Deaths in May 1986

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 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.

May 1986

=1=

Hylda Baker, 81, English actress and comedian, pneumonia.
John Bartlett, 40, New Zealand botanist.
Reg Boyle, 83, Australian rules footballer.
Dennis Emery, 52, English footballer.
Heinrich Fraenkel, 88, Polish-British screenwriter and biographer.
Mirrie Hill, 96, Australian composer.
Mirko Javornik, 76, Slovenian writer.
Arthur Lipsett, 49, Canadian filmmaker, suicide.
Alastair McIntyre, 59, British film editor, complications from a stroke.
Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, 87, American children's author.
Hugo Peretti, 69, American songwriter.
Sir James Ramsay, 69, Australian politician.
Millicent Silver, 80, English harpsichordist.
Alfredo Varela Jr., 73, Mexican screenwriter.
Ed Wells, 85, American Major League baseball player.

=2=

Sir Marcus Beeck, 62, Australian farmer and business executive.
Wallace Bishop, 80, American drummer.
W. Sheffield Cowles, 87, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1948–1956).{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1986-05-04 |title=W. Sheffield Cowles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/04/obituaries/w-sheffield-cowles.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Sergio Cresto, 30, American racing driver, car explosion.
William Edward Doyle, 75, American jurist.{{Cite news |last=James |first=George |date=1986-05-04 |title=William E. Doyle Dies at 75; Judge in Denver Buding Case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/04/obituaries/william-e-doyle-dies-at-75-judge-in-denver-busing-case.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Georgy Gause, 75, Soviet biologist.
Edwin Genung, 78, American Olympic middle-distance runner (1932).
Edwin Sherbon Hills, 79, Australian geologist.
Wilfrid Kidson, 79, South African cricketer.
Lotte Brand Philip, 75, German art historian.
Edward Righton Jr, 73, English cricketer.
Violet Rucroft, 83, New Zealand conservationist.
Gertrud Theiler, 88, South African parasitologist.
Henri Toivonen, 29, Finnish racing driver, car explosion.
Jan Wojciechowski, 81, Polish footballer.

=3=

Robert Alda, 72, American actor.{{Cite news |last=Fraser |first=C. Gerald |date=1986-05-05 |title=Robert Alda, Actor, is Dead; Played Stage and Film Roles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/05/obituaries/robert-alda-actor-is-dead-played-stage-and-film-roles.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Carlton W. Barrett, 66, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
Ed Courtney Jr., 80, Australian rugby league footballer.
Clarence Drouillard, 72, Canadian National Hockey League player (Detroit Red Wings).
Nicolò Nicolosi, 73, Italian footballer.
Royce S. Pitkin, 84, American academic administrator.{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1986-05-06 |title=Royce Stanley Pitkin, Goddard College Head |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/06/obituaries/royce-stanley-pitkin-goddard-college-head.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Wang Li, 85, Chinese linguist.

=4=

Kotti Chave, 74, Finnish-born Swedish actor.
Richard Daniel, 85, German general.
Jean Gagé, 83, French historian.
Paul Magnus Gross, 90, American chemist.{{Cite news |last=Cook |first=Joan |date=1986-05-10 |title=DR. Paul M. Gross; Leader in Education and Science was 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/10/obituaries/dr-paul-m-gross-leader-in-education-and-science-was-91.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Enzo Liberti, 60, Italian actor, complications from heart surgery.
Hugh Luby, 72, American baseball player.
Benjamin Muse, 88, American politician and journalist, member of the Virginia Senate (1936).
Paul Richards, 77, American Major League baseball player, heart attack.{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1986-05-05 |title=Paul R. Richards, 77, Former Baseball Manager |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/05/obituaries/paul-r-richards-77-former-baseball-manager.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Romeo Rivers, 79, Canadian ice hockey player.
Robert Samatan, 77, French rugby league and union footballer.
Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, 89, American journalist.{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1986-05-06 |title=Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, Newswoman, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-06-me-4075-story.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
James Allen Vann, 46, American historian.
Johnny Williams, 68, American baseball player.

=5=

Louis Betbeder Matibet, 84, French chess master.
Joe Childress, 52, American NFL football player, cancer.
Bill Cook, 90, Canadian NHL ice hockey player, cancer.{{Cite news |last=Yannis |first=Alex |date=1986-05-07 |title=Bill Cook is Dead; A Ranger Captain |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/07/obituaries/bill-cook-is-dead-a-ranger-captain.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Emygdio de Barros, 90–91, Brazilian painter.
Käthe Haack, 88, German actress.
Knud Hvidberg, 58, Danish artist.
René Joffroy, 70, French archaeologist.
Sully Kothmann, 53, American Olympic figure skater (1956).
Billy Mackel, 73, American guitarist.
Louis Betbeder Matibet, 84, French chess player.
Satrio, 69, Indonesian military doctor and politician.
John Austin Victoreen, 83, American physicist.
George White, 81, Australian politician.
Julia Wojciechowska, 71, Polish Olympic gymnast (1936).

=6=

Fred C. Cole, 74, American librarian, heart failure.
Albert Ernest Forsythe, 89, American aviator.
Giuseppe Giaccone, 85, Italian footballer.
Lorenzo Minio-Paluello, 78, Italian linguist and translator.
Jack Rickards, 57, Zimbabwean Olympic sports shooter (1964).
Héctor Ruiz Martínez, 42, Puerto Rican politician.
Sri Sabaratnam, 33, Sri Lankan militant (Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization), shot.
Len Schulte, 69, American Major League baseball player.
Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov, 92, Soviet weapon designer (SKS).
Stefan Sznuk, 89–90, Polish-Canadian aviator.
Toralf Westermoen, 71, Norwegian boat designer.

=7=

Laura Alves, 64, Portuguese actress.
Ferdinand Bruhin, 77, Swiss footballer.
Charlie Colombo, 65, American soccer player.
Florence Dagmar, 90, American actress.
Gaston Defferre, 75, French politician.
Cornelia Johanna de Vogel, 81, Dutch classical scholar and theologian.
Jean-Pierre Hagnauer, 73, French Olympic ice hockey player (1936).
Peter Haworth, 96–97, British-born Canadian painter.
André Jubelin, 79, French naval admiral.
Robert A. Lovett, 90, American politician, secretary of defense (1951–1953).{{Cite news |last=Krebs |first=Albin |date=1986-05-08 |title=R.A. Lovett, Ex-Chief of Defense Who Pressed Buildup in 50's, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/08/obituaries/ra-lovett-ex-chief-of-defense-who-pressed-buildup-in-50-s-dies.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Cyril McMahon, 64, Australian rugby league footballer.
Al Mooney, 80, American aircraft designer.
Jeffrey Mylett, 36, American actor and songwriter, AIDS.
Juan Nakpil, 86, Filipino architect.
Jonas Persson, 72, Swedish Olympic cyclist (1936).
Alfredo Pezzana, 93, Italian Olympic fencer (1936).
Edward Root, 83, Australian rugby league player.
Selman Selmanagić, 81, Bosnian-German architect.
Herma Szabo, 84, Austrian Olympic figure skater (1924).
Haldun Taner, 71, Turkish playwright, heart attack.
George Weaver, 77, Canadian politician, MP (1949–1957).

=8=

Ernle Bradford, 64, British historian.
Melanija Bugarinović, 80, Yugoslav singer.
Erwin Chamberlain, 71, Canadian ice hockey player.
Ivan Corry, 78, Australian rules footballer.
Eugenie Gershoy, 85, American artist.
R. M. Jackson, 82, British jurist.
Majid Salek Mahmoudi, 33, Iranian serial killer, suicide by hanging.{{Cite web |last=By |date=1986-06-02 |title=Strangler Strangles Himself. A man who confessed… |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1986/06/02/strangler-strangles-himself-a-man-who-confessed/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Orlando Sentinel |language=en-US}}
Raffaele Nasi, 76, Italian Olympic skier (1936).
Richard W. Richards, 91, Australian physicist.
Manny Shinwell, 101, British politician, MP (1922–1924, 1928–1931, 1935–1970).{{Cite news |last=Lord Shinwell |first= |date=1986-05-08 |title=Lord Shinwell, 101, Unionist Who Rose to British Cabinet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/08/obituaries/lord-shinwell-101-unionist-who-rose-to-british-cabinet.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Leland Stark, 78, American Anglican prelate.{{Cite news |date=1986-05-13 |title=Dr. Leland W. F. Stark Dies; A Retired Episcopal Bishop |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/13/obituaries/dr-leland-w-f-stark-dies-a-retired-episcopal-bishop.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach, 48, German socialite, oral cancer.{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1986-05-13 |title=Arndt von Bohlen Last Surviving Heir of Krupp Fortune|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/13/obituaries/arndt-von-bohlen-last-surviving-heir-of-krupp-fortune.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

=9=

Mikhail Alpatov, 83, Soviet historian and art theorist.
Nelson Ball, 77, New Zealand rugby player.
Herschel Bernardi, 62, American actor (Arnie, Peter Gunn, Fiddler on the Roof), heart attack.{{Cite news |last=Saxon |first=Wolfgang |date=1986-05-10 |title=Herschel Bernardi, 62, Played Tevye in 'Fiddler on the Roof' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/10/obituaries/herschel-bernardi-62-played-tevye-in-fiddler-on-the-roof.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Mirosław Bojanowicz, 79–80, Polish-British philatelist.
Peter Jackson, 80, English footballer.
Eana Jeans, 95, New Zealand painter.
Thomas Liao, 76, Taiwanese politician.
Colin Lyman, 72, English footballer.
Tenzing Norgay, 71, Nepalese-Indian mountaineer (1953 British Mount Everest expedition), cerebral hemorrhage.{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1986-05-10 |title=Tenzing Norkay, 72, is Dead: Climbed Everest with Hillary |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/10/obituaries/tenzing-norkay-72-is-dead-climbed-everest-with-hillary.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Alden Pasche, 75, American basketball coach.

=10=

Aleksandr Akimov, 33, Soviet engineer, acute radiation syndrome.
Al Burruss, 58, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (since 1964), pancreatic cancer.
Wilbur Hogg, 69, American Anglican prelate.
Anna Kamieńska, 66, Polish writer.
Lillian Kasindorf Kavey, 96, American banker and activist.
Tagir Kusimov, 77, Soviet general.
Leopoldo Ruiz, 59, Argentine golfer.
Gregory Ryan, 73, Australian cricketer.
Josimo Morais Tavares, 32–33, Brazilian Roman Catholic priest, homicide.
John Wheatley, 59, American physicist.
Charles "Hungry" Williams, 51, American drummer, Paget's disease of bone.

=11=

Edoardo Anton, 76, Italian filmmaker.
Jimmy Hines, 82, American golfer.
Viktor Kibenok, 23, Soviet firefighter, acute radiation syndrome.
Gerry H. Kisters, 67, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
Kilby MacDonald, 72, Canadian NHL ice hockey player.
Walter K. Martinez, 55, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1966–1984), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Henry Plumer McIlhenny, 75, American art curator and connoisseur.
Fritz Pollard, 92, American NFL football player and coach.{{Cite news |last=Harvin |first=Al |date=1986-05-31 |title=Fritz Pollard Dead at Age 92; Black Head Coach in N.F.L. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/31/obituaries/fritz-pollard-dead-at-age-92-black-head-coach-in-nfl.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Volodymyr Pravyk, 23, Soviet firefighter, acute radiation syndrome.

=12=

Helge Akre, 83, Norwegian diplomat.
Sofía Álvarez Vignoli, 86, Uruguayan jurist, first lady (1976).
Elisabeth Bergner, 88, Austrian-British actress, cancer.{{Cite news |date=1986-05-13 |title=Elisabeth Bergner, An Actress in Plays and Films, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/13/obituaries/elisabeth-bergner-an-actress-in-plays-and-films-dies-at-85.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Mary deGarmo Bryan, 94, American dietician.{{Cite news |date=1986-06-03 |title=Dr. Mary Bryan, Nutritionist And Ex-Columbia Professor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/03/obituaries/dr-mary-bryan-nutritionist-and-ex-columbia-professor.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Harold W. Clark, 94, American creationist.
Albert Cooper, 75, British politician, MP (1950–1966, 1970–1974).
Joseph Fadahunsi, 84–85, Nigerian politician.
Fred Kormis, 91, German sculptor.
Eleanor Frances Lattimore, 81, American writer.
William Harrington Leahy, 81, American naval admiral.
Wanda Jean Mays, 26, American missing persons case, fall.
Alicia Moreau de Justo, 100, Argentine social activist and politician.
Ramon Muller, 51, Argentine footballer.
Bill Nairn, 73, Canadian football player.
Reuben Harold Tweten, 87, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1947–1956).

=13=

Alexander Archdale, 80, British-Australian actor.
Maria Bellonci, 83, Italian writer.
George Gaines, 52, American set decorator.
Vasily Ignatenko, 25, Soviet firefighter, acute radiation syndrome.
Robert LeFevre, 74, American libertarian autarchist activist.{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1986-05-18 |title=Libertarian Philosopher Robert LeFevre Dies |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-18-me-21048-story.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
Peadar O'Donnell, 93, Irish politician, TD (1923–1927).

=14=

Janne Aikala, 10, Finnish murder victim.
Solomon Blatt Sr., 91, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (since 1932).{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1986-05-15 |title=Solomon Blatt, 91, Legislator In South Carolina Since 1933 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/15/obituaries/solomon-blatt-91-legislator-in-south-carolina-since-1933.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Henry E. Eccles, 87, American naval admiral.
Pierino Favalli, 72, Italian racing cyclist.
Fuang Jotiko, 70–71, Thai Buddhist monk.
William Lindsay, 40, British actor.
Norma Millay, 91–92, American singer and actress.
Frank O'Rourke, 92, Canadian-American Major League baseball player.
Mose Rager, 75, American guitarist.
Gianni Ravera, 66, Italian singer, impresario, and record producer.
Joe Sparma, 44, American Major League baseball player, complications from heart surgery.{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1986-05-17 |title=Joe Sparma |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/17/obituaries/joe-sparma.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Nelson Stacy, 64, American racing driver.
C. H. V. Sutherland, 78, English numismatist.
Leonid Toptunov, 25, Soviet electrical engineer, acute radiation syndrome.
Tom Turner, 69, American Major League baseball player.
Steef van Musscher, 84, Dutch Olympic jumper (1928).
Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis, 84, Dutch botanist.
Robert Zielinski, 84, American football player.

=15=

Constantine John Alexopoulos, 79, American mycologist.
John F. Bassett, 47, Canadian tennis player and businessman, brain cancer.
Hel Braun, 71, German mathematician.
Elio de Angelis, 28, Italian racing driver, smoke inhalation.
Johnny Gottselig, 80, Russian-born NHL American ice hockey player.
Rose Lokissim, 30–31, Chadian soldier, shot.
Mieczysław Palus, 64, Polish ice hockey player.
Shirley Leon Quimby, 92, American physicist.
Sir Maxwell Richmond, 85, New Zealand naval admiral.
Willie Telfer, 77, Scottish footballer.
Luis Torres Nadal, 42, Puerto Rican playwright and theatre director, homicide.
Bill Tricklebank, 70, New Zealand cricketer.
Theodore H. White, 71, American political journalist, stroke.{{Cite news |last=Pace |first=Eric |date=1986-05-16 |title=Theodore White, Chronicler of U.S. Politics, is Dead at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/16/obituaries/theodore-white-chronicler-of-us-politics-is-dead-at-71.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

=16=

Anton Banko, 58, Slovenian inventor and engineer.
Lothar Beutel, 84, German soldier.
Joe Bootham, 74, New Zealand painter.
Ralph Eaton, 87, American soldier, United States Army officer.
Ronald Robson, 73, South African cricketer.
Mykola Tytenok, 23, Soviet firefighter, acute radiation syndrome.
John H. Yancey, 68, American soldier.

=17=

John Gibson, 37, American actor, plane crash.
Freddie Jakeman, 66, English cricketer.
Masaji Kitano, 91, Japanese general, physician, and war criminal (Unit 731).
Preben Lundgren Kristensen, 62, Danish Olympic cyclist (1952).
Roberts Pakalns, 74, Soviet Latvian footballer.
Lyudmila Pakhomova, 39, Soviet Olympic ice dancer (1976), leukemia.
Jack Waldman, 33, American musician, lymphoma.

=18=

Charles Albertine, 57, American composer.
Robert Page Arnot, 95, British journalist.
Gustl Berauer, 73, Czechoslovak skier.
John W. Bubbles, 84, American tap dancer and actor.{{Cite news |last=Upi |date=1986-05-20 |title=John Bubbles, The Dancer, is Dead at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/20/obituaries/john-bubbles-the-dancer-is-dead-at-84.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Yaşar Erkan, 75, Turkish Olympic wrestler (1936).
Gianni Gambi, 78, Italian Olympic swimmer (1928).
František Krajčír, 72 Czechoslovak politician and diplomat.
Giuseppe Lazzati, 76, Italian Roman Catholic priest and politician.
Louis L. Madsen, 78, American academic administrator.
John Guthrie Paterson, 84, Australian politician.
James Phemister, 93, Scottish geologist.
Kanuri Lakshmana Rao, 83, Indian politician, MP (1962–1977).
Peter Wehle, 72, Austrian actor.
Spades Wood, 77, American Major League baseball player.
Zé Luiz, 56, Brazilian basketball player and Olympian.

=19=

Howard Benge, 72, New Zealand rower.
George Boyes, 75, South African cricketer.
Joe Greenwald, 97, American Olympic equestrian (1920).
Jimmy Lyons, 54, American saxophonist, lung cancer.
Abbot Mills, 87, American economist.
Sarath Muttetuwegama, 68, Sri Lankan politician.
Bernard Naylor, 78, English-Canadian composer.
Tibor Nyilas, 71, Hungarian-born American Olympic fencer (1948).
Harry Owen, 80, Australian rugby league player.
Knut Rød, 85, Norwegian police officer and Nazi collaborator.
Len Stansbridge, 67, English footballer.
Leonard Trent, 71, New Zealand aviator, VC recipient.
Behçet Uz, 92–93, Turkish politician.
Titus Vibe-Müller, 73, Norwegian film director.

=20=

Helen Belyea, 73, Canadian geologist.
Clyde Bernhardt, 80, American trombonist.
Karol Olgierd Borchardt, 81, Polish naval captain and writer.
Danielle Chenard, 28, Canadian Olympic handball player (1976).
Evo Anton DeConcini, 85, American jurist.
Gordon Hickman Garland, 88, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1937–1943).{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1986-05-24 |title=Famed for Clashes With Governor : Ex-Speaker Gordon Garland Dies at 88 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-24-fi-7685-story.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
Frank McMahon, 83, Canadian oil executive.
Fritz Moegle, 69, Austrian art director.
Melvin R. Novick, 53, American statistician.
James O'Keeffe, 73–74, Irish politician, TD (1961–1965).
Dudley Spurling, 72, Bermudian politician and Olympic swimmer (1936).
Helen B. Taussig, 87, American cardiologist, traffic collision.{{Cite news |last=Altman |first=Lawrence K. |date=1986-05-22 |title=Dr. Helen Taussig, 87, Dies; Led in Blue Baby Operation|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/22/obituaries/dr-helen-taussig-87-dies-led-in-blue-baby-operation.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout, 93, Dutch politician and diplomat.
Robert Wood, 61, American television executive.

=21=

Heather Baden-Powell, 70, English secretary.
Kenny Carter, 25, British motorcycle racer, suicide by gunshot.
Ralph Evinrude, 78, American businessman.
Yetta Dorothea Geffen, 94, American musician and journalist.
Juozas Grušas, 84, Soviet Lithuanian writer.
Viggo Jørgensen, 86, Danish Olympic footballer (1920).
Mary Kawena Pukui, 91, American writer.{{Cite news |date=1986-05-22 |title=Pukui obit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin-pukui-obit/121517109/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |pages=1}}

=22=

Umar al-Tilmisani, 81, Egyptian Islamist (Muslim Brotherhood).
James "Lugs" Branigan, 76, Irish boxer.
George Chapman, 82, Australian cricketer.
Renaat Demoen, 71, Belgian cartoonist.
George Forrest, 81, Scottish-Canadian soccer player.
Martin Gabel, 74, American actor and filmmaker, heart attack.{{Cite news |last=Fowler |first=Glenn |date=1986-05-23 |title=Martin Gabel, Actor, Director and Producer, is Dead at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/23/obituaries/martin-gabel-actor-director-and-producer-is-dead-at-73.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Desmond Gillespie, 74, Northern Irish politician.
James Gentle, 81, American soccer player.
Lol Hamlett, 69, English footballer.
Lon Hatherell, 55, Australian rugby player.
Hisatora Kumagai, 82, Japanese filmmaker.
Gordon Nell, 78, American baseball player.
Georgie Nokes, 49, American actor.
Avery Rockefeller, 82, American investment banker and conservationist, heart attack.{{Cite news |date=1986-05-23 |title=Avery Rockefeller, Investment Banker and Conservationist|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/23/obituaries/avery-rockefeller-investment-banker-and-conservationist.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Yechezkel Taub, 90, Polish-Israeli rabbi.
Lady Gwen Thompson, 57, American writer.
Harvey Uhlenhopp, 70, American jurist.
Archie Van Winkle, 61, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
Charles F. Voegelin, 80, American linguist.

=23=

Gerald Covey, 58, Canadian Olympic canoer (1948).
Henri de La Bastide, 69, French writer.
William J. Garsoe, 68, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1973–1980).
Emma Genevieve Gillette, 88, American conservationist.
Edward Hart, 74–75, Scottish physician.
Sterling Hayden, 70, American actor (Dr. Strangelove, The Killing, The Asphalt Jungle), prostate cancer.{{Cite news |last=Krebs |first=Albin |date=1986-05-24 |title=Sterling Hayden Dead at 70; An Actor, Writer and Sailor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/24/obituaries/sterling-hayden-dead-at-70-an-actor-writer-and-sailor.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Lloyd Hulbert, 67, American botanist.
William Johnston, 71, British Anglican prelate.
Henry Arnold Karo, 82, American naval admiral.
Hugh McMullen, 84, American Major League baseball player.
Archie Sam, 71, American Natchez leader.
August Schaffer, 80, Austrian Olympic cyclist (1928).
Altiero Spinelli, 78, Italian politician, MEP (since 1979).{{Cite news |last=Upi |date=1986-05-24 |title=Altiero Spinelli Dies in Rome; Champion of European Unity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/24/obituaries/altiero-spinelli-dies-in-rome-champion-of-european-unity.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Henry Sprinks, 80, English cricketer.
George Thompson, 79, Australian rules footballer.
Movlid Visaitov, 72, Soviet soldier.
Elena Žalinkevičaitė-Petrauskienė, 85, Soviet Lithuanian actress.

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Gunnar Björnstrand, 76, Swedish actor.
Yakima Canutt, 90, American actor and stuntman, cardiac arrest.{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1986-05-27 |title=Yakima Canutt Dies; Stunt Man in Movies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/27/obituaries/yakima-canutt-dies-stunt-man-in-movies.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Mick Cossey, 51, New Zealand rugby player.
Margit Dajka, 78, Hungarian actress.
Tommy Dea, 77, Australian rules footballer.
Rich Ferguson, 54, Canadian runner.
Erich Gerberding, 64, German actor.
Eduardo González-Gallarza, 88, Spanish general and politician.
George Gordon, 79, American animator.
Chris Graham, 86, Canadian Olympic boxer (1920).
Robert Holmes, 60, British scriptwriter.
Sam B. Holt, 83, American sports coach.
Fazlul Karim, 80, Bangladeshi politician and lawyer.
Władysław Masłowski, 52, Polish journalist.
Gord Pettinger, 74, British-born Canadian ice hockey player.
Henry Power, 81, Australian rules footballer.
Arthur Rubloff, 83, American real estate developer.{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1986-05-25 |title=Arthur Rubloff Is Dead at 83; Developed Chicago Projects |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/25/obituaries/arthur-rubloff-is-dead-at-83-developed-chicago-projects.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
John Santall, 78, English cricketer.
Stephen D. Thorne, 33, American aviator, plane crash.
Eva Waldemarsson, 82, Swedish writer.
Buzz Warren, 69, American NFL player.

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Nisson Alpert, 58, Polish-born American rabbi.
Guy Amsler, 90, American attorney.
Carlo Betocchi, 87, Italian poet.
Chester B. Bowles, 85, American politician and diplomat, governor of Connecticut (1949–1951), member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1961), Parkinson's disease.{{Cite news |last=Krebs |first=Albin |date=1986-05-26 |title=Chester Bowles is Dead at 85; Served in 4 Administrations |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/26/obituaries/chester-bowles-is-dead-at-85-served-in-4-administrations.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Louella E. Cable, 85, American ichthyologist.
Árpád Lajtos, 75, Hungarian soldier.
Rolf Lauer, 54, German Olympic gymnast (1952).
Owen Hood Phillips, 78, British jurist.
Shrikant Verma, 54, Indian politician and poet.
John Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke, 90, British hereditary peer.

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Vitaly Abalakov, 80, Soviet inventor and mountaineer.
Peggy Ann Clifford, 65, English actress.
Gian-Carlo Coppola, 22, American film producer and actor, boating accident.
Glynn R. Donaho, 81, American naval admiral, pneumonia.{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1986-06-03 |title=Glynn Robert Donaho |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/03/obituaries/glynn-robert-donaho.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Godfrey Higgs, 78, Bahamian Olympic sailor (1952).
James J. Y. Liu, 59–60, Chinese-American literary scholar.

=27=

Bernard Ades, 82, American attorney and civil rights activist.{{Cite news |date=1986-05-30 |title=Obituary for Bernard Ades (Aged 82) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-obituary-for-bernard-a/53340407/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The Baltimore Sun |pages=64}}
Chris Anderson, 60, Scottish footballer and football administrator.
Ismail al-Faruqi, 65, Palestinian-American philosopher, stabbed.
Lois Lamya al-Faruqi, 59, American art scholar, stabbed.
Chris Anderson, 60, Scottish footballer, motor neurone disease.
Tsendiin Damdinsüren, 77, Mongolian writer and linguist.
Henry Dreyer, 75, American Olympic hammer thrower (1936, 1948).
Harry Easton Godwin, 78, American musical scholar.
Jaakko Kunnas, 82, Finnish Olympic gymnast (1928).
Ajoy Mukherjee, 85, Indian politician.
Jaideva Singh, 92, Indian musicologist.
Johnny Sisk, 79, American NFL football player.
Limmie Snell, 37, American singer, renal failure.
Giorgos Tzifos, 67–68, Greek actor.
Charles Bierer Wrightsman, 90, American oil executive.

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Marguerite Courtot, 88, American actress.
Taylor Douthit, 85, American Major League baseball player.
Bill Findlay, 72, Australian rules footballer.
Paul Florence, 86, American Major League baseball player.
Gunnar Hägg, 82, Swedish chemist.
Lea Ivanova, 62, Bulgarian jazz singer.
Don MacLaughlin, 79, American actor.
Borislav Milić, 60, Yugoslav chess player.
Archibald Hugh Mitchell, 82, Canadian politician, MP (1935–1940).
Lurene Tuttle, 78, American actress, cancer.{{Cite news |last=Upi |date=1986-05-31 |title=Lurene Tuttle, 79, an Actress In Films and on Radio and TV |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/31/obituaries/lurene-tuttle-79-an-actress-in-films-and-on-radio-and-tv.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

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Alena Aladava, 79, Soviet Belarusian art historian and curator.
Nicole Algan, 61, French sculptor.
Onelio Jorge Cardoso, 72, Cuban filmmaker.
José Luis Carreño, 80, Spanish Roman Catholic priest.
Mary Davidson, 83–84, Irish politician.
Inge Landgut, 63, German actress.
Thomas C. Lynch, 82, American lawyer.{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1986-06-01 |title=Thomas C. Lynch Dies at 83; Ex-Attorney General on Coast |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/01/obituaries/thomas-c-lynch-dies-at-83-ex-attorney-general-on-coast.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Adriaan A. van der Willigen, 76, Dutch philatelist.

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Richard Armstrong, 82, English writer.
José de Caralt, 79, Spanish Olympic field hockey player (1928).
Perry Ellis, 46, American fashion designer, AIDS.{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Bernadine |date=1986-05-31 |title=Perry Ellis, Fashion Designer, Dead|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/31/obituaries/perry-ellis-fashion-designer-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Boy Gobert, 60, German actor.
Donald S. Klopfer, 84, American publisher (Random House).{{Cite news |last=McDowell |first=Edwin |date=1986-05-31 |title=Donald S. Klopfer Dies at 84; Co-Founder of Random House |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/31/obituaries/donald-s-klopfer-dies-at-84-co-founder-of-random-house.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Gulshan Mehra, 49, Indian cricketer.
Hank Mobley, 55, American saxophonist, pneumonia.
Teiichiro Morinaga, 75, Japanese banker and businessman.

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Sylvia Coleridge, 76, British actress.
Roger W. Cutler Jr., 70, American Olympic rower (1936).
Jane Frank, 67, American artist.{{Cite news |date=1986-06-03 |title=Obituary for Jane Frank (Aged 67) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-obituary-for-jane-frank/50503595/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The Evening Sun |pages=43}}
Great Nephew, 22–23, British Thoroughbred racehorse.
Florence Elsie Inman, 94, Canadian politician, complications from a heart attack.
T. R. Mahalingam, 59, Indian flautist, cerebral hemorrhage.
Dixie McArthur, 94, American Major League baseball player.
Ron Neville, 56, Australian-born Papua New Guinean politician, traffic collision.
James Rainwater, 68, American physicist, Nobel Prize recipient (1975).{{Cite news |last=Ennis |first=Thomas W. |date=1986-06-03 |title=James Rainwater Dead at 68; Won Nobel for Atom Study |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/03/obituaries/james-rainwater-dead-at-68-won-nobel-for-atom-study.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Albert Reed Jr., 64, American actor.
Dora Russell, 92, British author and feminist.{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1986-06-02 |title=Dora Russell, Social Activist And Wife of the Philosopher |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/02/obituaries/dora-russell-social-activist-and-wife-of-the-philosopher.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Patrick Shea, 78, Northern Irish civil servant.
Joseph Van Dam, 84, Belgian road bicycle racer.
Hugh Webster, 58, Scottish-born Canadian actor.
Michel Wyder, 36, Swiss racing driver, racing collision.

References

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