Page 7: Famous Deaths Happened In 1985
Friday, 31 October 2025
Dec 17   Otto Gotsche, writer, dies in the year 1985. 
 
 

Dec 18   Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (b. 1916) died on this day in history. 
 
 

Dec 22   D. Boon, American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958) died on this day in history. 
 
 

Dec 23   James Vance (20) & Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking  their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages died on this day in history. 
 
 

Dec 25   In the year 1985 george Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66 
 
 

Dec 26   In the year 1985 death of dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53 
 
 

Dec 27   On this day in history death of dian Fossey, US naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), found dead in Rwanda 
 
 

Dec 31   Alexander Matheson, cricketer (2 wickets/2 Tests for NZ 1930-31), dies on this day in history. 
 
 

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