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Deaths in December 1987

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The following is a list of notable deaths in December 1987.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

  • Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

December 1987

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  • James Baldwin, 63, African-American novelist, playwright and poet (Go Tell It on the Mountain), stomach cancer.{{cite news |author1=Lee A. Daniels |title=James Baldwin, Eloquent Writer In Behalf of Civil Rights, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/02/obituaries/james-baldwin-eloquent-writer-in-behalf-of-civil-rights-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=2 December 1987 |page=A 1}}
  • Donn F. Eisele, 57, American Air Force officer and NASA astronaut (Apollo 7), heart attack.{{cite news |author1=John T. McQuiston |title=Donn F. Eisele, 57; One of 3 Crewmen On Apollo 7 Mission |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/03/obituaries/donn-f-eisele-57-one-of-3-crewmen-on-apollo-7-mission.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=3 December 1987 |page=B 22}}
  • Buddy Fogelson, 87, American army colonel, businessman and horse & cattle breeder, husband of Greer Garson.[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/12/01/Buddy-Fogelson-husband-of-Greer-Garson-dies/5257565333200/ Buddy Fogelson, husband of Greer Garson, dies]. United Press International. Retrieved 22 Sep 2024.
  • Punch Imlach, 69, Canadian NHL ice hockey coach and general manager (Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres), heart attack.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-02-sp-17181-story.html Punch Imlach Dies After Heart Attack]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 22 Sep 2024.
  • Wyman Roberts, 72, American basketball player.

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  • Edward Barnsley, 87, English designer and maker of furniture.{{cite news| author=| title= Mr Edward Barnsley| newspaper = The Times| location = London, England| date = 4 December 1987| page = 14}}
  • Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, 57, Honduran army officer, president of Honduras, heart attack.{{cite news |author1= |title=Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, General, 52 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/04/obituaries/juan-alberto-melgar-castro-general-52.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=4 December 1987 |page=B 24}}
  • Robert Filliou, 61, French artist (Fluxus).
  • Ferdinando Glück, 86, Italian Olympic cross-country skier (1928).
  • Trygve Henrik Hoff, 49, Norwegian singer, composer and writer.[https://nbl.snl.no/Trygve_Hoff Trygve Hoff]. Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 Sep 2024.
  • Luis Federico Leloir, 81, French-born Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel laureate in Chemistry, heart attack.{{cite news |author1= |title=Luis Federico Leloir, Chemist, 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/04/obituaries/luis-federico-leloir-chemist-81.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=4 December 1987 |page=B 24}}
  • Hubert Noël, 63, French film actor.
  • Myrta Silva, 60, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and television producer (Sonora Matancera).[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QHcBw8pNI5_IfXdyFc8L13dE46vKAidp/view?usp=sharing Gravestone: Myrta Silva 2.12.87]. Retrieved 22 Sep 2024.
  • Ernst Steinhoff, 79, Nazi German rocket scientist.[https://www.nmspacemuseum.org/inductee/ernst-a-steinhoff/ Ernst A. Steinhoff]. New Mexico Museum of Space History. Retrieved 22 Sep 2024.
  • Princess Red Wing, 91, American tribal elder.[https://riheritagehalloffame.com/princess-red-wing/#:~:text=Princess%20Red%20Wing%20died%20on,Glasko%20of%20Burrillville. Princess Red Wing (Mary E. Glasko)]. Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Retrieved 22 Sep 2024.
  • Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich, 73, Soviet physicist (black hole evaporation).{{cite news |author1= |title=Yakov Zeldovich Dies; A Top Soviet Physicist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/05/obituaries/yakov-zeldovich-dies-a-top-soviet-physicist.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 December 1987 |page=1 33}}

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  • Andrew Foster, 62, American pioneer of deaf education in African countries, plane crash.[https://gallaudet.edu/museum/celebrating-150-years/visionary-leader-may-2014-andrew-foster/ Visionary Leader - May 2014, Andrew Foster]. Gallaudet University. Retrieved 22 Sep 2024.
  • Robert Haskell, 84, American politician, Governor of Maine.
  • George Seawright, appr. 36, Scottish-born Northern Irish politician, paramilitary in Ulster Volunteer Force, assassinated.[http://www.ulsternation.org.uk/george_seawright.htm George Seawright]. Ulster Nation. Retrieved 22 Sep 2024.
  • Yevgeny Tolstikov, 74, Soviet polar explorer, Hero of the Soviet Union.{{cite news |author1= |title=Soviet Explorer Yevgeny Tolstikov, 74, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/07/obituaries/soviet-explorer-yevgeny-tolstikov-74-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=7 December 1987 |page=D 11}}
  • Dorin Liviu Zaharia, 43, Romanian musician and composer.

