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The following is a list of notable deaths in November 1986.
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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.
1
- Mieczysław Moczar, 72, Polish politician, Ministry of the Interior.[1]
- Pierre Repp, 76, French actor and comedian.
- Bernard Waldman, 73, American physicist and Enola Gay passenger, cancer.[2]
- Sippie Wallace, 88, American blues musician.[3]
2
- W. Lester Banks, 75, American civil rights activist, kidney and heart failure.[4]
- Harry Brown, 69, American poet, novelist and screenwriter (A Place in the Sun), emphysema.[5]
- Paul Frees, 66, American actor and voice actor (Rocky and Bullwinkle), pain medication overdose.[6]
- Fred Olsen, 95, British-born American industrial chemist, inventor of ball propellant.[7]
3
- Vladimir Bobri, 88, Russian Empire–born American writer and composer, house fire.[8]
- Adolf Busemann, 85, Nazi German and American aerospace engineer, inventor of the Busemann biplane.[9]
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 64, American saxophonist, Hodgkin lymphoma.[10]
- E. Cuyler Hammond, 74, American biologist and biometrist, established link between smoking and lung cancer, lymph cancer.[11]
- Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane, 68, Basutoland politician, prime minister.
4
- Kurt Hirsch, 80, German and English mathematician (group theory).[12]
- Lucille Miller, 56, American convicted murderer, breast cancer.[13]
- Abraham J. Multer, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.[14]
- Thorolf Rafto, 64, Norwegian human rights activist.[15]
- Abdallah El-Yafi, 85, Lebanese politician, multiple-time prime minister.
5
- Adolf Brudes, 87, German Formula One racing driver.
- Caesar Felton Gayles, 86, American college football and basketball coach.[16]
- Mohammed Hassan Helmy, 74, Egyptian footballer and manager (Zamalek, Egypt).[17]
- Claude Jutra, 56, Canadian actor and filmmaker, drowned.[18]
- Bobby Nunn, 61, American R&B singer (The Coasters), heart attack.[19]
6
- Elisabeth Grümmer, 75, German soprano.
- James S. Holmes, 62, American-Dutch translator of poems, AIDS.
- Gotfrid Köchert, 68, Austrian yacht racer and Olympian.[20]
- Lili Kraus, 83, Hungarian-born New Zealand and American pianist.[21]
- Harald Sandbæk, 82, Danish theologian, member of the Danish resistance.[22]
- Eddie Thompson, 61, English jazz pianist.
- Sant Ram Udasi, 47, Indian Punjabi poet.[23]
7
- Dugald Baird, 86, British obstetrician and gynecologist.[24]
- Abdurrahim Buza, 80, Albanian painter.
- Paul Galdone, 79, Hungarian-born American illustrator of children's picture books, heart attack.[25]
- Henry Gilman, 93, American organic chemist (organometallic chemistry).[26]
- Alan Hewitt, 71, American actor (My Favorite Martian, How to Murder Your Wife), cancer.[27]
- Audrey Erskine Lindop, 65, English writer (I Start Counting, I Thank a Fool).[28]
- Baldy Northcott, 78, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Montreal Maroons).[29]
- Tracy Pew, 28, Australian musician (The Saints), brain haemorrhage after seizure.[30]
8
- King Clancy, 84, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs), cardiac arrest.[31]
- Eddie del Mar, 67, Filipino actor and filmmaker.
- Franz Xaver Dorsch, 86, German civil engineer, chief engineer of the Organisation Todt.[32]
- Beatrice Kay, 79, American actress and singer.[33]
- Artur London, 71, Czechoslovakian politician, co-defendant in the Slánský trial.[34]
- Vyacheslav Molotov, 96, Soviet politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs.[35]
- Ludwig Ruckdeschel, 79, Nazi German politician and war criminal, Gauleiter of Gau Bayreuth.[36]
9
- 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.[37]
- Sydney Lee, 76, English snooker and billiards player, Pot Black referee.[38]
- 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.[39]
- Lois Roden, 70, American cult leader (Branch Davidians), breast cancer.[40]
- Vicente Trueba, 81, Spanish road racing cyclist, King of the Mountains.
- Leona Woods, 67, American nuclear physicist (Manhattan Project), stroke.[41]
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.[42]
12
- Faiz Ahmad, 39–40, Afghan politician, leader of the Afghanistan Liberation Organization, assassinated.
- Ria Baran, 64, German pair skater and Olympic gold medalist.[43]
- Erich Koch, 90, Nazi German official and convicted war criminal.[44]
- Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, 87, Indian jurist, Chief Justice of India.[45]
- Gustavo Thorlichen, 79–80, German-born Argentinian photographer, cancer.[46]
- Minoru Yasui, 70, American lawyer and civil rights activist (Yasui v. United States).[47]
13
- Franco Cortese, 83, Italian racing driver.
- Thierry Le Luron, 34, French impressionist and humorist, AIDS.[48]
- Rudolf Schock, 71, German tenor, heart attack.[49]
- Amiya Tagore, 78, Indian singer.
14
- Sven Tito Achen, 64, Argentinian-born Danish writer and author on heraldry.
- Ferdinand Daučík, 76, Czechoslovakian footballer and manager (Slavia Prague, Czechoslovakia).[50]
- Arthur Duckworth, 85, British politician, Member of Parliament.[51]
- Iambakey Okuk, 41, Papua New Guinean politician, Deputy Prime Minister, liver cancer.[52]
15
- Bidhayak Bhattacharya, 79, Indian novelist and dramatist.
- Michael Croft, 64, English actor and writer, heart attack.[53]
- John E. Grotberg, 61, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, pneumonia and colon cancer.[54]
- Ada Rogato, 75, Brazilian aviator.
- Alexandre Tansman, 89, Polish-French composer.[55]
- Richard E. Turner, 66, American flying ace.
16
- Panditrao Agashe, 50, Indian industrialist, managing director of Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd., heart attack.
- Samuel Glasstone, 89, British-born American physical chemist and author.
- Siobhán McKenna, 64, Irish actress (Saint Joan), lung cancer.[56]
17
- Richard Armitage, 58, English talent agent, heart attack.[57]
- Georges Besse, 58, French businessman, CEO of Renault, murdered.[58]
- Vishnu Sharan Dublish, 91, Indian politician, member of Lok Sabha.[59]
- 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.[60]
- Jaime Ramírez, 46, Colombian anti-narcotics police officer, murdered.[61]
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.[62]
- 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.[63]
19
- Billy Dainty, 59, British comedian and pantomime artist, prostate cancer.
- Don Jamieson, 65, Canadian politician and diplomat, Member of Parliament, heart attack.[64]
- Roy E. Lindquist, 79, American general in the U.S. army.[65]
- Freddie McKay, 38–39, Jamaican singer, heart attack.
- Kosta Nađ, 75, Yugoslavian general.[66]
- Flukey Stokes, 48, American mobster in Chicago, murdered.[67]
20
- Arne Beurling, 81, Swedish mathematician (Beurling algebra), decrypted Siemens and Halske T52.[68]
- William Bradford Huie, 76, American author and investigative reporter, heart attack.[69]
- Alexander Ostrowski, 93, Russian Empire–born German and Swiss mathematician (Ostrowski's theorem).[70]
21
- Howard Bay, 74, American set and costume designer, heart attack.[71]
- Jerry Colonna, 82, American trombonist, comedian and actor (Alice in Wonderland), kidney failure.[72]
- John P. McConnell, 78, American general, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.[73]
- Dar Robinson, 39, American stunt performer and actor (Stick), fall.[74]
- Marcelino Sánchez, 28, Puerto Rican actor (The Warriors), AIDS.
22
- Scatman Crothers, 76, American actor and musician (Chico and the Man, The Shining), lung cancer.[75]
- Alexander Deutsch, 86, Soviet astronomer (Pulkovo Observatory).
- Malcolm Nokes, 89, British hammer thrower and Olympic medalist.[76]
- Dinny Pails, 65, English-born Australian tennis player and Australian Open winner.[77]
23
- Nathan Ausubel, 88, American historian and author.[78]
- William Badders, 85, American naval diver, Medal of Honor recipient.[79]
- Derek Hart, 61, British radio presenter and journalist (Tonight).[80]
- Yasuzō Masumura, 62, Japanese film director.
- Norman Maurer, 60, American comic book writer and film producer (The Three Stooges), cancer.[81]
- Margit Söderholm, 81, Swedish writer (Sunshine Follows Rain).[82]
24
- Bias Bernhoft, 84, Norwegian singer.[83]
- Mazzino Montinari, 58, Italian Germanistic scholar.
- Al Smith, 84, American cartoonist (Mutt and Jeff).[84]
- 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.[85]
- Leroy S. Johnson, 98, American Mormon fundamentalist leader.[86]
- Sir Ivan Magill, 98, Irish anesthetist.[87]
- Don Towsley, 74, American animator (Donald Duck).
26
- Betico Croes, 48, Aruban politician, founded the People's Electoral Movement, complications from a traffic collision.[88]
- Rogelio de la Rosa, 70, Filipino politician and actor, ambassador to four countries.[89]
- Edward McGuire, 54, Irish painter, heart attack.[90]
- Randolph Prim, 90, American Negro League baseballer (Kansas City Monarchs).[91]
- Mary Welsh Hemingway, 78, American journalist and author, widow of Ernest Hemingway.[92]
- Kaku Takagawa, 71, Japanese Go player.
27
- Theodore Curphey, 89, American coroner (death of Marilyn Monroe.[93]
- Alex Duthart, 61, Scottish drummer, heart attack.[94]
- Gabriel Fielding, 70, English novelist.[95]
- Zofia Gomułkowa, 84, Polish communist activist, wife of Władysław Gomułka.[96]
- 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.[97]
- Steve Tracy, 34, American actor (Little House on the Prairie), AIDS.
28
- Tuanku Bujang, 87, Malaysian politician, Governor of Sarawak.[98]
- Archibald Currie, 98, Suriname politician, prime minister and governor-general of Suriname.[99]
- Emilio Scanavino, 64, Italian painter and sculptor.
- Elizabeth Thomas, 79, American Egyptologist.[100]
- A. Theodore Tuttle, 67, American Mormon leader, cancer.[101]
29
- Gary Allen, 50, American writer and conservative activist, liver disease.[102]
- Ronald Baddiley, 64, English actor (The Archers, The Men from the Ministry).[103]
- Helen Fischer, 74, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives.[104]
- Cary Grant, 82, English-American actor (North by Northwest, None but the Lonely Heart, Penny Serenade), stroke.[105]
- Herbert Rosenfeld, 76, German-born British psychoanalyst.[106]
- Herb Vigran, 76, American actor (Gunsmoke), cancer.[107]
30
- 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.[108]
- Immanuel Shifidi, 57, Namibian activist, murdered.[109]
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.
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