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Dead at age 87
1,898 Notable deaths
Abd ar-Rahman al-Iryani
President of north yemen (1910-1998).
Born June 10th, 1910 in Fort al-Aryani.
Died March 14th, 1998 at 87 years old in Damascus.
Dick Garmaker
American basketball player (1932-2020).
Born October 29th, 1932 in Hibbing.
Died June 13th, 2020 at 87 years old in Tulsa. [ref]
Shōjirō Ishibashi
Japanese businessman (1889–1976).
Born February 1st, 1889 in Kurume.
Died September 11th, 1976 at 87 years old in Hibiya (Parkinson's disease).
Lis Hartel
Danish equestrian (1921-2009).
Born March 14th, 1921 in Hellerup. [ref]
Died February 12th, 2009 at 87 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Jan Arnoldus Schouten
Dutch mathematician (1883-1971).
Born August 28th, 1883 in Nieuwer-Amstel.
Died January 20th, 1971 at 87 years old in Epe.
Jean Desailly
French actor (1920–2008).
Born August 24th, 1920 in 13th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 11th, 2008 at 87 years old in Dourdan. [ref]
Jānis Lipke
Latvian rescuer of jews during the holocaust (1900-1987).
Born February 1st, 1900 in Jelgava.
Died May 14th, 1987 at 87 years old in Riga.
Geliy Korzhev
Russian artist (1925-2012).
Born July 7th, 1925 in Moscow.
Died August 27th, 2012 at 87 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Otto Dov Kulka
Historian, writer and university teacher.
Born April 16th, 1933 in Nový Hrozenkov.
Died January 29th, 2021 at 87 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Veniamin Kaverin
Russian-soviet writer and memoirist (1902-1989).
Born April 19th, 1902 in Pskov.
Died May 2nd, 1989 at 87 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 1021 to 1030 of 1898
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