Deaths in November 1985

The following is a list of notable deaths in November 1985.

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.

November 1985

=1=

Joseph A. Brandt, 86, American academic administrator.
Joe Fitzgerald, 73, Australian politician, MP (1949–1955).
Vladimir Gorokhov, 74, Soviet football player and coach.
Yvonne Hagnauer, 87, French humanitarian.
Ōuchiyama Heikichi, 59, Japanese sumo wrestler, brain cancer.
Joe Hewitt, 84, Australian Air Force commander.
Lev Lyulyev, 77, Soviet artillery designer.
Rick McGraw, 30, American professional wrestler.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-1985-mcgraw/32795210/ Pro wrestler McGraw found dead]
Lucien Michard, 81, French Olympic racing cyclist (1924).
John Phillips, 75, British Anglican prelate.
Arnold Pihlak, 83, Estonian footballer.
Roy L. Riales Sr., 75, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (1939–1948).
John Shaheen, 70, American financier.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/04/nyregion/john-m-shaheen-70-chief-of-oil-company.html John M. Shaheen, 70; Chief of Oil Company]
Jaishanker Manilal Shelat, 77, Indian judge.
Nikolay Shelenkov, 65, Soviet Olympic equestrian (1952, 1956).
Phil Silvers, 74, American actor (The Phil Silvers Show, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Top Banana).[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/02/arts/phil-silvers-tv-s-sergeant-bilko-dead-at-73.html PHIL SILVERS, TV'S SERGEANT BILKO, DEAD AT 73]
O. M. Watts, 84, British master mariner and author.
Wetzel Whitaker, 77, American filmmaker (Johnny Lingo) and animator (Cinderella, Fantasia)

=2=

Margaret Ashley-Towle, 81-83, American archaeologist.
Don Bragg, 52, American basketball player, heart attack.
Gloria Brennan, 37, Australian Aboriginal community leader.
Fred Enke, 88, American football and basketball player and coach.
Alan Hime, 56, English swimmer.
Alexander Knight, 61, Australian politician.
Volodymyr Kubijovyč, 85, Polish-Ukrainian anthropologist and Nazi collaborator.
William Lummis, 99, British military historian.
Konrad Morawski, 71, Polish actor.

=3=

John Eldridge, 87, British general.
Robert W. Grow, 90, American general.
Olav Haug, 69, Norwegian furniture designer.
Richard D. Kisling, 61, American Air Force airman, chief master sergeant (1971–1973), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Robert P. Knowles, 69, American politician, member of the Wisconsin Senate (1955–1977).
Gar Moore, 65, American actor.[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/11/08/gar-moore-65-actor-in-italy-us/ GAR MOORE, 65, ACTOR IN ITALY, U.S.] {{subscription required}}
Robert Nelson, 65, American football player.
Phoumi Nosavan, 65, Laotian general, stroke.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-07-me-3152-story.html Phoumi Nosavan, Former Laotian Military Leader] {{subscription required}}
Tan Tong Hye, 71, Singaporean-born Malaysian politician.
J. M. Wallace-Hadrill, 69, British historian.

=4=

Cus D'Amato, 77, American boxing manager and trainer (Mike Tyson, Floyd Patterson, José Torres), pneumonia.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/05/sports/cus-d-amato-77-boxing-manager-of-floyd-patterson.html Cus D'Amato, 77; Boxing Manager Of Floyd Patterson]
Rudolf Fernau, 87, German actor.
Charley Fusari, 61, Italian-born American boxer, cancer.[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/11/04/Charley-Fusari-a-former-welterweight-contender-who-fought-Sugar/5046499928400/ Charley Fusari, a former welterweight contender who fought Sugar...]
Liam Grainger, 72, Irish footballer.
James Groppi, 54, American Catholic priest and civil rights activist, brain cancer.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-05-mn-4337-story.html James Groppi, Ex-Priest, Civil Rights Activist, Dies] {{subscription required}}
Ferdinand Kramer, 87, German architect.
Adonis A. Kyrou, 62, Greek filmmaker.
George S. Myers, 80, American icthyologist.
Tony Nicholson, 47, English cricketer
Line Noro, 85, French actress.
A. A. Phillips, 85, Australian writer and social commentator, coined "cultural cringe".[https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/archive/1985/588-december-1985-january-1986-no-77/6559-obituary-for-a-a-phillips-a-man-of-letters-by-john-mclaren Obituary for A.A. Phillips – A man of letters]
Gale H. Stalker, 95, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1923–1935), arteriosclerosis.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1985/11/13/af3b272d-0cbe-4464-8b9e-c919bcee3c80/ Gale Hamilton Stalker obituary]
Hilda Vaughan, 93, Welsh novelist.
Richard Williams, 54, American trumpeter, kidney cancer.

=5=

Arnold Chikobava, 87, Soviet Georgian linguist.
Jean Théodore Delacour, 95, French-American ornithologist.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/29/world/dr-jean-delacour-95-leading-ornithologist.html Dr. Jean Delacour, 95; Leading Ornithologist]
Ted Elsby, 53, Canadian football player.
Spencer W. Kimball, 90, American Mormon religious leader, president of the LDS Church (since 1973), peptic ulcer disease.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/06/us/spencer-kimball-dies-at-90-was-mormon-church-leader.html SPENCER KIMBALL DIES AT 90; WAS MORMON CHURCH LEADER]
Anita Leslie, 70, British author.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-09-fi-3655-story.html Books on Churchill Family : British Biographer Anita Leslie Dies] {{subscription required}}
Alexander Lloyd, 2nd Baron Lloyd, 73, British politician.
Elise Muller, 66, South African writer.
Horace Strutt, 81, Australian politician.
William Tweddell, 88, English golfer.
Ernest Weiss, 59, Canadian Olympic sailor (1968).

=6=

Harold Bradley, 73, American college basketball coach.
Breandán Breathnach, 73, Irish music collector.
Joel Crothers, 44, American actor, lymphoma.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-times-advocate-obituary-for-joel-c/117848059/ Soap star Crothers dies of cancer at 44]
Jean Kane Foulke du Pont, 94, American social activist and philanthropist.
Pike Johnson, 89, American football player.
Hans Keller, 66, Austrian-born British musicologist.
Sanjeev Kumar, 47, Indian actor, heart attack.
Wallace Newman, 84, American football and baseball player and coach.
Sara Woods, 63, British author.

=7=

Joe O'Meara, 78, Australian footballer.
Parr Tate, 84, Irish parasitologist.
Alexander Thom, 91, Scottish engineer and archaeoastronomer.
Friedrich Traugott Wahlen, 86, Swiss agronomist and politician.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-09-fi-3656-story.html Friedrich T. Wahlen, Former Swiss Leader] {{subscription required}}
Notable Colombian casualties during the Palace of Justice siege:
Andrés Almarales, 49-50, guerrilla fighter, suicide.
Fanny González Franco, 50-51, lawyer, shot.
Alfonso Jacquin, 32, lawyer and guerrilla fighter, shot.
Alfonso Patiño Rosselli, 62-63, judge, shot.
Alfonso Reyes Echandía, 53, jurist, shot.

=8=

Lili Bleeker, 88, Dutch physicist and optical instrument designer.
Günter Busarello, 25, Austrian Olympic wrestler (1980, 1984).
Nicolas Frantz, 86, Luxembourgish racing cyclist.
Odd Fredriksen, 64, Norwegian footballer.
Sir Arthur Gaitskell, 85, British colonial administrator.
Tullio Grassi, 75, Swiss football player and manager.
Masten Gregory, 53, American racing driver, heart attack.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-press-obituary-for-masten-grego/45859807/ Retired Driver Dies]
Jacques Hnizdovsky, 70, Ukrainian-born American graphic designer, sculptor.
Frank Irwin, 88, Australian footballer.
Laura Krey, 94, American novelist.
Renato Mocellini, 56, Italian Olympic bobsledder (1956).
David E. Williams, 52, American painter, complications from diabetes.