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  • Carlos Colás, 70, Cuban baseball player.
  • Pericle Fazzini, 74, Italian painter and sculptor (The Resurrection).{{cite news |author1= |title=Pericle Fazzini, 74, a Sculptor for Vatican |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/05/obituaries/pericle-fazzini-74-a-sculptor-for-vatican.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 December 1987 |page=1 33}}
  • Bryan Fowler, 89, British polo player and Olympian (1936).[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/17965 Bryan Fowler]. Olympedia. Retrieved 22 Sep 2024.
  • Betty Jo Hawkins, 57, American wrestler.
  • Miriam Jordan, 83, British film and stage actress.
  • Meinrad von Lauchert, 82, Nazi German Wehrmacht general.[https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/10966/Lauchert-von-Meinrad.htm Lauchert, von, Meinrad]. Traces of War. Retrieved 22 Sep 2024.
  • Arnold Lobel, 54, American author of children's books (Frog and Toad, Mouse Soup), cardiac arrest.{{cite news |author1=Hilary Stout |title=Arnold Lobel, Author-Illustrator |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/06/obituaries/arnold-lobel-author-illustrator.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=6 December 1987 |page=1 61}}
  • Rouben Mamoulian, 90, Georgian-born American film and theatre director (Oklahoma!, Carousel).{{cite news |author1=Peter B. Flint |title=Rouben Mamoulian, Broadway Director, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/06/obituaries/rouben-mamoulian-broadway-director-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=6 December 1987 |page=1 60}}
  • Constantin Noica, 78, Romanian philosopher, essayist and poet.[https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/noica-constantin-1909-1987/v-1 Noica, Constantin (1909–1987)]. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 22 Sep 2024.
  • Giorgio Prodi, 59, Italian medical scientist and oncologist.

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  • Pappy Daily, 85, American country music record producer, co-founded record label Starday Records.[https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/daily-harold-w-pappy Daily, Harold W. [Pappy] (1902–1987)]. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 23 Sep 2024.
  • Leonid Dimov, 61, Romanian postmodernist poet and translator, heart attack.[https://lccn.loc.gov/n97060646 Dimov, Leonid, 1926-1987]. Library of Congress. Retrieved 23 Sep 2024.
  • Bobby Garrett, 55, American NFL footballer (Green Bay Packers), heart attack.[https://stanfordmag.org/contents/the-first-number-one The First Number One]. Stanford Magazine. Retrieved 23 Sep 2024.
  • Alberto Ghirardi, 66, Italian racing cyclist.
  • Fats Heard, 64, American jazz drummer.
  • Daud Kamal, 52, Pakistani poet.[https://www.loc.gov/item/n85231457/daud-kamal/ Daud Kamal]. Library of Congress. Retrieved 23 Sep 2024.
  • Rudolf Mentzel, 87, German chemist and Nazi policy-maker.
  • Molly O'Day, 64, American country music vocalist, cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/08/obituaries/molly-o-day-singer-of-country-music-in-roughhewn-style.html Molly O'Day, Singer of Country Music in Roughhewn Style]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Sep 2024.
  • Conny Plank, 47, German record producer and musician, laryngeal cancer.
  • Sookval Samaroo, 74-75, Trinidadian cricketer.
  • Eugene Siler, 87, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1955-1965).[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-obituary-for-eugene/51688934/ Obituary for Eugene E. Siler (Aged 87)]. Newspapers.com (The Courier-Journal). Retrieved 23 Sep 2024.
  • Ye Beihua, 80, Chinese Olympic footballer (1936).

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  • George Bernhardt, 68, American football player.
  • James Dobson, 67, American film and television actor (Flying Leathernecks), heart attack.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/11/obituaries/james-dobson-actor-67.html James Dobson, Actor, 67]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Sep 2024.
  • Dan Fosse, 69, Norwegian actor.
  • Jim Johnson, 42, American MLB player (San Francisco Giants).
  • Peter Lorenz, 64, German politician, kidnapped by militants, heart attack.{{cite news |author1= |title=Peter Lorenz, Politician, 64 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/07/obituaries/peter-lorenz-politician-64.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=7 December 1987 |page=D 11}}
  • Ilmari Pakarinen, 77, Finnish Olympic gymnast (1932, 1936).
  • David J. Schwartz, 60, American motivational writer and coach (The Magic of Thinking Big).[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-obituary-for-david-j/138434404/ Obituary for David J Schwartz]. Newspapers.com (The Atlanta Journal). Retrieved 23 Sep 2024.
  • Izler Solomon, 77, American orchestra conductor, heart failure.{{cite news |author1=Will Crutchfield |author-link1=Will Crutchfield |title=Izler Solomon, 77, an Orchestra Conductor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/22/obituaries/izler-solomon-77-an-orchestra-conductor.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=22 December 1987 |page=D 22}}
  • Walt Stickel, 65, American NFL player (Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles).
  • Ba Swe, 72, Prime Minister of Burma.
  • Geymond Vital, 90, French film, stage, and television actor.

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  • Gareth Bennett, 58, British Anglican priest, suicide.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/10/world/suicide-exposes-british-church-rift.html Suicide Exposes British Church Rift]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Sep 2024. (body found on this date)
  • Michael Crossley, 75, British World War II Royal Air Force flying ace.[https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/43662/Crossley-Michael-Nicholson-Red-Knight.htm Crossley, Michael Nicholson "Red Knight"]. Traces of War. Retrieved 23 Sep 2024.
  • René Havard, 63, French film actor.
  • Michael Hornby, 88, British vice chairman of retail chain WHSmith.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-obituary-for-michael/111323867/ Obituary for Michael Hornby of WH Smith]. Newspapers.com (The Daily Telegraph). Retrieved 23 Sep 2024.
  • Jane Mouton, 57, American management theorist.
  • Jaime Ongpin, 49, Filipino businessman and politician, Secretary of Finance, suicide.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/08/obituaries/jaime-ongpin-ex-aquino-aide-dies-at-49-apparently-a-suicide.html Jaime Ongpin, Ex-Aquino Aide, Dies at 49, Apparently a Suicide]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Sep 2024.
  • Helen Porter, 88, British botanist from Imperial College London.[https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1991.0020?download=true Helen Kemp Porter]. Royal Society. Retrieved 23 Sep 2024.
  • Ken Richardson, 72, American MLB player.
  • Denis Rogers, 70, New Zealand doctor and local politician (Mayor of Hamilton), heart attack.

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  • Giovanni Arpino, 60, Italian writer and journalist (L'ombra delle colline).
  • Jascha Heifetz, 86, Lithuanian-born American violinist, complications from a fall.{{cite news |author1=Harold Schonberg |author-link1=Harold Schonberg |title=Jascha Heifetz Is Dead at 86; A Virtuoso Since Childhood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/12/obituaries/jascha-heifetz-is-dead-at-86-a-virtuoso-since-childhood.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=12 December 1987 |page=1 1}}
  • Carlota Jaramillo, 83, Ecuadorian pasillo singer, complications from a fall.
  • Stylianos Kyriakides, 77, Greek Cypriot marathon runner and Olympian.[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70773 Stelios Kyriakidis]. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 Sep 2024.
  • Slim Lonsdorf, 82, American basketball player.
  • Whitey Moore, 75, American MLB player (Cincinnati Reds).
  • Liisa Nevalainen, 71, Finnish actress.
  • Denis Sanders, 58, American film director and producer (A Time Out of War), heart attack.{{cite news |author1=C. Gerald Fraser |title=Denis Sanders Dies; Film Director Won 2 Academy Awards |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/15/obituaries/denis-sanders-dies-film-director-won-2-academy-awards.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=15 December 1987 |page=D 31}}
  • Murray Seldeen, 83, American film editor.
  • Slam Stewart, 73, American jazz double bass player, heart failure.{{cite news |author1=Robert Palmer |author-link1=Robert Palmer |title=Slam Stewart, 73, a Jazz Bassist Known for Singing With His Solos |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/11/obituaries/slam-stewart-73-a-jazz-bassist-known-for-singing-with-his-solos.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=11 December 1987 |page=D 18}}
  • Ollie West, 73, American baseball player.
  • John Wickström, 60, Swedish Olympic speed skater (1952).

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  • Bodil Begtrup, 84, Danish women's rights activist, chairman of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/begtrup-bodil-1903-1987 Begtrup, Bodil (1903–1987)]. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.
  • Clifton Chenier, 62, American musician, pioneer of zydeco, kidney disease.{{cite news |author1=Robert Palmer |author-link1=Robert Palmer |title=Clifton Chenier, 'King of Zydeco,' Popularized Spirited Cajun Sound |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/14/obituaries/clifton-chenier-king-of-zydeco-popularized-spirited-cajun-sound.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=14 December 1987 |page=D 13}}
  • Allan Geddes, 84, Australian rules footballer.
  • Enrique Jorrín, 60, Cuban charanga violinist, composer and music director.
  • Nolan Leary, 98, American actor and playwright.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-13-mn-28643-story.html Veteran Movie Actor Nolan Leary, 98, Dies]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.
  • Pinky Tomlin, 80, American songwriter, bandleader and actor, heart attack.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-15-mn-28900-story.html Obituaries : Pinky Tomlin, 80; Hit Songwriter]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.

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  • Copi, (Raúl Damonte Botana), 48, Argentinian writer, cartoonist and playwright, AIDS.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/43278932 How to Read Copi: A Historiography of the Margins]. JSTOR (University of Pennsylvania Press). Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.
  • Merlyn Hans Dethlefsen, 53, American officer of the U.S. Air Force, Medal of Honor recipient.[https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/merlyn-h-dethlefsen Merlyn Hans Dethlefsen]. Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.
  • Tim Dinsdale, 63, British cryptozoologist, attempted to prove existence of Loch Ness Monster, heart attack.
  • Siegfried Haß, 89, Nazi German Wehrmacht general, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient.[https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/5716/Hass-Siegfried.htm Hass, Siegfried]. Traces of War. Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.
  • Milt Josefsberg, 76, American screenwriter, stroke.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-16-mn-19359-story.html Obituaries : Wrote for Benny, Hope, Lucille Ball : Milt Josefsberg; ‘Maven of Comedy’]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.
  • Georg Knöpfle, 83, German international footballer, coach and Olympian (FSV Frankfurt, Germany).[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25448 Georg Knöpfle]. Olympedia. Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.
  • Valentina Kulagina, 85, Russian painter and designer of books, posters and exhibitions.
  • Mogens Lassen, 86, Danish architect and designer.
  • Nikos Stavridis, 77, Greek film and theatre actor.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SFOXwGlwJUDcp5VB5b16-B4g-rrc7MY1/view?usp=sharing Gravestone: Nikos Stavridis 12.12.87]. Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.
  • J. P. Strom, 69, American law enforcement officer, chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, heart attack.{{cite news |author1= |title=J. P. Strom, Law-Enforcement Chief, 69 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/17/obituaries/j-p-strom-law-enforcement-chief-69.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 December 1987 |page=B 26}}
  • John Winterton, 89, British Army officer, Military Governor and Commander of the Free Territory of Trieste.

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  • Seitnebi Abduramanov, 73, Soviet soldier in the Red Army, recipient of the Order of Glory.
  • François Borde, 88, French Olympic rugby union player (1920).
  • Septima Poinsette Clark, 89, American educator and civil rights activist.[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Septima-Poinsette-Clark Septima Poinsette Clark]. Britannica. Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.
  • George Fulford, 85, Canadian businessman and politician, House of Commons member.{{cite news | title=Obituary: George Fulford Leading Brockville citizen left Liberals to join Tories | newspaper=The Globe and Mail|location=Toronto | date=17 December 1987 | page=D11 | agency=The Canadian Press}}
  • Ángel Infante, 73, Mexican actor and singer.[https://elpais.com/diario/1987/12/17/agenda/566694004_850215.html Ángel Infante, actor y cantante]. El Pais (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.
  • Ivo Lapenna, 78, Italian law professor, president of the Universal Esperanto Association.[https://blogs.bl.uk/european/2014/11/page/2/ Hero of Montevideo: Ivo Lapenna in memoriam]. British Library. Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.
  • Ray Malavasi, 57, American NFL football coach (Los Angeles Rams, Denver Broncos), heart attack.{{cite news |author1= |title=Ray Malavasi Is Dead; Former Coach of Rams |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/16/obituaries/ray-malavasi-is-dead-former-coach-of-rams.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=16 December 1987 |page=B 28}}
  • Ragnvald Martinsen, 81, Norwegian Olympic cyclist (1928).
  • Pierre Massé, 89, French economist, engineer, applied mathematician and high official in the French government.
  • Tiny Moore, 67, American Western swing musician.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SHIHVPGtwFtc2ZfbXZVs5SHgYYkq_jh0/view?usp=sharing Gravestone: Billie M. 'Tiny' Moore 15.12.87] (year of death only). Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.
  • P. Ramamurthi, 79, Indian politician, Communist Party of India member.
  • Elisabeth Zaisser, 89, German politician, East German Minister of Education.
  • Alfred Zerbel, 83, Nazi German Wehrmacht officer, West German Bundeswehr general.[https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/8639/Zerbel-Alfred.htm Zerbel, Alfred]. Traces of War. Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.

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  • Leonard Beecher, 81, English-born Anglican Archbishop of East Africa.
  • Alfons Bērziņš, 71, Latvian Olympic long track speed skater (1936).
  • Gilio Bisagno, 84, Italian Olympic swimmer (1920).
  • Ásgeir Bjarnþórsson, 88, Icelandic painter.
  • Hob Broun, 37, American author, asphyxiation.{{cite news |author1= |title=Hob Broun, a Novelist, Dies as Respirator Fails |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/24/obituaries/hob-broun-a-novelist-dies-as-respirator-fails.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=24 December 1987 |page=B 8}}
  • Minnie Evans, 95, American artist.{{cite news |author1=Douglas C. McGill |title=Minnie Evans, 95, Folk Painter Noted For Visionary Work |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/19/obituaries/minnie-evans-95-folk-painter-noted-for-visionary-work.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=19 December 1987 |page=1 34}}
  • Leslie McLean, 69, English cricketer.
  • Albert P. Morano, 79, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1951-1959), cerebral hemorrhage.{{cite news |author1= |title=Ex-Rep. Albert Morano, 79, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/18/obituaries/ex-rep-albert-morano-79-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=18 December 1987 |page=D 18}}
  • Monroe M. Redden, 86, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1947-1953).
  • John Russell, 66, British politician, member of the House of Lords.

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  • Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, 87, Dutch cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht.[https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/balfrink.html Bernardus Johannes Cardinal Alfrink]. Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.
  • Irving Allen, 82, Austro-Hungarian–born American theatre and film producer and director (Climbing the Matterhorn).[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SUkfRDDRGheSnttMa14F2CWIlGUxad4i/view?usp=sharing Gravestone: Irving Applebaum Allen 17.12.87]. Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.
  • Georges Burou, 77, French gynecologist (sex reassignment surgery), drowned.
  • Ken Phelan, 62, Australian rules footballer.
  • Arkady Raikin, 76, Soviet comedian, actor and director.{{cite news |author1=Bill Keller, Special To the New York Times |title=Arkady I. Raikin, 76, a Comedian Who Lampooned Soviet Life, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/22/obituaries/arkady-i-raikin-76-a-comedian-who-lampooned-soviet-life-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=22 December 1987 |page=D 22}}
  • Lucy Walker, (Dorothy Lucie Sanders), 80, Australian romance novelist.[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sanders-dorothy-lucy-15758 Dorothy Lucy Sanders (1907–1987)]. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 Sep 2024.
  • Linda Wong, 36, American pornographic actress, drug overdose.
  • Marguerite Yourcenar, 84, Belgian-born French-American novelist and essayist (Memoirs of Hadrian).{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=Eric Pace |title=Marguerite Yourcenar, Writer and Scholar, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/19/obituaries/marguerite-yourcenar-writer-and-scholar-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=19 December 1987 |page=1 34}}

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  • Dimitrije Bašičević, 66, Yugoslavian artist, curator and art critic.[https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/mangelos-7741#:~:text=Mangelos%20(born%20Dimitrije%20Ba%C5%A1i%C4%8Devi%C4%87%3B%2021,of%20abstract%20art%20in%20Croatia. Mangelos (Dimitrije Bašicevic)]. Tate. Retrieved 26 Sep 2024.
  • Florent Dubois, 81, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1958-1962).
  • Leslie Harley, 75, Australian Olympic boxer (1936).
  • Chaudhary Rahim Khan, 64, Indian politician, Member of Parliament.[https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/493/1/lsd_08_10_22-02-1988.pdf Lok Sabha Debates]. Parliament Digital Library (p. 24). Retrieved 26 Sep 2024.
  • Warne Marsh, 60, American tenor saxophonist, heart attack.{{cite news |author1= |title=Warne Marsh, Jazz Saxophonist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/20/obituaries/warne-marsh-jazz-saxophonist.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=20 December 1987 |page=1 46}}

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  • Murat Aitkhozhin, 48, Soviet molecular biologist.
  • Ralph Waldo Christie, 94, American admiral in the U.S. Navy.[https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/95288/Christie-Ralph-Waldo.htm Christie, Ralph Waldo]. Traces of War. Retrieved 26 Sep 2024.
  • Hermann Claasen, 87, German photographer.
  • Cornelius Cook, 78, American baseball player.
  • Valsø Holm, 80, Danish film actor.
  • Leo Jung, 95, American architect of Orthodox Judaism.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Rabbi Leo Jung, Spiritual Leader Of New York Jewish Center, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/21/obituaries/rabbi-leo-jung-spiritual-leader-of-new-york-jewish-center-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=21 December 1987 |page=D 14}}
  • John F. O'Leary, 61, American administrator of Federal Energy Administration and director of U.S. Bureau of Mines, cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/22/obituaries/john-francis-o-leary-chairman-of-a-utility-and-ex-us-official.html John Francis O'Leary, Chairman Of a Utility and Ex-U.S. Official]. New York Times. Retrieved 26 Sep 2024.
  • C. Donald Peterson, 69, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, cancer.[https://mncourts.libguides.com/cdpeterson/obit C. Donald Peterson, Associate Justice 1967-1986]. Minnesota State Law Library (Star Tribune). Retrieved 26 Sep 2024.
  • Esther Shiner, 63, Canadian municipal politician, deputy mayor of New York.
  • André de la Varre, 83, American filmmaker of travel documentaries.

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  • J. Quinn Decker, 80, American football player and coach.
  • Ruben Ecleo Sr., 53, Filipino cult leader, founded the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association.[https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/ecleos-philippine-benevolent-missionaries-association-a00289-20210525-lfrm The Strange Case of the Ecleos and the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association]. Esquire Philippines. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Jake Eisenhart, 65, American Major League baseballer (Cincinnati Reds).[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eisenja01.shtml Jake Eisenhart]. Baseball Reference. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Eric Harrison, 94, British army officer and Olympic athlete (1924).
  • Al Millar, 58, Canadian NHL player (Boston Bruins).
  • Sydney Shepherd, 79, English cricketer.
  • Dan Sikes, 58, American professional golfer, complications from stomach surgery.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-22-sp-30511-story.html Dan Sikes, a consistent money-winner on the ...]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.

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  • Paul Bost, 83, American racing driver.
  • Fred R. Feitshans Jr., 78, American film editor (Wild in the Streets).{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/404128794/|title=Fred R. Feitshans, Jr.|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=December 23, 1987|access-date=November 10, 2021|page=21|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}
  • Carl E. McGowan, 76, American lawyer and U.S. circuit judge, cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/22/obituaries/carl-mcgowan-dies-a-senior-us-judge-on-court-of-appeals.html Carl McGowan Dies; A Senior U.S. Judge On Court of Appeals]. New York Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Ralph Nelson, 71, American film and television director, writer and actor (Lilies of the Field, Father Goose, Charly), cancer.{{cite news |author1=Ronald Sullivan |title=Ralph Nelson, Early TV Director; Made 'Requiem for Heavyweight' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/25/obituaries/ralph-nelson-early-tv-director-made-requiem-for-heavyweight.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=25 December 1987 |page=B 8}}
  • Robert Paige, 76, American actor and TV newscaster and political correspondent (Son of Dracula), aortic aneurysm.{{cite news |author1= |title=Robert Paige Is Dead; Appeared in 65 Films |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/24/obituaries/robert-paige-is-dead-appeared-in-65-films.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=24 December 1987 |page=B 8}}
  • Arsène Piesset, 68, French Olympic long-distance runner (1948).
  • Joe Sherman, 97, American MLB player (Philadelphia Athletics).
  • Jacques Sigurd, 67, French screenwriter.
  • Henry Strater, 91, American painter and illustrator, founded the Ogunquit Museum of American Art.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-24-mn-30849-story.html Obituaries : Henry Strater, 91; Artist at Center of Lost Generation]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.

=22=

  • A. N. Alcaff, 62, Indonesian actor and film director.
  • Henry Cotton, 80, English professional golfer, three-time British Open winner.{{cite news |author1= |title=Henry Cotton, Former Golfer, 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/25/obituaries/henry-cotton-former-golfer-80.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=25 December 1987 |page=B 8}}
  • Nils Eklöf, 83, Swedish Olympic runner (1928).
  • Roderick Firth, 70, American philosopher, professor of philosophy at Harvard, pneumonia.{{cite news |author1= |title=Roderick Firth, Philosophy Professor, 70 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/27/obituaries/roderick-firth-philosophy-professor-70.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=27 December 1987 |page=1 36}}
  • Gustav Fröhlich, 85, German actor and film director (Metropolis), complications after surgery.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SeIfZGtOUsVuxzmFCPOnVBIkhTn3jnH-/view?usp=sharing Memorial Plaque: Gustav Fröhlich 22.12.87]. (year of death only). Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Bobby Hogue, 66, American MLB player.
  • Rudolph Kampman, 73, Canadian NHL player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
  • William Lampe, 85, Australian cricketer.
  • Mimí Langer, 77, Austrian-born Latin American psychoanalyst and human rights activist, cancer.
  • Paule Marrot, 85, French textile designer.
  • John McMichael, 39, Northern Irish loyalist (Ulster Defence Association), car bomb.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-27-mn-31614-story.html Irish Protestant Militants Bury Slain Comrade]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Dudley Meredith, 52, American AFL footballer (Buffalo Bills).[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news/117307034/ Dudley Meredith, 52, Dies of Heart Attack]. Newspapers.com (The Buffalo News). Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Dorothy M. Needham, 91, English biochemist (muscle biochemistry).[https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.2003.0020 Dorothy Mary Moyle Needham]. Royal Society (obit). Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Geoffrey Parsons, 77, English lyricist.
  • José do Patrocínio Oliveira, 83, Brazilian musician and voice actor.
  • Luca Prodan, 34, Italian-Scottish musician based in Argentina (Sumo).
  • T. Ranganathan, 62, Indian-born American Carnatic musician.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/24/obituaries/tanjore-ranganathan-drummer-62.html Tanjore Ranganathan, Drummer, 62]. New York Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Alice Terry, 88, American film actress and director (The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse), Alzheimer's disease.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-26-mn-7277-story.html Alice Terry, 88, Actress in Silent Movies, Dies]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.

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  • Paschoal Silva, 87, Brazilian footballer (Brazil).[https://national-football-teams.com/player/86625/Paschoal.html Paschoal Paschoal da Silva Cinelli (Player)]. National Football Teams. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.

=24=

  • Asfò Bussotti, 62, Italian Olympic long-distance runner (1952).
  • Roy M. Davenport, 78, American rear admiral in the U.S. Navy.[https://militaryhallofhonor.com/honoree-record.php?id=3274 RADM Roy Milton Davenport]. Military Hall of Honor. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Nino Espinosa, 34, Dominican Major League baseballer (New York Mets), heart attack.[https://www.mlb.com/player/nino-espinosa-113903 Nino Espinosa #39]. MLB.com. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Eugen Kogon, 84, German historian and Nazi concentration camp survivor.[https://www.buchenwald.de/en/geschichte/biografien/ltg-ausstellung/eugen-kogon Eugen Kogon]. Buchenwald Memorial (correct death date at bottom). Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • John Wesley Hanes II, 95, American investment banker, Under Secretary of the Treasury, Alzheimer's Disease.{{cite news |author1=George James |title=John Wesley Hanes Sr., 95, Aide To Roosevelt and Corporate Chief |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/31/obituaries/john-wesley-hanes-sr-95-aide-to-roosevelt-and-corporate-chief.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=31 December 1987 |page=A 24}}
  • Betty Noyes, 75, American singer and actress (Singin' in the Rain).
  • Josef Myrow, 77, Russian Empire–born American composer ("You Make Me Feel So Young"), Parkinson's disease.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-26-mn-7276-story.html Josef Myrow, 77, Composer of Hit Songs, Movie Scores, Dies]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • M. G. Ramachandran, 70, Indian actor and politician, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, heart attack and stroke.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-26-mn-7433-story.html 4 Die as Indians Bury Top Tamil Leader]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Manoug Parikian, 67, Turkish-born British concert violinist.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-25-mn-20823-story.html Obituaries : Passings: Manoug Parikian; Violinist]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Birkett Pribble, 90, American college player (Kentucky Wildcats).
  • Sara Scuderi, 81, Italian opera singer.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Smx5FoZe79F3w4_SooWHsrnuvrzbtO_1/view?usp=sharing Gravestone: Sara Scuderi 24.12.87]. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Paschoal Silva, 87, Brazilian footballer.
  • Joop den Uyl, 68, Dutch politician and journalist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, brain tumour.{{cite news |last1=Uhlig |first1=Mark A. |title=Joop den Uyl of Netherlands Dies; Was Labor Prime Minister in 70's |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/25/obituaries/joop-den-uyl-of-netherlands-dies-was-labor-prime-minister-in-70-s.html |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=25 December 1987 |page=B8}}
  • Kulwant Singh Virk, 66, Indian author, stroke.

=25=

  • Alexander Gregory Barmine, 88, Soviet Army defector to the U.S.A., stroke[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/28/obituaries/alexander-g-barmine-88-dies-early-high-level-soviet-defector.html Alexander G. Barmine, 88, Dies; Early High-Level Soviet Defector]. New York Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Ruth Bonner, 87, Soviet Communist activist.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/27/obituaries/ruth-bonner-stalin-purge-victim.html Ruth Bonner, Stalin Purge Victim]. New York Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Jack Brennan, 90, Australian rules footballer.
  • Bucky Freeman, 92, American college football and baseball coach (Ithaca College).
  • Jimmy Fuller, 95, American baseball player.
  • Harry Holm, 85, Danish Olympic gymnast (1920).
  • John H. Humphrey, 72, British bacteriologist and immunologist, co-founded the British Society for Immunology.[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-3083.1988.tb02391.x John H. Humphrey 1915–1987]. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Vadim Knizhnik, 25, Soviet physicist (Knizhnik–Zamolodchikov equations), heart attack.
  • Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, 54, American trumpeter and band leader, stroke.Obituary, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis TN, on Dec. 26, 1987
  • Zita Moulton, 104, American model and actress of theatre and film.
  • Nat Tarnopol, 56, American record producer, heart failure.
  • Victor Whitsey, 71, British Church of England Bishop of Hertford and Chester, sexual abuser.[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-54646620 Ex Chester bishop Hubert Whitsey 'used position for appalling abuse']. B.B.C.. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.

=26=

  • George Andrew, 70, Australian rules footballer.
  • J. A. Baker, 61, English author (The Peregrine), cancer.[https://jabaker.co.uk/biography/ J A Baker Biography]. JA Baker and the Peregrine. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • S. M. Banerjee, 68, Indian politician, trade unionist and communist sympathiser, member of the Lok Sabha.
  • Dorothy Bliss, 71, American carcinologist, cancer.[https://data.library.amnh.org/archives/repositories/3/resources/1511 Dorothy Bliss papers]. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Neil Colville, 73, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (New York Rangers).[https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/colvine01c.html Neil Colville Coaching Record, Awards and Honors]. Hockey Reference. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Raymond Eugene Plummer, 74, American district judge.
  • Melford Stevenson, 85, English barrister and High Court judge, heart attack.{{cite news |author1= |title=Sir Melford Stevenson, A Judge and Barrister |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/30/obituaries/sir-melford-stevenson-a-judge-and-barrister.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=30 December 1987 |page=B 10}}
  • Rade Sunara, 73, Yugoslavian Olympic rower (1936).
  • Leslie Thompson, 86, Jamaican-born English jazz trumpeter and trombonist.
  • Luis E. Valcárcel, 96, Peruvian historian, anthropologist and writer, Minister of Education.

=27=

  • Rewi Alley, 90, New Zealand-born Chinese writer and political activist, member of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite news |author1= |title=Rewi Alley, Expatriate in China |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/28/obituaries/rewi-alley-expatriate-in-china.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=28 December 1987 |page=D 13}}
  • John Astor, 64, British politician, Member of Parliament.[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/hon-john-astor/index.html Hon. John Astor]. UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Manoj Basu, 86, Indian writer of Bengali novels and short stories.
  • Shanti Devi, 61, Indian woman who claimed to remember her previous life.
  • Priscilla Dean, 91, American theatre and silent-screen actress (The Gray Ghost), complications from a fall.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-06-mn-10546-story.html Priscilla Dean; Screen Actress of Silent Films]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Josef Grohé, 85, German Nazi Party official, Gauleiter of Gau Cologne-Aachen.[https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/83495/Grohe-Josef.htm Grohe, Josef]. Traces of War. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Bernard Hailstone, 77, English painter.
  • Lefty Holmes, 80, American baseball player.
  • Vivian Hultman, 84, American NFL player.
  • Tetsuo Imai, 75, Japanese Olympic middle-distance runner (1936).
  • Theodore Pike, 83, Irish colonial administrator and rugby union international, governor of British Somaliland.
  • Stepan Popel, 78, Ukrainian chess champion.
  • Wilbur Schramm, 80, American scholar and authority on mass communication.{{cite news |author1= |title=Wilbur Schramm; Wrote Many Works On Communications |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/01/obituaries/wilbur-schramm-wrote-many-works-on-communications.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=1 January 1988 |page=1 64}}
  • Anthony West, 73, English author and literary critic, son of H. G. Wells, stroke.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Anthony West, Critic and Author; Wrote Essays for The New Yorker |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/28/obituaries/anthony-west-critic-and-author-wrote-essays-for-the-new-yorker.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=28 December 1987 |page=D 13}}

