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Dead at age 87
1,897 Notable deaths
George Segal
American actor (1934–2021).
Born February 13th, 1934 in New York City.
Died March 23rd, 2021 at 87 years old in Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (surgical complications).
Claudia Cardinale
French-italian actress (1938–2025).
Born April 15th, 1938 in La Goulette. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 2025 at 87 years old in Nemours. [ref]
Jack Palance
American actor (1919–2006).
Born February 18th, 1919 in Lattimer.
Died November 10th, 2006 at 87 years old in Montecito (stroke). [ref]
Thomas Hardy
English novelist and poet (1840–1928).
Born June 2nd, 1840 in Dorchester. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1928 at 87 years old in Dorchester. [ref]
David Ben-Gurion
Israeli politician, zionist leader, prime minister of israel (1948–1953, 1955–1963) - (born1886–1973).
Born October 16th, 1886 in Płońsk. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1973 at 87 years old in Jaffa, Ramat Gan (stroke). [ref]
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997).
Born June 11th, 1910 in Saint-André-de-Cubzac.
Died June 25th, 1997 at 87 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris (acute myocardial infarction).
Loretta Young
American actress (1913–2000).
Born January 6th, 1913 in Salt Lake City.
Died August 12th, 2000 at 87 years old in Los Angeles (ovarian cancer).
John J. Pershing
United states army general in world war i.
Born September 13th, 1860 in Laclede.
Died July 15th, 1948 at 87 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure).
Sheldon Adelson
American businessman (1933–2021).
Born August 4th, 1933 in Boston.
Died January 11th, 2021 at 87 years old in Malibu (non-Hodgkin lymphoma). [ref]
Louis Gossett Jr.
American actor (1936–2024).
Born May 27th, 1936 in Brooklyn.
Died March 29th, 2024 at 87 years old in Santa Monica (heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, atrial fibrillation). [ref]
Deaths 31 to 40 of 1897
All men think that all men are mortal but themselves. Edward Young