In the year 1987
503 Notable deaths
Nobusuke Kishi
56th and 57th prime minister of japan (1896-1987).
Born November 13th, 1896 in Yamaguchi. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1987 at 90 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Alistair MacLean
Scottish novelist.
Born April 21st, 1922 in Shettleston.
Died February 2nd, 1987 at 64 years old in Munich (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Pola Negri
Polish actress.
Born January 3rd, 1897 in Lipno. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1987 at 90 years old in San Antonio (pneumonia, brain cancer). [ref]
Chögyam Trungpa
Tibetan buddhist lama and writer (1939-1987).
Died April 4th, 1987 at 48 years old in Halifax (liver cirrhosis).
Stanisław Szukalski
Polish artist (1893-1987).
Born December 13th, 1893 in Warta. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1987 at 93 years old in Burbank. [ref]
Harold Washington
American politician, former mayor of the city of chicago (1922—1987).
Born April 15th, 1922 in Chicago.
Died November 25th, 1987 at 65 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).
Obafemi Awolowo
Nigerian politician (1909-1987).
Born March 6th, 1909 in Ikenne. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1987 at 78 years old in Ikenne. [ref]
Lawrence Kohlberg
American psychologist.
Born October 25th, 1927 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1987 at 59 years old in Winthrop (drowning). [ref]
Tuvia Bielski
Polish resistance member.
Born May 8th, 1906 in Stankiewicze.
Died June 12th, 1987 at 81 years old in Brooklyn.
Jascha Heifetz
Lithuanian-american violinist.
Born February 2nd, 1901 in Vilnius. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1987 at 86 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 503
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir