Deaths in February 1986

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.
Alberto Moreiras, 66, Spanish Olympic athlete (1948).
Alva Myrdal, 84, Swedish sociologist and peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient (1982).^[1]
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.^[2]
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.^[3]
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.^[4]
Sylvia Lyons Render, 72, American educator and manuscript curator.^[5]
George C. Sherman Jr., 74, American polo player, leukemia.^[6]
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.^[7]
Matt Wilkins, 78, Australian rules footballer.

6

Mahieddine Bachtarzi, 88, Algerian singer and composer.
Georges Cabana, 91, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate.^[8]
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.^[9]
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).
Sir Holmes Miller, 66, New Zealand surveyor and conservationist.
Ray Moyer, 87, American set decorator.^[10]
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.^[11]

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.^[12]
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.
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.^[13]
Abram Nicholas Pritzker, 90, American businessman and philanthropist.^[14]
Bogusław Widawski, 51, Polish footballer.

9

Kiichi Arita, 84, Japanese politician.
Carmen D'Antonio, 74, American actress.
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.^[15]
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.^[16]
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).^[17]
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.^[18]
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.^[19]
Hélène Rivier, 83, Swiss librarian.
Aat van Rhijn, 93, Dutch politician.
Jock White, 88, Scottish footballer.

12

Jean Goodwin Ames, 82, American artist.^[20]
Arthur Roderick Collar, 77, English engineer.
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.
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.^[21]
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.^[22]

14

Fox Blevins, 75, American baseball player.
Ernest Borek, 74, Hungarian-born American microbiologist.^[23]
Dorcas Brigham, 89, American botanist.^[24]
Ransom M. Cook, 86, American banker.^[25]
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.^[26]

15

Henri Bernard, 86, French judge.
Cornelis de Kiewiet, 83, Dutch-born American historian and academic administrator.^[27]
Ana María Dellai, 56, Argentine Olympic skier (1952).
Orville Fehlhaber, 82, American politician.
Galliano Masini, 90, Italian singer.
Rustin McIntosh, 91, American pediatrician.^[28]
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.^[29]
Howard da Silva, 76, American actor (Fiorello!, Oklahoma!), lymphoma.^[30]
Joseph Duell, 29, American ballet dancer and choreographer, suicide by jumping.^[31]
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.^[32]

17

George Draffen, 86, British soldier.
Kikuko Kanai, 74, Japanese composer.
Jiddu Krishnamurti, 90, Indian philosopher, pancreatic cancer.^[33]
Red Ruffing, 80, American Major League baseball player, heart failure.^[34]
Paul Stewart, 77, American actor, heart failure.^[35]
Izumi Suzuki, 36, Japanese writer, suicide by hanging.
Nesta Wells, 93, British physician and surgeon.

18

Nelson Cavaquinho, 74, Brazilian samba musician.^[36]
Vilmos Kohut, 79, Hungarian footballer.
Matilda Landsman, 67, American journalist.
George Makinson, 82, Canadian politician.
Tezer Özlü, 42, Turkish writer, breast cancer.
Pierre Schlumberger, 71–72, American oil executive (Schlumberger).
Jonathan O. Seaman, 74, American general.
Ted Wegert, 53, American NFL football player.

19

Bill Anderson, 73, English football player and manager.
Robert Brode, 85, American physicist (Manhattan Project).
Adolfo Celi, 63, Italian actor (Thunderball) and film director, heart attack.^[37]
Paul Curry, 68, American magician.
James Eastland, 81, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1941, 1943–1978).^[38]
André Leroi-Gourhan, 74, French archaeologist.
Francisco Mignone, 88, Brazilian composer.
Oleg Mutt, 65, Soviet Estonian linguist.
Humberto Roa, 73, Chilean footballer.
Barry Seal, 46, American pilot and drug smuggler, shot.
Dudley Talcott, 86, American sculptor.
Ab van Bemmel, 73, Dutch Olympic boxer (1936).

20

Tommy Bell, 63, American NFL football referee, leukemia.^[39]
William Albert Beller, 85, American pianist.
Abdolbaghi Darvish, 37, Iranian Air Force pilot, shootdown.
Judy-Lynn del Rey, 43, American science fiction magazine editor.
Tommy Freeman, 82, American boxer.
Kanu Gandhi, 68–69, Indian photographer.
Nihar Ranjan Gupta, 74, Indian novelist.
František Kardaus, 77, Czechoslovak graphic artist.
Salvador Mota, 63, Mexican footballer.
Einar Nyheim, 56, Norwegian politician.
Guillermo Padilla, 73, Colombian Olympic sports shooter (1956).
Bob Rice, 86, American Major League baseball player.
Koos Rietkerk, 58, Dutch politician.
Bert Schneider, 88, American-born Canadian boxer.
Dorothea Wieck, 78, German actress.

21

Heinz Braun, 48, German painter and actor, cancer.
Victor Canning, 74, British novelist.
Jan Eric Cartwright, 47, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1971–1973), leukemia.
Larry Wu-tai Chin, 63, Chinese double agent, suicide by asphyxiation.^[40]
Derek Chittock, 64, British cartoonist and art historian.
Sir Miles Clifford, 89, British politician.
Gilbert V. Hartke, 79, American theatre director.
Agnes Headlam-Morley, 83, British historian.
Eckhard Hess, 69, German-born American psychologist.
Yanosuke Hirai, 83, Japanese civil engineer.
Margaret Hunter, 63, Scottish trade unionist.
Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese longevity claimant.^[41]
Kenjiro Matsuki, 77, Japanese baseball player.
Edvardas Mikučiauskas, 84, Soviet Lithuanian footballer.
Dorothy Rhoads, 90, American writer.
Helen Hooven Santmyer, 90, American writer ("...And Ladies of the Club").^[42]
Louis Silberkleit, 85, American publisher.^[43]
Mart Stam, 86, Dutch architect.

22

Jacques Pâris de Bollardière, 78, French general and peace activist.
Tom Bradshaw, 81, Scottish footballer.
Randolph Claiborne, 79, American Episcopalian prelate.
John Donnelly, 31, Australian rugby league player, drowned.
Ida Lublenski Ehrlich, 99, Russian-born American playwright.^[44]
Bob Guelker, 62, American soccer coach.^[45]
Philip J. Lang, 74, American composer.^[46]
Duke Lattimore, 81, American baseball player.
Richard Pescott, 80, Australian botanist.
Anthony Rawlinson, 59, British civil servant.
Jean Tangye, 66, English author.
Wei Pei-lan, 74, Chinese politician.

23

Mathilde Boniface, 74, Belgian politician.
Ram Nath Chawla, 82, Indian pilot.
Esther V. Hansen, 87, American historian.
Edwin S. Lowe, 75, Polish-American game entrepreneur.^[47]
Ferenc Mérei, 76, Hungarian psychologist.
Ernst Neufert, 85, German architect.
Louis-Philippe Pigeon, 81, Canadian judge.
Bill Ribchester, 87, Scottish footballer.
Boris Slutsky, 66, Soviet poet.
Nino Taranto, 78, Italian actor.

24

Christian H. Armbruster, 64, American politician, respiratory disease.^[48]
Rukmini Devi Arundale, 81, Indian dancer.
David Ballantyne, 61, New Zealand writer.
Tommy Douglas, 81, Scottish-born Canadian politician, cancer.^[49]
Harold L. George, 92, American fighter pilot and politician.^[50]
Bill Hickman, 65, American stuntman, cancer.
Alfred Hurley, 90, British Anglican prelate.
Harry Lightsey, 85, American football player.
Marcus Roberto, 55, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1971–1976) and Senate (since 1977), cancer.
Arthur Rydstrøm, 90, Norwegian Olympic gymnast (1920).
James Humphrey Walwyn, 72, British naval officer.

25

George Berry, 86, American NFL football player.
Pasquale Festa Campanile, 58, Italian filmmaker, kidney cancer.
Joseph Jeffrey Charlebois, 76, Canadian politician and businessman.
Hugo Larsson, 79, Swedish civil servant and engineer.
Guy Pawson, 97, British colonial administrator and cricketer.
Victor Pike, 78, British rugby player and Anglican prelate.
Marcus Ruddle, 81, Irish cricketer.
George Susce, 78, American Major League baseball player.
Helen F. Tucker, 84, American biochemist.
Nemesio Yabut, 60, Filipino politician.

26

Andy Bakjian, 71, American track and field coach.^[51]
Martin Julian Buerger, 82, American crystallographer.
Amalia Fleming, 73, Greek politician and physician.
Taihei Imamura, 74, Japanese film critic.
Dag Klaveness, 72, Norwegian shipowner.
Robert Landesmann, 73, French Olympic wrestler (1948).
Sophocles Papas, 91–93, Ottoman-American music publisher.
Karel Vlach, 74, Czechoslovak choreographer.
Lillian Mayfield Wright, 91, American poet.^[52]

27

Gholam-Hossein Banan, 74, Iranian musician.
Gedeon Barcza, 74, Hungarian chess player.
Pat Beasley, 72, English footballer.
Elisabeth Frisk, 76, Swedish actress.
John Gorwell, 51, Australian rules footballer.
Bernhard Haurwitz, 80, German-born American meteorologist.
Arthur Heina, 71, German Olympic swimmer (1936).
Nancy Brysson Morrison, 82, Scottish author.
Arnaldo Ortelli, 72, Swiss footballer.
Jacques Plante, 57, Canadian ice hockey player, stomach cancer.^[53]
Aimé Trantoul, 77, French Olympic cyclist (1928).
George Weatherill, 85, Australian footballer.

28

Robbie Basho, 45, American musician, stroke.
Michel Brusseaux, 72, French footballer.
James J. DeRan Jr., 79, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1943–1950), influenza.
Edith Ditmas, 89–90, English historian.
William Dollar, 78, American ballet dancer and choreographer.^[54]
Laura Z. Hobson, 85, American novelist, cancer.^[55]
Robert Lebel, 85, French art historian.
Mick Moon, 93, Australian soldier.
Joan Moore, 65–66, British botanist.
Olof Palme, 59, Swedish politician, prime minister (1969–1976, since 1982), shot.^[56]
Sir Thomas Williams, 70, British politician, MP (1949–1981).

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[29] Wiley T. Buchanan Jr.; Former Protocol Chief

[30] Howard da Silva Dies at 76; Actor, Director and Author

[31] Joseph Duell, A Lead Dancer for the New York City

[32] Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Dies at 80; Led City's Central Labor Council

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[34] Red Ruffing, 81, Star Pitcher on 7 Yankee Pennant Teams

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[42] Helen Hooven Santmyer, 90, Author and Educator, Dies

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[44] Ida Lublenski Ehrlich, 99; Playwright and Producer

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[46] Philip J. Lang is Dead at 74; Orchestrator and Composer

[47] Edwin S. Lowe, 75; Toy Manufacturer Popularized Bingo

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