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Dead at age 87
1,569 Notable deaths
Charles Helou
President of lebanon from 1964 to 1970.
Born September 25th, 1913 in Beirut.
Died January 7th, 2001 at 87 years old in Beirut (myocardial infarction).
Pavel Batov
Soviet military commander.
Born June 1st, 1897 in Filisovo, Yaroslavl Oblast.
Died April 19th, 1985 at 87 years old in Moscow.
Olga Guillot
Cuban singer (1922–2010).
Born October 9th, 1922 in Santiago de Cuba.
Died July 12th, 2010 at 87 years old in Miami Beach.
Edgar Douglas Adrian
English electrophysiologist (1889-1977).
Born November 30th, 1889 in Hampstead.
Died August 4th, 1977 at 87 years old in Cambridge.
Anton Pannekoek
Dutch astronomer and marxist theorist (1873-1960).
Born January 2nd, 1873 in Vaassen.
Died April 28th, 1960 at 87 years old in Wageningen.
Gevork Vartanian
Soviet spy (1924–2012).
Born February 17th, 1924 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died January 10th, 2012 at 87 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Teresa de Lauretis
Italian academic.
Born November 29th, 1938 in Bologna.
Died February 2nd, 2026 at 87 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Gerald Moore
English classical pianist and renowned accompanist.
Born July 30th, 1899 in Watford. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1987 at 87 years old in Buckinghamshire. [ref]
Emil Fackenheim
Israeli philosopher (1916-2003).
Born June 22nd, 1916 in Halle (Saale). [ref]
Died September 18th, 2003 at 87 years old in Jerusalem.
George Coyne
American astronomer (1933–2020).
Born January 19th, 1933 in Baltimore.
Died February 11th, 2020 at 87 years old in Syracuse (cancer). [ref]
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