Famous People Who Died at Age 85

From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:

• Friedan, Betty (at 85 years exactly on February 4, 2006)

• Stowe, Harriet Beecher (at 85 years 17 days on July 1, 1896)

• Paterno, Joe (died of complications from lung cancer at 85 years 32 days on January 22, 2012)

• Holmes, Oliver Wendell Sr. (natural causes at 85 years 39 days on October 7, 1894)

• Bridges, Lloyd (natural causes at 85 years 54 days on March 10, 1998)

• Carlyle, Thomas (at 85 years 62 days on February 4, 1881)

• Roth, Philip (died of congestive heart failure at 85 years 64 days on May 22, 2018)

• Halley, Edmond (natural causes at 85 years 67 days on January 14, 1742)

• Fuller, Samuel (at 85 years 79 days on October 30, 1997)

• Haig, Alexander (died of complications from an infection at 85 years 80 days on February 20, 2010)

• Lippmann, Walter (at 85 years 82 days on December 14, 1974)

• Coleman, Ornette (at 85 years 94 days on June 11, 2015)

• Llewelyn, Desmond (died in an automobile crash at 85 years 98 days on December 19, 1999)

• Bentsen, Lloyd (died of complications from a stroke at 85 years 101 days on May 23, 2006)

• Madison, James (at 85 years 104 days on June 28, 1836)

• Kaiser, Henry J. (at 85 years 107 days on August 24, 1967)

• Cain, James M. (at 85 years 118 days on October 27, 1977)

• Christie, Agatha (natural causes at 85 years 119 days on January 12, 1976)

• Phelps, Fred Sr. (at 85 years 127 days on March 20, 2014)

• Doohan, James (died of complications from pneumonia at 85 years 139 days on July 20, 2005)

• Prowse, David (at 85 years 150 days on November 28, 2020)

• Richter, Charles F. (at 85 years 157 days on September 30, 1985)

• Hingle, Pat (died of cancer at 85 years 168 days on January 3, 2009)

• Robbe-Grillet, Alain (at 85 years 184 days on February 18, 2008)

• Brothers, Joyce (at 85 years 205 days on May 13, 2013)

• Clark, Roy (at 85 years 215 days on November 16, 2018)

• Page, Bettie (died of pneumonia at 85 years 233 days on December 11, 2008)

• Lang, Fritz (at 85 years 241 days on August 2, 1976)

• Stockwell, Dean (at 85 years 247 days on November 7, 2021)

• Madden, John (at 85 years 262 days on December 28, 2021)

• Pope Pius IX (at 85 years 270 days on February 7, 1878)

• Paar, Jack (at 85 years 271 days on January 27, 2004)

• Bork, Robert H. (died of complications from heart disease at 85 years 293 days on December 19, 2012)

• Jung, Carl (at 85 years 315 days on June 6, 1961)

• Sharon, Ariel (died of heart failure at 85 years 319 days on January 11, 2014)

• Boone, Daniel (at 85 years 329 days on September 26, 1820)

• Naipaul, V.S. (at 85 years 359 days on August 11, 2018)

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