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Dead at age 87
1,896 Notable deaths
Helen B. Taussig
Jewish-american cardiologist (1898-1986).
Born May 24th, 1898 in Cambridge.
Died May 20th, 1986 at 87 years old in Kennett Square (car collision).
Nino Benvenuti
Italian boxer.
Born April 26th, 1938 in Izola.
Died May 20th, 2025 at 87 years old in Rome. [ref]
Dietrich von Hildebrand
German catholic philosopher and theologian (1889–1977).
Born October 12th, 1889 in Florence.
Died January 26th, 1977 at 87 years old in New York City, New Rochelle.
Irene Tedrow
Actress (1907-1995).
Born August 3rd, 1907 in Denver.
Died March 10th, 1995 at 87 years old in Hollywood (stroke).
María del Carmen Polo Martínez-Valdés
Spanish noble (1900-1988).
Born June 11th, 1900 in Oviedo.
Died February 6th, 1988 at 87 years old in Madrid (bronchopneumonia).
Fawzi al-Qawuqji
Arab liberation army commander (1890-1977).
Born January 19th, 1890 in Tripoli.
Died June 5th, 1977 at 87 years old in Beirut.
Alan Bradley
Mystery writer.
Born October 10th, 1938 in Toronto. [ref]
Died May 18th, 2026 at 87 years old in Isle of Man. [ref]
Rauf Denktaş
Leader of turkish cypriots and founding president of trnc (1924-2012).
Born January 17th, 1924 in Paphos, British Cyprus.
Died January 13th, 2012 at 87 years old in North Nicosia (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Maryse Condé
French author from guadeloupe.
Born February 11th, 1937 in Pointe-à-Pitre.
Died April 2nd, 2024 at 87 years old in Apt. [ref]
Ante Marković
Last prime minister of yugoslavia (1924-2011).
Born November 25th, 1924 in Konjic.
Died November 28th, 2011 at 87 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Deaths 401 to 410 of 1896
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde