ Bruiser Kinard Is Dead at 70; Headed Mississippi Sports
↑ George Polya of Stanford, 97; Mathematician and Educator
↑ RANDALL, Herbert Vivian
↑ SIR ELLIS WATERHOUSE, AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN OF BRITISH ART
↑ JOHN F. ENDERS, VIROLOGY PIONEER WHO WON NOBEL PRIZE, DIES AT 88
↑ Overlooked No More: Ana Mendieta, a Cuban Artist Who Pushed Boundaries (subscription required)
↑ NEIL DAVIS OF NBC NEWS, 51; KILLED IN THAI COUP ATTEMPT
↑ PAUL J. FLORY, NOBEL LAUREATE IN CHEMISTRY, DIES ON COAST
↑ Professional Golfer Rod Funseth Dies of Cancer at His Home in Napa at Age 52 (subscription required)
↑ Names in the News - Sept. 12, 1985 (subscription required)
↑ ALEXA KENIN
↑ Hero worshipped by his people
↑ WILLIAM ALWYN
↑ Obituary Notice: Emmy Klieneberger-Nobel
↑ Psychiatrist David Rioch Dies at 85 (subscription required)
↑ Drew Thornton's Last Adventure (subscription required)
↑ Cmdr. John Kerans, British Naval Hero in China, Dies (subscription required)
↑ Galo B. Ocampo obituary
↑ Sammy Pharr Reese
↑ ART MURAKOWSKI, 60, NU FOOTBALL STAR IN '40S^{[link removed]}
↑ Sammy Pharr Reese
↑ DANE RUDHYAR
↑ Muriel Burrell Smith Dies (subscription required)
↑ Panama Shaken by Killing of Swashbuckling Doctor (subscription required)
↑ JULIAN BECK, 60, IS DEAD; FOUNDED LIVING THEATER
↑ WORTH TUTTLE HEDDEN
↑ JOHN HOLT, AUTHOR AND EDUCATOR, DIES AT 62
↑ Names in the News - Sept. 19, 1985 (subscription required)
↑ PAITHOUSKI, Nicholas Joseph
↑ DR. WILLIAM WILLCOX, A HISTORIAN
↑ COOTIE WILLIAMS, ELLINGTON TRUMPETER, DEAD
↑ Gen. Yepishev, Ex-Political Chief of Soviet Forces, Dies (subscription required)
↑ BIRGIT RIDDERSTEDT, 70, OWNER OF IMPORT SHOP
↑ Famed Stunt Pilot Art Scholl Dies as Plane Plunges Into Sea (subscription required)
↑ LAURA ASHLEY, BRITISH DESIGNER, IS DEAD AT 60
↑ Henry S. Carter, former delegate, dies at age 75
↑ Roderick W. Cameron Dies; Wrote on History and Travel
↑ Harvey Parry, Dean of Stunt Men, Dies
↑ THEODORE YNTEMA, EX-OFFICIAL AT FORD, DIES
↑ ITALO CALVINO, THE NOVELIST, DEAD AT 61
↑ One of two American journalists from The Arizona Republic...
↑ ERNEST NAGEL, 83, PHILOSOPHER AND COLUMBIA TEACHER, DIES
↑ DR. ROBERT ELMORE, CONCERT ORGANIST
↑ Dickie Henderson dead
↑ AXEL SPRINGER, GERMAN PUBLISHER, IS DEAD AT 73
↑ Judge Edward Tamm, Ex-F.B.I. Official, 79
↑ Coe Glade, 85, Dead; Sang in Many Operas
↑ Ex-Socceroo striker dies in car crash
↑ Larry Shue, 39, Dies; Playwright and Actor
↑ HAL BANKS, 76, DIES; UNION OFFICIAL LED SEAFARERS IN CANADA
↑ Paul Mann, 71, Dead; An Actor and Teacher
↑ Former Tulane star Banker dies at 78
↑ Margaret Fishback, 85: Writer of Light Verse
↑ Herbert Greene Dead; A Director of Musicals
↑ ‘Lum and Abner,’ ‘Green Acres’ Among Credits : Jay Sommers, Prolific Writer for Radio, TV Shows, Dies at 68 (subscription required)
↑ Reuben Hill, 73, Dies; Professor of Sociology
↑ LLOYD NOLAN IS DEAD AT 83; FILM, THEATER AND TV ACTOR
↑ Maid Charged in Bludgeoning Death of Film Producer (subscription required)
↑ L. B. Abbot; Oscar-Winning Cinematographer (subscription required)
↑ ANDRE KERTESZ, 91, PIONEER IN PHOTOGRAPHY, DIES
↑ Thornton, Robert Lyster
↑ Charles Fletcher, 82, Dies; Founder of Home Federal (subscription required)
↑ Arthur Krams; Set Designer (subscription required)
↑ Herbert Bayer, architect-artist-designer, dies
↑ John P. Humes Dies; Former Envoy Was 64
↑ HELEN MACINNES, 77, NOVELIST AND SPECIALIST IN SPY FICTION
↑ "Artist Doel Reed, Formerly of OSU, Dies". Tulsa World (obituary). October 4, 1985. p. 16. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Aquatint artist lays down tools". The Taos News (obituary). October 3, 1985. p. 2. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ CHARLES RICHTER, QUAKE EXPERT, DIES
↑ SIMONE SIGNORET DIES IN FRANCE AT 64

