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Dead at age 87
1,569 Notable deaths
Maggie Laubser
South african painter and printmaker (1886-1973).
Born April 14th, 1886 in Swartland.
Died May 17th, 1973 at 87 years old in Strand.
Simin Behbahani
Iranian poet (1927-2014).
Born July 20th, 1927 in Tehran.
Died August 19th, 2014 at 87 years old in Tehran.
Omeljan Pritsak
Ukrainian historian (1919-2006).
Died May 29th, 2006 at 87 years old in Boston. [ref]
Stanley Mandelstam
American physicist (1928-2016).
Born December 12th, 1928 in Johannesburg.
Died June 23rd, 2016 at 87 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
American astronomer.
Born April 13th, 1937 in New York City.
Died April 6th, 2025 at 87 years old in Manhattan (kidney disease). [ref]
Juana de Ibarbourou
Uruguayan writer.
Born March 8th, 1892 in Melo. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1979 at 87 years old in Montevideo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Yoshio Taniguchi
Japanese architect.
Born October 17th, 1937 in Tokyo Prefecture.
Died December 16th, 2024 at 87 years old (pneumonia). [ref]
Eugène Tisserant
French cardinal.
Born March 4th, 1884 in Nancy. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1972 at 87 years old in Albano Laziale (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Makino Nobuaki
Japanese politician (1861-1949).
Born November 24th, 1861 in Kagoshima.
Died January 25th, 1949 at 87 years old in Toyofuta.
Cláudio Hummes
Catholic cardinal.
Born August 8th, 1934 in Montenegro.
Died July 4th, 2022 at 87 years old in São Paulo (lung cancer). [ref]
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht