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The following is a list of notable deaths in December 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.
December 1986
1
Reg Attwell , 66, English footballer.
Percy Bullock , 93, English cricketer.
Ernest Burkhart , 94, American murderer (
Osage Indian murders )
Fred Collard , 74, Australian politician,
MP (1961–1975).
Lee Dorsey , 61, American singer.
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Halbert Harvill , 93, American college athletics coach and politician.
Horace Heidt , 85, American pianist.
Bobby Layne , 59, American football player, cardiac arrest.
Robert Lee , 73, Chinese-British actor.
Lien Chen-tung , 82, Chinese politician.
Frank McCarthy , 74, American government official and film producer (
Patton ).
Walter J. Nega , 69, American politician, member of the
Illinois Senate (1979–1983).
Martin John O'Connor , 86, American Roman Catholic Prelate
auxiliary bishop of Scranton (1943–1946).
Wanis al-Qaddafi , 64, Libyan politician,
prime minister (1968–1969), heart attack.
Mabel Watson Raimey , 90, American lawyer.
Fabian Ribeiro , 53, South African doctor and anti-apartheid activist, shot.
Florence Ribeiro , 53, South African anti-apartheid activist, shot.
Andrea Bernardo Schierhoff , 64, American-Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate
auxiliary bishop of La Paz (1968–1982).
Yury Tymoshenko , 67, Soviet filmmaker and actor, heart attack.
2
Heinrich Amersdorffer , 80, German painter.
Desi Arnaz , 69, Cuban-American actor (
I Love Lucy ) and television producer (
Desilu ), lung cancer.
Paul Bascomb , 74, American saxophonist.
Karl H. Borch , 67, Norwegian economist.
Ottavia Penna Buscemi , 79, Italian politician.
Harry Dahl , 84, Swedish footballer.
John Curtis Gowan , 74, American psychologist.
Howard Jordan Jr. , 69, American academic administrator.
Vrest Orton , 89, American businessman.
Domingo Pino , 64, Chilean footballer.
Billy Rancher , 29, American musician, cancer.
Ken Scott , 58, American actor.
Arvid Thörn , 75, Swedish footballer.
Dick van Dyke , 55, American politician, member of the
Washington House of Representatives (since 1985), suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
Frank Walton , 68, English footballer.
Eli L. Whiteley , 72, American infantry captain,
Medal of Honor recipient.
3
Guillermo Baldwin , 76, Peruvian Olympic sports shooter (
1956 ).
Lena Frances Edwards , 86, American physician.
Austin Hayes , 28, English footballer, lung cancer.
Bob Howard , 80, American singer.
Anthony Mascarenhas , 58, Pakistani journalist.
Bob Moorhead , 48, American baseball player.
4
Nelson Bengston , 81, American businessman, included on
master list of Nixon's political opponents .
Leslie Bolton , 77, Danish footballer.
Hugh Boyle , 88, Irish-South African Roman Catholic prelate,
bishop of Port Elizabeth (1951–1976).
Campo Elías Delgado , 52, Colombian mass murderer, shot.
Lynwood Gill , 95, Australian cricketer.
H. de C. Hastings , 84, English architectural journalist.
Reuben Nakian , 89, American sculptor.
Maurice Willems , 57, Belgian footballer.
5
George Abrams , 87, American baseball player.
Moshe Baram , 75, Israeli politician, member of the
Knesset (1959–1977).
Alf Baud , 94, Australian footballer.
Raymond Caruana , 26, Maltese political activist, shot.
Nil Ratan Dhar , 94, Indian soil scientist.
Charles Duguid , 102, Scottish-born Australian physician and Aboriginal rights activist.
Roberto Escalada , 72, Argentine actor, heart attack.
Theodor Kretschmer , 85, German general.
Lê Trọng Tấn , 72, Vietnamese general.
Rolf Schock , 53, American-Swedish philosopher.
Sir Edward Youde , 65, British politician and diplomat,
governor of Hong Kong (since 1982), heart attack.
6
Eva Bednářová , 49, Czech illustrator.
René Brô , 56, French artist.
Marta Canales , 93, Chilean violinist and composer.
George Crerar , 72, Scottish cricketer.
Thomas Dowler , 78, American football and basketball player and coach.
Elvie Dreeszen , 66, American politician, member of the
Iowa Senate (1981–1983).
Rozelle Gayle , 67, American jazz pianist, cancer.
Alexander Hollaender , 87, German-American radiation biologist, pulmonary embolism.
Mary Paxton Keeley , 100, American journalist.
Hans Gottfried Kugler , 93, Swiss geologist.
Robert J. Love , 68, American flying ace.
Malik Oussekine , 22, French student, beaten.
Bhagwan Sahay , 81, Indian politician,
governor of Kerala (1966–1967) and
Jammu and Kashmir (1967–1973).
7
Enrico Arrigoni , 92, Italian-American anarchist and political activist.
Roberto Bianchi Montero , 79, Italian filmmaker.
John Bogart , 86, American baseball player.
Sir Terence Garvey , 71, British diplomat.
Austen Gittos , 63, New Zealand fencer.
Olimpiada Kozlova , 80, Soviet economist.
Homa J. Porter , 90, American politician.
Kostas Poulis , 58, Greek footballer, cancer.
Albert Schwartz , 77, American Olympic Swimmer (
1932 ).
Avraham Shekhterman , 76, Israeli politician, member of the
Knesset (1969–1977).
8
Ernst Biberstein , 87, German colonel and war criminal.
Harrison Brown , 69, American nuclear chemist and geochemist.
Walter E. Foran , 67, American politician, member of the
New Jersey Senate (since 1977), lung cancer.
Ernest Gross , 83, French footballer.
Sydney J. Harris , 69, American journalist, complications from heart bypass surgery.
Georg Henke , 78, East German diplomat.
Hollywood Fats , 32, American blues guitarist, heart attack.
Pip Koehler , 84, American baseball player.
Wolfgang Lentz , 86, German
Iranologist .
Anatoly Marchenko , 48, Soviet dissident and author, starvation from a hunger strike.
John Melville , 84, British painter.
Arthur S. Moreau Jr. , 55, American naval admiral, heart attack.
Heinz Neukirchen , 71, German naval admiral.
Józef Pisarski , 73, Polish Olympic boxer (
1936 ).
Karl Plattner , 67, Italian painter.
Henry Reed , 72, British poet and radio dramatist.
Sylvi Siltanen , 77, Finnish politician,
MP (1958–1972).
Christopher Sykes , 79, English writer.
Harald Throne-Holst , 81, Norwegian chemical engineer and businessman.
9
Éamon de Valera, Jnr. , 73, Irish obstetrician.
Maurice E. Dockrell , 78, Irish politician,
TD (1943–1977).
Sherwood Fries , 66, American football player.
Odd Hilt , 71, Norwegian sculptor.
T. J. Morgan , 79, Welsh academic.
Walter J. Stoessel Jr. , 66, American diplomat.
Edgardo Vaghi , 71, Italian Olympic bobsledder (
1936 ).
Maxwell Wintrobe , 85, Austrian-born American physician.
10
Temple Abernathy , 82, American businessman and cross-country traveler.
Benoît Bickel , 86, Swiss writer.
Kamal Bhandarkar , 75, Indian cricketer.
Si Burick , 77, American sports journalist.
Susan Cabot , 59, American actress, beaten.
Yrjö Hakoila , 54, Finnish Olympic rower (
1952 ).
Kenneth Hyde , 56, English historian.
Emil Johansson , 79, Swedish Olympic boxer (
1928 ).
Jan Klán , 75, Czech-American flying ace.
Bert LaBrucherie , 81, American football player and coach.
Bruno Mora , 49, Italian footballer, stomach cancer.
Rino Pucci , 64, Italian Olympic cyclist (
1948 ).
Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel , 75, Venezuelan musician.
Fred Stone , 51, Canadian musician.
Leon G. Turrou , 91, American special agent.
Kate Wolf , 44, American folk singer, leukemia.
11
Jean-Paul Deschatelets , 74, Canadian politician,
MP (1953–1965).
José Domínguez Rodríguez , 71, Cuban Roman Catholic prelate,
bishop of Matanzas (since 1961).
John Hennig , 75, German theologian.
Ferenc Kolláth , 72, Hungarian footballer.
Ed Kotowich , 52, Canadian football player, stroke.
Karl-Gustav Lagerfelt , 77, Swedish diplomat.
Geoffrey S. S. Ludford , 58, British-American mathematician.
Clarence A. Martin , 90, American major general.
Fritz Maurischat , 93, German production designer.
Harold Osborn , 77, New Zealand cricketer.
Sir Gus Walker , 74, English fighter pilot.
12
Malvin R. Anderson , 92, American politician, member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives (1951–1962).
Rashid Choudhury , 54, Bangladeshi artist.
Alberto Del Nero , 68, Italian politician.
Antoni Gościński , 77, Polish medic.
Douglas David Higham , 66, English florist and
RAF pilot.
Léon Jean , 85, French politician.
Dewey M. Johnson , 79, American politician, member of the
Florida Senate (1941–1943, 1951–1967).
Gary Lewis , 44, American football player, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Harry Owens , 84, American songwriter.
Carlos Ramírez , 70, Colombian singer.
Vildan Aşir Savaşır , 82-83, Turkish sports executive.
Alexander H. Smith , 82, American
mycologist .
Clare Spurgin , 89, English magistrate.
Clifford Stine , 80, American cinematographer.
Paul Verner , 75, East German politician.
Buddy Williams , 68, Australian country singer.
Johnny Wyrostek , 67, American baseball player.
13
Heather Angel , 77, British actress (
Peter Pan ,
Alice in Wonderland ), cancer.
Ella Baker , 83, American civil rights activist.
Kuwasi Balagoon , 39, American anarchist and political activist, AIDS.
Glyn Daniel , 72, Welsh archaeologist.
Thomas Jefferson , 66, American jazz trumpeter.
Jarl Johnsen , 73, Norwegian Olympic boxer (
1936 ).
Martha Mears , 76, American singer.
Smita Patil , 31, Indian actress, complications from childbirth.
Kim Peyton , 29, American Olympic swimmer (
1976 ), brain tumor.
İlhami Sancar , 76-77, Turkish politician.
Henry Winston , 75, American political activist.
14
Bassey Eyo Ephraim Adam III , 81, Nigerian
Efik leader.
Cheryl Araujo , 25, American rape victim whose case became nationalized, traffic collision.
Claude Bertrand , 67, French actor, cancer.
Leo Dove , 83, Australian Olympic sports shooter (
1948 ).
Aleksey Gushchin , 64, Soviet Olympic sports shooter (
1960 ).
John Anker Johansen , 92, Norwegian Olympic gymnast (
1920 ).
Ray La Varis , 54, New Zealand politician.
Dick Mehen , 64, American basketball player.
Kenneth Mitchell , 62, English cricketer.
Antal Páger , 87, Hungarian actor.
Pedro Sainz Rodríguez , 89, Spanish writer and royal advisor.
Teh Cheang Wan , 58, Singaporean politician, suicide.
15
Edvard Bull Jr. , 72, Norwegian historian.
Jackie Goode , 62, Irish hurler.
David James , 66, British politician,
MP (1959–1964, 1970–1979).
Friedrich Karl von Koenig-Warthausen , 80, German aviator and world circumnavigator.
Erkki Koutonen , 60, American Olympic jumper (
1948 ).
Serge Lifar , 81, Soviet Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer.
Seymour Lipton , 83, American sculptor.
Gordon Norton Ray , 71, American author.
Mykolas Ruzgys , 71, American-Lithuanian basketball player and coach.
John Thompson , 78, Canadian politician.
John Zaremba , 78, American actor.
16
Lucy Thurston Blaisdell , 83, American teacher, First Lady of
Honolulu (1955–1969).
Bryant L. Boatner , 79, American lieutenant general.
Jake Caulfield , 69, American baseball player.
John Nathaniel Couch , 90, American
mycologist .
Arpad Darazs , 64, Hungarian-American music educator, leukemia.
Oleg Goncharenko , 55, Soviet speed skater.
Harald Haberman , 81, Estonian entemologist.
Maurice Handford , 58, British horn player.
Paul McConkey , 30, British canoeist, traffic collision.
Marcel Quinet , 71, Belgian composer.
Clyde Vidrine , 47-48, American bodyguard, shot.
17
Peter Beauvais , 70, German television director.
Guillermo Cano Isaza , 61, Colombian journalist, shot.
Alfred Williams Carter , 92, Canadian flying ace.
John Lambert Gibson , 80, Canadian politician,
MP (1945–1953).
William Gillies , 72, Scottish Olympic sports shooter (
1960 ).
Oscar Goldman , 60-61, American mathematician.
Hubert Guerin , 90, French diplomat.
Oakley Haldeman , 77, American songwriter ("
Here Comes Santa Claus ").
J. F. Hendry , 74, Scottish poet.
Władysław Moes , 86, Polish landowner, inspiration for Tadzio in
Death in Venice .
Evgenii Nikishin , 41, Soviet mathematician.
Graeme Pinfold , 50, Australian football player.
Leonard Rochford , 90, British flying ace.
Hans Stelges , 85, German Olympic runner (
1928 ).
18
George Amy , 83, American film editor.
Alain Caron , 48, Canadian ice hockey player, heart attack.
Mamo Clark , 72, American actress.
John D. deButts , 71, American businessman, heart attack.
Morton Fried , 63, American anthropologist.
Ulrico Girardi , 56, Italian Olympic bobsledder (
1956 ).
Harry Lind , 80, Scottish rugby player.
Jules Migeot , 88, Belgian Olympic sprinter (
1920 ,
1924 ).
Dorothy Molter , 79, American resort owner.
Bill Shanner , 92, American baseball player.
James Smith , 68-69, Scottish
anesthetist .
Thomas M. Tarpley , 64, American soldier.
Steve Uhrinyak , 72, American football player.
19
Torsten Anderson , 82, Swedish-born New Zealand wrestler.
V. C. Andrews , 63, American novelist (
Flowers in the Attic ), breast cancer.
Mario de Armas , 70, Cuban Olympic sports shooter (
1952 ).
Andrei Chabanenko , 77, Soviet naval admiral.
Verona Conway , 76, British
plant ecologist .
Bert Cook , 62, New Zealand rugby player.
Werner Dankwort , 91, German diplomat.
Willy Favre , 43, Swiss Olympic skier (
1964 ,
1968 ).
Fritiof Fryxell , 86, American geologist and naturalist.
Alice Glasnerová , 81, Czech hospital administrator.
Roger Grove , 78, American football player.
Hulan Jack , 79, Saint Lucian-born American politician, cancer.
Del Lyman , 68, American football player.
Kenyon Nicholson , 92, American playwright.
Ernest Gordon Rupp , 76, British preacher, theologian and historian.
Al Stokes , 86, American baseball player.
Avelar Brandão Vilela , 74, Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal,
archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (since 1971).
20
Ferdinand Brandner , 83, Austrian aerospace engineer.
Rossella Como , 47, Italian actress, cancer.
Joe DeSa , 27, American baseball player, traffic collision.
Michael Griffith , 23, Trinidad and Tobago-born American racial violence victim, traffic collision.
Alexander Isserlis , 64, British civil servant.
Allen Lewis , 70, Australian footballer.
Kathleen Morris , 93, Canadian painter.
William A. Nolen , 58, American surgeon and medical columnist.
Silvano Melea Otieno , 54-55, Kenyan lawyer, heart attack.
Sir Harry Platt , 100, English surgeon.
Alicia Urreta , 56, Mexican pianist.
Floriano Vaz , 23, Indian writer, shot.
21
Virginia C. Bulat , 48, American historian.
Willy Coppens , 94, Belgian flying ace.
John Harbeson , 98, American architect.
Sir Gilbert Laithwaite , 92, British diplomat.
Matt Linning , 62, Scottish engineer.
Pierre Martin , 54, French spelunker.
S. Nadesan , 82, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician.
Francis Junior Pierce , 62, American
hospital corpsman ,
Medal of Honor recipient, lung cancer.
George Sheridan , 57, English footballer.
Bill Simpson , 55, Scottish actor (
Dr. Finlay's Casebook ), pneumonia.
Helge Sivertsen , 73, Norwegian politician and Olympic discus thrower (
1936 ).
Sven-Ove Svensson , 64, Swedish footballer.
22
Mary Burchell , 82, British novelist and humanitarian.
Helena Modjeska Chase , 86, American painter and illustrator.
Fred Cooper , 65, English cricketer.
Celius Dougherty , 84, American composer.
Maurice Grosser , 83, American painter.
Sarder Jayenuddin , 68, Bangladeshi novelist.
John Macy , 69, American government administrator, director of
FEMA (1979–1981).
Nii Amaa Ollennu , 80, Ghanaian politician, acting
president (1970).
Carlernst Ortwein , 70, German pianist.
David Penhaligon , 42, British politician,
MP (since 1974), traffic collision.
Saqi , 61, Pakistani actor.
Jean-Paul St. Laurent , 74, Canadian politician,
MP (1955–1958).
Harvey Stephens , 85, American actor and pilot.
Sieglinda Zigler , 67, Brazilian Olympic swimmer (
1936 ).
23
Heidi Abel , 57, Swiss television presenter.
Gerhard Bienert , 88, German actor.
John Davies , 43, Australian footballer.
Willem Hofhuizen , 71, Dutch painter.
Marjorie Husted , 94, American businesswoman (
Betty Crocker ).
J. Hewitt Judd , 87, American
numismatist .
János Karlovits , 87, Hungarian Olympic pole vaulter (
1928 ).
Hazard E. Reeves , 80, American sound editor, heart attack.
Antoinette Sasse , 89, French artist.
R. Gordon Wasson , 88, American
mycologist .
Dan Wilson , 71, American baseball player.
24
Guy Barnett , 58, British politician,
MP (1962–1964, since 1971), heart attack.
Maurice Delvart , 87, French Olympic sprinter (
1920 ).
Gardner Fox , 75, American comic book writer, co-creator of
The Flash , pneumonia.
Lila Guerrero , 80, Argentine poet.
Sir Eric Malcolm Jones , 79, British intelligence officer.
Arnold Kettle , 70, British literary critic.
Bob Lulham , 60, Australian rugby player, heart attack.
Gerda Munck , 85, Danish Olympic fencer (
1932 ).
Jimmy Nelson , 67, American football player.
Ed O'Keefe , 73, Australian footballer.
Albert Widmann , 74, German chemist and war criminal (
Aktion T4 ).
Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley , 80, English astronomer.
25
Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov , 86, Bulgarian philosopher and esotericist.
Édouard Barbazan , 84, French Olympic jumper (
1924 ).
Dietrich Bürkel , 81, German politician.
Sir Alexander Maurice Cameron , 88, British lieutenant general.
Walter Forster , 76, German entomologist.
Stefan Haag , 61, Austrian-Australian singer.
Kaarel Ird , 77, Soviet Estonian theatre director and actor.
James C. Oliver , 91, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives (1937–1943, 1959–1961).
Hamao Umezawa , 72, Japanese microbiologist, pneumonia.
26
William Macmahon Ball , 85, Australian diplomat and political scientist.
Carl Cohen , 73, American gambling executive.
Bobby Crues , 67, American baseball player.
Jerry Dolan , 85, Australian football player and coach.
Leslie Dwyer , 80, English actor, respiratory failure.
Håkon Gundersen , 79, Norwegian footballer.
Elsa Lanchester , 84, British actress (
Witness for the Prosecution ,
Come to the Stable ,
Mary Poppins ), pneumonia.
Alain Le Léap , 81, French trade unionist.
Oldřich Marek , 75, Czech entomologist.
Dick Neal Sr. , 80, English footballer.
Niilo Orama , 60, Finnish Olympic sailor (
1948 ).
Robert Stannard , 91, British Anglican prelate.
Bill Thompson , 65, Scottish footballer.
Bob Wilson , 88, Australian footballer.
Symplicjusz Zwierzewski , 83, Polish footballer.
27
André Cailleux , 79, French geologist and paleontologist.
Stuff Combe , 62, Swiss drummer.
George Dangerfield , 82, British-born American journalist, leukemia.
Tom Hanson , 95, Australian footballer.
Snorri Hjartarson , 80, Icelandic poet.
Amanda Junquera Butler , 88, Spanish writer.
Cara Knott , 20, American student, murdered.
Lars-Erik Larsson , 78, Swedish composer, complications from diabetes.
Clive Longe , 47, British Olympic athlete (
1968 ), suicide.
Betty Dorothy Lyons , 65, Australian nursing educator, cancer.
Dumas Malone , 94, American historian (
Jefferson and His Time ).
Albert W. Sherer Jr. , 70, American diplomat.
J. M. S. Tompkins , 89, British literary scholar.
Louis Van Lint , 77, Belgian painter.
Jack Wallaesa , 67, American baseball player.
28
Joseph Leon Blau , 77, American philosopher.
Lothar Bolz , 83, East German politician.
Terry Dolan , 36, American right-wing political activist, AIDS.
Harry Else , 80, American baseball player.
Jacques Couderc de Fonlongue , 95, French Olympic equestrian (
1928 ).
Huang Kecheng , 84, Chinese general.
Zinaida Krutikhovskaia , 70, Soviet geophysicist.
Alton Lennon , 80, American politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives (1957–1973) and
U.S. Senate (1953–1954).
John D. MacDonald , 70, American novelist (
The Executioners ), complications from heart surgery.
Jan Nieuwenhuys , 64, Dutch painter.
Joel Resnicoff , 38, American artist and fashion illustrator, AIDS.
Sally Ronk , 74, American economist.
29
John Antill , 82, Australian composer.
Venka Asenova , 56, Bulgarian chess player.
Jim Barnden , 60, New Zealand boxer.
Orville Hodge , 82, American auditor.
Philip B. Hofmann , 77, American businessman, heart attack.
Sitaram Lalas , 78, Indian
lexicographer .
Harold Macmillan , 92, British politician,
prime minister (1957–1963).
Grete Mosheim , 81, German actress, cancer.
Pietro Parente , 95, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.
Denis Russell , 77, English cricketer.
Gertruda Sekaninová-Čakrtová , 78, Czech politician and diplomat.
Andrei Tarkovsky , 54, Soviet film director (
Mirror ,
Andrei Rublev ,
Stalker ).
30
Reinhold Benesch , 67, Polish-born American biochemist.
Cassie Brown , 67, Canadian journalist.
Michael Hankinson , 80, British filmmaker.
Grace Hickling , 78, English ornithologist.
İlhan Koman , 65, Turkish-Swedish sculptor.
Charles Magnante , 81, American accordionist.
Lazarus Phillips , 91, Canadian politician.
Era Bell Thompson , 81, American journalist.
Antero Vanhanen , 51, Finnish Olympic wrestler (
1960 ).
John I. Yellott , 78, American solar engineer, heart attack.
31
Jack Bailey , 65, English footballer.
Clayton Bourne , 82, Canadian Olympic swimmer (
1924 ).
Provine Bradley , 79, American baseball player.
Vincent I. Breen , 75, American Roman Catholic priest.
Alex Brown , 81, Scottish rugby player.
Georges Carrère , 89, French violinist.
Piero Chiara , 73, Italian writer.
Donald Fleming , 81, Canadian politician,
MP (1945–1963), stroke.
Lloyd Haynes , 52, American actor (
Room 222 ), lung cancer.
Nathaniel Honono , 78, South African anti-apartheid activist.
Ole Johansen , 82, Norwegian politician.
Sir Geoffrey Audley Miles , 96, British naval admiral.
Raj Narain , 69, Indian politician.
John O'Reilly , 78, Irish-American soldier.
Don Sleet , 48, American jazz trumpeter, lymphoma.
Bartho Smit , 62, South African writer, cancer.
I Gusti Gde Subamia , 65, Indonesian politician.
Esther Sutherland , 54, American actress.
Dwight Taylor , 83, American author and screenwriter, heart attack.
Edoardo Toniolo , 79, Italian actor.
Lester Trimble , 63, American composer and music critic.
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