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Dead at age 87
1,897 Notable deaths
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
Member of the house of battenberg (1857–1944).
Born April 14th, 1857 in Buckingham Palace.
Died October 26th, 1944 at 87 years old in Brantridge Park.
Max Born
German-jewish physicist and mathematician (1882-1970).
Born December 11th, 1882 in Wrocław.
Died January 5th, 1970 at 87 years old in Göttingen.
Giuseppe Verdi
Italian opera composer (1813–1901).
Born October 9th, 1813 in Le Roncole.
Died January 27th, 1901 at 87 years old in Milan (stroke).
Maureen O'Sullivan
Irish-american actress (1911-1998).
Died June 23rd, 1998 at 87 years old in Scottsdale (myocardial infarction).
James Whitmore
American actor (1921–2009).
Born October 1st, 1921 in White Plains.
Died February 6th, 2009 at 87 years old in Malibu (lung cancer). [ref]
Napoleon Hill
American author (1883-1970).
Born October 26th, 1883 in Pound.
Died November 8th, 1970 at 87 years old in Greenville.
Helmut Kohl
Chancellor of west germany and reunified germany (1982–1998).
Born April 3rd, 1930 in Friesenheim. [ref]
Died June 16th, 2017 at 87 years old in Ludwigshafen. [ref]
Consuelo Vanderbilt
American socialite (1877-1964).
Born March 2nd, 1877 in Manhattan.
Died December 6th, 1964 at 87 years old in Southampton.
Chuck Barris
American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017).
Born June 3rd, 1929 in Philadelphia.
Died March 21st, 2017 at 87 years old in Palisades (disease). [ref]
Chaim Topol
Israeli actor (1935–2023).
Born September 9th, 1935 in Tel Aviv.
Died March 8th, 2023 at 87 years old in Tel Aviv (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 1897
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore