In the year 1987
579 Notable deaths
Ray Bolger
American actor (1904–1987).
Born January 10th, 1904 in Dorchester.
Died January 15th, 1987 at 83 years old in Los Angeles (bladder cancer).
Peter Tosh
Jamaican reggae singer and musician (1944–1987).
Born October 19th, 1944 in Grange Hill.
Died September 11th, 1987 at 42 years old in Kingston.
Dalida
Egyptian-french singer and actress (1933-1987).
Born January 17th, 1933 in Shobra.
Died May 3rd, 1987 at 54 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris (drug overdose).
Geraldine Page
American actress (1924-1987).
Born November 22nd, 1924 in Kirksville.
Died June 13th, 1987 at 62 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Charan Singh
Prime minister of india from 1979 to 1980.
Born December 23rd, 1902 in Noorpur.
Died May 29th, 1987 at 84 years old in New Delhi (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Bayard Rustin
American civil rights activist (1912–1987).
Born March 17th, 1912 in West Chester.
Died August 24th, 1987 at 75 years old in Manhattan (appendicitis).
Mary Astor
American actress and author (1906–1987).
Born May 3rd, 1906 in Quincy. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1987 at 81 years old in Woodland Hills (cardiovascular disease).
Carl Rogers
American psychologist.
Born January 8th, 1902 in Oak Park. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1987 at 85 years old in La Jolla. [ref]
Patrick Troughton
English actor (1920–1987).
Born March 25th, 1920 in Mill Hill.
Died March 28th, 1987 at 67 years old in Columbus (myocardial infarction).
Will Sampson
Muscogee creek actor from oklahoma (1933-1987).
Born September 27th, 1933 in Okmulgee. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 1987 at 53 years old in Houston (kidney failure, scleroderma).
Jacqueline du Pré
British cellist (1945–1987).
Born January 26th, 1945 in Oxford.
Died October 19th, 1987 at 42 years old in London (multiple sclerosis).
Robert Preston
American actor (1918-1987).
Born June 8th, 1918 in Massachusetts.
Died March 21st, 1987 at 68 years old in Montecito (lung cancer).
Lee Byung-chul
South korean business man; founder of the samsung group (1910–1987).
Born February 12th, 1910 in Uiryeong County.
Died November 19th, 1987 at 77 years old in Seoul (cancer).
Primo Levi
Italian chemist, partisan, holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987).
Born July 31st, 1919 in Turin. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1987 at 67 years old in Turin. [ref]
William Patrick Hitler
Half-nephew of adolf hitler.
Born March 12th, 1911 in Toxteth.
Died July 14th, 1987 at 76 years old in Long Island.
James Jesus Angleton
Chief of the cia's counterintelligence (ci) staff from 1954 to 1975.
Born December 9th, 1917 in Boise.
Died May 12th, 1987 at 69 years old in Washington, D.C..
Gretl Braun
Sister of eva braun, sister-in-law to adolf hitler (1915-1987).
Born August 31st, 1915 in Munich.
Died October 10th, 1987 at 72 years old in Steingaden.
Mahadevi Varma
Indian hindi writer and poet (1907-1987).
Born March 26th, 1907 in Farrukhabad district.
Died September 11th, 1987 at 80 years old in Prayagraj.
Althea Flynt
Magazine publisher (1953–1987).
Born November 6th, 1953 in Marietta.
Died June 27th, 1987 at 33 years old in Los Angeles (drowning).
Dick Shawn
American actor (1923–1987).
Born December 1st, 1924 in Buffalo.
Died April 17th, 1987 at 62 years old in San Diego (myocardial infarction).
Elizabeth Hartman
American actress (1943–1987).
Born December 23rd, 1943 in Youngstown.
Died June 10th, 1987 at 43 years old in Pittsburgh (falling).
Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.
American politician (1903-1987).
Born August 1st, 1903 in Baltimore.
Died August 23rd, 1987 at 84 years old in Baltimore.
Salim Ali
Indian ornithologist (1896-1987).
Born November 12th, 1896 in Mumbai.
Died July 27th, 1987 at 90 years old in Mumbai (prostate cancer).
Paul Butterfield
American blues harmonica player (1942–1987).
Born December 17th, 1942 in Chicago.
Died May 4th, 1987 at 44 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Louis de Broglie
Nobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter.
Born August 15th, 1892 in Dieppe.
Died March 19th, 1987 at 94 years old in Louveciennes.
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You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman