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In the year 1987
554 Notable deaths
Bayard Rustin
American civil rights activist and gay rights activist (1912-1987).
Born March 17th, 1912 in West Chester. [ref]
Died August 24th, 1987 at 75 years old in Manhattan (appendicitis). [ref]
Mary Astor
American actress and author (1906–1987).
Born May 3rd, 1906 in Quincy. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1987 at 81 years old in Woodland Hills (cardiovascular disease).
Carl Rogers
American psychologist.
Born January 8th, 1902 in Oak Park. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1987 at 85 years old in La Jolla. [ref]
Patrick Troughton
English actor (1920–1987).
Born March 25th, 1920 in Mill Hill.
Died March 28th, 1987 at 67 years old in Columbus (myocardial infarction).
Will Sampson
Muscogee creek actor from oklahoma (1933-1987).
Born September 27th, 1933 in Okmulgee. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 1987 at 53 years old in Houston (kidney failure, scleroderma).
Jacqueline du Pré
British cellist (1945–1987).
Born January 26th, 1945 in Oxford.
Died October 19th, 1987 at 42 years old in London (multiple sclerosis).
Robert Preston
American actor (1918-1987).
Born June 8th, 1918 in Massachusetts.
Died March 21st, 1987 at 68 years old in Montecito (lung cancer).
Lee Byung-chul
South korean business man; founder of the samsung group (1910–1987).
Born February 12th, 1910 in Uiryeong County.
Died November 19th, 1987 at 77 years old in Seoul (cancer).
Primo Levi
Italian chemist, partisan, holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987).
Born July 31st, 1919 in Turin. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1987 at 67 years old in Turin. [ref]
William Patrick Stuart-Houston
Nephew of adolf hitler (1911-1987).
Born March 12th, 1911 in Liverpool.
Died July 14th, 1987 at 76 years old in Long Island.
Deaths 31 to 40 of 554
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht