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 Hank Ketcham, 95, American college football player (Yale). Ivan Larin, 60, Soviet Russian football player and coach. Mieczysław Moczar, 72, Polish politician, Ministry of the Interior.Mieczyslaw Moczar, A Leader in Poland's Communist Party. New York Times. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024. Pierre Repp, 76, French actor and comedian. Bernard Waldman, 73, American physicist and Enola Gay passenger, cancer.Bernard Waldman. New York Times. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024. 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.W. Lester Banks (1911–1986). Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024. Bruno Betti, 75, Italian Olympic long distance runner (1936). Harry Brown, 69, American poet, novelist and screenwriter (A Place in the Sun), emphysema.Harry Brown, 69, A Screenwriter. New York Times. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Paul Frees, 66, American actor and voice actor (Rocky and Bullwinkle), pain medication overdose.Paul Frees. New York Times. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024. Niels Erik Leschly, 76, Danish Olympic equestrian (1936). Georges Mollard, 84, French Olympic sailor (1924). Fred Olsen, 95, British-born American industrial chemist, inventor of ball propellant.Dr. Fred Olsen, Industrial Chemist, Art Collector and Scholar, is Dead. New York Times. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024.

3 Vladimir Bobri, 88, Russian Empire–born American writer and composer, house fire.Bobri, Vladimir. Library of Congress. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024. Adolf Busemann, 85, Nazi German and American aerospace engineer, inventor of the Busemann biplane.Adolf Busemann, 85, Dead; Designer of the Swept Wing. New York Times. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 64, American saxophonist, Hodgkin lymphoma.Eddie (Lockjaw) Davis Dies; Saxophonist With Jazz Greats. New York Times. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024. E. Cuyler Hammond, 74, American biologist and biometrist, established link between smoking and lung cancer, lymph cancer.Dr. E. Cuyler Hammond Dies; Linked Smoking and Disease. New York Times. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024. Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane, 68, Basutoland politician, prime minister. John Middleton, 86, American Major League Baseball player (Cleveland Indians). Candy Miller, 88, American NFL player. Bob Nelson, 66, American football player.

4 Francesco Cossu, 79, Italian Olympic bronze medalist rower (1932). Kurt Hirsch, 80, German and English mathematician (group theory).Obituary: Kurt August Hirsch. Oxford Academic. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024. John Layport, 85, American NFL player. Lucille Miller, 56, American convicted murderer, breast cancer.The California Room. The Paris Review. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024. Abraham J. Multer, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.Abraham Multer, Ex-Congressman. New York Times. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024. Thorolf Rafto, 64, Norwegian human rights activist.History. Rafto Foundation. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024. 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.Ex-Langston Coach Dies. The Oklahoman. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024. Mohammed Hassan Helmy, 74, Egyptian footballer and manager (Zamalek, Egypt).Mohamed Hassan Helmi. Olympedia. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024. Claude Jutra, 56, Canadian actor and filmmaker, drowned.Claude Jutra. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024. Bobby Nunn, 61, American R&B singer (The Coasters), heart attack.Bobby Nunn, 61, Dies; Member of the Coasters. New York Times. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024.

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 (1960).Gotfrid Köchert. Olympedia. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Lili Kraus, 83, Hungarian-born New Zealand and American pianist.Lili Kraus, Hungarian Pianist. New York Times. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Harald Sandbæk, 82, Danish theologian, member of the Danish resistance.Harald Sandbæk. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Eddie Thompson, 61, English jazz pianist. Sant Ram Udasi, 47, Indian Punjabi poet.Punjab to Honour 'Naxal' Poet Udasi. Times of India. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024.

7 Dugald Baird, 86, British obstetrician and gynecologist.Professor, Sir Dugald Baird. Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. 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.Paul Galdone (1907 - 1986). Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Henry Gilman, 93, American organic chemist (organometallic chemistry).Henry Gilman. 9 May 1893-7 November 1986. JSTOR (Royal Society). Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Lon Graf, 90, American college football coach (Peru State College). Alan Hewitt, 71, American actor (My Favorite Martian, How to Murder Your Wife), cancer.Alan Hewitt, Actor for 50 Years. New York Times. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Audrey Erskine Lindop, 65, English writer (I Start Counting, I Thank a Fool).Obituary of Miss Audrey Erskine-Lindop. Gale (The Times). Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Charlie McGillivray, 74, Scottish footballer and manager. Baldy Northcott, 78, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Montreal Maroons).Baldy Northcott. Hockey Reference. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Tracy Pew, 28, Australian musician (The Saints), brain haemorrhage after seizure.The Birthday Party: the danger, drugs and rancour behind Nick Cave’s post-punk band. The Guardian (year of death only). Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Gust Stemmler, 86, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1963-1972).

8 King Clancy, 84, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs), cardiac arrest.King Clancy Is Dead at 83; N.H.L. Hall of Fame Member. New York Times. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Eddie del Mar, 67, Filipino actor and filmmaker. Franz Xaver Dorsch, 86, German civil engineer, chief engineer of the Organisation Todt.Dorsch, Franz Xaver (NSDAP). Traces of War. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Beatrice Kay, 79, American actress and singer.Husky-Voiced Singer Debuted at 6 : Beatrice Kay, 79, the 'Gay '90s Girl,' Dies. L.A. Times. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Artur London, 71, Czechoslovak politician, co-defendant in the Slánský trial.Artur London Dies; Czech was Survivor of '52 Stalin Purge. New York Times. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Vyacheslav Molotov, 96, Soviet politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs.Vyacheslav M. Molotov is Dead; Close Associate of Stalin was 96. New York Times. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Ludwig Ruckdeschel, 79, Nazi German politician and war criminal, Gauleiter of Gau Bayreuth.Ruckdeschel, Ludwig. Traces of War. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024.

9 Rudolf Hess, 83, American painter and sculptor. Guy Kingsford, 75, English-born American actor. Marian Matłoka, 68, Polish Olympic sprint canoeist (1948). Jaroslava Muchová, 77, Czech painter. Henry Russell, 81, American Olympic athlete (1928).

10 Sukumar Bose, 74, Indian artist. Ludwig Hahn, 78, Nazi German SS official and convicted war criminal.Hahn, Ludwig, 1908-1986. Library of Congress. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Alan Kennington, 85-86, British novelist and playwright. Sydney Lee, 76, English snooker and billiards player, Pot Black referee.Sydney Lee Dies at 76. Newspapers.com (The Daily Telegraph). Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Ljubomir Magaš, 38, Yugoslav convicted rapist and Mafia crime boss, murdered. Gordon Richards, 82, English jockey, multiple-time British flat racing Champion Jockey, heart attack.Sir Gordon Richards. Britannica. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Lois Roden, 70, American cult leader (Branch Davidians), breast cancer.Obituary: Lois Irene Scott Roden 10.11.86. Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024. Doc Sykes, 94, American baseball player. Vicente Trueba, 81, Spanish road racing cyclist, King of the Mountains. Leona Woods, 67, American nuclear physicist (Manhattan Project), stroke.Leona Marshall Libby Dies; Sole Woman to Work on Fermi’s 1st Nuclear Reactor. L.A. Times. Retrieved 29 Sep 2024.

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.Roger C. Carmel, Best Known for 'Star Trek' Role, Dies. L.A. Times. Retrieved 1 Oct 2024. Jim Chalmers, 85, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. David McCain, 55, American jurist and drug smuggler. Fred Mutch, 87, Australian rules footballer. Tim Walker, 68, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1968-1978).

12 Faiz Ahmad, 39–40, Afghan politician, leader of the Afghanistan Liberation Organization, assassinated. Ria Baran, 64, German pair skater and Olympic gold medalist.1952 Olympic winner dies. United Press International. Retrieved 1 Oct 2024. Erich Koch, 90, Nazi German official and convicted war criminal.Erich Koch Dies in Polish Prison; The Nazi War Criminal was 90. New York Times. Retrieved 1 Oct 2024. Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, 87, Indian jurist, Chief Justice of India.B.P. Sinha. Supreme Court Observer. Retrieved 1 Oct 2024. Rocky Stone, 68, American Major League Baseball player (Cincinnati Reds). Joe Strong, 84, American baseball player. Gustavo Thorlichen, 79–80, German-born Argentinian photographer, cancer.Argentine Artist Dies. United Press International. Retrieved 1 Oct 2024. Minoru Yasui, 70, American lawyer and civil rights activist (Yasui v. United States).Minoru Yasui, 70, Activist In Japanese-American Rights. New York Times. Retrieved 1 Oct 2024.

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.Thierry Le Luron Dies at 34; Satirist was Hailed in France. New York Times. Retrieved 1 Oct 2024. Rudolf Schock, 71, German tenor, heart attack.German Opera Singer Rudolf Schock Dies. L.A. Times. Retrieved 1 Oct 2024. Amiya Tagore, 78, Indian singer. Dixie Upright, 60, American Major League Baseball player (St. Louis Browns). Gerrit van Voorst, 76, Dutch Olympic swimmer (1928). Les Webber, 71, American Major League Baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Indians).

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, Slovak footballer and manager (Slavia Prague, Czechoslovakia).Ferdinand Daučík (Player). National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 Oct 2024. Arthur Duckworth, 85, British politician, Member of Parliament.George Arthur Victor Duckworth. Bath Record Office. Retrieved 1 Oct 2024. Charles Harlow, 83, American Olympic javelin thrower (1928). Frank O'Brien, 86, Australian rules footballer. Iambakey Okuk, 41, Papua New Guinean politician, Deputy Prime Minister, liver cancer.Thousands of natives who had gathered for a memorial.... United Press International. Retrieved 1 Oct 2024.

15 Bidhayak Bhattacharya, 79, Indian novelist and dramatist. Michael Croft, 64, English actor and writer, heart attack.Croft, (John) Michael. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 1 Oct 2024. Louis François, 80, French Olympic bronze medalist Greco-Roman wrestler (1932).