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.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.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).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.GAR MOORE, 65, ACTOR IN ITALY, U.S. Robert Nelson, 65, American football player. Phoumi Nosavan, 65, Laotian general, stroke.Phoumi Nosavan, Former Laotian Military Leader 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.Cus D'Amato, 77; Boxing Manager Of Floyd Patterson Rudolf Fernau, 87, German actor. Charley Fusari, 61, Italian-born American boxer, cancer.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.James Groppi, Ex-Priest, Civil Rights Activist, Dies 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".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.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.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.SPENCER KIMBALL DIES AT 90; WAS MORMON CHURCH LEADER Anita Leslie, 70, British author.Books on Churchill Family : British Biographer Anita Leslie Dies 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.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.Friedrich T. Wahlen, Former Swiss Leader 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.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.Silent Screen Actress Mary MacLaren Dies Marie-Georges Pascal, 39, French actress, suicide. Helen Rose, 81, American costume designer.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.Obituary: L.H.C. Tippett, 1902–1985

10 Frédéric Braconier, 84, Belgian artist. Vida Brest, 60, Yugoslav novelist. Milton Burton, 83, American chemist, heart attack.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.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.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.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.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).VASILY GARBUZOV DEAD AT 74; LONG SOVIET FINANCE MINISTER Mary Gojack, 49, American politician, member of the Nevada Senate (1974–1978), cancer.Mary Gojack obituary Hildebrand Gregori, 91, Italian Catholic monk. John Keith McBroom Laird, 78, Canadian politician, senator (1967–1982). Jarma Lewis, 54, American actress.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.Dicky Wells, 78, Dies; Trombonist With Basie

13 Carlos Amado, 60-61, Argentine Olympic rower (1948). Richard Amsel, 37, American illustrator, AIDS.Richard Amsel, 37 Trygve Andersen, 76, Norwegian wrestler. Emil N. Baar, 94, Austrian-born American jurist.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.WILLIAM L. PEREIRA, ARCHITECT; A SPECIALIST IN PLANNED CITIES Alexander Pokryshkin, 72, Soviet flying ace.Downed 59 German Planes : Pokryshkin, Soviet Air Ace, Dies at 72 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).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.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.E. RODRIGUEZ MONEGAL Armistead I. Selden Jr., 64, American politician and diplomat, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1953–1969), cancer.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.Meret Oppenheim; Surreal Sculptor Dimitar Panov, 83, Bulgarian actor. Carlos Spadaro, 83, Argentine footballer. Riggs Stephenson, 87, American baseball player.EX-CUB STAR STEPHENSON DIES AT 87 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.STUART CHASE, 97; COINED PHRASE 'A NEW DEAL'