=28=

  • Happy Akhand, 27, Bangladeshi rock singer and songwriter (Miles.[https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/celebrating-happy-akhand-his-classics-1812736 Celebrating Happy Akhand with his classics]. The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Hank Bartos, 74, American NFL player (Washington Redskins).
  • Syd Brown, 70, English cricketer.
  • Harry Buckwitz, 83, German actor and director.
  • George I. Forsythe, 69, American general of the U.S. Army.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SshCJk-Qm_XQjAdCVipfrNyV4Z0ch8Nz/view?usp=sharing Gravestone: LTG George Irvin Forsythe 28.12.87]. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • John Hunt, 82, British general practitioner, co-founded the Royal College of General Practitioners.[https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:379531/one?qu=%22rcs%3A+E007348%22&rt=false%7C%7C%7CIDENTIFIER%7C%7C%7CResource+Identifier Hunt, John Henderson, Baron Hunt of Fawley (1905 - 1987)]. Royal College of Surgeons of England. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Edward Kleban, 48, American musical theatre composer and lyricist, throat cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Edward Kleban, 48, 'Chorus Line' Lyricist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/30/obituaries/edward-kleban-48-chorus-line-lyricist.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=30 December 1987 |page=B 10}}
  • Charles Malik, 81, Lebanese diplomat, philosopher and politician, Lebanese representative to the U.N., kidney failure.{{cite news |author1=Ihsan A. Hijazi, Special To the New York Times |title=Charles H. Malik of Lebanon, 81; Was President of U.N. Assembly |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/29/obituaries/charles-h-malik-of-lebanon-81-was-president-of-un-assembly.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=29 December 1987 |page=D 19}}
  • Jim Murphy, 84, Irish Olympic boxer (1932).
  • Joseph Sittler, 83, American Lutheran minister and theologian, cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Joseph Sittler, 83, Dies; Was Lutheran Scholar |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/04/obituaries/joseph-sittler-83-dies-was-lutheran-scholar.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=4 January 1988 |page=A 16}}

=29=

  • John F. Aiso, 78, American nisei military leader, lawyer and judge, head injury sustained in a mugging.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-31-me-7802-story.html John Aiso, Prominent Nisei and Jurist, Dies After Mugger’s Attack]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Sheldon Andelson, 56, American higher education administrator and a political fund-raiser, AIDS.{{cite news |author1= |title=Sheldon Andelson, Political Fund-Raiser, 56 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/01/obituaries/sheldon-andelson-political-fund-raiser-56.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=1 January 1988 |page=1 64}}
  • Peter K. Babalas, 65, American politician, member of the Virginia Senate (1968-1987).
  • Patrick Bissell, 30, American ballet dancer (American Ballet Theatre), overdose.{{cite news |author1=Jennifer Dunning |author-link1=Jennifer Dunning |title=Patrick Bissell, Dancer, Is Dead; A Principal With Ballet Theater |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/30/obituaries/patrick-bissell-dancer-is-dead-a-principal-with-ballet-theater.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=30 December 1987 |page=B 10}}
  • Hal Griggs, 87, American NFL player.
  • Brigitte Heinrich, 46, German journalist and politician, member of the European Parliament, heart attack.[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/1634/BRIGITTE_HEINRICH/history/2 Brigitte Heinrich]. European Parliament. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Neville Huggins, 81, Australian rules footballer.
  • Jun Ishikawa, 88, Japanese author, lung cancer.
  • Knud Jacobsen, 73, Danish Olympic cyclist (1936).
  • Wilbert E. Moore, 73, American sociologist, president of the American Sociological Association.[https://www.asanet.org/wilbert-e-moore/ Wilbert Ellis Moore]. American Sociological Association. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
  • Jack Patterson, 79, Australian rules footballer.
  • Jan Rybkowski, 75, Polish film director.
  • Raeburn Van Buren, 96, American magazine and comic strip illustrator (Abbie an' Slats).
  • Ulysses Kae Williams, 66, American DJ, record label owner and producer.
  • Yanina Zhejmo, 78, Soviet actress.

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=31=

  • Alessandro D'Ottavio, 60, Italian Olympic boxer (1948).
  • George Doherty, 67, American NFL footballer, college coach and athletics administrator, heart attack.
  • Merle Evans, 96, American cornet player and circus band conductor (Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus).{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Merle Evans Is Dead; Former Band Leader At Ringling Brothers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/03/obituaries/merle-evans-is-dead-former-band-leader-at-ringling-brothers.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=3 January 1988 |page=1 26}}
  • Randall Garrett, 60, American science fiction and fantasy author (Lord Darcy).
  • Gene Leggett, 52, American Methodist minister, defrocked for being homosexual, hepatitis.
  • Alick Lill, 83, Australian rules footballer.
  • Leo Steiner, 47–48, American restauranteur, co-owner of Carnegie Deli, brain tumour.{{cite news |author1=Bryan Miller |title=Leo Steiner, 48, Owner of a Deli; Known for Wit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/01/obituaries/leo-steiner-48-owner-of-a-deli-known-for-wit.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=1 January 1988 |page=1 64}}
  • Jerry Turner, 58, American television news anchorman, esophageal cancer.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/01/01/baltimore-tv-reporter-jerry-turner-dies-at-58/7f20a208-c482-438b-a5d4-f582a58e08ad/ Baltimore Tv Reporter Jerry Turner Dies at 58]. Washington Post. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.

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