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In the year 1987
503 Notable deaths
Archduke Anton of Austria
Austrian-tuscan imperial and royal.
Born March 20th, 1901 in Vienna.
Died October 22nd, 1987 at 86 years old in Salzburg.
Waldo Salt
American screenwriter (1914-1987).
Born October 18th, 1914 in Chicago. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1987 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer). [ref]
Luis Federico Leloir
Argentine biochemist.
Born September 6th, 1906 in Paris.
Died December 2nd, 1987 at 81 years old in Buenos Aires, Catamarca Province (myocardial infarction).
Joseph E. Levine
American film producer.
Born September 9th, 1905 in Boston. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1987 at 81 years old in Greenwich. [ref]
Ernst August, Prince of Hanover
(1914–1987); head of the house of hanover from 1953-1987.
Born March 18th, 1914 in Brunswick.
Died December 9th, 1987 at 73 years old in Pattensen.
Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean
President of argentina (1926-1987).
Born November 11th, 1926 in Buenos Aires.
Died September 2nd, 1987 at 60 years old in Chascomús.
Blas Roca Calderio
Cuban politician.
Born July 24th, 1908 in Manzanillo.
Died April 26th, 1987 at 78 years old in Havana.
Henri Cochet
French tennis player (1901-1987).
Born December 14th, 1901 in Villeurbanne. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1987 at 85 years old in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]
Raj Chandra Bose
Indian mathematician.
Born June 19th, 1901 in Hoshangabad.
Died October 31st, 1987 at 86 years old in Fort Collins.
Gilberto Freyre
Brazilian politician and academic (1900-1987).
Born March 15th, 1900 in Recife. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1987 at 87 years old in Recife. [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 503
When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid