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Dead at age 87
1,568 Notable deaths
Luke Rhinehart
American writer (1932-2020).
Born November 15th, 1932 in Albany.
Died November 6th, 2020 at 87 years old in New York. [ref]
Robert W. Wood
American physicist and inventor.
Born May 2nd, 1868 in Concord.
Died August 11th, 1955 at 87 years old in Amityville.
Nina Bawden
English novelist (1925-2012).
Born January 19th, 1925 in London.
Died August 22nd, 2012 at 87 years old in London.
Joan Harrison
English film producer and screenwriter (1907-1994).
Born June 26th, 1907 in Guildford. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1994 at 87 years old in London. [ref]
Jorge Semprún
Spanish writer (1923-2011).
Born December 10th, 1923 in Madrid.
Died June 7th, 2011 at 87 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Harlan Mathews
American politician (1927–2014).
Born January 17th, 1927 in Walker County.
Died May 9th, 2014 at 87 years old in Nashville (brain cancer).
Theodor Wisch
Ss general (1907-1995).
Born December 13th, 1907 in Wesselburenerkoog.
Died January 11th, 1995 at 87 years old in Norderstedt.
Henry Stephens Salt
English writer and social reformer.
Born September 20th, 1851 in India. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1939 at 87 years old in Brighton. [ref]
Sven Lindqvist
Swedish writer.
Born March 28th, 1932 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died May 14th, 2019 at 87 years old in Stockholm (disease). [ref]
Romola de Pulszky
Hungarian noble; wife and biographer of dancer-choreographer vaslav nijinsky.
Born February 2nd, 1891 in Budapest.
Died June 8th, 1978 at 87 years old in Paris.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel