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Dead at age 87
1,897 Notable deaths
Ray Price
American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1926–2013).
Born January 12th, 1926 in Wood County.
Died December 16th, 2013 at 87 years old in Mount Pleasant (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Jack Hirschman
American writer.
Born December 13th, 1933 in New York City.
Died August 22nd, 2021 at 87 years old in San Francisco.
Anatoly Rybakov
Soviet and russian writer (1911–1998).
Born January 14th, 1911 in Derzhanivka.
Died December 23rd, 1998 at 87 years old in New York City.
Pierre Étaix
French clown, comedian and filmmaker (1928-2016).
Born November 23rd, 1928 in Roanne.
Died October 14th, 2016 at 87 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Edward Martin
Politician (1879-1967).
Born September 18th, 1879 in Greene County.
Died March 19th, 1967 at 87 years old in Washington.
Daniel E. Koshland, Jr.
American biochemist (1920-2007).
Born March 30th, 1920 in Manhattan.
Died July 23rd, 2007 at 87 years old in Walnut Creek. [ref]
Waldo R. Tobler
American geographer (1930–2018).
Born November 16th, 1930 in Portland. [ref]
Died February 20th, 2018 at 87 years old in Santa Barbara. [ref]
Charles K. Bliss
Chemical engineer, inventor of blissymbolics (1897–1985).
Born September 5th, 1897 in Chernivtsi.
Died July 13th, 1985 at 87 years old in Sydney.
Jan Vansina
Belgian historian and anthropologist (1929–2017).
Born September 14th, 1929 in Antwerp.
Died February 8th, 2017 at 87 years old in Madison.
Frank Stenton
British historian (1880–1967).
Born May 17th, 1880 in Upper Norwood.
Died September 15th, 1967 at 87 years old in Reading.
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