# Deaths in November 1986
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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

* Mieczysław Moczar, 72, Polish politician, Ministry of the Interior.
* Pierre Repp, 76, French actor and comedian.
* Bernard Waldman, 73, American physicist and Enola Gay passenger, cancer.
* Sippie Wallace, 88, American blues musician.

### 2

* Ásmundur Ásgeirsson, 80, Icelandic chess player.
* W. Lester Banks, 75, American civil rights activist, kidney and heart failure.
* Bruno Betti, 75, Italian Olympic long distance runner (1936).
* Harry Brown, 69, American poet, novelist and screenwriter (A Place in the Sun), emphysema.
* Paul Frees, 66, American actor and voice actor (Rocky and Bullwinkle), pain medication overdose.
* Fred Olsen, 95, British-born American industrial chemist, inventor of ball propellant.

### 3

* Vladimir Bobri, 88, Russian Empire–born American writer and composer, house fire.
* Adolf Busemann, 85, Nazi German and American aerospace engineer, inventor of the Busemann biplane.
* Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 64, American saxophonist, Hodgkin lymphoma.
* E. Cuyler Hammond, 74, American biologist and biometrist, established link between smoking and lung cancer, lymph cancer.
* Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane, 68, Basutoland politician, prime minister.

### 4

* Francesco Cossu, 79, Italian Olympic bronze medalist rower (1932).
* Kurt Hirsch, 80, German and English mathematician (group theory).
* Lucille Miller, 56, American convicted murderer, breast cancer.
* Abraham J. Multer, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
* Thorolf Rafto, 64, Norwegian human rights activist.
* Abdallah El-Yafi, 85, Lebanese politician, multiple-time prime minister.

### 5

* Adolf Brudes, 87, German Formula One racing driver.
* Edward Charles, 67, English-born Canadian RAF officer.
* Caesar Felton Gayles, 86, American college football and basketball coach.
* Mohammed Hassan Helmy, 74, Egyptian footballer and manager (Zamalek, Egypt).
* Claude Jutra, 56, Canadian actor and filmmaker, drowned.
* Bobby Nunn, 61, American R&B singer (The Coasters), heart attack.

### 6

* Jean Breuer, 66, Belgian cyclist.
* Elisabeth Grümmer, 75, German soprano.
* James S. Holmes, 62, American-Dutch translator of poems, AIDS.
* Gotfrid Köchert, 68, Austrian yacht racer and Olympian.
* Lili Kraus, 83, Hungarian-born New Zealand and American pianist.
* Harald Sandbæk, 82, Danish theologian, member of the Danish resistance.
* Eddie Thompson, 61, English jazz pianist.
* Sant Ram Udasi, 47, Indian Punjabi poet.

### 7

* Dugald Baird, 86, British obstetrician and gynecologist.
* Norman Burrell, 86, English cricketer.
* Abdurrahim Buza, 80, Albanian painter.
* Lyndon Dadswell, 78, Australian artist.
* Paul Galdone, 79, Hungarian-born American illustrator of children's picture books, heart attack.
* Henry Gilman, 93, American organic chemist (organometallic chemistry).
* Lon Graf, 90, American college football coach (Peru State College).
* Alan Hewitt, 71, American actor (My Favorite Martian, How to Murder Your Wife), cancer.
* Audrey Erskine Lindop, 65, English writer (I Start Counting, I Thank a Fool).
* Baldy Northcott, 78, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Montreal Maroons).
* Tracy Pew, 28, Australian musician (The Saints), brain haemorrhage after seizure.

### 8

* King Clancy, 84, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs), cardiac arrest.
* Eddie del Mar, 67, Filipino actor and filmmaker.
* Franz Xaver Dorsch, 86, German civil engineer, chief engineer of the Organisation Todt.
* Beatrice Kay, 79, American actress and singer.
* Artur London, 71, Czechoslovakian politician, co-defendant in the Slánský trial.
* Vyacheslav Molotov, 96, Soviet politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
* Ludwig Ruckdeschel, 79, Nazi German politician and war criminal, Gauleiter of Gau Bayreuth.

### 9

* Adam Brodzisz, 80, Polish actor.
* Rudolf Hess, 83, American painter and sculptor.
* Guy Kingsford, 75, English-born American actor.
* Jaroslava Muchová, 77, Czechoslovakian painter.

### 10

* Sukumar Bose, 74, Indian artist.
* Ludwig Hahn, 78, Nazi German SS official and convicted war criminal.
* Alan Kennington, 85-86, British novelist and playwright.
* Sydney Lee, 76, English snooker and billiards player, Pot Black referee.
* Ljubomir Magaš, 38, Yugoslavian convicted rapist and Mafia crime boss, murdered.
* Gordon Richards, 82, English jockey, multiple-time British flat racing Champion Jockey, heart attack.
* Lois Roden, 70, American cult leader (Branch Davidians), breast cancer.
* Vicente Trueba, 81, Spanish road racing cyclist, King of the Mountains.
* Leona Woods, 67, American nuclear physicist (Manhattan Project), stroke.

### 11

* Bea Booze, 74, American R&B and jazz singer and guitarist.
* Ángel Botello, 73, Spanish-born Puerto Rican painter and sculptor.
* Roger C. Carmel, 54, American actor (The Mothers-in-Law, Star Trek), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
* Jim Chalmers, 85, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

### 12

* Faiz Ahmad, 39–40, Afghan politician, leader of the Afghanistan Liberation Organization, assassinated.
* Ria Baran, 64, German pair skater and Olympic gold medalist.
* Erich Koch, 90, Nazi German official and convicted war criminal.
* Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, 87, Indian jurist, Chief Justice of India.
* Gustavo Thorlichen, 79–80, German-born Argentinian photographer, cancer.
* Minoru Yasui, 70, American lawyer and civil rights activist (Yasui v. United States).

### 13

* Volf Bergraser, 82, French chess master.
* Franco Cortese, 83, Italian racing driver.
* Arthur Cox, 79, English cricketer.
* Emma Fitting, 85, Swiss Olympic fencer (1924).
* Francisco Flores, 60, Mexican footballer.
* Thierry Le Luron, 34, French impressionist and humorist, AIDS.
* Rudolf Schock, 71, German tenor, heart attack.
* Amiya Tagore, 78, Indian singer.

### 14

* Sven Tito Achen, 64, Argentinian-born Danish writer and author on heraldry.
* Erik Byléhn, 88, Swedish Olympic silver medalist runner (1924, 1928).
* Ferdinand Daučík, 76, Czechoslovakian footballer and manager (Slavia Prague, Czechoslovakia).
* Arthur Duckworth, 85, British politician, Member of Parliament.
* Charles Harlow, 83, American Olympic javelin thrower (1928).
* Iambakey Okuk, 41, Papua New Guinean politician, Deputy Prime Minister, liver cancer.

### 15

* Bidhayak Bhattacharya, 79, Indian novelist and dramatist.
* Michael Croft, 64, English actor and writer, heart attack.
* Bertram Fernando, 65, Sri Lankan actor.
* Louis François, 80, French Olympic bronze medalist Greco-Roman wrestler (1932).
* John E. Grotberg, 61, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, pneumonia and colon cancer.
* Ada Rogato, 75, Brazilian aviator.
* Alexandre Tansman, 89, Polish-French composer.
* Richard E. Turner, 66, American flying ace.

### 16

* Panditrao Agashe, 50, Indian industrialist, managing director of Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd., heart attack.
* Åke Ericson, 73, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player (1936, 1948).
* Samuel Glasstone, 89, British-born American physical chemist and author.
* Siobhán McKenna, 64, Irish actress (Saint Joan), lung cancer.

### 17

* Dorothy Alexander, 82, American ballot dancer.
* Richard Armitage, 58, English talent agent, heart attack.
* Georges Besse, 58, French businessman, CEO of Renault, murdered.
* Leen Buis, 79, Dutch Olympic cyclist (1928).
* Vishnu Sharan Dublish, 91, Indian politician, member of Lok Sabha.
* Harold Grad, 63, American mathematician (statistical mechanics).
* Vladimir Kenigson, 79, Soviet actor.
* Yoshio Kimura, 81, Japanese shogi player, president of the Japan Shogi Association.
* Billy McLean, 67, Scottish politician, Member of Parliament, heart failure.
* Tidye Pickett, 72, American runner and Olympian, and school principal.
* Jaime Ramírez, 46, Colombian anti-narcotics police officer, murdered.

### 18

* Ljupčo Arsov, 76, Yugoslavian politician, chairman of the executive council of the People's Republic of Macedonia.
* Lajos Bárdos, 87, Hungarian composer and conductor.
* Gia Carangi, 26, American supermodel, AIDS.
* Sophus Kahrs, 68, Norwegian Nazi official, convicted of treason and escaped.
* Marky Markowitz, 62, American jazz trumpeter.
* Stephen O. Rice, 78, American electrical engineer, pioneer in information theory and communication theory.

### 19

* Helle Crafts, 39, Danish-born American murder victim.
* Billy Dainty, 59, British comedian and pantomime artist, prostate cancer.
* Monette Dinay, 80, French actress.
* Harry Goldschmidt, 76, Swiss musicologist.
* Don Jamieson, 65, Canadian politician and diplomat, Member of Parliament, heart attack.
* Roy E. Lindquist, 79, American general in the U.S. army.
* Freddie McKay, 38–39, Jamaican singer, heart attack.
* Kosta Nađ, 75, Yugoslavian general.
* Flukey Stokes, 48, American mobster in Chicago, murdered.

### 20

* Arne Beurling, 81, Swedish mathematician (Beurling algebra), decrypted Siemens and Halske T52.
* William Bradford Huie, 76, American author and investigative reporter, heart attack.
* Alexander Ostrowski, 93, Russian Empire–born German and Swiss mathematician (Ostrowski's theorem).

### 21

* Howard Bay, 74, American set and costume designer, heart attack.
* Lowell K. Bridwell, 62, American journalist.
* Jerry Colonna, 82, American trombonist, comedian and actor (Alice in Wonderland), kidney failure.
* Jimmy Cunliffe, 74, English footballer.
* John P. McConnell, 78, American general, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.
* Dar Robinson, 39, American stunt performer and actor (Stick), fall.
* Marcelino Sánchez, 28, Puerto Rican actor (The Warriors), AIDS.

### 22

* Geoffrey Agnew, 78, English art dealer.
* Alfred Bertrand, 66, Belgian footballer.
* Johnny Broadnax, 82, American football player and coach.
* Scatman Crothers, 76, American actor and musician (Chico and the Man, The Shining), lung cancer.
* Peter Dalgado, 56, Indian-born Kenyan Olympic field hockey player (1956).
* Alexander Deutsch, 86, Soviet astronomer (Pulkovo Observatory).
* Daan van Dijk, 79, Dutch Olympic gold medalist cyclist (1928).
* Dirk Janssen, 105, Dutch Olympic gymnast (1908).
* Malcolm Nokes, 89, British hammer thrower and Olympic medalist.
* Dinny Pails, 65, English-born Australian tennis player and Australian Open winner.

### 23

* Nathan Ausubel, 88, American historian and author.
* William Badders, 85, American naval diver, Medal of Honor recipient.
* Jean Mary Daly, 88, Australian women's rights and social justice activist.
* Charlie Gaines, 86, American trumpeter and bandleader.
* Derek Hart, 61, British radio presenter and journalist (Tonight).
* Roger Jackling, 73, British diplomat, Ambassador to West Germany (1968-1972).
* Yasuzō Masumura, 62, Japanese film director.
* Norman Maurer, 60, American comic book writer and film producer (The Three Stooges), cancer.
* Margit Söderholm, 81, Swedish writer (Sunshine Follows Rain).

### 24

* John Cranford Adams, 83, American educator and academic administrator.
* Bias Bernhoft, 84, Norwegian singer.
* Jack Coote, 79, Australian rugby league footballer.
* Hugh S. Cumming Jr., 86, American diplomat.
* Dirk Fortuin, 85, Dutch Olympic rower (1924).
* Mazzino Montinari, 58, Italian Germanistic scholar.
* Al Smith, 84, American cartoonist (Mutt and Jeff).
* Hunt Stromberg Jr., 63, American radio and television producer (Frankenstein: The True Story), aneurysm.

### 25

* Gabdulkhay Akhatov, 59, Soviet Tatar linguist.
* Jon Bradshaw, 47–48, American journalist (Esquire), heart attack.
* Leroy S. Johnson, 98, American Mormon fundamentalist leader.
* Sir Ivan Magill, 98, Irish anesthetist.
* Don Towsley, 74, American animator (Donald Duck).

### 26

* Aleksei Baksov, 79, Soviet army general.
* Victor Bozeman, 57, American television announcer and actor.
* Lester Castle, 65, New Zealand government official.
* Betico Croes, 48, Aruban politician, founded the People's Electoral Movement, complications from a traffic collision.
* Rogelio de la Rosa, 70, Filipino politician and actor, ambassador to four countries.
* Henry Dye, 60, American mathematician.
* Edward McGuire, 54, Irish painter, heart attack.
* Randolph Prim, 90, American Negro League baseballer (Kansas City Monarchs).
* Mary Welsh Hemingway, 78, American journalist and author, widow of Ernest Hemingway.
* Kaku Takagawa, 71, Japanese Go player.

### 27

* Theodore Curphey, 89, American coroner (death of Marilyn Monroe.
* Alex Duthart, 61, Scottish drummer, heart attack.
* Gabriel Fielding, 70, English novelist.
* Zofia Gomułkowa, 84, Polish communist activist, wife of Władysław Gomułka.
* Cezar Lăzărescu, 63, Romanian architect and urban planner.
* Géza von Radványi, 79, Hungarian film director (Mädchen in Uniform).
* Hugh Stockwell, 83, British army general, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, leukemia.
* Steve Tracy, 34, American actor (Little House on the Prairie), AIDS.

### 28

* Tuanku Bujang, 87, Malaysian politician, Governor of Sarawak.
* Helena Bušová, 72, Czechoslovak actress.
* Maurice Côté, 69, Canadian politician.
* Archibald Currie, 98, Suriname politician, prime minister and governor-general of Suriname.
* Norman Gagne, Canadian Olympic ski jumper (1936).
* Emilio Scanavino, 64, Italian painter and sculptor.
* Elizabeth Thomas, 79, American Egyptologist.
* A. Theodore Tuttle, 67, American Mormon leader, cancer.

### 29

* Gary Allen, 50, American writer and conservative activist, liver disease.
* Ronald Baddiley, 64, English actor (The Archers, The Men from the Ministry).
* Helen Fischer, 74, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives.
* Cary Grant, 82, English-American actor (North by Northwest, None but the Lonely Heart, Penny Serenade), stroke.
* Louis Ichard, 85, French Olympic long-distance runner (1920).
* Herbert Rosenfeld, 76, German-born British psychoanalyst.
* Herb Vigran, 76, American actor (Gunsmoke), cancer.

### 30

* Roy Bruner, 79, American Major League Baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
* Martin Burgoyne, 23, British-born American artist, AIDS.
* Francisco Ciutat de Miguel, 76–77, Spanish communist and soldier.
* Darby Jones, 76, American actor (I Walked with a Zombie).
* Emil Jónsson, 84, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister of Iceland.
* Immanuel Shifidi, 57, Namibian activist, murdered.

### Unknown date

* Ann Cole, 52, American R&B and gospel singer (Got My Mojo Working).
* Ray Platnick, 69, American newspaper photographer.
* Norio Suzuki, 37, Japanese explorer and adventurer, avalanche.