=9=

Ludger Alscher, 69, German archaeologist.
John Conroy, 56, British Olympic field hockey player (1952, 1956).
Knut Enell, 98, Swedish Olympic fencer (1912, 1920).
Yakov Fokanov, 85, Soviet general.
Miriam Ibling, 90, American muralist.
Herbert Kuhlmann, 70, German-Argentine SS commander and fugitive.
Henk van der Linden, 66, Dutch footballer.
Lewis Luxton, 75, Australian Olympic rower (1932).
Mary MacLaren, 85, American actress.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-11-me-3885-story.html Silent Screen Actress Mary MacLaren Dies] {{subscription required}}
Marie-Georges Pascal, 39, French actress, suicide.
Helen Rose, 81, American costume designer.[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/11/11/Helen-Rose-an-Oscar-winning-costume-designer-who-dressed-some/8975500533200/ Helen Rose, an Oscar-winning costume designer who dressed some...]
Stasys Šačkus, 78, Lithuanian basketball player.
Bob Steele, 84, Australian cricketer.
Jan Strube, 93, Dutch painter.
Peter Sutton, 53, Australian Olympic basketball player (1956).
L. H. C. Tippett, 83, English statistician, traffic collision.[https://academic.oup.com/jrsssa/article/149/1/44/7106154 Obituary: L.H.C. Tippett, 1902–1985]
Henk van der Linden, 66, Dutch footballer.

=10=

Frédéric Braconier, 84, Belgian artist.
Vida Brest, 60, Yugoslav novelist.
Milton Burton, 83, American chemist, heart attack.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-milton-burton-obi/28961262/ Milton Burton, retired N.D. professor, dies]
Givi Javakhishvili, 72, Soviet Georgian politician, prime minister (1953–1975).
Ernst Jõesaar, 80, Estonian sculptor.
Verner Laaksonen, 90, Finnish Olympic runner (1928).
Billy Lane, 81, English footballer.
Curtis D. MacDougall, 82, American journalist.
John Moher, 76, Irish politician, TD (1954–1965).
James Moroka, 94, South African politician.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/09/world/james-moroka-dead-a-south-african-rebel.html JAMES MOROKA DEAD: A SOUTH AFRICAN REBEL]
Suzy Paine, 39, British economist.
Len Peto, 93, English-Canadian-American ice hockey executive.
Olav Sunde, 82, Norwegian Olympic javelin thrower (1928, 1932).
Branislav Vukosavljević, 56, Yugoslav football player and manager.
Sir Peveril William-Powlett, 87, British naval officer.

=11=

Edgar Cherry, 71, American football player.
Leopoldo Fernández, 80, Cuban comedian.[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/11/12/OBITUARIES/1271500619600/ Leopoldo Fernandez obituary]
James Hanley, 88, British novelist.
Archie Jackson, 84, English footballer.
Roy Lee, 68, American baseball player.
Pelle Lindbergh, 26, Swedish ice hockey player, traffic collision.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/15/sports/flyers-remember-lindbergh.html FLYERS REMEMBER LINDBERGH]
Henri Médus, 81, French singer.
Frank Mulroney, 82, American baseball player.
Gerolamo Quaglia, 83, Brazilian-born Italian Olympic wrestler (1924, 1928).
Arthur Rothstein, 70, American photographer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/17/nyregion/friends-of-arthur-rothstein-recall-the-craftsman-and-the-mentor.html FRIENDS OF ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN RECALL THE CRAFTSMAN AND THE MENTOR]
Leni Schmidt, 78, German Olympic runner (1928).
Iivari Yrjölä, 86, Finnish Olympic athlete (1924).

=12=

Howie Auer, 77, American football player.
Wattie Barclay, 91, New Zealand rugby player and administrator.
Anna V. Brown, 70-71, American elder rights activist.
Leonid Butkevich, 67, Soviet sniper.
Catherine Christian, 84, English novelist.
Willi Dehnkamp, 82, German politician.
Bill Fallowfield, 71, British rugby coach.
Vasily Garbuzov, 74, Soviet politician and economist, minister of finance (since 1960).[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/14/world/vasily-garbuzov-dead-at-74-long-soviet-finance-minister.html VASILY GARBUZOV DEAD AT 74; LONG SOVIET FINANCE MINISTER]
Mary Gojack, 49, American politician, member of the Nevada Senate (1974–1978), cancer.[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/11/13/OBITUARIES/3810500706000/ Mary Gojack obituary]
Hildebrand Gregori, 91, Italian Catholic monk.
John Keith McBroom Laird, 78, Canadian politician, senator (1967–1982).
Jarma Lewis, 54, American actress.[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/11/15/Former-film-actress-Jarma-Lewis-Bensinger-who-became-active/3832500878800/ Former film actress Jarma Lewis Bensinger, who became active...]
Marcelo Nubla, 87, Filipino lawyer and banking executive.
Krishnamoorthy Puranik, 74, Indian poet.
Stanislaw Trabalski, 89, German politician.
Augie Walsh, 81, American baseball player.
Dicky Wells, 78, American trombonist, cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/14/arts/dicky-wells-78-dies-trombonist-with-basie.html Dicky Wells, 78, Dies; Trombonist With Basie]

=13=

Carlos Amado, 60-61, Argentine Olympic rower (1948).
Richard Amsel, 37, American illustrator, AIDS.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-richard-amsel/53674874/ Richard Amsel, 37]
Trygve Andersen, 76, Norwegian wrestler.
Emil N. Baar, 94, Austrian-born American jurist.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/13/nyregion/emil-n-baar-94-justice-and-leader-of-reform-judaism.html EMIL N. BAAR, 94, JUSTICE AND LEADER OF REFORM JUDAISM]
Arturo Díaz, 45, Chilean football player and manager.
Peter Larsen, 81, Danish Olympic wrestler (1936).
Max Miller, 73, American jazz musician, heart failure.
William Pereira, 76, American architect, cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/15/arts/william-l-pereira-architect-a-specialist-in-planned-cities.html WILLIAM L. PEREIRA, ARCHITECT; A SPECIALIST IN PLANNED CITIES]
Alexander Pokryshkin, 72, Soviet flying ace.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-16-fi-3043-story.html Downed 59 German Planes : Pokryshkin, Soviet Air Ace, Dies at 72] {{subscription required}}
George Robert Vincent, 87, American sound recording engineer.

=14=

Dmitry Belyayev, 68, Soviet geneticist and zoologist (domesticated silver fox), cancer.
Alick Bryant, 82, Australian soldier.
Grace Gregory, 83-84, American set decorator.
Robert Beverly Hale, 83-84, American artist and curator.
Oscar Harstad, 93, American baseball player.
Ratnakar Hari Kelkar, 84, Indian translator.
Wellington Koo, 97, Chinese politician and diplomat, premier (1927) and acting president (1926–1927).[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/16/world/vk-wellington-koo-dies-a-former-premier-of-chine.html V.K. WELLINGTON KOO DIES; A FORMER PREMIER OF CHINA]
Lee Mulleneaux, 77, American football player.
Luke Nelson, 91, American baseball player.
J. Aird Nesbitt, 78, Canadian businessman.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-obituary-for-j-a-nesbitt/50312229/ J. A. Nesbitt set fashion for Ogilvy's]
John Patrick O'Loughlin, 74, Australian Roman Catholic prelate.
Emir Rodríguez Monegal, 64, Uruguayan-American literary scholar.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/19/arts/e-rodriguez-monegal.html E. RODRIGUEZ MONEGAL]
Armistead I. Selden Jr., 64, American politician and diplomat, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1953–1969), cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/16/us/armistead-i-selden-jr-dies-ex-congressman-of-alabama.html Armistead I. Selden Jr. Dies Ex-Congressman of Alabama]

=15=

Bill Horrocks, 80, English-born Australian cricketer.
John Morison Inches, 82, Scottish brewing executive.
Méret Oppenheim, 72, German-born Swiss artist.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-16-fi-3040-story.html Meret Oppenheim; Surreal Sculptor] {{subscription required}}
Dimitar Panov, 83, Bulgarian actor.
Carlos Spadaro, 83, Argentine footballer.
Riggs Stephenson, 87, American baseball player.[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/11/16/ex-cub-star-stephenson-dies-at-87/ EX-CUB STAR STEPHENSON DIES AT 87] {{subscription required}}
David Strub, 88, Liechtensteiner politician.

=16=

Ivan Ashtine, 61, Trinidad and Tobago cricketer.
Ludwig Bertele, 84, German optics constructor.
Helen Bell Bruton, 87, American artist.
Stuart Chase, 97, American economist.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/17/nyregion/stuart-chase-97-coined-phrase-a-new-dea.html STUART CHASE, 97; COINED PHRASE 'A NEW DEAL']
Swami Chidbhavananda, 87, Indian religious scholar.
Lou Fleischer, 94, American composer.
Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong, 54, Malaysian Roman Catholic prelate, stomach cancer.
Walter Jupé, 69, German actor.
Léon Lampo, 62, Belgian Olympic basketball player (1948).
Gulshan Nanda, 65-66, Indian novelist and screenwriter.
Fred Price, 84, English footballer.
Omayra Sánchez, 13, Colombian child, landslide.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/17/world/trapped-girl-13-dies.html TRAPPED GIRL, 13, DIES]
John Sparkman, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1946–1979) and House of Representatives (1937–1946), heart attack.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/17/us/john-sparkman-85-ex-senator-dies.html JOHN SPARKMAN, 85, EX-SENATOR, DIES]

=17=

J. Amado Araneta, 78, Filipino businessman.
Michael Birkin, 73, British RAF officer.
Avgust Černigoj, 87, Yugoslav painter.
Janet Doe, 90, American librarian.
Thomas Gow Brown, 83, Scottish rugby union player.
Michalis Kaltezas, 15, Greek protestor, shot.
Prince Karl Alfred of Liechtenstein, 75, Liechtensteiner royal.
Roger Laroque, 75, New Caledonian politician.
Lon Nol, 72, Cambodian politician, president (1972–1975), prime minister (1966–1967, 1969–1971).[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/18/world/lon-nol-72-dies-led-cambodia-in-early-1970-s.html LON NOL, 72, DIES; LED CAMBODIA IN EARLY 1970'S]
Thomas Quiwonkpa, 45, Liberian general, shot.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-16-mn-2771-story.html Liberian Troops Kill Leader of Attempted Coup] {{subscription required}}
Jimmy Ritz, 81, American actor, heart disease.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/21/arts/jimmy-ritz-comic-dies-at-81.html Jimmy Ritz, Comic, Dies at 81]
Sukat Subandi, 59, Indonesian military officer.
Gheorghe Ursu, 59, Romanian poet and dissident, beaten.
Wang Jinzhang, 77-78, Chinese politician.

=18=

Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due, 66, Norwegian violinist.
Andy Bieber, 68, Canadian football player.
Paul Bixler, 78, American football player and sports coach.
Nicholas Deak, 80, Hungarian-born American banker, murdered.
Harold Gade, 86, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1948–1952).
Dimitris Gogos, 82, Greek singer.
Mario Góngora, 70, Chilean historian.
Orton Sutherland Hintz, 78, New Zealand journalist.
Masayoshi Ise, 78, Japanese painter.
Osvaldo Lamborghini, 45, Argentine writer, heart attack.
Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth, 82, British politician, MP (1924–1929, 1945–1970).
Stella Marks, 97, Australian artist.
Michael Mooney, 55, American Olympic sailor (1948), cancer.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1985/11/20/michael-mooney-55-former-editor-for-harpers-author-of-8-books-dies/734b26d1-aa3e-44a6-9045-6e77f60b415b/ Michael Mooney, 55, Former Editor For Harper's, Author of 8 Books, Dies]
Yrjö Nikkanen, 70, Finnish Olympic javelin thrower (1936).
Dmitry Ryabyshev, 91, Soviet general.
Inger Thorén, 72, Swedish chemical engineer.
Owen Thuerk, 67, American football player.

=19=

Juan Arvizu, 85, Mexican singer.
Charlie Billington, 58, English footballer.
Robert Breiter, 76, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1928).
Damon W. Cooper, 66, American naval admiral.
Ralph Dorfman, 74, American biochemist, Parkinson's disease.
Mike Erskine, 71, English motorcycle racer.
Stepin Fetchit, 83, American actor and comedian, pneumonia.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-20-mn-7848-story.html Stepin Fetchit, Noted Black Movie Comic of ‘30s, Dies] {{subscription required}}
Lewis Harfield, 80, English cricketer.
Sir Evan Meredith Jenkins, 89, British colonial administrator.
George H. Mahon, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1935–1979).[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1985/11/20/ex-appropriations-chief-george-h-mahon-dies/36dcac26-c813-4f3f-b58d-35e6722679a0/ Ex-Appropriations Chief George H. Mahon Dies] {{subscription required}}
John Mant, 88, Australian solicitor.
Phil Sarboe, 74, American football player and coach.
Richard M. Sims Jr., 75, American judge.
Lall Singh, 75, Indian cricketer.
Carmen Soler, 61, Paraguayan educator.
Bob Synnott, 73, American basketball player.
Douglas Tennant, 78-79, British trade unionist.

=20=

Jenny Armstrong, 82, Scottish shepherd and art model.
Maurice Courteau, 71, Canadian ice hockey player.
Peggy Feury, 61, American actress, traffic collision.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/26/arts/peggy-feury.html PEGGY FEURY]
Victor Henry, 42, English actor, complications from a traffic collision.
Henning Klopper, 90, South African politician.
Harry Pollard, 66, American mathematician.[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1985CeMec..37..349S In Memoriam Professor Harry Pollard 1919–1985]
Carmen Sánchez, 87, Spanish actress and dancer.
George Sharpe, 77, Canadian politician.
Wade Van Valkenburg, 86, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1947–1956).
Jerzy Ziętek, 84, Polish politician.

=21=

Anne S. K. Brown, 79, American historian.
Derek Jewell, 57-58, British journalist.
Ramnath Kenny, 55, Indian cricketer.
Johannes Marott, 68, Danish actor.
Ivo Serdar, 51, Croatian actor.
Philaret Voznesensky, 82, Russian-American Russian Orthodox prelate.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/23/nyregion/primate-of-80000-member-russian-church-dies.html PRIMATE OF 80,000-MEMBER RUSSIAN CHURCH DIES]
Mirosława Zakrzewska-Kotula, 52, Polish volleyball and handball player and coach.

=22=

Gudolf Blakstad, 92, Norwegian architect.
Owen Churchill, 89, American Olympic sailor (1932).
Aaron R. Fisher, 90, American soldier.
Ruby Gainfort, 95, Australian academic administrator.
Tahu Hole, 79, New Zealand journalist.
Alan Lavery, 81, Australian footballer.
A. G. Louton, 83, American-South African missionary.
Richard Milton Martin, 69, American logician.
Epifanio Méndez Fleitas, 68, Paraguayan politician and banker.
Robert Newton, 96, Canadian academic administrator.
Merlo J. Pusey, 83, American biographer, cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/24/us/merlo-j-pusey-dies-justice-s-biographer-won-a-pulitzer-prize.html Merlo J. Pusey Dies; Justice's Biographer Won a Pulitzer Prize]
David Rabkin, 36-37, South African anti-apartheid activist, military training accident.
María Sabina, 91, Mexican poet and curandera.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-12-01-sp-5709-story.html Maria Sabina, 97; ‘Hallucinogenic Mushroom Queen’] {{subscription required}}

=23=

Manfred Björkquist, 101, Swedish Lutheran prelate.
Roger Brand, 42, American cartoonist, liver failure.
Vernon Griffiths, 91, English-born New Zealand conductor, composer.
Walter Jenkins, 67, American political aide.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/26/us/walter-w-jenkins-top-aide-to-johnson-in-the-white-house.html WALTER W. JENKINS, TOP AIDE TO JOHNSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE]
Leonhard Kass, 74, Estonian footballer.
Heinz Lorenz, 72, German propagandist.
Concepción Mendizábal Mendoza, 92, Mexican civil engineer.
Leslie Mitchell, 80, British broadcaster and actor.
Melville Nimmer, 62, American lawyer, cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/27/us/melville-b-nimmer-62-dies-expert-on-law-of-copywright.html MELVILLE B. NIMMER, 62, DIES; EXPERT ON LAW OF COPYWRIGHT]
Lupita Pallás, 59, Mexican actress.
Nina Quartero, 77, American actress.
Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi, 49, Iranian writer, cirrhosis.
Sam West, 81, American baseball player.

=24=

Sinan Alaağaç, 25, Turkish footballer, heart attack.
Hilbert Leigh Bair, 91, American World War I flying ace.
René Barjavel, 74, French author.
Percy Bice, 70, Australian footballer.
C. Buddingh', 67, Dutch poet and translator.
Christina Hole, 88-89, British folklorist.
Laurence Lafore, 67-68, American historian.
Josef Miller, 95, German theologian.
Maurice Podoloff, 95, Russian-born American basketball executive, NBA commissioner (1946–1963).[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/26/sports/maurice-podoloff-dead-at-95-was-first-nba-president.html MAURICE PODOLOFF DEAD AT 95, WAS FIRST N.B.A. PRESIDENT]
George Raynor, 78, English football player and manager.
Big Joe Turner, 74, American singer ("Shake, Rattle and Roll", "Flip, Flop and Fly", "Corrine, Corrina"), kidney failure.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/25/arts/big-joe-turner-singer-dead.html BIG JOE TURNER, SINGER, DEAD]
John Waddington, 66, South African cricketer.
Alice Miles Woodruff, 84, American virologist.

=25=

Xenia Borovansky, 82, Russian-born Australian dancer and choreographer.
Évelyne Cloupet, 85, French Olympic jumper (1928).
Walther Dahl, 69, German flying ace.
Frances Davidson, Viscountess Davidson, 91, British politician, MP (1937–1959).
José L. Duomarco, 80, Uruguayan physiologist.
Rebii Erkal, 74, Turkish footballer.
Geoffrey Grigson, 80, British writer and art critic.
Franz Hildebrandt, 76, German-British theologian.
Ray Jablonski, 58, American baseball player.
Elsa Morante, 73, Italian author.
Dick Price, 55, American Gestalt therapist, hiking accident.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/30/us/richard-price-is-dead-at-55-helped-found-esalen-center.html Richard Price Is Dead at 55; Helped Found Esalen Center]
Don Stephenson, 50, Canadian football player.

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Frank Beaty, 66, American basketball player.
Emma Marie Birkmaier, 77, German-born American educator, leukemia.
Marco Ernesto, 62, Panamanian impressionist painter.
Sergei Gerasimov, 79, Soviet filmmaker, heart attack.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/30/arts/sergei-gerasimov-79-soviet-film-director.html Sergei Gerasimov, 79; Soviet Film Director]
Fred Gordon, 85, Canadian ice hockey player.
Alice Habsburg, 95, Swedish aristocrat.
Bill Jackson, 67, Irish basketball player.
Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar, 86, Indian poet.
Pablo Serrano, 77, Spanish sculptor.
Monk Sherlock, 81, American baseball player.
Vivien Thomas, 75, American surgeon, pancreatic cancer.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-vivien-thomas-obit/92412871/?locale=en-US Vivien Thomas, pioneer in surgical research, dies]

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Azhar Shah Qaiser, 64, Indian Islamic scholar and journalist
Peter Bessell, 64, British politician, MP (1964–1970), emphysema.
Fernand Braudel, 83, French historian.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/29/arts/fernand-braudel-dead-at-83-french-historian-and-author.html FERNAND BRAUDEL DEAD AT 83; FRENCH HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR]
Harry Harvey Sr., 84, American actor.
André Hunebelle, 89, French film director and glassmaker.
Rendra Karno, 65, Indonesian actor.
George Opperman, 50, American graphic designer (Atari logo), lung cancer.

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Georgia Burke, 107, American actress.
Melvin G. deChazeau, 85, American economist.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/01/nyregion/melvin-de-chazeau-85-dies-former-economist-at-cornell.html MELVIN DE CHAZEAU, 85, DIES; FORMER ECONOMIST AT CORNELL]
Hermann Harm, 91, German SS officer.
Charlie Kerr, 79, New Zealand cricketer.
Park Krygger, 87, Australian footballer.
Chaim Pinchas Lubinsky, 70, Polish-American rabbi.
Johnny "Blood" McNally, 82, American football player.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-30-sp-9603-story.html Johnny (Blood) McNally, Former Halfback for Green Bay, Dies at 82 in Palm Springs] {{subscription required}}
Thomas Megarry, 87, Hong Kong civil servant.
Mary Aquinas Monaghan, 66, Irish missionary, cancer.
Red Pearlman, 87, American football player.
Eyre Saitch, 80, American basketball player.
Max Saltsman, 64, Canadian politician, MP (1964–1979), liver cancer.
John P. Shanley, 70, American journalist.
Jirō Shirasu, 83, Japanese politician.
Josef Smistik, 80, Austrian footballer.
A. Lee Smith, 70, American football coach.
Bernard Zakheim, 87, Polish-born American muralist.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-obituary-for/55132451/ Bernard B. Zakheim]

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Eduards Andersons, 71, Latvian basketball player.
Fred Benham, 81, English-born Scottish cricketer.
Angelo Cattaneo, 84, Italian Olympic cyclist (1928).
Eric W. Cochrane, 57, American historian.[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/12/03/u-of-c-history-prof-eric-w-cochrane-57/ U. OF C. HISTORY PROF ERIC W. COCHRANE, 57] {{subscription required}}
Sir Charles Davidson, 88, Australian politician, MP (1946–1963).
Gaston Féry, 85, French Olympic sprinter (1920, 1924).
Jack Garland, 77, Northern Irish boxer.
Gérard Hoarau, 34, Seychellois politician, shot.
Josef Josten, 72, Czech journalist.
Thomas Gaetano LoMedico, 81, American sculptor.
Claes Christian Olrog, 73, Swedish-Argentine ornithologist.
Bill Scott, 65, American voice actor (The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, George of the Jungle), heart attack.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/02/arts/bill-scott-writer-and-voice-for-rocky-and-his-friends.html Bill Scott, Writer and Voice For 'Rocky and His Friends']
Chappie Sheppell, 71, American soccer player.

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Tom Aikens, 85, Australian politician.
Marc Aryan, 59, French-Belgian musician, cardiac arrest.
Vladimir Arzamaskov, 34, Soviet Olympic basketball player (1976).
Sir Chau Sik-nin, 82, Hong Kong politician and businessman.
Jim Cutmore, 86, English cricketer.
Jim Grant, 91, American baseball player.
Rudolf Schoenert, 74, German flying ace.
Phil Tucker, 58, American filmmaker (Robot Monster).
Marie Waife, 93, Russian-born American writer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/03/arts/marie-waife.html MARIE WAIFE]
Joseph Zaritsky, 94, Russian-Israeli artist.

References

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