External links

List of September 1985 deaths at IMDb

[1] Robert Babcock Sr. Dead At 70; Lawmaker, Educator

[2] Driver Is Killed In Race Accident

[3] Sir Muhammad Z. Khan, 92; Pakistan Ex-Foreign Minister

[4] Marcin Richard "Richie" Panch, Marietta, Ga.,... (subscription required)

[5] Ex-Rep. Harold H. Velde; Led Anti-Communist Unit

[6] Veteran gets life for killing wife

[7] Eveline M. Burns; Helped Shape Social Security Act (subscription required)

[8] Two TULF Former MPs Killed - Thousands Protest

[9] Gonzalo Guell, 90, a former Cuban prime... (subscription required)

[10] JO JONES, 73, A JAZZ DRUMMER INFLUENTIAL IN SWING ERA, DIES

[11] JOHNNY MARKS DIES; COMPOSED HIT SONG, 'RUDOLPH' IN 1949

[12] Bonaro W. Overstreet, Author, Is Dead at 82

[13] Art Bramhall dies at 76

[14] George O'Brien, 86, Is Dead; Hollywood Western Film Star

[15] Deaths: Bartlesville

[16] JOHNNY DESMOND DIES AT 65; SINGER ON TV AND BROADWAY

[17] Jane Frazee, Movie Actress Appeared in Musicals in 40's

[18] RODNEY R. PORTER, BIOCHEMIST

[19] PIPE-BOMB DEATH PUZZLES AUTHORITIES

[20] Richard A. (Dick) Zoll

[21] HAROLD GOMBERG, OBOIST, 68

[22] Bruiser Kinard Is Dead at 70; Headed Mississippi Sports

[23] George Polya of Stanford, 97; Mathematician and Educator

[24] RANDALL, Herbert Vivian

[25] SIR ELLIS WATERHOUSE, AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN OF BRITISH ART

[26] JOHN F. ENDERS, VIROLOGY PIONEER WHO WON NOBEL PRIZE, DIES AT 88

[27] Overlooked No More: Ana Mendieta, a Cuban Artist Who Pushed Boundaries (subscription required)

[28] NEIL DAVIS OF NBC NEWS, 51; KILLED IN THAI COUP ATTEMPT

[29] PAUL J. FLORY, NOBEL LAUREATE IN CHEMISTRY, DIES ON COAST

[30] Professional Golfer Rod Funseth Dies of Cancer at His Home in Napa at Age 52 (subscription required)

[31] Names in the News - Sept. 12, 1985 (subscription required)

[32] ALEXA KENIN

[33] Hero worshipped by his people

[34] WILLIAM ALWYN

[35] Obituary Notice: Emmy Klieneberger-Nobel

[36] Psychiatrist David Rioch Dies at 85 (subscription required)

[37] Drew Thornton's Last Adventure (subscription required)

[38] Cmdr. John Kerans, British Naval Hero in China, Dies (subscription required)

[39] Galo B. Ocampo obituary

[40] Sammy Pharr Reese

[41] ART MURAKOWSKI, 60, NU FOOTBALL STAR IN '40S^{[link removed]}

[42] Sammy Pharr Reese

[43] DANE RUDHYAR

[44] Muriel Burrell Smith Dies (subscription required)

[45] Panama Shaken by Killing of Swashbuckling Doctor (subscription required)

[46] JULIAN BECK, 60, IS DEAD; FOUNDED LIVING THEATER

[47] WORTH TUTTLE HEDDEN

[48] JOHN HOLT, AUTHOR AND EDUCATOR, DIES AT 62

[49] Names in the News - Sept. 19, 1985 (subscription required)

[50] PAITHOUSKI, Nicholas Joseph

[51] DR. WILLIAM WILLCOX, A HISTORIAN

[52] COOTIE WILLIAMS, ELLINGTON TRUMPETER, DEAD

[53] Gen. Yepishev, Ex-Political Chief of Soviet Forces, Dies (subscription required)

[54] BIRGIT RIDDERSTEDT, 70, OWNER OF IMPORT SHOP

[55] Famed Stunt Pilot Art Scholl Dies as Plane Plunges Into Sea (subscription required)

[56] LAURA ASHLEY, BRITISH DESIGNER, IS DEAD AT 60

[57] Henry S. Carter, former delegate, dies at age 75

[58] Roderick W. Cameron Dies; Wrote on History and Travel

[59] Harvey Parry, Dean of Stunt Men, Dies

[60] THEODORE YNTEMA, EX-OFFICIAL AT FORD, DIES

[61] ITALO CALVINO, THE NOVELIST, DEAD AT 61

[62] One of two American journalists from The Arizona Republic...

[63] ERNEST NAGEL, 83, PHILOSOPHER AND COLUMBIA TEACHER, DIES

[64] DR. ROBERT ELMORE, CONCERT ORGANIST

[65] Dickie Henderson dead

[66] AXEL SPRINGER, GERMAN PUBLISHER, IS DEAD AT 73

[67] Judge Edward Tamm, Ex-F.B.I. Official, 79

[68] Coe Glade, 85, Dead; Sang in Many Operas

[69] Ex-Socceroo striker dies in car crash

[70] Larry Shue, 39, Dies; Playwright and Actor

[71] HAL BANKS, 76, DIES; UNION OFFICIAL LED SEAFARERS IN CANADA

[72] Paul Mann, 71, Dead; An Actor and Teacher

[73] Former Tulane star Banker dies at 78

[74] Margaret Fishback, 85: Writer of Light Verse

[75] Herbert Greene Dead; A Director of Musicals

[76] ‘Lum and Abner,’ ‘Green Acres’ Among Credits : Jay Sommers, Prolific Writer for Radio, TV Shows, Dies at 68 (subscription required)

[77] Reuben Hill, 73, Dies; Professor of Sociology

[78] LLOYD NOLAN IS DEAD AT 83; FILM, THEATER AND TV ACTOR

[79] Maid Charged in Bludgeoning Death of Film Producer (subscription required)

[80] L. B. Abbot; Oscar-Winning Cinematographer (subscription required)

[81] ANDRE KERTESZ, 91, PIONEER IN PHOTOGRAPHY, DIES

[82] Thornton, Robert Lyster

[83] Charles Fletcher, 82, Dies; Founder of Home Federal (subscription required)

[84] Arthur Krams; Set Designer (subscription required)

[85] Herbert Bayer, architect-artist-designer, dies

[86] John P. Humes Dies; Former Envoy Was 64

[87] HELEN MACINNES, 77, NOVELIST AND SPECIALIST IN SPY FICTION

[Tulsa_World-1985-88] "Artist Doel Reed, Formerly of OSU, Dies". Tulsa World (obituary). October 4, 1985. p. 16. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[The_Taos_News-1985b-89] "Aquatint artist lays down tools". The Taos News (obituary). October 3, 1985. p. 2. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[90] CHARLES RICHTER, QUAKE EXPERT, DIES

[91] SIMONE SIGNORET DIES IN FRANCE AT 64