Deaths in November 1986
The following is a list of notable deaths in November 1986.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
November 1986
1
- Tom Arthur, 80, Welsh rugby player.
- William E. Banks, 86, British naval officer.
- Sanaka Buchhikotaiah, 67, Indian politician, MP (1952–1957).
- Serge Garant, 57, Canadian composer.
- Hank Ketcham, 95, American football player.
- Ivan Larin, 60, Soviet footballer.
- Aaro Lintilä, 58, Finnish politician, MP (1962–1972).
- Mieczysław Moczar, 72, Polish politician.
- Pierre Repp, 76, French actor and comedian.
- Bernardo Timmermann, 74, Chilean politician.
- Bernard Waldman, 73, American physicist and Enola Gay passenger, cancer.
- Sippie Wallace, 88, American blues musician.[1]
- James Cameron Watson, 96, Canadian politician, mayor of Calgary (1946–1949).
2
- Ásmundur Ásgeirsson, 80, Icelandic chess player.
- W. Lester Banks, 75, American civil rights activist, kidney and heart failure.
- Bruno Betti, 75, Italian Olympic runner (1936).
- Harry Brown, 69, American poet, novelist and screenwriter, emphysema.
- Sir Geoffrey Abdy Collins, 98, British solicitor.
- Bertha V. Fontaine, 57, American economist.
- Paul Frees, 66, American actor and voice actor (Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Beatles, Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town), pain medication overdose.
- Raymond D. Kell, 82, American television researcher.
- Niels Erik Leschly, 76, Danish Olympic equestrian (1936).
- Georges Mollard, 84, French Olympic sailor (1924).
- Alan Prichard, 78, New Zealand pilot.
3
- Vladimir Bobri, 88, Ukrainian-American writer and composer, house fire.
- Adolf Busemann, 85, German-American aerospace engineer, inventor of the Busemann biplane.
- Paul C. Cannon, 90, American politician, lieutenant governor of Montana (1949–1953, 1957–1961).
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 64, American saxophonist, Hodgkin lymphoma.
- E. Cuyler Hammond, 74, American epidemiologist.
- Walter Hoppe, 69, German physicist.
- Sir William Lawrence, 4th Baronet, 73, English businessman and hereditary peer.
- Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane, 68, Mosotho politician, prime minister (1965).
- John Middleton, 86, American baseball player.
- Bob Nelson, 66, American football player.
- Roger Trézel, 68, French bridge player.
4
- Francesco Cossu, 79, Italian Olympic rower (1932).
- Kurt Hirsch, 80, German-English mathematician.
- John Kelsall, 39, British composer.
- John Layport, 85, American football player.
- Lucille Miller, 56, American convicted murderer, breast cancer.
- Abraham J. Multer, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1967).
- Thorolf Rafto, 64, Norwegian human rights activist.
- Harry M. Rose, 80, American physician.
- Abdallah El-Yafi, 85, Lebanese politician, multiple-time prime minister.
5
- Pere Ardiaca, 76-77, Spanish communist politician.
- Adolf Brudes, 87, German racing driver.
- Edward Charles, 67, English-born Canadian flying ace.
- Caesar Felton Gayles, 86, American college football and basketball coach.
- Mohammed Hassan Helmy, 74, Egyptian football player and team manager.
- Claude Jutra, 56, Canadian actor and filmmaker, drowned.
- Bobby Nunn, 61, American singer.
6
- Jean Breuer, 66, Belgian racing cyclist.
- Elisabeth Grümmer, 75, German singer.
- Herman Heimlich, 82, Hungarian-born Canadian painter.
- James S. Holmes, 62, American-Dutch writer, AIDS.
- Johannes Linthorst Homan, 83, Dutch politician and diplomat.
- Gotfrid Köchert, 68, Austrian Olympic sailor (1960).
- Lili Kraus, 83, Hungarian-New Zealand-American pianist.
- Harald Sandbæk, 82, Danish theologian.
- Howard Thomas, 77, Welsh radio and television producer.
- Eddie Thompson, 61, English jazz pianist.
- Sant Ram Udasi, 47, Indian poet.
7
- Sir Dugald Baird, 86, British obstetrician and gynecologist.
- Abdurrahim Buza, 80, Albanian painter.
- Lyndon Dadswell, 78, Australian sculptor.
- Jacob Engwall, 64, Swedish businessman and professional sailor, cancer.
- Paul Galdone, 79, Hungarian-born American illustrator.
- Henry Gilman, 93, American organic chemist.
- Lon Graf, 90, American football player.
- Alan Hewitt, 71, American actor (My Favorite Martian), cancer.
- Audrey Erskine Lindop, 65, English writer.
- Charlie McGillivray, 74, Scottish footballer.
- Aenne Michalsky, 78, Austrian singer.
- Baldy Northcott, 78, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Tracy Pew, 28, Australian musician, intracerebral hemorrhage.
- Yang Shangkui, 80-81, Chinese politician.
8
- King Clancy, 84, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Eddie del Mar, 67, Filipino actor and filmmaker.
- Franz Xaver Dorsch, 86, German civil engineer.
- Beatrice Kay, 79, American actress and singer.
- Artur London, 71, Czechoslovak politician.
- Vyacheslav Molotov, 96, Soviet politician.
- Nils Ramm, 83, Swedish Olympic boxer (1928).
- Ludwig Ruckdeschel, 79, German politician and war criminal.
9
- Adam Brodzisz, 80, Polish actor.
- Isidore Epstein, 72, American musician (Epstein Brothers Orchestra).
- Rudolf Hess, 83, American painter and sculptor.
- Guy Kingsford, 75, English-born American actor.
- Marian Matłoka, 68, Polish Olympic canoeist (1948).
- Jaroslava Muchová, 77, Czech painter.
- Bink Noll, 59, American poet.
- Henry Russell, 81, American Olympic runner (1928).
- Fuji Yahiro, 82, Japanese screenwriter.
10
- Ces Badeley, 90, New Zealand rugby player.
- Sukumar Bose, 74, Indian artist.
- Laurence Collinson, 61, British-born Australian playwright.
- Frances Condell, 70, Irish politician.
- Ludwig Hahn, 78, German Nazi official and war criminal.
- Robert K. Hamilton, 81, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1941–1946, since 1949).
- Frank Harvey, 56, English Anglican priest, archdeacon of London (since 1978).
- Sydney Lee, 76, English snooker and billiards player.
- Mark Lubbock, 87, British composer.
- Ljubomir Magaš, 38, Yugoslav crime lord, shot.
- Enriqueta Morales, 95, Panamanian nurse.
- Sir Gordon Richards, 82, English jockey, heart attack.
- Lois Roden, 70, American cult leader (Branch Davidians).
- Doc Sykes, 94, American baseball player.
- Vicente Trueba, 81, Spanish racing cyclist.
- Leona Woods, 67, American nuclear physicist, stroke.
11
- Bea Booze, 74, American singer and guitarist.
- Ángel Botello, 73, Spanish-born Puerto Rican artist.
- Roger C. Carmel, 54, American actor (The Mothers-in-Law), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- Jim Chalmers, 85, Australian politician.
- Martha Davis Coe, 79, American musician.
- Reginald Brettauer Fisher, 79, British biochemist.
- Prado Kelly, 82, Brazilian jurist and politician.
- Don Keyter, 55, Australian footballer.
- David L. McCain, 55, American jurist, cancer.
- Fred Mutch, 87, Australian footballer.
- Tim Walker, 68, Australian politician.
12
- Faiz Ahmad, 39-40, Afghan politician, assassinated.
- Ria Baran, 64, German Olympic skater (1952).
- Fumiko Enchi, 81, Japanese writer, heart attack.
- Bill Fell, 82, New Zealand police officer.
- Erich Koch, 90, German Nazi official and convicted war criminal.
- Lee McKinley, 80, American politician.
- Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, 87, Indian jurist, chief justice of India (1959–1964).
- Rocky Stone, 68, American baseball player.
- Nikolai Sutyagin, 63, Soviet flying ace.
- Lois Utz, 54, American children's author.
- Minoru Yasui, 70, American lawyer and civil rights activist (Yasui v. United States).
13
- Volf Bergraser, 82, Ukrainian-born French chess player.
- Franco Cortese, 83, Italian racing driver.
- Arthur Cox, 79, English cricketer.
- Emma Fitting, 85, Swiss Olympic fencer (1924).
- Francisco Flores, 60, Mexican footballer.
- Ernest Anthony Kehr, 75, American philatelist.
- Thierry Le Luron, 34, French comedian, AIDS.
- Knut Olsson, 79, Swedish politician.
- Rudolf Schock, 71, German singer, heart attack.
- Amiya Tagore, 78, Indian singer.
- Ron Tesolin, 46, Canadian politician.
- Dixie Upright, 60, American baseball player.
- Gerrit van Voorst, 76, Dutch Olympic swimmer (1928).
- Les Webber, 71, American baseball player.
14
- Erik Byléhn, 88, Swedish Olympic runner (1924, 1928).
- Ray Connell, 69, Canadian politician.
- Ferdinand Daučík, 76, Czechoslovak football player and manager.
- Arthur Duckworth, 85, British politician, MP (1929–1945).
- Charles Harlow, 83, American Olympic javelin thrower (1928).
- Barbara Kostrzewska, 71, Polish singer and theatre director.
- Jim McKay, 68, Scottish footballer.
- Frank O'Brien, 86, Australian footballer.
- Iambakey Okuk, 41, Papua New Guinean politician, liver cancer.
- Erich Schelling, 82, German architect.
- Hassan Nasiem Siddiquie, 52, Indian marine geologist, heart attack.
15
- Bidhayak Bhattacharya, 79, Indian writer.
- Michael Croft, 64, English screenwriter, heart attack.
- Bertram Fernando, 65, Sri Lankan actor.
- Erling Fjellbirkeland, 75, Norwegian economist.
- Louis François, 80, French Olympic wrestler (1932).
- John E. Grotberg, 61, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 1985).
- John Linebaugh Knuppel, 63, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate (1971–1981).
- Ada Rogato, 75, Brazilian aviator.
- Hans-Georg Schweiger, 59, German biologist.
- Alexandre Tansman, 89, Polish-French composer.
- Raymond D. Tarbuck, 89, American naval admiral.
- Richard E. Turner, 66, American flying ace.
- James Austin Whelihan, 84, Canadian Roman Catholic priest.
16
- Panditrao Agashe, 50, Indian industrialist, heart attack.
- Dave Clohessy, 81, Irish hurler.
- Hans Coumans, 43, Dutch painter, traffic collision.
- Åke Ericson, 73, Swedish ice hockey player.
- Samuel Glasstone, 89, British-born American physical chemist.
- Vito Kubilus, 72, American basketball player and coach.
- Siobhán McKenna, 64, Irish actress, lung cancer.
- Kurt Overhoff, 84, Austrian composer.
- Ronald S. Wilson, 53, American psychologist, heart attack.
17
- Dorothy Alexander, 82, American ballet dancer and choreographer.
- Richard Armitage, 58, English talent agent, heart attack.
- Georges Besse, 58, French businessman, shot.
- Leen Buis, 79, Dutch Olympic cyclist (1928).
- Harold Grad, 63, American mathematician.
- Roger Ikor, 74, French writer.
- Vladimir Kenigson, 79, Soviet actor.
- Yoshio Kimura, 81, Japanese shogi player.
- Ingrid Leodolter, 67, Austrian physician.
- Erna Lesky, 75, Austrian pediatrician and medical historian.
- Billy McLean, 67, Scottish politician, heart failure.
- Tidye Pickett, 72, American Olympic athlete (1936).
- Jaime Ramírez, 46, Colombian police officer, shot.
18
- Ljupčo Arsov, 76, Yugoslav Macedonian politician.
- Lajos Bárdos, 87, Hungarian composer.
- Gia Carangi, 26, American supermodel, AIDS.
- Sophus Kahrs, 68, Norwegian Nazi official.
- Michele Mara, 83, Italian cyclist.
- Valeriu Niculescu, 72, Romanian footballer.
- Pádraig Ó Finneadha, 73, Irish doctor and scholar.
- Stephen O. Rice, 78, American information and communications theorist.
19
- Jackie Arthur, 68, English footballer.
- Joseph W. Cowgill, 78, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1956–1964).
- Helle Crafts, 39, Danish flight attendant, murdered.
- Billy Dainty, 59, British comedian, prostate cancer.
- Harry Goldschmidt, 76, Swiss musicologist.
- John L. Hines Jr., 81, American soldier.
- Don Jamieson, 65, Canadian politician, heart attack.
- Roy E. Lindquist, 79, American major general.
- Freddie McKay, 38-39, Jamaican singer, heart attack.
- Kosta Nađ, 75, Yugoslav general.
- Klaus Nordling, 76, American comic book writer and artist.
- Ben Omann, 67, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (since 1983).
- Wim Roosen, 68, Dutch footballer.
- Flukey Stokes, 48, American mobster, shot.
- Marina Voroshilova, 64, Soviet virologist.
20
- Arne Beurling, 81, Swedish mathematician.
- Cecil Creal, 86, American politician, mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan (1959–1965).
- Balendin Enbeita, 80, Spanish poet.
- Óscar Flores Sánchez, 79, Mexican politician and attorney.
- William Bradford Huie, 76, American journalist, heart attack.
- Arne Linderholm, 70, Swedish footballer.
- P. V. Kunhunni Nair, 76, Indian politician.
- Alexander Ostrowski, 93, Russian-German-Swiss mathematician.
- Roberto Parada, 77, Chilean actor and theatre director.
- Bud Raftery, 67, American union leader.
- Virginia Sink, 73, American chemical engineer.
- Brud Talbot, 48, American actor and filmmaker.
- Tang Liang, 76, Chinese general.
21
- Howard Bay, 74, American set and costume designer, heart attack.
- Lowell K. Bridwell, 62, American journalist and highway administrator.
- Jerry Colonna, 82, American trombonist and actor (Alice in Wonderland), kidney failure.
- Jimmy Cunliffe, 74, English footballer, stroke.
- Sir William Hildred, 93, British civil servant.
- Eleanor Manning, 80, Australian servicewoman.
- John P. McConnell, 78, American general.
- Dar Robinson, 39, American stunt performer, fall.
- Marcelino Sánchez, 28, Puerto Rican actor (The Warriors), AIDS.
- Sebastian Vayalil, 80, Indian Roman Catholic prelate.
22
- Sir Geoffrey Agnew, 78, English art dealer.
- Alfred Bertrand, 66, Belgian footballer.
- Johnny Broadnax, 82, American football player.
- Chen Manyuan, 74, Chinese politician.
- Scatman Crothers, 76, American musician and actor (The Shining, Hong Kong Phooey, Chico and the Man), lung cancer.
- Peter Dalgado, 56, Indian-Born Kenyan Olympic field hockey player (1956).
- Alexander Deutsch, 86, Soviet astronomer.
- Curtis J. Humphreys, 88, American physicist.
- Dirk Janssen, 105, Dutch Olympic gymnast (1908).
- Kostas Korsakas, 77, Soviet Lithuanian language researcher.
- George Leslie, 79, English footballer.
- Carl L. Lyse, 87, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1943–1948).
- Malcolm Nokes, 89, English Olympic athlete (1924, 1928)
- Dinny Pails, 65, Australian tennis player.
- Edwin Salisbury, 76, American Olympic rower (1932).
- Cliff Taylor, 72, Australian footballer.
- Bob Tugung, 47, Filipino politician, shot.
- Mikałaj Ułaščyk, 80, Soviet Belarusian archaeologist.
- Daan van Dijk, 79, Dutch Olympic cyclist (1928).
- Robert Whitney, 82, American composer.
23
- William Badders, 85, American naval diver, Medal of Honor recipient.
- Marjorie Wilkins Campbell, 84-85, Canadian writer, lung cancer.
- Jean Mary Daly, 88, Australian women's rights activist.
- Crawford Fairbrother, 49, Scottish high jumper.
- Charlie Gaines, 86, American jazz trumpeter.
- Stephen Gilman, 68-69, American Hispanist.
- Josip Hamm, 78, Yugoslav Croatian linguist.
- Derek Hart, 61, British radio presenter and journalist.
- Paul M. Herzog, 80, American lawyer and civil servant.
- Olaf Hoffsbakken, 78, Norwegian Olympic skier (1936).
- Roger Jackling, 73, British diplomat.
- Yasuzō Masumura, 62, Japanese filmmaker.
- Norman Maurer, 60, American film producer, cancer.
- Philip C. O'Donnell, 71, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1967–1971).
- Svein Øvergaard, 74, Norwegian jazz musician.
- Arthur Wishart, 83, Canadian politician.
- Kikuji Yamashita, 67, Japanese painter.
24
- John Cranford Adams, 83, American academic administrator.
- Bias Bernhoft, 84, Norwegian singer.
- Hugh S. Cumming Jr., 86, American diplomat.
- James D. Dotsch, 82, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate (1937–1940).
- Dirk Fortuin, 85, Dutch Olympic rower (1924).
- Don Malkames, 82, American cinematographer.
- Mazzino Montinari, 58, Italian Germanistic scholar.
- Lloyd Parsons, 68, American football player.
- Al Smith, 84, American cartoonist (Mutt and Jeff).
- Hunt Stromberg Jr., 63, American radio, television and theatre producer, aneurysm.
25
- Gabdulkhay Akhatov, 59, Soviet linguist.
- Jon Bradshaw, 47-48, American journalist, heart attack.
- Leroy S. Johnson, 98, American Mormon fundamentalist.
- Sir Ivan Magill, 98, Irish anesthetist.
- Don Towsley, 74, American animator.
26
- Aleksei Baksov, 79, Soviet general.
- Victor Bozeman, 57, American television announcer.
- Lester Castle, 65, New Zealand ombudsman.
- Betico Croes, 48, Aruban politician and independence activist, complications from a traffic collision.
- Rogelio de la Rosa, 70, Filipino politician and actor.
- Ingeborg Drewitz, 63, German writer, cancer.
- Edward McGuire, 54, Irish painter.
- Fred Obrey, 74, English footballer.
- Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün, 50-51, Turkish diplomat.
- Randolph Prim, 90, American baseball player.
- Mary Welsh Hemingway, 78, American journalist and author, widow of Ernest Hemingway.
27
- Theodore Curphey, 89, American coroner.
- Colin Dawkins, 64, American comic book writer.
- Alex Duthart, 61, Scottish drummer.
- Gabriel Fielding, 70, English novelist.
- Zofia Gomułkowa, 84, Polish communist activist.
- Cezar Lăzărescu, 63, Romanian architect and city planner.
- Lucile Quarry Mann, 89, American writer and geographer.
- L. Harrison Matthews, 85, British marine zoologist.
- Robert Priestley, 85, American set decorator.
- Géza von Radványi, 79, Hungarian filmmaker.
- Charles Schlewer, 85, French Olympic rower (1920).
- Sir Hugh Stockwell, 83, British general, leukemia.
- Steve Tracy, 34, American actor, AIDS.
28
- Tuanku Bujang, 87, Malaysian politician.
- Helena Bušová, 72, Czechoslovak actress.
- Maurice Côté, 69, Canadian politician.
- Archibald Currie, 98, Surinamese politician, prime minister (1954–1955) and governor-general (1963-1964).
- Norman Gagne, 75, Canadian Olympic skier (1936).
- Urszula Łukomska, 59, Polish Olympic gymnast (1952).
- Edward McCullagh, 73, Northern Irish politician.
- Emilio Scanavino, 64, Italian artist.
- Elizabeth Thomas, 79, American Egyptologist.
- A. Theodore Tuttle, 67, American Mormon leader, cancer.
- Karel Wiesner, 67, Czech-born Canadian chemist, lymphoma.
- Travis Williams, 94, American football player.
29
- Gary Allen, 50, American writer and conservative activist, liver disease.
- Ronald Baddiley, 64, English actor.
- Helen Fischer, 74, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1959–1961, 1971–1976).
- Cary Grant, 82, English-American actor (North by Northwest, None but the Lonely Heart, Penny Serenade), stroke.
- Louis Ichard, 85, French Olympic runner (1920).
- Jānis Lidmanis, 76, Latvian-Australian footballer and basketball player.
- James Mahaffy, 81, Canadian politician.
- Sir Robert Pigot, 7th Baronet, 71, British hereditary peer.
- Herbert Rosenfeld, 76, German-British psychoanalyst.
- Theodor Sommerschield, 62, Norwegian Olympic sailor (1968, 1972).
- Herb Vigran, 76, American actor, cancer.
30
- Roy Bruner, 69, American baseball player.
- Martin Burgoyne, 23, British-American artist, AIDS.
- Francisco Ciutat de Miguel, 76-77, Spanish soldier.
- A. H. Ellett, 88, American jurist.
- Dick Fisher, 53, English motorcycle racer.
- Darby Jones, 76, American actor (I Walked with a Zombie).
- Emil Jónsson, 84, Icelandic politician, prime minister (1958–1959).
- Eino Leino, 95, Finnish wrestler.
- Arnold Matteus, 88, Estonian architect.
- Toshinobu Onosato, 74, Japanese printmaker, pneumonia.
- Ernst Poertgen, 74, German footballer.
- Immanuel Shifidi, 57, Namibian activist, shot.
- Ray Wendland, 75, American chemist.
References
- ^ "Deaths". Sacramento Bee. November 9, 1986. Retrieved June 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.