The following is a list of notable deaths in February 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.
February 1986
1 Ethel Chipchase, 69–70, British trade unionist. Manuel Cros, 84, Spanish footballer. Theodora McCormick Du Bois, 95, American author. Salo Grenning, 67, Norwegian illustrator. Dick James, 65, British music producer, heart attack. Max Kröckel, 84, German Olympic skier (1928). Alberto Moreiras, 66, Spanish Olympic athlete (1948). Alva Myrdal, 84, Swedish sociologist and peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient (1982).Alva Myrdal, Nobel Woman, Dies in Sweden at 84 Michael Needham, 75, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1947–1972). Beatrice Pearson, 65, American actress. Arvo Pentti, 70, Finnish politician. Lambert Redd, 77, American Olympic long jumper (1932). Ida Rhodes, 85, American mathematician. Leonard E. Scott, 68, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1947–1949).
2 Nils Alwall, 81, Swedish nephrologist. Olena Antoniv, 48, Soviet Ukrainian human rights activist, traffic collision. Rick E. Carter, 42, American football coach, suicide by hanging.Coach at Holy Cross Is Suicide by Hanging Anita Cobby, 26, Australian murder victim. Donald Eccles, 77, British actor Gao Heng, 85, Chinese linguist and translator. Gino Hernandez, 28, American professional wrestler, drug overdose. Richard LaPiere, 86, American sociologist. Mill Reef, 17, British Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised.Mill Reef, the American-bred winner of the... John Millar, 62, Scottish footballer. Hideo Ohba, 75, Japanese aikido teacher. Ruben Ribeiro, 74, Brazilian Olympic equestrian (1948). Ivan Ruben, 68, Danish Olympic fencer (1948, 1952). Gunnar Simenstad, 71, Norwegian actor.
3 Alexander F. Bell, 70, American football player. Donald Briggs, 75, American actor. Art Chapman, 73, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1936). Claude Green, 79, South African cricketer. Luther Harris, 62, American NBL basketball player. Charles Leo Hitchcock, 83, American botanist. Harold Houghton, 79, English footballer. Narciso Ramos, 85, Filipino diplomat and politician, stroke.Narciso Ramos Dies at 86; Served in Philippine Cabinet Sylvia Lyons Render, 72, American educator and manuscript curator.Author, Scholar Sylvia Lyons Render, 72 George C. Sherman Jr., 74, American polo player, leukemia.George Sherman Jr., Leading Polo Official Herbert Smith, 84, British filmmaker. Alfred Vohrer, 71, German filmmaker.
4 Phyllis Shand Allfrey, 77, Dominican writer and politician. Les Caywood, 82, American NFL football player. Margit Elek, 75, Hungarian Olympic fencer (1948, 1952). Jānis Kalnbērziņš, 92, Soviet Latvian politician. Jim O'Grady, 63, Irish hurler. Branko Pešić, 63, Yugoslav politician, mayor of Belgrade (1965–1974), cancer. Arthur Schröder, 93, German actor.
5 Grigore Băjenaru, 78, Romanian writer. Len Catton, 72, Australian rules footballer. Charles Drechsler, 93, American mycologist. Florence Fernet-Martel, 93, American-born Canadian feminist and educator. Antonio Fustella, 73, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, heart attack. Armas-Eino Martola, 89, Finnish general. Laurent Merchiers, 81, Belgian politician. Furman Nuss, 91, American football and basketball coach. Axel Poignant, 79, Australian photographer. Howard Vollum, 72, American electronics engineer (Tektronix), stroke.Tektronix co-founder dies at 72 Matt Wilkins, 78, Australian rules footballer.
6 Mahieddine Bachtarzi, 88, Algerian singer and composer. Georges Cabana, 91, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate.University founder dies Frank Cameron, 93, Australian rules footballer. Willard Cantrell, 71, American racing driver. Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal, 17th Duke of Veragua, 61, Spanish naval officer, shot.Admiral, Kin of Columbus, Dies in Attack by Terrorists Frederick Coutts, 86, British writer and charity worker, General of The Salvation Army (1963–1969). Irene Genna, 55, Greek-Italian actress. Sallie-Anne Huckstepp, 31, Australian writer, sex-worker and whistle blower, homicide. Sergio Iesi, 73, Italian-born Uruguayan Olympic fencer (1948, 1952). Ken McMullen, 44, Australian rugby union player. Sir Holmes Miller, 66, New Zealand surveyor and conservationist. Ray Moyer, 87, American set decorator.Ray Moyer, Winner of 3 Oscars for Designing Movie Sets, Dies at 87 Dandy Nichols, 78, English actress (Till Death Us Do Part). Marty Reiter, 74, American NBL basketball player. John Ching Hsiung Wu, 86, Chinese judge and author. Minoru Yamasaki, 73, American architect (World Trade Center), stomach cancer.Minour Yamasaki, Architect of World Trade Center, Dies
7 Cheikh Anta Diop, 62, Senegalese anthropologist and historian. Harris Ellsworth, 86, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1943–1957). Austin E. Fife, 76, American folklorist. John F. McCarthy Jr., 60, American aeronautical engineer, blood clot.Former Northrop, NASA Official : Rites Wednesday for John F. McCarthy Jr. Robert P. Mills, 65, American magazine editor and literary agent. Armand Preud'homme, 81, Belgian composer and organist. John Shea, 72, Australian cricketer. Frank Sinclair, 69, Australian rules footballer. Dick Southwood, 80, English Olympic rower (1932, 1936).
8 Doug Ball, 90, New Zealand academic administrator. Cecil Bryce, 74, Australian cricketer. Alexander Ford, 85, Scottish cricketer. Yisrael Galili, 74, Russian-born Israeli politician. Robert Gebhardt, 65, German footballer. Arleigh McCree, 46, American police detective, bomb explosion. Sarah Isabella McElligott, 102, New Zealand cook. Alexis Obolensky, 70, Russian-born American backgammon player.Alexis Obolensky Abram Nicholas Pritzker, 90, American businessman and philanthropist, member of the Pritzker family.A.N. Pritzker, 90, Hyatt Hotel Chain Owner Bogusław Widawski, 51, Polish footballer.
9 Kiichi Arita, 84, Japanese politician. Carmen D'Antonio, 74, American actress. Ángel Díaz Balbín, 30, Peruvian triple murderer and suspected serial killer, strangled. Joe Gomes, 77, American baseball player. Philip Herries Gregory, 78, British mycologist. Harold Fidock, 83, Australian cricketer. Willie Jackson, 85, Scottish footballer. Eleonora Kaminskaitė, 35, Soviet Lithuanian Olympic rower (1976). Tauno Kovanen, 68, Finnish Olympic wrestler (1952). Ítalo López Vallecillos, 53, Salvadoran writer. Lilo Martin, 77, German composer. Natalie Masters, 70, American actress. Henry William Menard, 65, American geologist, cancer. Ben Nye, 79, American makeup artist.Ben Nye Sr.; Noted Movie Makeup Artist Jacques Rispal, 62, French actor. Dora Oake Russell, 73, Canadian writer. Louis Sobol, 89, American journalist.
10 Brian Aherne, 83, English actor (Juarez), heart failure.Brian Aherne, 83; Stage and Film Star Admired for Suavity Morris Boyd, 80, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1967–1972). Lando Conti, 52, Italian politician, shot. James Dillon, 83, Irish politician, TD (1937–1969).James Dillon, 83, Dies; Ex-Chief of Irish Party Humphrey Patrick Guinness, 83, British Olympic polo player (1936). Joan Henley, 81, Irish actress. Begnon-Damien Koné, 64–65, Burkinabe politician. Antoni Reiter, 35, Polish Olympic judoka (1976). Art Satherley, 96, British-American record producer.
11 Hans Braarvig, 80, Norwegian writer. Arsénio Duarte, 60, Portuguese footballer. Frank Herbert, 65, American author (Dune), pulmonary embolism.Frank Herbert is Dead at 65; Author of the 'Dune' Novels Michael Hollis, 86, Indian Anglican prelate. Svend Jacobsen, 79, Danish Olympic fencer (1936). Evelio Javier, 43, Filipino politician, shot. Edgar Jones, 75, Welsh rugby union and rugby league player. Horace Manges, 87, American lawyer.Horace S. Manges, 87, Copyright Law Expert Hélène Rivier, 83, Swiss librarian. Aat van Rhijn, 93, Dutch politician. Jock White, 88, Scottish footballer.
12 Jean Goodwin Ames, 82, American artist.Jean Goodwin Ames, 82; Muralist and Professor Arthur Roderick Collar, 77, English engineer. Alice Lent Covert, 72, American novelist. Wayne Ewing, 58, American race car builder. Joe Goyder, 78, English Olympic boxer (1928). Bolesław Konorski, 93, Polish engineer. James Joseph Magennis, 66, British naval officer, VC recipient. Elena Skuin, 77, Soviet painter. Guy Warrack, 86, Scottish composer.
13 Luigi De Manincor, 75, Italian Olympic sailor (1936, 1948). Bolesław Gebert, 90, Polish politician. Guang Qin, 93, Chinese Buddhist monk. George Ivask, 78, Russian-American poet and literary critic, heart attack.Russian poet George Ivask, a retired University of Massachusetts... Robert MacFarlane, 77, Scottish cricketer. Ed McGhee, 61, American Major League baseball player. David Tudor Price, 55, British judge. Ashalata Sen, 92, Indian poet and social activist. John L. Throckmorton, 72, American general, cancer.Gen. John Throckmorton, commanded MacDill unit
14 Fox Blevins, 75, American baseball player. Ernest Borek, 74, Hungarian-born American microbiologist.Dr. Ernest Borek Dorcas Brigham, 89, American botanist.Dorcas Brigham obituary Ransom M. Cook, 86, American banker.Retired bank executive Ransom M. Cook is dead Kevin Curran, 66, Australian rules footballer. Margaret L. Curry, 87, American social worker. Kanaklata Devi, 76, Indian politician. Francisco Ferreira, 66, Portuguese footballer. Bert Hawke, 85, Australian politician. Roy W. Hill, 86, American automobile dealer and philanthropist. Harry S. Kennedy, 84, American Episcopalian prelate. Edmund Rubbra, 84, British composer.Edmund Rubbra Dead at 84; A Prolific English Composer
15 Henri Bernard, 86, French judge. Cornelis de Kiewiet, 83, Dutch-born American historian and academic administrator.Dr. Cornelis de Kiewit, Ex-Head of 2 Colleges Ana María Dellai, 56, Argentine Olympic skier (1952). Orville Fehlhaber, 82, American politician. Fred Laws, 80, Australian rugby league player. Galliano Masini, 90, Italian singer. Rustin McIntosh, 91, American pediatrician.Rustin McIntosh Dies; Ex-Chief of Pediatrics Crawford F. Parker, 79, American politician, lieutenant governor of Indiana (1957–1961). John R., 75, American disc jockey. Helen Withers, 78, Australian community worker.
16 Wiley T. Buchanan Jr., 73, American diplomat.Wiley T. Buchanan Jr.; Former Protocol Chief Howard da Silva, 76, American actor (Fiorello!, Oklahoma!), lymphoma.Howard da Silva Dies at 76; Actor, Director and Author Joseph Duell, 29, American ballet dancer and choreographer, suicide by jumping.Joseph Duell, A Lead Dancer for the New York City Anton Hilbert, 87, German politician. Édouard Leguery, 51, French Olympic rower (1956). Phyllis McCarthy, 82, South African dog breeder. Tadhg O'Driscoll, 66, Irish footballer. Hermon Phillips, 82, American Olympic runner (1928). Willibrordus Pouw, 83, Dutch Olympic gymnast (1928). John Tripp, 58, British poet. Harry Van Arsdale Jr., 80, American labor leader.Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Dies at 80; Led City's Central Labor Council
17 George Draffen, 86, British soldier. Albert Joris, 70, Belgian Olympic sprint canoeist (1936). Kikuko Kanai, 74, Japanese composer. Jiddu Krishnamurti, 90, Indian philosopher, pancreatic cancer.Jiddu Krishnamurti, 90, is Dead; Religious Philosopher from India Red Ruffing, 80, American Major League baseball player, heart failure.Red Ruffing, 81, Star Pitcher on 7 Yankee Pennant Teams Paul Stewart, 77, American actor, heart failure.Paul Stewart is Dead at 77; Stage, Screen and TV Actor Izumi Suzuki, 36, Japanese writer, suicide by hanging. Nesta Wells, 93, British physician and surgeon.
18 Nelson Cavaquinho, 74, Brazilian samba musician.Nelson Cavaquinho, 74, a composer and singer… Július Ďuriš, 81, Czechoslovak communist politician. Vilmos Kohut, 79, Hungarian footballer.