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In the year 1987
554 Notable deaths
Hans Cattini
Swiss ice hockey player (1914-1987).
Born January 24th, 1914 in Grono.
Died April 2nd, 1987 at 73 years old in Lausanne.
Metaksia Simonyan
Soviet actor (1926-1987).
Born February 21st, 1926 in Ashgabat.
Died August 11th, 1987 at 61 years old in Yerevan.
Latif-ur Rehman
Field hockey player.
Born January 1st, 1929 in Indore.
Died February 27th, 1987 at 58 years old in Faisalabad.
Wim Lagendaal
Dutch footballer (1909-1987).
Born April 13th, 1909 in Rotterdam.
Died March 6th, 1987 at 77 years old
István Palotás
Hungarian footballer.
Born March 5th, 1908 in Budapest.
Died October 1st, 1987 at 79 years old in Debrecen.
Stanislav Lusk
Czechoslovak rower (1931–1987).
Born November 12th, 1931 in Třeboň. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1987 at 55 years old in Prague. [ref]
Liane Zimbler
Austrian-american architect and interior architect.
Born May 31st, 1892 in Přerov.
Died November 11th, 1987 at 95 years old in Los Angeles.
William Droegemueller
American pole vaulter (1906-1987).
Born October 7th, 1906 in Chicago.
Died February 23rd, 1987 at 80 years old in Sun City.
Joseph Fitzgerald
American ice hockey player (1904–1987).
Born October 10th, 1904 in Massachusetts.
Died March 20th, 1987 at 82 years old in Needham.
Silvio Pietroboni
Italian footballer.
Born March 9th, 1904 in Milan.
Died February 18th, 1987 at 82 years old in Cologno Monzese.
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