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Celebrities and Notable People Who Died in the Year 1985
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January
Carol Wayne (actress) -- Dead. Drowned. Died January 13, 1985. Born September 6, 1942. IMDb
Barbara Cowsill
(singer) -- Dead. Emphysema. Died January 31, 1985. Born July 12, 1928. The mother the Cowsills, a '60s family rock group that inspired The Partridge Family.
February
Nicholas Colasanto (actor/director) -- Dead. Heart disease. Died February 12, 1985. Born January 19, 1924. Coach on Cheers IMDb
Rudd Weatherwax (dog trainer) -- Dead. Died February 25, 1985. Born September 23, 1907. Lassie's trainer
March
Michael Redgrave (actor) -- Dead. Died March 21, 1985. Born March 20, 1908. Mostly a stage actor, married to Rachel Kempson for fifty years, father of Corin, Lynn and Vanessa Redgrave IMDb
Jeanine Deckers (singer/activist) -- Dead. Suicide. Died March 31, 1985. Born 1925. "Dominique" and the basis for the movie The Singing Nun
April
May
Selma Diamond (actress) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died May 13, 1985. Born August 5, 1920. Various TV shows including Night Court and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. IMDb FindAGrave
Margaret Hamilton (actress) -- Dead. Died May 16, 1985. Born December 9, 1902. Best-known as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, she later pitched coffee on TV IMDb
June
July
Estelle Evans
(teacher/actress) -- Dead. Died July 20, 1985. Born October 1, 1906. Calpurnia in To Kill a Mockingbird, Sarah in The Learning Tree, taught acting for many years, eldest sister of Esther Rolle and Rosanna Carter.
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Grant Williams (actor) -- Dead. Peritonitis. Died July 28, 1985. Born August 18, 1930. The Incredible Shrinking Man IMDb
August
Grayson Hall (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died August 7, 1985. Born September 18, 1923. Dr. Julia Hoffman (and others, of course!) on Dark Shadows IMDb
Louise Brooks (actress) -- Dead. Died August 8, 1985. Born November 14, 1906. IMDb
Samantha Smith
("good will ambassador," actress) -- Dead. Plane crash. Died August 25, 1985. Born June 29, 1972. Wrote a letter to Soviet Premiere Yuri Andropov in the early '80s and visited Russia on his invitation.
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Ruth Gordon (writer/actress) -- Dead. Stroke. Died August 28, 1985. Born October 30, 1896. Though she won a supporting Oscar for Rosemary's Baby, she was the co-writer of Pat and Mike with husband Garson Kanin IMDb
September
Lloyd Nolan (actor) -- Dead. Died September 27, 1985. Born August 11, 1902. Last movie: Hannah and Her Sisters, playing their father IMDb
Simone Signoret (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died September 30, 1985. Born March 25, 1921. Won an Oscar for Room at the Top. IMDb FindAGrave
October
Rock Hudson
(actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died October 2, 1985.
Born November 17, 1925.
Starred in action/adventure flicks and in comedies with Doris Day, later on popular TV shows
like McMillan and Wife and Dynasty, died same day
as George Savalas.
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George Savalas (actor) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died October 2, 1985. Born December 5, 1924. Stavros on Kojack. IMDb FindAGrave
Yul Brynner (actor) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died October 10, 1985. Born July 12, 1915. The King and I. IMDb
Orson Welles (actor/director) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died October 10, 1985. Born May 6, 1915. Created Citizen Kane, wrote This is Orson Welles. IMDb
Johnny Olsen (game show announcer) -- Dead. Died October 12, 1985. Born May 22, 1910. IMDb
Ricky Wilson (rocker) -- Dead. AIDS. Died October 21, 1985. Born March 19, 1953. Founder of the B-52s IMDb
Kirby Grant (actor) -- Dead. Car crash. Died October 30, 1985. Born November 24, 1911. Sky King IMDb
November
Phil Silvers (actor) -- Dead. Natural causes. Died November 1, 1985. Born May 11, 1912. Sgt. Bilko IMDb
Bill Scott (voice/producer) -- Dead. Heart attack/cancer. Died November 29, 1985. Born August 2, 1920. Voiced Bullwinkle, Mr. Peabody and Dudley Do-Right IMDb
December
Burr Tillstrom
(puppeteer) -- Dead. Died December 6, 1985.
Born October 13, 1917. The man beneath Kukla and Ollie IMDb
Anne Baxter (actress) -- Dead. Stroke. Died December 12, 1985. Born May 7, 1923. All About Eve IMDb
Forrest Shaklee (businessman) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died December 15, 1985. Born November 27, 1894. Shaklee Products founder
Dian Fossey (zoologist) -- Dead. Murdered. Died December 26, 1985. Born January 16, 1932. Wrote Gorillas in the Mist
Ricky Nelson (singer) -- Dead. Plane crash. Died December 31, 1985. Born May 8, 1940. Father of Tracy Nelson and the Nelsons (twin singers) IMDb