Dead at age 87
1,890 Notable deaths
Mário Quintana
Brazilian writer, poet, translator, and journalist (1905-1994).
Born July 30th, 1906 in Alegrete.
Died May 5th, 1994 at 87 years old in Porto Alegre.
Jean Pictet
Red cross international lawyer (1914-2002).
Born September 2nd, 1914 in Geneva.
Died March 30th, 2002 at 87 years old in Meyrin.
Florence Henri
Photographer and painter (1893-1982).
Born June 28th, 1895 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 24th, 1982 at 87 years old in Laboissière-en-Thelle. [ref]
Thomas Mathiesen
Norwegian sociologist (1933–2021).
Born October 5th, 1933 in Oslo.
Died May 29th, 2021 at 87 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Helen Zimmern
British author (1846–1934).
Born March 25th, 1846 in Hamburg.
Died January 11th, 1934 at 87 years old in Florence.
Albert Jacquard
French biologist (1925–2013).
Born December 23rd, 1925 in 1st arrondissement of Lyon.
Died September 11th, 2013 at 87 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (leukemia).
Siegfried Matthus
German composer (1934-2021).
Born April 13th, 1934 in Germany, Zadorozhye.
Died August 27th, 2021 at 87 years old in Stolzenhagen. [ref]
Wlamir Marques
Brazilian basketball player (1937–2025).
Born July 16th, 1937 in São Vicente.
Died March 18th, 2025 at 87 years old in São Paulo. [ref]
Huang Yanpei
Chinese politician (1878–1965).
Born October 1st, 1878 in Jiangsu.
Died December 21st, 1965 at 87 years old
Blair Lee I
American politician (1857-1944).
Born August 9th, 1857 in Silver Spring.
Died December 25th, 1944 at 87 years old in Norwood.
Deaths 1051 to 1060 of 1890
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner