Famous People Who Died in 1986

• Arnaz, Desi

  The Cuban bandleader married to Lucille Ball

• Ashby, Dorothy

  The jazz harpist who recorded 'Afro-Harping' in 1968

• Borges, Jorge Luis

  Author of the short story collection Ficciones

• Cagney, James

  Star of the movies Public Enemy and Yankee Doodle Dandy

• Fitzgerald, Edmund

  The namesake of the ship that sank on Lake Superior in 1975

• Goodman, Benny

  Clarinetist nicknamed "The King of Swing"

• Grant, Cary

  The suave star of North by Northwest

• Herbert, Frank

  Author of the novel Dune

• Hubbard, L. Ron

  Sci-fi author and founder of Scientology

• Isherwood, Christopher

  The author of 'Goodbye to Berlin,' which became 'Cabaret'

• Jutra, Claude

  Director of Mon Oncle Antoine

• Knight, Ted

  Newscaster Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

• Markham, Beryl

  The author of the memoir West With the Night

• McAuliffe, Christa

  The teacher who died in the Challenger explosion

• O'Keeffe, Georgia

  American artist who painted flowers and cow skulls

• Simpson, Wallis

  The woman for whom King Edward VIII gave up the throne

• Tarkovsky, Andrei

  The director of 'Stalker' and 'Solaris'

• The Clash

  The punk band who did "London Calling"

• Yamasaki, Minoru

  Designer of Manhattan's World Trade Center

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