Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.

Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions

Dead at age 87

1,900 Notable deaths

Frank Thiess

German writer (1890–1977).

Born March 13th, 1890 in Ikšķile.

Died December 22nd, 1977 at 87 years old in Darmstadt.

Jacob Georg Agardh

Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist (1813-1901).

Born December 8th, 1813 in Lund Cathedral parish. [ref]

Died January 17th, 1901 at 87 years old in Lund Cathedral parish.

Tutta Rolf

Norwegian-swedish actress (1907–1994).

Born October 7th, 1907 in Christiania.

Died October 26th, 1994 at 87 years old in Los Angeles.

Jean Sauvagnargues

French politician (1915-2002).

Born April 2nd, 1915 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Died August 6th, 2002 at 87 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Jiří Krampol

Czech actor.

Born July 11th, 1938 in Buštěhrad.

Died July 26th, 2025 at 87 years old in Prague. [ref]

Pierre Richard-Willm

French actor (1895-1983).

Born November 3rd, 1895 in Bayonne.

Died April 12th, 1983 at 87 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris.

David Torrence

British actor (1864-1951).

Born January 17th, 1864 in Edinburgh.

Died December 26th, 1951 at 87 years old in Woodland Hills.

Jim Bellamy

English footballer and manager (1881-1969).

Born September 11th, 1881 in London.

Died March 30th, 1969 at 87 years old in Chadwell Heath.

Mustafa Mansour

Egyptian footballer (1914-2002).

Born August 2nd, 1914 in Egypt.

Died July 24th, 2002 at 87 years old in Egypt.

Donald Wills Douglas, Jr.

Sailor (1917–2004).

Born July 3rd, 1917.

Died October 3rd, 2004 at 87 years old

Deaths 1331 to 1340 of 1900

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