Dead at age 87
1,589 Notable deaths
Waldo R. Tobler
American geographer (1930–2018).
Born November 16th, 1930 in Portland. [ref]
Died February 20th, 2018 at 87 years old in Santa Barbara. [ref]
Charles K. Bliss
Chemical engineer, inventor of blissymbolics.
Born September 5th, 1897 in Chernivtsi.
Died July 13th, 1985 at 87 years old in Sydney.
Frank Stenton
British historian.
Born May 17th, 1880 in Upper Norwood. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1967 at 87 years old in Reading. [ref]
Antonios Naguib
Catholic cardinal patriarch (1935–2022).
Born March 18th, 1935 in Samalut.
Died March 28th, 2022 at 87 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Hermann Huppen
Belgian comic artist.
Born July 17th, 1938 in Bévercé.
Died March 22nd, 2026 at 87 years old [ref]
Andrée Putman
French interior and product designer (1925–2013).
Born December 23rd, 1925 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died January 19th, 2013 at 87 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (disease).
Helen Sawyer Hogg
Astronomer (1905-1993).
Born August 1st, 1905 in Lowell.
Died January 28th, 1993 at 87 years old in Richmond Hill.
Giulio Einaudi
Italian book publisher (1912–1999).
Born January 12th, 1912 in Dogliani.
Died April 5th, 1999 at 87 years old in Magliano Sabina.
Angelica Balabanoff
Russian-jewish-italian dissident writer, social activist, politician, editor.
Born August 4th, 1878 in Chernihiv. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1965 at 87 years old in Rome. [ref]
Herbert York
American physicist (1921-2009).
Born November 24th, 1921 in Rochester.
Died May 19th, 2009 at 87 years old in San Diego (leukemia).
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo