Dead at age 87

1,592 Notable deaths

Chikage Awashima

Japanese actress (1924-2012).

Born February 24th, 1924 in Tokyo.

Died February 16th, 2012 at 87 years old in Tokyo (cancer).

Joe Hulme

Footballer; football manager (1904-1991).

Born August 26th, 1904 in Stafford.

Died September 27th, 1991 at 87 years old in Winchmore Hill.

Victor Hugo Halperin

American film director (1895-1983).

Born August 24th, 1895 in Chicago. [ref]

Died May 17th, 1983 at 87 years old in Bentonville. [ref]

Stanisław Tym

Polish writer (1937–2024).

Born July 17th, 1937 in Małkinia Górna.

Died December 6th, 2024 at 87 years old in Warsaw. [ref]

John Graham Kerr

British zoologist and politician (1869-1957).

Born September 18th, 1869 in Arkley.

Died April 21st, 1957 at 87 years old in Barley.

Susan Macdowell Eakins

American photographer (1851-1938).

Born September 21st, 1851 in Philadelphia.

Died December 27th, 1938 at 87 years old in Philadelphia.

Alexandre Trauner

Hungarian art director (1906-1993).

Born August 3rd, 1906 in Budapest.

Died December 5th, 1993 at 87 years old in Omonville-la-Petite. [ref]

Dong Zhiming

Chinese paleontologist (1937–2024).

Born January 1st, 1937 in Weihai.

Died October 20th, 2024 at 87 years old in Beijing.

Charles Régnier

German actor (1914-2001).

Born July 22nd, 1914 in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Died September 13th, 2001 at 87 years old in Bad Wiessee (stroke).

Vladimir Karpov

Russian-soviet writer and soldier.

Born July 28th, 1922 in Orenburg.

Died January 18th, 2010 at 87 years old in Moscow.

Deaths 961 to 970 of 1592

It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks