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In the year 1987
533 Notable deaths
Georgy Petrov
Soviet engineer.
Born May 31st, 1912 in Pinega.
Died May 13th, 1987 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Lucien Choury
French cyclist.
Born March 26th, 1898 in Courbevoie. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1987 at 89 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Kenji Imai
Japanese architect (1895-1987).
Born January 11th, 1895 in Tokyo.
Died May 20th, 1987 at 92 years old in Tokyo.
Nils Björklöf
Canoe racer.
Born April 12th, 1921 in Ingå. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1987 at 66 years old in Stockholm.
Jan de Looper
Field hockey player (1914-1987).
Born May 2nd, 1914 in Hilversum.
Died June 23rd, 1987 at 73 years old in Hilversum.
Ernst Karlberg
Swedish ice hockey player (1901–1987).
Born October 12th, 1901 in Hedvig Eleonora parish.
Died March 20th, 1987 at 85 years old in Spånga-Kista församling.
Abdurrahman Ahmed Şerkavi
Egyptian writer and poet (1920–1987).
Born November 10th, 1920.
Died November 24th, 1987 at 67 years old in Cairo.
Grete Heckscher
Danish fencer (1901–1987).
Born November 8th, 1901 in Copenhagen.
Died October 6th, 1987 at 85 years old in Horne.
William Dodge
Bobsledder.
Born January 7th, 1925 in Philadelphia.
Died July 7th, 1987 at 62 years old in Bryn Mawr.
Deaths 511 to 520 of 533
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