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In the year 1987
554 Notable deaths
Mark Mitin
Soviet philosopher and journalist (1901-1987).
Born July 5th, 1901 in Zhytomyr.
Died January 15th, 1987 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Jan de Looper
Field hockey player (1914-1987).
Born May 2nd, 1914 in Hilversum.
Died June 23rd, 1987 at 73 years old in Hilversum.
Nils Björklöf
Canoe racer.
Born April 12th, 1921 in Ingå. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1987 at 66 years old in Stockholm.
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.
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.
Adolf Schön
German cyclist (1906-1987).
Born April 8th, 1906 in Wiesbaden.
Died August 2nd, 1987 at 81 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
Friedrich Wurmböck
Austrian handball player (1903-1987).
Born August 2nd, 1903 in Austria.
Died November 26th, 1987 at 84 years old
Valentín Paz-Andrade
Spanish writer and politician (1898-1987).
Born April 23rd, 1898 in Pontevedra.
Died May 19th, 1987 at 89 years old in Vigo.
Abdurrahman Ahmed Şerkavi
Egyptian writer and poet (1920–1987).
Born November 10th, 1920.
Died November 24th, 1987 at 67 years old in Cairo.
Deaths 541 to 550 of 554
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