In the year 1987
625 Notable deaths
Woody Herman
American jazz musician and bandleader (1913–1987).
Born May 16th, 1913 in Milwaukee.
Died October 29th, 1987 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (pulmonary emphysema).
Morton Feldman
American composer (1926–1987).
Born January 12th, 1926 in New York City.
Died September 3rd, 1987 at 61 years old in Buffalo (pancreatic cancer).
Ross Barnett
Governor of mississippi, 1960–1964 (1898–1987).
Born January 22nd, 1898 in Standing Pine.
Died November 6th, 1987 at 89 years old in Jackson.
Christopher Soames
British politician (1920–1987).
Born October 12th, 1920 in Penn.
Died September 16th, 1987 at 66 years old in Odiham (pancreatitis).
Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987).
Born June 8th, 1903 in Brussels.
Died December 17th, 1987 at 84 years old in Bar Harbor.
Peter Medawar
English-brazilian biologist (1915–1987).
Born February 28th, 1915 in Petrópolis.
Died October 2nd, 1987 at 72 years old in London.
Abba Kovner
Jewish hebrew poet, writer, and partisan leader (1918–1987).
Born March 14th, 1918 in Ašmiany.
Died September 25th, 1987 at 69 years old in Ein HaHoresh (laryngeal cancer).
Ernst August, Prince of Hanover
(1914–1987); head of the house of hanover from 1953-1987.
Born March 18th, 1914 in Brunswick.
Died December 9th, 1987 at 73 years old in Pattensen.
Ernő Goldfinger
Hungarian-british architect and furniture designer (1902–1987).
Born September 11th, 1902 in Budapest.
Died November 15th, 1987 at 85 years old in London.
Arthur Lake
Actor (1905-1987).
Born April 17th, 1905 in Corbin.
Died January 9th, 1987 at 81 years old in Indian Wells (myocardial infarction).
Michael Bennett
American choreographer (1943-1987).
Born April 8th, 1943 in Buffalo. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1987 at 44 years old in Tucson (lymphoma). [ref]
Lino Ventura
Italian-french actor.
Born July 14th, 1919 in Parma.
Died October 22nd, 1987 at 68 years old in Saint-Cloud (myocardial infarction).
Camille Chamoun
President of lebanon from 1952 to 1958.
Born April 3rd, 1900 in Deyr el-Qamar.
Died August 7th, 1987 at 87 years old in Beirut.
J. P. Guilford
American psychologist (1897–1987).
Born March 7th, 1897 in Marquette.
Died November 26th, 1987 at 90 years old in Los Angeles.
Joseph Lawton Collins
United states army general.
Born May 1st, 1896 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1987 at 91 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Miyuki Ishikawa
Prime perpetrator of kotobuki san'in incident (1897–1987).
Born February 5th, 1897 in Miyazaki Prefecture.
Died May 30th, 1987 at 90 years old
Donn F. Eisele
American astronaut (1930–1987).
Born June 23rd, 1930 in Columbus. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1987 at 57 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Joan Shawlee
American actress (1926-1987).
Born March 5th, 1926 in Forest Hills.
Died March 22nd, 1987 at 61 years old in Hollywood (cancer).
Sadamichi Hirasawa
Japanese artist (1892-1987).
Born February 18th, 1892 in Ōtemachi.
Died May 10th, 1987 at 95 years old in Hachiōji Medical Prison (pneumonia).
Jean Anouilh
French playwright (1910–1987).
Born June 23rd, 1910 in Bordeaux. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1987 at 77 years old in Lausanne.
Margaret Laurence
Canadian novelist and short story writer (1926-1987).
Born July 18th, 1926 in Neepawa. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1987 at 60 years old in Selwyn (intoxication). [ref]
Arthur Frank Burns
American economist and diplomat (1904-1987).
Born April 27th, 1904 in Ivano-Frankivsk.
Died June 26th, 1987 at 83 years old in Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Peter Hujar
American photographer (1934–1987).
Born October 11th, 1934 in Trenton. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1987 at 53 years old in Manhattan (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Linda Wong
American pornographic actress (1951-1987).
Born September 13th, 1951 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1987 at 36 years old in Petaluma (drug overdose).
Alfred Bester
American author (1913–1987).
Born December 18th, 1913 in Manhattan.
Died September 30th, 1987 at 73 years old in Doylestown.
Deaths 101 to 125 of 625
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