page_title: 1985
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 1985 / Deaths / January
caption_attribution_description: English: Sir William John McKell GCMG KStJ, Premier of New South Wales and Governor-General of Australia.
context_page_description: 1985 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1985th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 985th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1980s decade.
  The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
context_section_description: January 2 – Gabriel Elorde, Filipino professional boxer (b. 1935)
  January 4 – Sir Brian Horrocks, British general (b. 1895)
  January 5 – Robert L. Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1906)
  January 7
  Ruth Godfrey, American actress (b. 1922)
  Mary Hardy, Australian actress and comedian (b. 1931)
  January 11 – Sir William McKell, 12th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
  January 13 – Carol Wayne, American actress (b. 1942)
  January 14
  Jetta Goudal, Dutch actress (b. 1891)
  Anagarika Govinda, German buddhist lama (b. 1898)
  January 18 – Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, Sudanese religious thinker (b. 1909)
  January 19 – Eric Voegelin, German-American philosopher (b. 1901)
  January 20 – Gillis William Long, American politician (b. 1923)
  January 22
  Sir Arthur Bryant, British historian (b. 1899)
  Mikhail Gromov, Soviet aviator (b. 1899)
  January 26 – Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader (b. 1914)
  January 29
  Georges Portmann, French physician (b. 1890)
  Billy Cook, Australian jockey (b. 1910)
  January 31 – Tatsuzō Ishikawa, Japanese novelist (b. 1905)
caption: William McKell
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