Dead at age 87
1,588 Notable deaths
Theresa Kufuor
Former first lady of ghana (1935 - 2023).
Born October 25th, 1935 in Wenchi.
Died October 1st, 2023 at 87 years old [ref]
N. Richard Nash
American writer.
Born June 7th, 1913 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died December 11th, 2000 at 87 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Russian conductor and composer (1931-2018).
Died June 16th, 2018 at 87 years old in Moscow.
Luke Rhinehart
American writer (1932-2020).
Born November 15th, 1932 in Albany.
Died November 6th, 2020 at 87 years old in New York. [ref]
Robert W. Wood
American physicist and inventor.
Born May 2nd, 1868 in Concord.
Died August 11th, 1955 at 87 years old in Amityville.
Nina Bawden
English novelist (1925-2012).
Born January 19th, 1925 in London.
Died August 22nd, 2012 at 87 years old in London.
Joan Harrison
English film producer and screenwriter (1907-1994).
Born June 26th, 1907 in Guildford. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1994 at 87 years old in London. [ref]
Jorge Semprún
Spanish writer (1923-2011).
Born December 10th, 1923 in Madrid.
Died June 7th, 2011 at 87 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Edith Grossman
American translator (1936–2023).
Born March 22nd, 1936 in Philadelphia.
Died September 4th, 2023 at 87 years old in Manhattan (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Harlan Mathews
American politician (1927–2014).
Born January 17th, 1927 in Walker County.
Died May 9th, 2014 at 87 years old in Nashville (brain cancer).
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris