Deaths in 1986
See also Births in 1986
- Donna Reed died 14 January 1986
- L. Ron Hubbard died 24 January 1986
- Georgia O`Keeffe died 6 March 1986
- Ray Milland died 10 March 1986
- Bernard Malamud died 18 March 1986
- James Cagney died 30 March 1986
- Simone de Beauvoir died 14 April 1986
- Robert Stevenson died 30 April 1986
- Sterling Hayden died 23 May 1986
- Benny Goodman died 13 June 1986
- Alan Lerner died 14 June 1986
- Kate Smith died 17 June 1986
- Vincente Minnelli died 25 July 1986
- Hank Greenberg died 4 September 1986
- Clifford Burton died 27 September 1986
- Keenan Wynn died 14 October 1986
- Gia Carangi died 18 November 1986
- Scatman Crothers died 22 November 1986
- Cary Grant died 29 November 1986
- Desi Arnaz died 2 December 1986
- Andrei Tarkovsky died 28 December 1986
- John D. MacDonald died 28 December 1986
