Celebrity Deaths in 1986

145 notable figures died in 1986. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Ellison Shoji Onizuka

  1946 – 1986 · Astronaut Jan 1
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  Francis Richard “Dick” Scobee

  1939 – 1986 · Astronaut Jan 1
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  Gregory B. Jarvis

  1944 – 1986 · Astronaut Jan 1
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  Herbert W. Armstrong

  1892 – 1986 · Educators Jan 1
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  Judith A. Resnik

  1949 – 1986 · Astronaut Jan 1
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  Leif Erickson

  1910 – 1986 · Actors Jan 1
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  Lilli Palmer

  1914 – 1986 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Michael John Smith

  1945 – 1986 · Astronaut Jan 1
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  Ronald Erwin McNair

  1950 – 1986 · Astronaut Jan 1
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  Una Merkel

  1903 – 1986 · Actresses Jan 2
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  Juan Rulfo

  1917 – 1986 · Authors and Writers Jan 7
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  Donna Reed

  1921 – 1986 · Actresses Jan 14
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  Claire James

  1920 – 1986 Jan 18
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  Flo Hyman

  1954 – 1986 · Athletes, Volleyball Jan 24
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  Dick Scobee

  1939 – 1986 · Astronaut Jan 28
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  Ellison Onizuka

  1946 – 1986 · Astronaut Jan 28
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  Gregory Jarvis

  1944 – 1986 · Astronaut, Scientists and Inventors Jan 28
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  Judith Resnik

  1949 – 1986 · Astronaut Jan 28
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  Michael Smith

  1945 – 1986 · Astronaut Jan 28
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  Alva Myrdal

  1902 – 1986 · Politicians Feb 1
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  Anita Cobby

  1959 – 1986 · Victims of crime and disaster Feb 2
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  Brian Aherne

  1902 – 1986 · Actors Feb 2
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  Howard Da Silva

  1909 – 1986 · Actors, Singer Feb 16
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  Adolfo Celi

  1922 – 1986 · Actors Feb 19
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  Olof Palme

  1927 – 1986 · Politicians Feb 28
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  Allan Drake

  1921 – 1986 · Actors Mar 3
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  Harold Wampler Arlin

  1895 – 1986 · Entertainers Mar 3
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  Harriette Arnow

  1908 – 1986 · Authors and Writers Mar 3
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  Hilda Haynes

  1912 – 1986 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Robert Leslie Howland

  1905 – 1986 Mar 3
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  Adolph Caesar

  1933 – 1986 Mar 6
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  Georgia O’Keeffe

  1887 – 1986 · Artists and Architects Mar 6
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  Ray Milland

  1907 – 1986 · Actors Mar 10
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  Edith Atwater

  1911 – 1986 · Actresses Mar 14
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  John Bricker

  1893 – 1986 · Politicians, Senator Mar 22
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  Olive Deering

  1918 – 1986 · Actresses Mar 22
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  Gloria Blondell

  1910 – 1986 · Actresses Mar 25
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  Helga Anders

  1948 – 1986 · Actresses Mar 30
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  James Cagney

  1899 – 1986 · Actors Mar 30
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  Jerry Paris

  1925 – 1986 · Actors Mar 31
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  Paul “Pesach’ke” Burstein

  1896 – 1986 · Actors Apr 4
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  Rose Michtom

  1897 – 1986 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Simone de Beauvoir

  1908 – 1986 · Authors and Writers Apr 4
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  Leonid Kantorovich

  1912 – 1986 · Scientists and Inventors Apr 7
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  Marcel Dassault

  1892 – 1986 · Business Magnates Apr 17
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  Alvin Childress

  1907 – 1986 · Actors Apr 19
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  Harold Arlen

  1905 – 1986 · Musicians and Composers Apr 23
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  Wallis Simpson

  1896 – 1986 · Relatives Of Notable Apr 24
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  Bessie Love

  1898 – 1986 · Actresses Apr 26
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  Broderick Crawford

  1911 – 1986 · Actors Apr 26
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  Robert Stevenson

  1905 – 1986 · Director, Film Director Apr 30
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  Hylda Baker

  1905 – 1986 · Entertainers May 1
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  Robert Alda

  1914 – 1986 · Actors May 3
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  Kathe Haack

  1897 – 1986 · Actresses May 5
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  Elizabeth Bergner

  1897 – 1986 · Actors May 5
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  Gunnar Björnstrand

  1909 – 1986 · Actors May 5
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  Herschel Bernardi

  1923 – 1986 · Actors May 5
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  Lurene Tuttle

  1907 – 1986 · Actresses May 5
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  Marguerite Courtot

  1897 – 1986 · Actresses May 5
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  Perry Edwin Ellis

  1940 – 1986 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Stephen D. Thorne

  1953 – 1986 · Astronaut May 5
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  Sylvia Coleridge

  1909 – 1986 · Actresses May 5
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  Tex Brodus

  1905 – 1986 · Actors May 5
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  Yakima Canutt

  1895 – 1986 · Actors May 5
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  John Bubbles

  1902 – 1986 · Actors, Entertainers, Singer May 18
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  Martin Gabel

  1912 – 1986 May 22
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  Sterling Hayden

  1916 – 1986 · Actors May 23
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  Robert Holmes

  1926 – 1986 · Authors and Writers May 24
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  Stephen Thorne

  1953 – 1986 · Scientists and Inventors May 24
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  Anna Neagle

  1904 – 1986 · Actresses Jun 3
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  Edna Mae Cooper

  1900 – 1986 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Jorge Luis Borges

  1899 – 1986 · Authors and Writers Jun 6
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  Julio Espí

  1891 – 1986 · Actors Jun 6
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  Linda Barrett

  1910 – 1986 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Toney Watkins

  1947 – 1986 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Alan Jay Lerner

  1918 – 1986 · Musicians and Composers Jun 14
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  Anthony Spilotro

  1938 – 1986 · Gangster Jun 14
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  Marlin Perkins

  1905 – 1986 · Scientists and Inventors Jun 14
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  Luisa Sala

  1923 – 1986 Jun 16
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  Richard Abbott

  1899 – 1986 · Actors Jun 18
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  Margalo Gillmore

  1897 – 1986 · Actresses Jun 30
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  Diana King

  1918 – 1986 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Edmund Archer

  1904 – 1986 · Artists and Architects Jul 7
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  Marietta Canty

  1905 – 1986 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Florence Halop

  1923 – 1986 · Actresses Jul 15
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  Vincente Minnelli

  1903 – 1986 · Director, Film Director Jul 25
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  Dorothea Neff

  1903 – 1986 · Actresses Jul 27
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  Teddy Wilson

  1912 – 1986 · Musicians and Composers Jul 31
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  Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth

  1893 – 1986 · Authors and Writers Aug 8
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  Hermione Baddeley

  1906 – 1986 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Rosita Díaz Gimeno

  1911 – 1986 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Roy Cohn

  1927 – 1986 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Aug 8
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  Samuel Colt

  1909 – 1986 · Actors Aug 8
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  Jacqueline Gadsdon

  1900 – 1986 Aug 10
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  Paola Mori

  1928 – 1986 · Actresses Aug 12
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  Helen Mack

  1913 – 1986 · Actresses Aug 13
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  Hermione Baddeley

  1908 – 1986 · Actors Aug 19
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  Thad Jones

  1923 – 1986 · Musicians and Composers Aug 20
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  Celâl Bayar

  1883 – 1986 · Politicians Aug 22
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  Harry Benjamin

  1885 – 1986 · Scientists and Inventors Aug 24
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  Ted Knight

  1923 – 1986 · Actors Aug 26
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  Henry Moore

  1898 – 1986 · Artists and Architects Aug 31
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  Urho Kekkonen

  1900 – 1986 · Politicians Aug 31
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  Hank Greenberg

  1911 – 1986 · Athletes, Baseball Sep 4
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  Blanche Sweet

  1896 – 1986 · Actresses Sep 9
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  John C. Becher

  1915 – 1986 · Actors Sep 9
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  Murray Hamilton

  1923 – 1986 · Actors Sep 9
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  Shirley Lee Sperl

  1924 – 1986 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Vivian Duncan

  1897 – 1986 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Virginia Gregg

  1916 – 1986 · Actresses Sep 15
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  Patricia Phoenix

  1923 – 1986 · Actresses Sep 17
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  Nikolay Semyonov

  1896 – 1986 · Politicians Sep 25
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  Hal Wallis

  1898 – 1986 · Movie/TV Producer, Producer Oct 5
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  Ivor Francis

  1918 – 1986 · Actors Oct 10
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  Jane Dornacker

  1947 – 1986 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Jane Dornacker

  1947 – 1986 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Patricia Michelle Barczak

  1967 – 1986 · Victims of crime and disaster Oct 10
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  Robert Arthur

  1909 – 1986 · Entertainers Oct 10
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  David Hand

  1900 – 1986 · Film Director Oct 11
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  Samora Moisés Machel

  1933 – 1986 · Politicians Oct 19
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  Albert Szent-Györgyi

  1893 – 1986 · Politicians Oct 22
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  Forrest Tucker

  1919 – 1986 · Actors Oct 25
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  Sippie Wallace

  1898 – 1986 · Singer Nov 1
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  Beatrice Kay

  1907 – 1986 · Actresses, Entertainers, Singer Nov 8
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  Vyacheslav Molotov

  1890 – 1986 · Politicians Nov 8
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  King Clancy

  1903 – 1986 · Hockey Nov 10
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  Lee Hunter, Jr

  1913 – 1986 Nov 11
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  Paul Frees

  1920 – 1986 · Actors Nov 11
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  Roger C. Carmel

  1932 – 1986 · Actors Nov 11
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  Roger Carmel

  1932 – 1986 · Actors Nov 11
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  Scatman Crothers

  1910 – 1986 · Actors Nov 11
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  Siobhán McKenna

  1923 – 1986 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Jerry Colonna

  1904 – 1986 · Comedian, Entertainers, Singer, Song Writers Nov 21
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  Cary Grant

  1904 – 1986 · Actors Nov 29
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  Desi Arnaz

  1917 – 1986 · Actors, Director, Movie/TV Producer, Musicians and Composers, Producer Dec 2
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  Susan Cabot

  1927 – 1986 · Actresses Dec 10
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  Frank Behrens

  1919 – 1986 · Actors Dec 12
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  Leslie Dwyer

  1906 – 1986 · Actors Dec 12
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  Roberto Escalada

  1914 – 1986 · Actors Dec 12
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  V.C. Andrews

  1923 – 1986 · Authors and Writers Dec 12
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  Heather Angel

  1909 – 1986 · Actresses Dec 13
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  Elsa Lanchester

  1902 – 1986 · Actresses Dec 26
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  Andrei Tarkovsky

  1932 – 1986 · Actors, Celebrities, Film Director Dec 29
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  Grete Mosheim

  1905 – 1986 · Actresses Dec 29
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  Harold Macmillan

  1894 – 1986 · Politicians Dec 29