In the year 1987
503 Notable deaths
Marion Hutton
American actress and singer (1919-1987).
Born March 10th, 1919 in Battle Creek.
Died January 12th, 1987 at 67 years old in Kirkland (cancer).
Kent Taylor
American actor.
Born May 11th, 1907 in Nashua.
Died April 11th, 1987 at 79 years old in Hollywood (disease).
Andrei Mironov
Soviet theatre and film actor, singer (1941-1987).
Born March 7th, 1941 in Moscow.
Died August 16th, 1987 at 46 years old in Riga (stroke).
Walter Abel
American actor.
Born June 6th, 1898 in Saint Paul.
Died March 26th, 1987 at 88 years old in Essex (myocardial infarction).
Rouben Mamoulian
American film and theatre director (1897–1987).
Born October 8th, 1897 in Tbilisi.
Died December 4th, 1987 at 90 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Bobby Locke
South african golfer.
Born November 20th, 1917 in Germiston.
Died March 9th, 1987 at 69 years old in Johannesburg (meningitis).
Joop den Uyl
Dutch politician (1919-1987).
Born August 9th, 1919 in Hilversum. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1987 at 68 years old in Amsterdam (brain cancer). [ref]
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Swedish-dutch singer-songwriter, poet and actor.
Born August 8th, 1937 in IJmuiden.
Died November 12th, 1987 at 50 years old in Stockholm (liver cancer).
Clarence Brown
American film director (1890–1987).
Born May 10th, 1890 in Clinton.
Died August 17th, 1987 at 97 years old in Santa Monica (kidney failure).
Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Brazilian poet.
Born October 31st, 1902 in Itabira.
Died August 17th, 1987 at 84 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon