Famous people and celebrities who died in September 1985

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in September 1985. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Sept. 2 M. Alalasundaram

  Sri lankan tamil teacher and politician

• Sept. 2 Jay Youngblood

  American professional wrestler (born in 1955).

• Sept. 2 V. Dharmalingam

  Sri lankan tamil politician (b. 1918)

• Sept. 4 Vasyl Stus

  Ukrainian poet, publicist, and dissident (b. 1938)

• Sept. 6 Johnny Desmond

  Popular American singer known for his performances on the Hit Parade radio and television show during the mid-20th century.

• Sept. 6 Rodney R. Porter

  Nobel Prize laureate for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies

• Sept. 6 Leon Orthel

  Leon Orthel was a 20th-century classical music composer known for his contributions to contemporary musical composition. He lived a long life dedicated to creating musical works, passing away at the age of 79.

• Sept. 6 Franco Ferrara

  Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)

• Sept. 7 Jacoba van Velde

  Dutch author (b. 1903)

• Sept. 8 Ana Mendieta

  Pioneering Cuban-American artist renowned for her groundbreaking performance art, earth-body works, and feminist artistic expressions exploring identity and cultural displacement.

• Sept. 8 Paul J. Flory

  Nobel Prize laureate for his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of the macromolecules

• Sept. 8 John Franklin Enders

  Nobel Prize laureate for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue

• Sept. 9 Antonino Votto

  Italian conductor (d. 1985)

• Sept. 9 Neil Davis

  Australian photographer and journalist (b. 1934)

• Sept. 10 Jock Stein

  Legendary Scottish football manager who made history by becoming the first British manager to win the European Cup with Celtic, leading the team to unprecedented domestic success.

• Sept. 10 Ernst Öpik

  Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1985).

• Sept. 13 Dane Rudhyar

  French-american astrologer. one of the most respected and well-respected astrologers of 20th century. his ability to express himself in many areas, including music, painting poetry, philosophy, metaphysics, and painting, earned him the title of modern renaissance man. since the 1930s, he was a writer for national magazines and the author of numerous books.

• Sept. 15 Cootie Williams

  Influential jazz trumpeter and bandleader known for his work with Duke Ellington and significant contributions to swing and big band music during the mid-20th century.

• Sept. 17 Laura Ashley

  Iconic British fashion designer who revolutionized feminine clothing with her romantic, pastoral-inspired prints and designs during the 1970s and 1980s.

• Sept. 19 Italo Calvino

  Renowned Italian novelist and journalist who significantly influenced postwar literature. He was a key figure in neorealism and later postmodern narrative styles. His works like 'Invisible Cities' and 'If on a Winter's Night a Traveler' are considered masterpieces of 20th-century literature.

• Sept. 21 Gu Long

  Taiwanese author of wuxia novels (born 1937).

• Sept. 22 Axel Springer

  Influential German media entrepreneur who revolutionized post-war journalism through publications like Bild and Hamburger Abendblatt, significantly shaping public discourse and media landscape in Germany.

• Sept. 30 Simone Signoret

  Renowned French actress who won an Oscar for 'Room at the Top' and became an international cinema icon. She was a prominent figure in French New Wave cinema and known for her powerful performances and political activism.

• Sept. 30 Charles Richter

  Charles Richter was a pioneering American seismologist who developed the Richter scale, a groundbreaking method for measuring earthquake magnitudes. His work revolutionized our understanding of seismic activity and geological research.

• Sept. 30 Herbert Bayer

  Herbert Bayer was a pioneering Bauhaus artist and graphic designer who significantly influenced modern design aesthetics. He was instrumental in developing minimalist typography and graphic design principles that shaped 20th-century visual communication. Bayer's work spanned multiple disciplines including graphic design, typography, photography, and advertising.

• Sept. 30 Charles Francis Richter

  American seismologist and physicist (b. 1900)

• Sept. 30 Heleb MacInnes

  Us spy writer (affiliate in place), dies at 77