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

1,891 Notable deaths

Tomi Ungerer

French illustrator and writer (1931–2019).

Born November 28th, 1931 in Strasbourg. [ref]

Died February 9th, 2019 at 87 years old in Cork. [ref]

Edwin Abbott Abbott

British theologian and author (1838-1926).

Born December 20th, 1838 in Marylebone.

Died October 12th, 1926 at 87 years old in Hampstead.

David H. Hubel

Canadian neurophysiologist.

Born February 27th, 1926 in Windsor.

Died September 22nd, 2013 at 87 years old in Lincoln (kidney failure).

Peter Hardeman Burnett

American judge, governor of california, slave owner (1807–1895).

Born November 15th, 1807 in Nashville.

Died May 17th, 1895 at 87 years old in San Francisco (diabetes).

Danielle Mitterrand

Wife of françois mitterrand (1924-2011).

Born October 29th, 1924 in Verdun.

Died November 22nd, 2011 at 87 years old in Paris, 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Wacław Sierpiński

Polish mathematician.

Born March 14th, 1882 in Warsaw.

Died October 21st, 1969 at 87 years old in Warsaw.

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996).

Born April 17th, 1909 in Ablon-sur-Seine.

Died December 9th, 1996 at 87 years old in Paris.

Laurent Schwartz

French mathematician (1915-2002).

Born March 5th, 1915 in Paris, 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Died July 4th, 2002 at 87 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Barry Boehm

American software engineer (1935–2022).

Born May 16th, 1935 in Santa Monica.

Died August 20th, 2022 at 87 years old [ref]

Nicolás Guillén

Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer (1902–1989).

Born July 10th, 1902 in Camagüey.

Died July 16th, 1989 at 87 years old in Havana.

Deaths 451 to 460 of 1891

Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman