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The following is a list of notable deaths in October 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.

October 1986

1

• Archie League, 79, American air traffic controller. ^[1]
• William Manning, 83, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (1956-1974).
• Seán Moore, 73, Irish politician, member of Dáil Éireann, Lord Mayor of Dublin. ^[2]
• Fernand Picard, 69, Canadian politician, member of the National Assembly of Quebec (1966-1976).
• John Potts, 82, English footballer.
• Dražen Ričl, 24, Yugoslavian rock musician (Crvena jabuka) and comedian, traffic collision. ^[3]
• Frank Samblebe, 71, Australian rules footballer. ^[4]

2

• Ron Rutherford, 80, Australian rules footballer. ^[5]
• F. Wayne Valley, 72, American businessman and football executive, owner of Oakland Raiders, cancer. ^[6]

3

• Vince DiMaggio, 74, American Major League baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), brother of Joe DiMaggio, colon cancer. ^[7]
• Shunzo Kido, 97, Japanese Olympic equestrian (1928, 1932). ^[8]
• Heinie Mueller, 74, American Major League Baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies). ^[9]
• Sergey Preminin, 20, Soviet navy sailor, averted meltdown in nuclear submarine K-219 , hyperthermia. ^[10]
• Han Xianchu, 73, Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army. ^[11]

4

• Raymond E. Baldwin, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate and Governor of Connecticut. ^[12]
• Robert Broadbent, 81, Australian Olympic cyclist (1924). ^[13]
• Mike Butterworth, 62, British comic book writer ( The Trigan Empire ), heart attack.
• Jeff Clements, 54, English rugby union player.
• Sarala Devi, 82, Indian politician and social activist, member of Odisha Legislative Assembly. ^[14]
• Arno von Lenski, 93, Nazi German Wehrmacht general and politician. ^[15]
• Raimundo Morales, 88, Spanish Olympic tennis player (1924). ^[16]
• Desiderius Orban, 101, Hungarian and Australian painter, kidney disease. ^[17]
• Valentín Sabate, 64, Spanish Olympic water polo player (1948). ^[18]

5

• George Packer Berry, 87, American physician and medical educator.
• Mike Burgmann, 39, Australian racing driver, racing crash. ^[19]
• Timothy Creasey, 63, British army general. ^[20]
• Abraham Feinberg, 87, American rabbi, activist and singer, cancer. ^[21]
• Rudolf Flesch, 75, Austrian-born American readability expert and author ( Why Johnny Can't Read ). ^[22]
• William Karlsen, 76 Norwegian Olympic backstroke swimmer (1932). ^[23]
• Zdzisław Kumiszcze, 49, Polish Olympic hurdler (1960). ^[24]
• Collette Lyons, 78, American actress, wife of George Randolph Hearst. ^[25]
• Héctor Maturano, 65, Argentine Olympic boxer (1952). ^[26]
• Mairin Mitchell, 91, British and Irish writer and journalist. ^[27]
• Peter Phelps, 77, English cricketer.
• Emanuel Sayles, 79, American jazz banjoist.
• Hal B. Wallis, 87, American film producer ( Casablanca , True Grit , The Adventures of Robin Hood ), diabetes. ^[28]
• James H. Wilkinson, 67, English mathematician (Wilkinson matrix, Wilkinson's polynomial), heart attack. ^[29]

6

• Marie-Hélène Arnaud, 52, French model and actress, the "face of Chanel".
• Yuri Babayev, 58, Soviet physicist, co-designers of the Tsar Bomba. ^[30]
• Gokulbhai Bhatt, 88, Indian politician and social worker, Chief Minister of Sirohi State. ^[31]
• Harold Brooke, 87, Australian Olympic sailor (1960). ^[32]
• Robert L. Larson, 88, American jurist.
• Tom Ledwidge, 75, Australian rules footballer.
• Guy Prendergast, 81, British army officer and explorer.
• David Rubinoff, 89, Russian-born American violinist. ^[33]
• Robert Six, 79, American businessman, CEO of Continental Airlines. ^[34]
• Wallace Wade, 94, American football player and sports coach. ^[35]

7

• Allan Macy Butler, 92, American pediatrician.
• Cheryl Crawford, 84, American theatre producer and director (Group Theatre). ^[36]
• Irvine Finlay Corbett, 71, Canadian politician, plane crash. ^[37]
• Arthur Galsworthy, 70, British diplomat, High Commissioner to New Zealand, ambassador to the Republic of Ireland. ^[38]
• Yōjirō Ishizaka, 86, Japanese novelist and short story writer.
• Iwan Iwanoff, 67, Bulgarian and Australian architect, pneumonia. ^[39]
• Liu Bocheng, 93, Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army. ^[40]
• Jerzy Łojek, 54, Polish historian.
• David D. O'Malley, 73, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1958-1977).
• Janina Oszast, 78, Polish biologist and resistance movement member. ^[41]
• George Owens, 86, Australian rules footballer. ^[42]
• J. G. Phillips, 75, Australian economist, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, suicide. ^[43]
• Paul Tournier, 88, Swiss physician and pastoral counselor, cancer. ^[44]

8

• Nels Anderson, 97, American sociologist and author (The Hobo). ^[45]
• Walter Burkemo, 67, American golfer, PGA Championship winner. ^[46]
• Gerhard Dietrich, 58, German pedagogue.
• Ícaro Mello, 72, Brazilian Olympic high jumper (1936). ^[47]
• Edna Roper, 73, Australian politician.
• Shadi Abdel Salam, 56, Egyptian film director and screenwriter ( The Night of Counting the Years ). ^[48]
• Max Surkont, 64, American Major League baseball player (Boston/Milwaukee Braves). ^[49]

9

• Lajos Balogh, Hungarian Olympic long jumper (1928). ^[50]
• Eddie Johnson, 58, American Olympic boxer (1948). ^[51]
• Harald Reinl, 78, Austrian film director (Chariots of the Gods), murdered. ^[52]
• James J. Reynolds, Jr., 79, American civil servant, Under Secretary of Labor.
• Jo-Jo White, 77, American Major League baseball player (Detroit Tigers). ^[53]

10

• Lyndall Barbour, 70, Australian actress. ^[54]
• Gerold Braunmühl, 51, West German diplomat, assassinated. ^[55]
• Mary Cholmondeley, 80, British socialite and heiress. ^[56]
• Antonio di Benedetto, 63, Argentinian novelist (Zama).
• Han Drijver, 59, Dutch Olympic field hockey player. (1948, 1952). ^[57]
• Nieves Hernández, 84, Mexican Olympic footballer (1928). ^[58]
• Sigfred Jensen, 77, Danish footballer. ^[59]
• Rusty Lane, 87, American actor and college professor ( Crime with Father ).
• Marie Neurath, 88, German and English designer and illustrator of children's books, co-developer of Isotype. ^[60]
• Frank O'Neal, 65, American cartoonist. ^[61]
• Michele Pellegrino, 83, Italian cardinal.
• Michael Player, 25–26, American serial killer (Skid Row Slayer), suicide. ^[62]
• Priaulx Rainier, 83, South African–born British composer. ^[63]
• Russ Van Atta, 80, American Major League baseball player (St. Louis Browns). ^[64]
• Gleb Wataghin, 86, Ukrainian-Italian physicist. ^[65]

11

• Gregorio Álvarez, 96, Argentinian historian and physician.
• Bob Brooker, 59, Australian rules footballer.
• Norm Cash, 52, American Major League baseball player (Detroit Tigers), drowned. ^[66]
• John Crockett, 68, British television and stage director.
• Georges Dumézil, 88, French linguist, stroke. ^[67]
• Barker Fairley, 99, British-born Canadian painter and literary scholar. ^[68]
• David Hand, 86, American animator (Walt Disney Productions), stroke. ^[69]
• Gyula Kovács, 69, Hungarian Olympic wrestler (1948, 1952, 1956). ^[70]
• Boris Leven, 78, Russian-born American production designer and Academy Award winner (West Side Story). ^[71]
• Ed McNamara, 65, Canadian actor ( For Gentlemen Only , Bayo). ^[72]
• Bronte Clucas Quayle, 66, Australian barrister, civil servant, and solicitor.
• Al Ullman, 72, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, prostate cancer. ^[73]

12

• Szabolcs Fényes, 74, Hungarian composer.
• John J. Herrera, 76, American attorney and activist, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens. ^[74]
• George Mandy, 80, South African cricketer.

13

• Maidie Andrews, 93, English actress.
• Eunice Crowther, 70, British singer, dancer, and choreographer.
• Ken Earl, 60, English cricketer. ^[75]
• Abram Hill, 76, American playwright ( On Strivers Row ), co-founded American Negro Theatre, emphysema. ^[76]
• Fred K. Mahaffey, 52, American army general, commander in chief U.S. Readiness Command, cancer. ^[77]
• Sir Joseph Napier, 4th Baronet, 91, British baronet and soldier.
• William Passmore, 71, South African Olympic boxer (1936). ^[78]
• Hermann von Siemens, 101, German industrialist, chairman of Siemens. ^[79]

14

• Milovan Ćirić, 68, Yugoslavian footballer and manager (Red Star Belgrade). ^[80]
• Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr., 69, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1951-1957). ^[81]
• Yvette Dugay, 54, American actress ( Cattle Queen of Montana ).
• Spec O'Donnell, 75, American actor.
• Takanori Ogisu, 84, Japanese-born French painter.
• Barry Salvage, 39, English footballer (Brentford, Millwall), heart attack. ^[82]
• Keenan Wynn, 70, American actor ( The Hucksters ), pancreatic cancer. ^[83]
• Takahiko Yamanouchi, 84, Japanese theoretical physicist (quantum mechanics).

15

• Al Stricklin, 78, American pianist.
• Alex Josey, 76, British-Singaporean journalist, known for biography of Lee Kuan Yew, Parkinson's disease. ^[84]
• Larry Kopf, 95, American Major League Baseball player. ^[85]
• Rani Padmini, 23–24, Indian actress ( Parankimala , Kilikkonjal ), murdered. ^[86]
• Jacqueline Roque, 60, French wife of Pablo Picasso, suicide. ^[87]
• Marcus Samuel, 77, British businessman and hereditary peer, director of Lloyds Bank. ^[88]
• Jerry Smith, 43, American NFL footballer (Washington Redskins), AIDS. ^[89]
• Christine Wttewaall van Stoetwegen, 85, Dutch lawyer, feminist, and politician, member of the Netherlands House of Representatives (1945-1971).

16

• Manolo Álvarez Mera, 62, Cuban-born tenor.
• Harold Beamish, 90, New Zealand WW1 flying ace.
• Joseph Fontaine, 86, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1945-1957).
• Arthur Grumiaux, 65, Belgian violin virtuoso, stroke. ^[90]
• Yukihiko Haida, 77, American composer and ukulele player.
• Giovanni Invernizzi, 60, Italian Olympic rower (1948, 1952). ^[91]
• Sydney Jagbir, 73, Trinidadian cricketer.
• Manas Mukherjee, 43, Indian composer.
• Sandro Puppo, 68, Italian footballer and manager (Venezia, Italy), Olympic gold medalist. ^[92]
• Carlo Romei, 61, Italian politician.
• Ted Sagar, 76, English international footballer (Everton, England). ^[93]
• Jacques Van Caelenberghe, 76, Belgian footballer. ^[94]
• Princess Yolanda of Savoy, 85, Italian royal, daughter of Victor Emmanuel III, heart failure. ^[95]

17

• Boris Arkadyev, 87, Soviet footballer and coach (Soviet Union). ^[96]
• Jean Bidot, 81, French cyclist.
• Malcolm Burns, 76, New Zealand agricultural scientist, university lecturer and administrator.
• Hamish Fraser, 73, Scottish journalist and political activist, Red Terror participant. ^[97]
• Stan Judkins, 79, Australian rules footballer (Richmond). ^[98]
• Ron Kass, 51, American film producer (Naked Yoga), cancer. ^[99]
• Leah Rhodes, 84, American costume designer ( Adventures of Don Juan ). ^[100]
• Carlos Rodríguez, 77, Mexican Olympic sports shooter (1952). ^[101]
• René Thirifays, 66, Belgian footballer. ^[102]

18

• Earl Frederick Crabb, 87, Canadian WWI flying ace.
• Sverre Ingolf Haugli, Norwegian Olympic speed skater (1952, 1956). ^[103]
• Niat Qabool Hayat Kakakhel, 81, Pakistani politician.
• Clyde S. Kilby, 84, American writer, founded Marion E. Wade Center. ^[104]
• John J. McNamara, 54, American author and Olympic sailor (1964). ^[105]
• Wilhelm Orlik-Rückemann, 92, Polish army general. ^[106]

19

• Moses Asch, 80, Polish-born American recording engineer and executive, founder of Folkways Records. ^[107]
• Aquino de Bragança, 62, Indian-born Mozambican journalist and diplomat, plane crash. ^[108]
• Karlo Bulić, 76, Yugoslavian actor ( Naše malo misto ).
• George Cheroke, 65, American football player (Cleveland Browns). ^[109]
• Dele Giwa, 39, Nigerian journalist, founder of Newswatch magazine, assassinated. ^[110]
• Leon Henderson, 91, American economist, administrator of the Office of Price Administration. ^[111]
• Stanley Lebowsky, 59, American composer and conductor (Chicago, Jesus Christ Superstar ). ^[112]
• Oldřich Lipský, 62, Czechoslovakian film director and screenwriter.
• Samora Machel, 53, Mozambican politician, president of Mozambique, plane crash. ^[113]
• Simon Mahon, 72, British politician, Member of Parliament. ^[114]
• H. Freeman Matthews, 87, American diplomat, ambassador to Austria, The Netherlands and Sweden. ^[115]
• Lawrence McKillip, 62, American Olympic bobsledder (1956, 1964). ^[116]
• Peter McLean, 61, Australian rugby league footballer. ^[117]
• Shafeek Nader, 60, co-founder of Northwestern Connecticut Community College, brother of Ralph Nader, heart failure. ^[118]
• Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, 64, Indian Malayalam actor ( Chemmeen ).
• George Pipgras, 86, American Major League baseball player (New York Yankees) and umpire. ^[119]
• Joe Ryan, 69, Australian rules footballer. ^[120]
• Arseny Sokolov, 76, Soviet theoretical physicist (synchrotron radiation).
• May Wilson, 80–81, American artist, pneumonia. ^[121]

20

• Luciano Agnolín, 70, Argentine footballer.
• Michael Joe Costello, 82, Irish military leader (Irish War of Independence). ^[122]
• Anton Krammer, 57, Austrian Olympic footballer (1952). ^[123]
• Alain Moineau, 58, French Olympic cyclist (1948). ^[124]
• George Tuttle, 81, American NFL player (Green Bay Packers), and politician. ^[125]
• Tadao Uesako, 65. Japanese Olympic gymnast (1952). ^[126]
• Hugh Vaughan-Thomas, 76, Welsh cricketer.
• Tommy Walker, 63, American event director, composer of "Charge!", complications of heart surgery. ^[127]

21

• Theodor Busse, 88, Nazi German army General of the Infantry). ^[128]
• Pelagio Cruz, 74, Filipino military general, chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
• Gisela Fackeldey, 65, German actress. ^[129]
• Gadabout Gaddis, 90, American fisherman and television presenter ( The Flying Fisherman ). ^[130]
• Fritz Hochwälder, 75, Austrian playwright. ^[131]
• T. Krishna, 36, Indian Telugu film director and screenwriter ( Pratighatana , Repati Pourulu ). ^[132]
• Lionel Murphy, 64, Australian politician and judge, Attorney-General of Australia, justice of the High Court of Australia, cancer. ^[133]
• Betsy Muus, 95, Belgian sculptor.
• Edwin Albert Robson, 81, American jurist.
• George Taylor, 76, English cricketer. ^[134]
• Vittorio Tracuzzi, 63, Italian Olympic basketball player (1948). ^[135]
• Diwakarla Venkatavadhani, 75, Indian Telugu writer.
• Kas Vidruk 61, Canadian CFL player.

22

• Haki Abaz Skuqi, 28, Albanian military pilot, plane crash. ^[136]
• Jane Dornacker, 39, American rock musician, comedian and traffic reporter (Leila and the Snakes), helicopter crash. ^[137]
• Ivor Francis, 67, Canadian-American actor ( Room 222 ). ^[138]
• Bhagwanti Navani, 46, Indian Sindhi singer and actress.
• Albert Szent-Györgyi, 93, Hungarian biochemist and politician (Vitamin C), Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine). ^[139]
• Wayland Hand, 79, American folklorist.
• Reg Humphries, 75, Australian rules footballer.
• Jesse Pike, 96, American Olympic cyclist (1912). ^[140]
• Sven Strömberg, 75, Swedish Olympic sprinter (1936). ^[141]
• Thorgeir Stubø, 42, Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer.
• Jenny Toitgans, 81, Belgian Olympic discus thrower (1928). ^[142]
• Bernard Joseph Topel, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Spokane. ^[143]
• Ye Jianying, 89, Chinese politician and army general. ^[144]

23

• Paul Brophy, 49, American firefighter, condition sparked right to die debate, dehydration. ^[145]
• Johnny Dell Isola, 74, American NFL player (New York Giants). ^[146]
• Edward Adelbert Doisy, 92, American biochemist, 1943 Nobel Prize Laureate.
• Esquerita, 48–51, American singer, songwriter and pianist, AIDS. ^[147]
• Ivor D. Fenton, 97, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1939-1963). ^[148]
• Paul Gehrman, 74, American Major League Baseball player (Cincinnati Reds). ^[149]
• Ronald Long, 75, English-American actor ( Love of Life ), heart faailure. ^[150]
• Conrad O'Brien-ffrench, 92, British intelligence officer (MI6) and mountaineer. ^[151]

24

• John R. Allan, 80, Scottish author and journalist.
• Hugh Craig Atkinson, 52, American librarian.
• Michael Brennan, 90, Irish general, Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces. ^[152]
• Johnny Dyani, 40, South African jazz double bassist, vocalist and pianist (The Blue Notes), liver ailment. ^[153]
• František Janda, 76, Czech Olympic wrestler (1936). ^[154]
• Joseph B. Johnson, 93, Swedish-born American politician, Governor of Vermont. ^[155]
• Enrique Margall, 42, Spanish Olympic basketball player (1968, 1972). ^[156]
• Henry Osmond-Clarke, 83, British surgeon.

25

• Larry Beil, 63, American NFL footballer (New York Giants). ^[157]
• Elizabeth H. Brödel, 83, American medical illustrator.
• Carroll A. Edson, 94, American scouting leader, co-founded Order of the Arrow. ^[158]
• Guillermo Eizaguirre, 77, Spanish international footballer (Sevilla, Spain). ^[159]
• Ricardo Sanz García, 87, Spanish militant, leader of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo.
• Jack Hartigan, 58, Australian rules footballer.
• Anthony Hill, 85, English cricketer. ^[160]
• Howard S. McDonald, 92, American academic administrator, president of the California State University. ^[161]
• Władysław Soporek, 57, Polish footballer and manager. ^[162]
• Tadao Tannaka, 77, Japanese mathematician (Tannaka–Krein duality). ^[163]
• Forrest Tucker, 67, American actor ( F Troop ), lung cancer. ^[164]

26

• Arne Andersen, 86, Norwegian football player and Olympian (1920). ^[165]
• Hüseyin Çakıroğlu, 29, Turkish footballer. ^[166]
• Ed Holley, 87, American Major League baseball player. ^[167]
• Jackson Scholz, 89, American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist. ^[168]
• Marcel Simon, 79, French religious historian ( Verus Israel ). ^[169]

27

• Sherman Adams, 87, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire, member of U.S. House of Representatives. ^[170]
• Alan Branscombe, 50, English jazz pianist and alto saxophonist.
• Bob Ingamells, 72, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (1959-1976).
• Albert Maes, 80, Belgian Olympic weightlifter (1924, 1928). ^[171]
• Carl-Enock Svensson, 91, Swedish Olympic athlete (1920). ^[172]
• Geoff Willis, 65, Australian rules footballer. ^[173]

28

• Robert Arthur, 76, American film producer and screenwriter ( Francis the Talking Mule ). ^[174]
• Julien Joseph Audette, 72, Canadian aviator.
• Afzal Bangash, 62, Pakistani politician and activist.
• Sidney Bollon, 86, English cricketer. ^[175]
• John Braine, 64, English novelist (Room at the Top), gastric haemorrhage. ^[176]
• Richard Elton Goodwin, 79, British army officer.
• Marga Klompé, 74, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives. ^[177]
• Adelaide Lawson, 97, American artist.
• Ian Marter, 42, English actor ( Doctor Who ) and writer, heart attack.
• Emil Moeller, 84, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1962-1966).
• Eddie Waring, 76, British rugby league commentator, dementia. ^[178]
• René Weissmann, 56, French Olympic boxer (1952). ^[179]

29

• Gottfried Eichelbrönner, 84, German farmer and politician, member of the Landtag of Bavaria (1946-1962).
• Mimis Fotopoulos, 73, Greek actor and writer, heart attack.
• Marcel Gascoin, 79, French furniture designer.
• Maurice Leblanc-Smith, 90, British WW1 flying ace.
• Arturo Medina, 88, Chilean Olympic athlete (1920). ^[180]
• Abel Meeropol, 83, American songwriter and poet ("Strange Fruit"). ^[181]
• Aaron Resnick, 71, American architect, co-founder of Usonia Historic District, heart attack. ^[182]
• Ronald Thom, 63, Canadian architect (Massey College). ^[183]
• Harry Voigt, 73, German Olympic athlete (1936). ^[184]

30

• Reginald Keller, 92, English cricketer and British Army officer.
• Otto Knefler, 63, German footballer and manager.
• Andrzej Markowski, 62, Polish composer and conductor, founder of Wratislavia Cantans festival. ^[185]
• Tandiono Manu, 73, Indonesian politician, Minister of Agriculture.
• Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt, 85, German politician, Federal Minister of Health. ^[186]
• Frank Spillane, 83, Australian rugby league footballer. ^[187]

31

• Harry Askew, 68, British Olympic long jumper (1948). ^[188]
• John Blackinger, 81, American football executive (San Francisco 49ers) and politician.
• Olaf Hansen, 80, Norwegian Olympic boxer (1924). ^[189]
• Bob Hardisty, 64, English footballer (Great Britain Olympic football team). ^[190]
• Marcella Martin, 70, American actress ( Gone with the Wind ).
• Robert S. Mulliken, 90, American physicist and chemist (molecular orbital theory), Nobel laureate (Chemistry), heart failure. ^[191]
• Bruno Snell, 90, German classical philologist (Die Entdeckung des Geistes). ^[192]
• Félicien Vervaecke, 79, Belgian cyclist.
• Gregorio F. Zaide, 79, Filipino historian, president of the Philippine Historical Association. ^[193]

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External links

• List of October 1986 deaths at IMDb