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Dead at age 87
1,897 Notable deaths
Chava Rosenfarb
Holocaust survivor and jewish-canadian author.
Born February 9th, 1923 in Łódź. [ref]
Died January 30th, 2011 at 87 years old in Lethbridge.
Enrico Castellani
Italian painter (1930-2017).
Born August 4th, 1930 in Castelmassa.
Died December 1st, 2017 at 87 years old in Viterbo. [ref]
Martin Bangemann
German politician (1934–2022).
Born November 15th, 1934 in Wanzleben.
Died June 28th, 2022 at 87 years old in Saint-Vincent-la-Châtre (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Mimmo Palmara
Italian actor (1928–2016).
Born July 25th, 1928 in Cagliari.
Died June 10th, 2016 at 87 years old in Rome. [ref]
Tomioka Tessai
Japanese artist (1837-1924).
Born January 25th, 1837 in Sanjō Street.
Died December 31st, 1924 at 87 years old in Muromachi Street (gallstone disease).
Eugène Minkowski
French psychiatrist (1885–1972).
Born April 17th, 1885 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1972 at 87 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Eille Norwood
British actor (1861–1948).
Born October 11th, 1861 in York.
Died December 24th, 1948 at 87 years old in London (disease).
Hermann Jacobi
German indologist (1850-1937).
Born February 11th, 1850 in Cologne.
Died October 19th, 1937 at 87 years old in Bonn.
Heiner Geißler
German politician (1930-2017).
Born March 3rd, 1930 in Oberndorf am Neckar.
Died September 12th, 2017 at 87 years old in Gleisweiler. [ref]
Gino Rossetti
Italian footballer (1904-1992).
Born November 7th, 1904 in La Spezia.
Died May 16th, 1992 at 87 years old in La Spezia.
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