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Dead at age 87
1,414 Notable deaths
Lita Grey
American actress (1908-1995).
Born April 15th, 1908 in Hollywood. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1995 at 87 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Albert R. Broccoli
American film producer (1909–1996).
Born April 5th, 1909 in Queens.
Died June 27th, 1996 at 87 years old in Beverly Hills (heart failure).
Mike Ilitch
Macedonian-american entrepreneur and owner of the detroit red wings and the detroit tigers, founder and owner of little caesars pizza.
Born July 20th, 1929 in Bitola.
Died February 10th, 2017 at 87 years old in Detroit (disease). [ref]
M. S. Viswanathan
Indian actor-musician.
Born June 24th, 1928 in Elappully Grama Panchayat.
Died July 14th, 2015 at 87 years old in Chennai (respiratory failure).
William Goldman
American novelist, screenwriter and playwright (1931-2018).
Born August 12th, 1931 in Highland Park.
Died November 16th, 2018 at 87 years old in Manhattan (pneumonia, colorectal cancer). [ref]
Willard Scott
American retired weather presenter and actor.
Born March 7th, 1934 in Alexandria.
Died September 4th, 2021 at 87 years old in Delaplane. [ref]
Ken Mattingly
American astronaut.
Born March 17th, 1936 in Chicago.
Died October 31st, 2023 at 87 years old in Arlington County. [ref]
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Hungarian american psychologist.
Born September 29th, 1934 in Rijeka.
Died October 20th, 2021 at 87 years old in Claremont. [ref]
Rube Goldberg
American cartoonist (1883-1970).
Born July 4th, 1883 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1970 at 87 years old in New York City. [ref]
Hadley Richardson
First wife of author ernest hemingway.
Born November 9th, 1891 in St. Louis.
Died January 23rd, 1979 at 87 years old in Lakeland.
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