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In the year 1987
503 Notable deaths
Henri Decaë
French cinematographer.
Born July 31st, 1915 in Saint-Denis. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1987 at 71 years old in Suresnes. [ref]
Hannelore Schroth
German actress.
Born January 10th, 1922 in Berlin.
Died July 7th, 1987 at 65 years old in Munich.
Viktor Nekrasov
Russian soviet writer, dissident and emigrant (1911-1987).
Died September 3rd, 1987 at 76 years old in Paris (lung cancer). [ref]
Wang Renmei
Chinese actress and singer.
Born December 24th, 1914 in Changsha County.
Died April 12th, 1987 at 72 years old in Beijing (cerebral hemorrhage).
Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas
Greek politician (1893-1987).
Born February 9th, 1893 in Naupactus.
Died August 10th, 1987 at 94 years old in Naupactus.
Wolfgang Fortner
German composer and conductor.
Born October 12th, 1907 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1987 at 79 years old in Heidelberg. [ref]
Heinz Kloss
German linguist.
Born October 30th, 1904 in Halle (Saale). [ref]
Died June 13th, 1987 at 82 years old in Groß-Gerau.
Milorad Arsenijević
Serbian footballer (1906-1987).
Born June 6th, 1906 in Smederevo.
Died March 18th, 1987 at 80 years old in Belgrade.
Gerhard Fieseler
German flying ace (1896-1987).
Born April 15th, 1896 in Glesch.
Died September 1st, 1987 at 91 years old in Kassel.
Behice Boran
Turkish politician and sociologist.
Born May 1st, 1910 in Bursa. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1987 at 77 years old in Brussels metropolitan area (disease). [ref]
Deaths 311 to 320 of 503
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson