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
1,568 Notable deaths
Jacinto Benavente
Spanish writer (1866-1954).
Born August 12th, 1866 in Madrid. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1954 at 87 years old in Galapagar. [ref]
Franck Pourcel
French easy listening musician.
Born August 14th, 1913 in Marseille. [ref]
Died November 12th, 2000 at 87 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Otto von Below
German general (1857–1944).
Born January 18th, 1857 in Gdańsk.
Died March 15th, 1944 at 87 years old in Friedland.
Homi Sethna
Indian chemical engineer.
Born August 24th, 1923 in Mumbai.
Died September 5th, 2010 at 87 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Elisabeth Hesselblad
Swedish religious foundress (1870–1957).
Born January 1st, 1870 in Fåglavik.
Died April 24th, 1957 at 87 years old in Rome.
George Uhlenbeck
Dutch physicist (1900–1988).
Born December 6th, 1900 in Batavia.
Died October 31st, 1988 at 87 years old in Boulder (stroke).
Herbert Aptheker
American marxist historian and political activist.
Born July 31st, 1915 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died March 17th, 2003 at 87 years old in Mountain View. [ref]
Galina Ustvolskaya
Russian composer (1919-2006).
Born June 17th, 1919 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 2006 at 87 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Letizia Battaglia
Italian photographer (1935-2022).
Born March 5th, 1935 in Palermo. [ref]
Died April 13th, 2022 at 87 years old in Palermo. [ref]
Samuel Hopkins Adams
American investigative journalist (1871-1958).
Born January 26th, 1871 in Dunkirk.
Died November 16th, 1958 at 87 years old in Beaufort. [ref]
Deaths 551 to 560 of 1568
If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word “freedom” out of your vocabulary. Malcolm X