The following is a list of notable deaths in August 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.
August 1985
1 Sandy Bell, 79, South African cricketer. Alois Carigiet, 82, Swiss artist and illustrator.ALOIS CARIGIET, SWISS PAINTER KNOWN FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS F. N. Cook, 80, Australian naval officer. Jack Dootson, 71, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1941–1943, 1951–1953, 1963–1967). Helene Engelmann, 87, Austrian Olympic pair skater (1924). Edward McClaren, 83, American physician. Manuel Meana, 83, Spanish footballer. Lawrence D. Miles, 81, American engineer. Harry Mittleman, 85, American building contractor and real estate developer. Jules Moch, 92, French politician.Jules Moch, French Socialist; Was Interior Minister in 40's Victoria Mxenge, 43, South African anti-apartheid activist, shot. Al Overton, 73, American sound engineer (Diamonds Are Forever). Fernando Previtali, 78, Italian conductor. Dorothy Burney Richards, 91, American conservationist (Beaversprite). James L. Shaver, 83, American politician, lieutenant governor of Arkansas (1943–1947). Andy Stynchula, 46, American football player, traffic collision.Stynchula, Former Colt, Killed in Car Accident D. H. Turner, 54, English historian and museum curator. Joseph Walker, 92, American cinematographer (It's a Wonderful Life, It Happened One Night).JOE WALKER Patty Willis, 75, American aviator.
2 Curt F. Bühler, 80, American librarian and literary scholar. María Caviglia, 90, Argentine politician. Philip Don Estridge, 48, American computer engineer, plane crash.PHILIP ESTRIDGE DIES IN JET CRASH; GUIDED IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER Frank Faylen, 79, American actor, respiratory disease.Actor Frank Faylen Dies; Noted for Film, TV Roles Rose Goldsen, 68, American sociologist. Bob Holt, 56, American voice actor (The Great Grape Ape Show, The Incredible Hulk, The Lorax), heart attack. John S. Rice, 86, American politician and diplomat, ambassador to the Netherlands (1961–1964), member of the Pennsylvania Senate (1933–1940).JOHN S. RICE, A FORMER ENVOY Karl Heinz Stroux, 77, German actor and theatre director. Richard Walker, 67, English angler and fishing writer. Ralph Younger, 81, British general.
3 Eileen Beldon, 83, English actress. Mosco Carner, 80, Austrian-born British musicologist and conductor.Mosco Carner, Musicologist; Wrote Biography on Puccini Gordon Churchill, 86, Canadian politician, MP (1951–1968). Banarasi Das, 73, Indian politician. George Dempsey, 79, Australian Olympic racing cyclist (1924). Coleman Dowell, 60, American writer, suicide by jumping.COLEMAN DOWELL DIES; AUTHOR AND PLAYWRIGHT Miranda Downes, 35, Australian screenwriter, murdered. Ludwig Jetzinger, 93, Austrian footballer. Alphonse Leboulanger, 79, French racing cyclist. Cloy Mattox, 82, American baseball player. R. Hunter Middleton, 87, Scottish-born American typeface designer. Harry Phillips, 76, American jurist, injuries sustained in a traffic collision.Harry Phillips, 76, a judge of the…
4 Mario Dubsky, 46, English artist, AIDS. Fritz Eikemeier, 77, German police officer. Michel Jourdan, 59, French actor. Max Krook, 72, American astrophysicist and mathematician.MAX KROOK; WAS RETIRED ASTROPHYSICIST William F. Leonard, 71, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient. Maurice Petherick, 90, British politician, MP (1931–1945). Orange Phelps, 98, American politician and theater executive, mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon (1929–1935). Ivan Radoev, 83, Bulgarian footballer. Mitch Sutton, 34, American football player. Zbyněk Vostřák, 65, Czechoslovak composer. Don Whillans, 52, English mountaineer, heart attack. Q. V. Williamson, 66, American politician, respiratory failure.Funeral arrangements were being made for Q.V. Williamson, a... Pierre Young, 59, French-born British engineer and mathematician.
5 Ernest Adam, 85, Belgian politician. Lorne Betts, 67, Canadian composer. Aub Charleston, 83, Australian footballer. Sir Lionel Denny, 88, British politician, Lord Mayor of London (1965–1966). Chester Wilson Emmons, 84, American mycologist. Arnold Horween, 87, American football player and coach. Olav Kielland, 83, Norwegian composer. Ted Kimball, 75, American radio broadcaster. Charles Pruitt, 55, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (since 1970), heart attack. Mona Richardson, 38, American singer and actress. Gladys Byram Shepperd, 83, American educator. Francis Xavier Thomas, 79, Australian Roman Catholic prelate. Arnold Wilkins, 78, British radar developer.
6 Krystyna Ankwicz, 78, Polish actress. William Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany, 80, Scottish politician, MP (1931–1945, 1951–1956). Leon Bogues, 57, American politician, lung cancer.LEON BOGUES, STATE SENATOR, DIES AT HIS MANHATTAN HOME Forbes Burnham, 62, Guyanese politician, president (since 1980) and prime minister (1964–1980), heart failure.Guyana’s President Burnham Dies at 62 Ninni Cassarà, 38, Italian police officer, shot.ITALIAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES WAR ON MAFIA–AGAIN Juanita Craft, 83, American civil rights activist and politician. Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés, 82, Honduran politician, president (1971–1972). Karl Diebitsch, 86, German artist and SS weapon designer. Ken Ernst, 67, American cartoonist.Funeral services will be held Friday for Kenneth Ernst,... Ann Govednik, 69, American Olympic swimmer (1932, 1936). John Harmon, 80, American actor. Jeanne Helbling, 82, French actress. Johann Kurz, 71, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate. George Leite, 64, American author. Ronald Melville, 82, English botanist. Dorothy Pantin, 89, Manx surgeon. Enrico Ruberti, 70, Italian Olympic rower (1948).
7 Joanne Cole, 51, British artist and illustrator (Bod), cancer. Alan Fitch, 70, British politician, MP (1958–1983). Irene Gilbert, 76-77, Irish fashion designer. Grayson Hall, 62, American actress (The Night of the Iguana, One Life to Live, Dark Shadows), lung cancer.Grayson Hall, Actress, Of Stage, TV and Film Barrington Hill, 70, English cricketer. Edward Mowinckel-Larsen, 90, Norwegian engineer. Juan Nelson, 94, Argentine Olympic polo player (1924, 1936). David Robertson, 84, Scottish-American footballer. Johnny Rucker, 68, American baseball player. Gábor Szegő, 90, Hungarian-American mathematician.GABOR SZEGO
8 Benny Barnes, 51, American singer. Louise Brooks, 78, American actress (Pandora's Box, Diary of a Lost Girl, Beggars of Life), heart attack.LOUISE BROOKS, PROUD STAR OF SILENT SCREEN, DEAD AT 78 Alfredo De Marsico, 97, Italian politician. Roddie Edmonds, 65, American soldier and humanitarian. Milton H. Greene, 63, American photographer, lymphoma. Sayed Houda, 84, Egyptian footballer. Les Jago, 77, Australian footballer. Louis Meeuwessen, 81, Dutch Olympic boxer (1924). Edward Pimental, 20, American soldier, shot. Gennaro Vitiello, 55, Italian actor and director. Leo Weisgerber, 86, German linguist.
9 Fred Åkerström, 48, Swedish singer and guitarist. Mario J. Cariello, 78, American politician and jurist, cancer.MARIO CARIELLO, EX-QUEENS CHIEF Clive Churchill, 58, Australian rugby player and coach. Garrett W. Hagedorn, 74, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (since 1968), heart attack.GARETT HAGEDORN DIES: STATE SENATOR IN JERSEY Willem Kremer, 89, Dutch theologian. Lance McCaskill, 85, New Zealand conservationist. Florence Mophosho, 64, South African anti-apartheid activist. Mauri Sariola, 60, Finnish novelist. Thelma Van Norte, 73, American medical librarian.Mrs. Thelma Van Norte, retired records librarian
10 Kenny Baker, 72, American singer and actor, heart attack.Benny Show Singer Kenny Baker Dies : Tenor Also Appeared in Hit Films and Broadway Musicals Nate Barragar, 78, American football player. Louise Landry Gadbois, 88, Canadian painter.GADBOIS, Louise Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, 85-86, Ukrainian-born Israeli rabbi.Rabbi Yaakov Kanievsky Dead at 87 Beryl H. Potter, 84, American astronomer. Edward Ernest Swanstrom, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate.Bishop Edward Swanstrom; Directed Catholic Aid Group
11 Frank Birkenhead, 87, English comedian (Morris and Cowley). Kurt Bühligen, 67, German flying ace. Nick Ceroli, 45, American drummer, heart attack.Nick Ceroli, Drummer Known for Versatility, Dies at 45 Manuel Conde, 69, Filipino actor and filmmaker. János Drapál, 37, Hungarian racing cyclist, racing crash. Sir John Grace, 80, New Zealand diplomat. Hector Grey, 81, Scottish businessman. Helen Webb Harris, 85, American educator, golfer and playwright.Helen W. Harris, Former Teacher, Playwright, Dies Pavel Korovkin, 72, Soviet mathematician. Manuel António Vassalo e Silva, 85, Portuguese colonial administrator.Portuguese Governor Who Yielded Goa Dies
12 Billy Devore, 74, American racing driver. Folke Fridell, 80, Swedish writer. Sir Harry Godwin, 84, English botanist. Patrick Hines, 55, American actor, heart attack.Patrick Hines, Actor On Broadway, Was 55 Alfons Luczny, 91, German general. Jack Manke, 68, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (since 1981), heart attack.Jack Manke Jim Pender, 73, Australian footballer. Kåre Stokkeland, 67, Norwegian politician. Manfred Winkelhock, 33, German racing driver, racing crash.Controversy Erupts Over Death of Race Driver Xiao Hua, 69, Chinese general. Notable people killed in the crash of Japan Air Lines Flight 123: Kyu Sakamoto, 43, Japanese singer ("Sukiyaki") Masanori Tsuji, 39, Japanese Olympic racing cyclist (1964) Nakaakira Tsukahara, 51, Japanese neurologist and professor.シナプスは移動する：御巣鷹山に消えた神経科学者、塚原仲晃、可塑性
13 Slobodan Aligrudić, 50, Yugoslav actor. Albert Bonzano, 80, French Olympic rower (1924, 1928). Cecil Browne, 89, Canadian ice hockey player. Edwin Duerr, 81, American theatre director. Josef Fath, 73, German footballer. Ida Lough, 82, New Zealand weaver. J. Willard Marriott, 84, American business executive (Marriott Corporation), heart attack.J. WILLIARD MARRIOTT IS DEAD AT 84; BUILT HOTEL AND RESTAURANT CHAIN Marion Martin, 76, American actress. Shiva Naipaul, 40, Trinidadian-British novelist and journalist, heart attack.SHIVA NAIPAUL IS DEAD AT 40; WROTE BOOKS ON THIRD WORLD Paul Edward Paget, 84, English architect. Åse Gruda Skard, 79, Norwegian psychologist. Nelson B. Tinnin, 79, American politician, member of the Missouri Senate (1961–1985).
14 Manuel Armanqué, 84, Spanish Olympic water polo player (1920). Bobbie Barwell, 89, New Zealand photographer. Marie Bell, 84, French actress and theatre director. Józef Chlebowczyk, 61, Polish historian. Dick Crayne, 72, American football player. María Olimpia de Obaldía, 93, Panamanian poet. Nazlı Ecevit, 85, Turkish painter. Sergio Galeotti, 40, Italian architect and businessman (Armani), heart attack.SERGIO GALEOTTI Alfred Hayes, 74, American poet and screenwriter.ALFRED HAYES, 74, A NOVELIST, POET AND SCREENPLAY WRITER Lina Heydrich, 74, German memoirist. Walter C. Langsam, 79, American academic administrator.Dr. Walter Langsam, Former College Head Murray Shelton, 92, American football player. Merwin H. Silverthorn, 88, American general.Retired Marine General Merwin Silverthorn Dies Gale Sondergaard, 86, American actress (Anthony Adverse, Anna and the King of Siam, The Mark of Zorro).GALE SONDERGAARD, ACTRESS; PLAYED VILLAINESSES IN FILMS
15 Cecil Boswell, 75, English cricketer. Joe Carveth, 67, Canadian ice hockey player. Lester Cole, 81, American screenwriter, part of the Hollywood Ten, heart attack.LESTER COLE DIES: IN 'HOLLYWOOD 10' Donald Ferguson, 64, American Olympic racing cyclist (1956). Ivan Gronsky, 90, Soviet writer. Christian Alusine Kamara-Taylor, 68, Sierra Leonean politician, prime minister (1975–1978). Bernard Loomer, 73, American theologian.Bernard Loomer Robert Maxwell, 83, American Olympic runner (1928).