The following is a list of notable deaths in September 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.
September 1986
1 Buddy Boone, 53, Canadian National Hockey League player (Boston Bruins). Tina Cooper, 68, English pediatrician (child abuse), cancer.Christine Elizabeth Cooper. Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Earl B. Dickerson, 95, American lawyer and politician (Hansberry v. Lee).Earl B. Dickerson Dies at 95; Lawyer and Rights Advocate. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Murray Hamilton, 63, American actor (Jaws, The Graduate), lung cancer.Murray Hamilton, a character actor for over 40 years. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Colin McCathie, 76, Australian accountant and politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1950-1960).
2 Frank Bartkus, 70, American Olympic soccer goalkeeper (1936). Arundhati Devi, 66, Indian actress, director, and singer. Thomas Butler Dowda, 87, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1941-1953).Obituary for Thomas Butler Dowda (Aged 87). Newspapers.com (Tallahassee Democrat). Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Mahmoud Kaveh, 25, Iranian military commander (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), killed in action. Nuno Morais, 63, Portuguese Olympic sprinter (1948). Billy Taylor, 80, American jazz bassist, stroke.William A. (Billy) Taylor Sr.. Washington Post. Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Jim Wilson, 64, American Major League baseball player (Boston/Milwaukee Braves), lung cancer.Jim Wilson. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 7 Oct 2024.
3 Vasantrao Ghatge, 70, Indian business magnate. Wirgiliusz Gryń, 58, Polish actor (Pastorale Heroica). Horace King, 85, British politician, Speaker of the House of Commons, stroke.Maybray-King Dies. L.A. Times. Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Glennon T. Moran, 67, American WWII flying ace. Ted Moult, 60, British radio and television personality (Brain of Britain), suicide.Gravestone: Edward Walker 'Ted' Moult 3.9.86. Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Knocky Parker, 68, American jazz pianist. Vittorino Veronese, 76, Italian lawyer, director-general of UNESCO.Vittorino Veronese (Italy) 1958 - 1961. UNESCO (year of death only). Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Frank Corbett Welch, 86, Canadian politician, member of the Senate of Canada (1962-1975). Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr., 80, American district judge (Massachusetts).Charles E. Wyzanski, 80, is Dead; Judge on U.S. Court for 45 Years. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Oct 2024.
4 Christer Boustedt, 47, Swedish musician and actor. Sid Elliott, 71, Australian rugby league footballer. Roberto Gavaldón, 77, Mexican film director (Macario). Otto Glória, 69, Brazilian football manager (Benfica, Nigeria).Otto Glória. Olympedia. Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Hank Greenberg, 75, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), kidney cancer.Hank Greenberg, top hitter and member of Hall of Fame. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Decio Klettenberg, 84, Brazilian Olympic rower (1936). Wayne Nance, 30, American serial killer ("The Missoula Mauler"), shot.Dea Man is suspected serial killer. Newspapers.com (Reno Gazette-Journal). Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Frank Stewart, 76, Australian rules footballer. Sid Tanenbaum, 60, American basketball player (New York Knicks), murdered.Sid Tanenbaum, 60, is slain; N.Y.U. basketball star in 40's. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Walter Wanderley, 54, Brazilian organist and pianist ("Summer Samba"), cancer.Walter Wanderly Dies. United Press International. Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Dov Zakin, 63, Polish-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1969-1977, 1981-1984).
5 Neerja Bhanot, 22, Indian flight purser, saved passengers from hijackers, shot.Neerja Bhanot killing: FBI releases new images in 1986 hijacking case. SBS Australia. Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Alvin Heaps, 66, American labor union leader (Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union).Alvin Heaps, 67, Dies; Retail Union President. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Noel Kempff Mercado, 62, Bolivian biologist and environmentalist, murdered.Police find biggest cocaine lab yet in Bolivia. United Press International. Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. József Kiss, 77, Hungarian Olympic long-distance runner (1948). Niigiyama Tadashi, 46, Japanese sumo wrestler. Erich Schumacher, 77, German theater director. Ganapathi Thanikaimoni, 48, Indian palynologist, shot.Ganapathy Thanikaimoni (1938-1986). JSTOR (Taxon, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 331-334). Retrieved 7 Oct 2024. Trần Quốc Hoàn, 70, North Vietnamese politician (Ministry of Public Security).Trần Quốc Hoàn (Nguyễn Trọng Cảnh, Nam Đàn, 1916–1986). Université du Québec à Montréal (year of death only). Retrieved 7 Oct 2024.
6 Weston Bousfield, 82, American psychologist. Jacek Daniluk, 25, Polish Olympic equestrian (1980). William Littell Everitt, 86, American electrical engineer.William L. Everitt, 86, Dies; Telecommunications Expert. New York Times. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. George Gipe, 53, American author and screenwriter (Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid), allergic reaction to bee sting.George Gipe Is Dead at 53; A Film and Television Writer. New York Times. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. John Stanley Grauel, 68, American priest and Christian Zionist leader.Rev. J. S. Grauel, 68, A Supporter of Israel. New York Times. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. Suresh Joshi, 65, Indian Gujarati writer (Grihapravesh), kidney failure. George P. Monaghan, 85, American lawyer and commissioner of fire and police.George Monaghan, 85, Dead Ex-harness Racing Official. New York Times. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. Ernest Schmidt, 75, American college basketball player. Blanche Sweet, 90, American silent-screen actress (The Lonedale Operator, Judith of Bethulia), stroke.Blanche Sweet, film actress. New York Times. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024.
7 Skipper Bowles, 66, American politician and businessman, Lou Gehrig's disease.Remembering Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles Jr. '41 (1919-1986). The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. Les Bury, 73, English-born Australian politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Treasurer.Death Of Hon. L. H. E. Bury, CMG. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. Nelson Dunford, 79, American mathematician (Dunford–Pettis property).Nelson Dunford. Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. Antonín Gregor, 77, Czechoslovak politician. Spencer Le Marchant, 55, British politician, Member of Parliament.Mr Spencer Le Marchant. UK Parliament. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. Monte McDaniel, 91, American football player and coach. Dan K. Moore, 80, American politician, Governor of North Carolina.Dan Moore, 80, Dies; Governor and Justice. New York Times. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. Omar Ali Saifuddien III, 71, Bruneian royal, Sultan of Brunei.Omar Ali Saifuddin; Former Brunei Sultan. New York Times. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. P. S. Ramakrishna Rao, 67, Indian filmmaker. Vladimir Vlasov, 83, Soviet composer and conductor. Hewitt T. Wheless, 72, American air force general.
8 Ferenc Hatlaczky, 52, Hungarian Olympic sprint canoer (1956). Vladimír Janoušek, 64, Czech sculptor and painter. Ray Nazarro, 83, American film and television director and screenwriter (Bullfighter and the Lady).Ray Nazarro. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. Idar Norstrand, 71, Norwegian civil servant. Alfred Schaefer, 81, Swiss banker, president of the Union Bank of Switzerland.Alfred Schaefer. Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (in German). Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. Tomasz Stefaniszyn, 57, Polish Olympic footballer (1952, 1960).
9 Kessler R. Cannon, 70, American politician and radio broadcaster, member of the Oregon House of Representatives.Kessler Cannon. Newspapers.com (Statesman Journal). Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. Robert Shackleton, 66, English philologist.Robert Shackleton. British Academy (Obituary 1987). Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. Magda Tagliaferro, 93, Brazilian pianist, heart attack.Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian Classical Pianist, Dies in Rio. L.A. Times. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. Franciszek Tim, 62, Polish footballer. Andrew Zondo, 19, South African criminal, executed for murder.South Africa Hangs 3 Black Guerrillas for Murder, Fatal Bombing. L.A. Times. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024.
10 Pepper Adams, 55, American jazz saxophonist and composer, lung cancer.Pepper Adams Dead; Baritone Saxophonist. New York Times. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. Dame Mary Austin, 86, Australian community worker and political activist. Jake Bornheimer, 59, American National Basketball Association player (Philadelphia Warriors). Deane Gundlock, 72, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1958-1972). Kairyūyama Teruhisa, 47, Japanese sumo wrestler. María Dolores Katarain, 32, Spanish Basque separatist leader, murdered.Basque Separatists Kill A Pardoned Former Leader. New York Times. Retrieved 8 Oct 2024. Anna Koutsoyiannis, 53–54, Greek-born British microeconomist.Notes. The American Economic Review. Retrieved 23 Oct 2024. Sobhi Mahmassani, 77, Lebanese lawyer and politician, Member of Parliament, lung cancer. Eddie Rodden, 85, Canadian NHL player. Ronnie Shade, 47, Scottish golfer. Harry Shafransky, 56, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1969-1977). Koji Shima, 85, Japanese actor, film director and screenwriter (Unforgettable Trail).
11 Arthur Carr, 76, British Olympic equestrian bronze medalist (1948). Harry Haslam, 65, English footballer and manager (Sheffield United).Harry Haslam. Tonbridge Angels F.C.. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024. Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, 83, Greek politician, Prime Minister, heart attack.Panayotis Kannellopoulos, a politician for more than half a.... United Press International. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024. Galo Miño, 33, Ecuadorian Olympic sports shooter (1984). Otho Nitcholas, 77, American Major League Baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers). Felix Perrault, 70, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1965-1979). Henry DeWolf Smyth, 88, American physicist and diplomat, participant in the Manhattan Project, cardiac arrest.Dr. Henry Smyth, ex-member of Atom Panel. New York Times. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024. Noel Streatfeild, 90, English children's author (The Circus Is Coming).Noel Streatfeild's Writing Shoes. Washington Post. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024. Billy Walsh, 75, Australian rules footballer.
12 Marcel Boigegrain, 57, French Olympic coxswain (1948). James Louis Connolly, 91, American bishop of the Diocese of Fall River. Ernst Haas, 65, Austrian-born American photojournalist, stroke.Ernst Haas, photojournalist and innovator, is dead at 65. New York Times. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024. Jacques Henri Lartigue, 92, French photographer and painter.Lartigue is dead; Photographer, 92. New York Times. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024. Manjula, 31, Indian actress in Kannada language films (Sampathige Savaal, Eradu Kanasu), suicide. Harold Moody, 70, British shot putter and Olympian.Harold Moody. Olympedia. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024. Frank Nelson, 75, American comedic actor (The Jack Benny Program), cancer.Frank Nelson. New York Times. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024. Ernst Paulus, 89, German Olympic athlete (1928). Earl Robinson, 79, Canadian NHL player. Gerhard Rohlfs, 94, German linguist.In Memoriam: Gerhard Rohlfs (1892-1986). JSTOR (Italica Vol. 64, No. 3). Retrieved 9 Oct 2024. Jim Shilling, 72, American Major League Baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies) Bruce Wardlaw, 72, Australian cricketer and footballer. Charlotte Wolff, 88, German-British sexologist, proponent of racist views.Charlotte Wolff – Pioneering Research. British Psychological Society (year of death only). Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
13 Antonio Mota, 47, Mexican footballer (Necaxa, Mexico).Antonio Mota Antonio José Mota Romero (Player). National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.