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Deaths in July 1987

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The following is a list of notable deaths in July 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.

July 1987

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  • Mohamed Abou Habaga, 66, Egyptian Olympic footballer (1948).
  • Kurt Lamm, 68, German-born American footballer, coach and manager, heart attack.{{cite news |author1= |title=Kurt Lamm |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/04/obituaries/kurt-lamm.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=4 July 1987 |page=1 7}}
  • Jerry Livingston, 78, American songwriter ("The Twelfth of Never") and dance orchestra pianist, heart condition.{{cite news |author1= |title=Jerry Livingston Dies; Wrote 'Mairzy Doats' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/10/obituaries/jerry-livingston-dies-wrote-mairzy-doats.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=10 July 1987 |page=D 19}}
  • Edward Nesfield, 87, English cricketer.
  • Bridget Sequeira, 81, Pakistani-Indian religious sister.
  • Ted Sherman, 84, Australian rules footballer.
  • Snakefinger, 38, English musician, singer and songwriter (The Residents), heart attack.
  • Soetran, 66, Indonesian military officer and politician, Governor of Irian Jaya, liver cancer.
  • Henrik Wiehe, 60, Danish film actor.

=2=

  • Ćiril Ban, 76, Yugoslavian Olympic rower (1936).
  • Michael Bennett, 44, American theatre director, writer and dancer, lymphoma.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/03/obituaries/michael-bennett-theater-innovator-dies-at-44.html Michael Bennett, Theater Innovator, Dies at 44 ...]. New York Times. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.
  • Bruce Boehler, 69, American basketball player.
  • Helmut Brasch, 74, German actor.
  • Václav Černý, 82, Czechoslovakian literary scholar, writer and philosopher.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/04/obituaries/prof-vaclav-cerny-advocate-of-rights-in-czechoslovakia.html Prof. Vaclav Cerny, Advocate Of Rights in Czechoslovakia]. New York Times. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.
  • Lennart Dozzi, 77, Swedish Olympic canoeist (1936).
  • Yacout El-Soury, Egyptian Olympic footballer (1928).
  • Ellery Huntington Jr., 94, American college football player and coach (Colgate Raiders).
  • Richard Kay, 50, British actor.
  • Denis Larkin, 79, Irish politician (Teachta Dála, Lord Mayor of Dublin) and trade union official.[https://www.dib.ie/biography/larkin-denis-a4682 Larkin, Denis]. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.
  • Karl Linnas, 67, Estonian sentenced to death during the Holocaust trials, heart failure.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-02-mn-1932-story.html Deported Nazi Linnas Dies in Soviet Hospital]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.
  • Fred Mackey, 83, American college baseball and football player and coach.
  • George B. Patton, 88, American jurist and politician, North Carolina Attorney General.
  • Alick Stevens, 88, British RAF officer.
  • George S. Wise, 81, American sociologist, president of Tel Aviv University, heart failure.{{cite news |author1= |title=George S. Wise Dead; Led Tel Aviv University |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/03/obituaries/george-s-wise-dead-led-tel-aviv-university.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=3 July 1987 |page=B 5}}

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  • Alfredo de Boer, 80, Brazilian Olympic rower (1936).
  • Viola Dana, 90, American silent-screen actress (The Girl Without a Soul, Blue Jeans).[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-11-mn-227-story.html On Stage at 16 : Viola Dana; Long Career in Silent Movies]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.
  • John H. Mercer, 64, British glaciologist.[https://library.osu.edu/collections/SPEC.PA.56.0024/summary-information John H. Mercer Papers]. Ohio State University Libraries. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.
  • William Wiard, 59, American film and television director, cancer.

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  • Edward Addison, 88, British Royal Air Force air vice marshal.[https://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Addison.htm Air Vice Marshal E B Addison]. Royal Air Force. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.
  • Alexander Gordon-Lennox, 76, British Royal Navy rear admiral, president of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.[https://www.cuhags.cam/gen/tng/getperson.php?personID=I1055&tree=tree1#cite2 Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox]. Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society (their source - Times obituary). Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.
  • Abdul Halim, 75, Indonesian politician, Prime Minister of Indonesia.
  • Sally Hamlin, 84, American child actor and pianist.
  • Dan James, 49, American NFL footballer (Pittsburgh Steelers).[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-james-daniel/15503962/?locale=en-AU James, Daniel - 49, Covedale - death notice]. Newspapers.com (The Cincinnati Enquirer). Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.
  • Michel Paccard, 78, French Olympic ice hockey player (1936).
  • Bengt Strömgren, 79, Danish astronomer and astrophysicist (Strömgren sphere), heart failure.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/07/obituaries/bengt-stromgren-probed-mysteries-of-space.html Bengt Stromgren; Probed Mysteries of Space]. New York Times. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.

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  • Phil Abramson, 54, American set decorator (Close Encounters of the Third Kind).
  • Bobby Ancell, 76, Scottish international footballer and manager (St Mirren, Scotland).[https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/36923/Bobby_Ancell.html Bobby Ancell Robert Francis Dudgeon Ancell (Player)]. National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.
  • Karna Maria Birmingham, 86, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker {{Cite web|url=https://www.daao.org.au/bio/karna-marie-birmingham/personal_details/|title=Karna Marie Birmingham - biography at Design and Art Australia Online|website=daao.org.au|language=en|access-date=2017-10-22|archive-date=October 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022141829/https://www.daao.org.au/bio/karna-marie-birmingham/personal_details/|url-status=live}}
  • Alan Gibson, 49, Canadian film and television director (Churchill and the Generals, A Woman Called Golda).
  • Einar Sandberg, 81, Norwegian footballer.
  • Karel Steklý, 83, Czechoslovakian film director.

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  • Halvard Grude Forfang, 72, Norwegian educator.
  • László Pusztai, 41, Hungarian international footballer (Ferencvárosi, Hungary), car accident.[https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/8986/Laszlo_Pusztai.html László Pusztai (Player)]. National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.

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  • Stan Brown, 89, Canadian ice hockey player.
  • Giannino Bulzone, 76, Italian Olympic long-distance runner (1936).
  • Finis Jennings Dake, 84, American Pentecostal minister, Parkinson's disease.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pnXLSa8cjzSaqMGqarMRjQwsdBX0cHIu/view?usp=sharing Obituary: Finis J. Dake Sr., Atlanta Constitution, 11.7.87]. Atlanta Constitution. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Dino, 70, Brazilian footballer.
  • William Dodge, 62, American Olympic bobsledder (1956).
  • Michael J. Eagen, 80. American chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/09/obituaries/michael-j-eagen.html Michael J. Eagen]. New York Times. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • René Gérard, 73, French international footballer (Montpellier, France).[https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/43746/Rene_Gerard.html René Gérard (Player)]. National Football Teams. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • H. R. Jothipala, 51, Sri Lankan playback singer, liver failure.[https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/opinion/H-R-Jothipala-Sinhala-Cinemas-Most-Popular-Playback-Singer/172-231917 H. R. Jothipala: Sinhala Cinema’s Most Popular Playback Singer]. Daily Mirror Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Ernest Achey Loftus, 103, British soldier and diarist.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-obituaries-col-e-a/131500080/ Obituaries: Col E. A. Loftus, The Daily Telegraph (London), July 14, 1987, 14.]. Newspapers.com (The Daily Telegraph). Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Josef Mach, 78, Czech film actor, director, and writer.
  • John Meredith Rockingham, 75, Australian-born Canadian Army general.[https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/43975/Rockingham-John-Meredith-Rocky.htm Rockingham, John Meredith "Rocky"]. Traces of War. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Hannelore Schroth, 65, German actress.
  • John Singer, 63, English actor (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street).
  • Ralph Stevenson, 70, American NFL player (Cleveland Rams).
  • Howard Teichmann, 71, American Broadway playwright.
  • Anthony Robert Temple, 60, Canadian lawyer and politician, member of the Canada House of Commons (1963-1965).
  • Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, 84, Dutch-born French classical pianist.

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  • Eduardo Fiestas, 62, Peruvian Olympic basketball player (1948).
  • Michiyo Fukaya, 34, American feminist poet and activist, suicide.
  • Nevil Hall, 71, South African Olympic wrestler (1936).
  • Alex Kaleta, 67, Canadian NHL player (Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers).
  • Ashley Kriel, 20, South African anti-apartheid activist, killed by police.[https://www.georgeherald.com/News/Article/Local-News/ashley-kriel-freedom-fighter-35-years-later-202207140636 Ashley Kriel, freedom fighter: 35 years later]. George Herald. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Waris Mir, 48, Pakistani journalist and academic, cardiac arrest.[https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1207826-prof-waris-mir-died-with-his-boots-on Prof Waris Mir died with his boots on]. The News International. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Hezekiah Ochuka, 33, Kenyan private in the Kenyan Air Force, Kenyan leader for 6 hours, hanged.[https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-06-13-kenya-new-opinion-piece-africa-rapidly-turns-away-capital-punishment-it-time-kenya Kenya: New opinion piece: 'As Africa rapidly turns away from capital punishment, is it time for Kenya to abolish this relic of a colonial past?']. University of Oxford. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Paul Rapoport, 47, American lawyer, AIDS.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1prFaR5Xc6HEZEa7JB-gy1TCg0xUjLrMe/view?usp=sharing Obituary: Paul Rapoport, IADS Organizer]. United Press International. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Ulas Samchuk, 82, Ukrainian writer, journalist and anti-semite.[https://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CS%5CA%5CSamchukUlas.htm Samchuk, Ulas]. Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Raymond Stasse, 74, Belgian Olympic fencer (1936, 1948).
  • William McKenzie Thomson, 88, Canadian WWI flying ace.
  • Ernest Ward, 66, English rugby league footballer (Bradford Northern, Great Britain).[https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/ernest-ward/summary.html Ernest Ward]. Rugby League Project. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.

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  • Inge Beeken, 66, Danish Olympic diver (1948).
  • Doug Dobell, 69, British record store proprietor and record producer (77 Records), heart attack.
  • John Hammond, 76, American record producer, civil rights activist and music critic, stroke.{{cite news |author1= |title=John Hammond, 76, Critic and Discoverer Of Pop Talent, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/11/obituaries/john-hammond-76-critic-and-discoverer-of-pop-talent-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=11 July 1987 |page=1 1}}
  • Gus Healy, 83, Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
  • Harold Rice, 75, American educator and magician.
  • Tanya Zolotoroff Nash, 89, Russian-born American Deaf Rights activist.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/14/nyregion/articulate-friend-of-deaf-is-recalled.html Articulate Friend of Deaf Is Recalled]. New York Times. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Ferenc Rákosi, 76, Hungarian Olympic handball player (1936).
  • Marcel Vanco, 92, French footballer.

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  • Joe Bennett, 87, American MLB player (Philadelphia Phillies).[https://www.mlb.com/player/joe-bennett-110873 Joe Bennett 3BB/T: R/R5' 9"/168]
  • Hannah Billig, 85, British medical doctor.[https://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/hannah-billig?memorial_id=3709 Hannah Billig]. London Remembers. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Marion Brooks, 91, American silent-screen actress, entertainment journalist and screenwriter.
  • Geoffrey Chance, 93, English cricketer.
  • Freddie Crum, 74, American basketball player.
  • Dorothy Davies, 87, New Zealand pianist and piano teacher.
  • Van Davis, 65, American football player.
  • Ville Mattila, 84, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (1928).
  • Cyril McLaglen, 87, British and American film actor.
  • Truman J. Nelson, 75–76, American novelist and essayist, civil rights activist, heart failure.{{cite news |author1= |title=Truman J. Nelson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/14/obituaries/truman-j-nelson.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=14 July 1987 |page=D 27}}
  • Fernando Garcia Ponce, 53, Mexican architect and artist, heart attack.[https://yucatanmagazine.com/remember-fernando-garcia-ponce-31-years-after-his-death/ Remembering Fernando García Ponce 31 years after his death]. Yucatan Magazine. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Avi Ran, 23, Israeli international footballer (Maccabi Haifa, Israel), hit by racing boat.[https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/20424/Avi_Ran.html Ran, Avi]. National Football Teams. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, 87, Russian-born American Talmudic scholar and rabbi.[https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.1987.07.17.001/103 Rabbi Ruderman, Aguda Sage]. The Detroit Jewish News. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Robert Love Taylor, 87, American district judge.[https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/taylor-robert-love Taylor, Robert Love]. Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Tom Waddell, 49, American physician, decathlete Olympian and founder of the Gay Olympics, AIDS.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/12/obituaries/dr-thomas-f-waddell-49-a-founder-of-gay-olympics.html Dr. Thomas F. Waddell, 49, A Founder of Gay 'Olympics']. New York Times. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Jack Williams, 79, Australian rules footballer.

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  • Joseph Burns, 98, American MLB player.
  • John Fitzgerald, 86, Australian rules footballer.
  • Peter Gimbel, 60, American filmmaker and underwater photojournalist, cancer.{{cite news |author1=John T. McQuiston |title=A Film Maker and Journalist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/13/obituaries/peter-gimbel-is-dead-at-59-a-film-maker-and-journalist.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=13 July 1987 |page=D 10}}
  • Harold Goodwin, 84, American actor.
  • Sir Archibald Hope, 17th Baronet, 75, Scottish aristocrat and aviator.
  • Rudolf Lenz, 67, Austrian actor.
  • Emilio el Moro, 63, Spanish Flamenco singer, guitarist and humorist.
  • Nathan Perlmutter, 63–64, American executive director of the Anti-Defamation League, lung cancer.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=Eric Pace |title=Nathan Perlmutter, Top Executive Of Anti-Defamation League, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/14/obituaries/nathan-perlmutter-top-executive-of-anti-defamation-league-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=14 July 1987 |page=D 27}}
  • Marguerite Renoir, 80, French film editor.
  • Hélio da Silva, 63, Brazilian Olympic athlete (1948).
  • Andrei Snezhnevsky, 83, Soviet psychiatrist, lung cancer.
  • Pat Wellington, 33, Australian rules footballer.

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  • Elemér von Barcza, 82, Hungarian Olympic equestrian (1936).
  • Patience Collier, 76, British actress.[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/collier-patience-1910-1987 Collier, Patience (1910–1987)]. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Robert Francis, 85, American poet.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/16/obituaries/robert-francis-a-poet-hailed-by-frost-dies.html Robert Francis, a Poet Hailed by Frost, Dies]. New York Times. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Silas Jayne, 80, American horse trainer and murderer, leukemia.[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/07/14/silas-jayne-jailed-in-brothers-slaying/ Silas Jayne; Jailed in Brother's Slaying]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Khandadash Madatov, 62, Soviet Azerbaijani Olympic athlete (1952).
  • Eric Worrell, 62, Australian naturalist and science writer, established Australian Reptile Park, heart attack.[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/worrell-eric-arthur-frederic-15631#:~:text=Survived%20by%20the%20three%20children,Reptile%20Park%20and%20was%20cremated. Eric Arthur Frederic Worrell (1924–1987)]. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.

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  • Salvador E. Felices, 63, Puerto Rican general in the U.S. Air Force.[https://www.west-point.org/users/usma1946/15563/ 15563 Felices, Salvador Enrique]. West-Point.org. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Bernard de Fombelle, 63, French Olympic equestrian (1956, 1960).
  • Vern Hickey, 86, American collegiate coach and administrator.
  • Fritz Holt, 46, American theatre producer and director (La Cage aux Folles), pneumonia.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/15/obituaries/george-w-holt-3d-producer-and-director.html George W. Holt 3d, Producer and Director]. New York Times. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • William Overton, 47, United States district judge, cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=William Overton, A U.S. Judge, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/15/obituaries/william-overton-a-us-judge-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=15 July 1987 |page=B 6}}
  • Sao Saimong, 73, Burmese government minister.
  • William Stuart-Houston, 76, English-born American half-nephew of Adolf Hitler.[https://navylog.navymemorial.org/hitler-william William Patrick Hitler]. The United States Navy Memorial. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.
  • Pak Yung-sun, 30, North Korean table tennis player, world champion.
  • Viktor Zhdanov, 73, Soviet virologist and epidemiologist, instrumental in eradicating smallpox, cerebral hemorrhage.[https://www.nature.com/articles/329479b0.pdf Untimely Death of Soviet Virologist After Hostile Letters]. Nature, 8.10.87. Retrieved 3 Aug 2024.

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  • Lee Ballanfant, 91, American Major League baseball umpire.[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/lee-ballanfant/ Lee Ballanfant]. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 4 Aug 2024.
  • J. Rives Childs, 94, American diplomat, U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, North Yemen and Ethiopia, pulmonary infection.{{cite news |author1= |title=J. Rives Childs Is Dead; Authority on Casanova |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/16/obituaries/j-rives-childs-is-dead-authority-on-casanova.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=16 July 1987 |page=D 22}}
  • Polly Elwes, 59, British BBC television in-vision announcer and reporter (Tonight), bone cancer.[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1987-01-01/1987-12-31?basicsearch=actress&somesearch=actress&retrievecountrycounts=false&publictag=notices Polly Elwes, one of the most popular television personalities of the fifties, has died at the age of 59 after ...]. British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 4 Aug 2024.
  • Lee Gaines, 73, American jazz singer and lyricist ("Take the A Train", "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'"), cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Lee Gaines, 73, a Jazz Singer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/21/obituaries/lee-gaines-73-a-jazz-singer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=21 July 1987 |page=B 8}}
  • Fernando Van Zeller Guedes, 84, Portuguese wine producer (Sogrape).[https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA117615979&sid=sitemap&v=2.1&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7Eab86713d&aty=open-web-entry Obituary of Senhor Fernardo Guedes]. Gale (The Times). Retrieved 4 Aug 2024.
  • Pete King, 28, British musician, testicular cancer.
  • Mick McKeon, 63-64, Irish Olympic boxer (1948).
  • Jack O'Hagan, 88, Australian singer, songwriter and radio personality ("Along the Road to Gundagai", "Our Don Bradman").[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ohagan-john-francis-15406 John Francis O'Hagan (1898–1987)]. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 4 Aug 2024.
  • Bill Ricks, 67, American baseball player.
  • Margarete Schlegel, 87, German and British theatre and film actress and soprano operetta singer (Berlin-Alexanderplatz).

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  • Oscar Andriani, 81, Italian actor and playwright.
  • Marjorie Cottle, 86, English motorcycle trials rider.
  • Dominick V. Daniels, 78, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959-1977).[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/20/obituaries/ex-rep-dominick-v-daniels-held-jersey-seat-in-congress.html Ex-Rep. Dominick V. Daniels; Held Jersey Seat in Congress]. New York Times. Retrieved 4 Aug 2024.
  • Robert Desjarlais, 79, Canadian Olympic fencer (1948).
  • Roy Evans, 76, Australian rules footballer.
  • Jörg Fauser, 43, German writer, poet and journalist, hit by truck.[https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/nov/26/jorg-fauser-beats-german-counter-culture Jörg Fauser’s crazed, leaping, unmoored voyage]. The Guardian (year of death only). Retrieved 4 Aug 2024.
  • Yūjirō Ishihara, 52, Japanese actor and singer, liver cancer.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-18-mn-501-story.html Popular Japanese Actor, Producer Yujiro Ishihara]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 4 Aug 2024.
  • James Lytle, 86, American collegiate coach.
  • Howard McGhee, 69, American bebop jazz trumpeter.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/18/obituaries/howard-mcghee-69-is-dead-a-trumpeter-and-composer.html Howard McGhee, 69, Is Dead; A Trumpeter and Composer]. source. Retrieved 4 Aug 2024.
  • Mathura Prasad Mishra, 69, Indian politician, member of Lok Sabha.
  • Kristjan Palusalu, 79, Estonian heavyweight wrestler and dual Olympic gold medalist.[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/57825 Kristjan Palusalu]. Olympedia. Retrieved 4 Aug 2024.
  • Leon B. Poullada, 74, American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Togo, prostate cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Leon B. Poullada, Ex-Envoy And Afghan Expert, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/23/obituaries/leon-b-poullada-ex-envoy-and-afghan-expert-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=23 July 1987 |page=A 25}}

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  • Anthony Casamento, 66, American marine corporal, Medal of Honor recipient.{{cite news |author1= |title=Anthony Casamento Is Dead; Received the Medal of Honor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/22/obituaries/anthony-casamento-is-dead-received-the-medal-of-honor.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=22 July 1987 |page=B 6}}
  • George Dahl, 93, American architect, dehydration.[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/07/19/George-Dahl-the-architect-who-designed-the-first-drive-in/2119553665600/ George Dahl, the architect who designed the first drive-in...]. United Press International. Retrieved 4 Aug 2024.
  • Harry B. Davis, 93, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1934-1959).
  • Gilberto Freyre, 87, Brazilian sociologist, writer and congressman, brain hemorrhage.{{cite news |author1= |title=Gilberto Freyre of Brazil Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/19/obituaries/gilberto-freyre-of-brazil-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=19 July 1987 |page=1 25}}
  • Alfredo Ruano, 54, El Salvadoran international footballer (Alianza, El Salvador), heart attack.[https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/55275/Alfredo_Ruano.html Alfredo Ruano Alfredo Salomón Ruano Safie (Player)]. National Football Teams. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.

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  • Clementina de Jesus, 86, Brazilian samba singer, stroke.[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/jesus-clementina-de-1902-1987 Jesus, Clementina de (1902–1987)]. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 4 Aug 2024.
  • Jane Kendeigh, 65, American flight nurse of the U.S. Navy.[https://www.pacificwarmuseum.org/about/news/blog-post-navy-flight-nurse-jane-kendeigh Navy Flight Nurse Jane Kendeigh, Documenting a First]. National Museum of the Pacific War. Retrieved 4 Aug 2024.
  • Bob Smith, 92, American MLB player.
  • Aadhavan Sundaram, 45, Indian Tamil writer, drowned.
  • Brij Lal Varma, 70–71, Indian politician, member of Lok Sabha, cabinet minister.

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  • John Armstrong, 71, Irish Anglican bishop, Archbishop of Armagh.[https://www.dib.ie/biography/armstrong-john-ward-a0221 Armstrong, John Ward]. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Curt Bergsten, 75, Swedish footballer.
  • Donald Cressey, 68, American penologist, sociologist and criminologist, heart attack.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/28/obituaries/prof-donald-r-cressey-68-expert-on-sociology-of-crime.html Prof. Donald R. Cressey, 68, Expert on Sociology of Crime]. New York Times. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Louis DaPron, 74, American dancer, choreographer and dance instructor, heart attack.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-20-mn-3366-story.html Choreographer Louis DaPron; Film, Television Dance Director]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Luigi Gilardi, 89, Italian Olympic cyclist (1920).
  • Bert Keyes, 56, American pianist, songwriter and singer ("Love on a Two-Way Street").
  • Stella Steyn, 79, Irish artist.[https://www.dib.ie/biography/steyn-stella-a8317 Steyn, Stella]. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Burke Trend, 73, British civil servant, rector of Lincoln College.[https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-39887 Trend, Burke Frederick St John, Baron Trend]. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Hughie Wise, 81, American MLB player (Detroit Tigers).

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  • Adele Comandini, 89, American screenwriter (Three Smart Girls).
  • Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, 87, Turkish politician and diplomat, ambassador to Switzerland.
  • Eugene Halliday, 75, British artist and writer.
  • Natalie Hinderas, 60, American pianist and composer, cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Natalie Hinderas, 60; Played Classical Piano |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/23/obituaries/natalie-hinderas-60-played-classical-piano.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=23 July 1987 |page=A 25}}
  • Mary Cover Jones, 89, American developmental psychologist, pioneer of behaviour therapy.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/21/obituaries/mary-cover-jones.html Mary Cover Jones]. New York Times. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Jack Lescoulie, 74, American radio and television announcer and host (Today), colon cancer.{{cite news |author1=Andrew L. Yarrow |title=Longtime Co-Host of 'Today' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/23/obituaries/jack-lescoulie-is-dead-at-75-longtime-co-host-of-today.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=23 July 1987 |page=A 25}}
  • C. B. Macpherson, 75, Canadian political scientist.[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19187033.1987.11675555 C.B. Macpherson, 1911–1987]. Taylor and Francis Online. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Don McMahon, 57, American Major League baseballer (Milwaukee Braves, San Francisco Giants), heart attack.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/23/obituaries/don-mcmahon-dies.html Don McMahon Dies]. New York Times. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Nick Perls, 55, American audio engineer, founder and owner of Yazoo Records and Blue Goose Records.
  • Raja Shankar, 55, Indian actor.
  • A. G. Kripal Singh, 53, Indian Test cricketer and national selector, cardiac arrest.[https://www.wisden.com/players/kripal-singh Amritsar Govindsingh Kripal Singh]. Wisden. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Henry Tayali, 43, Zambian painter, sculptor and printmaker.

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  • Anna-Eva Bergman, 78, Norwegian abstract expressionist artist.[https://www.perrotin.com/artists/anna_eva_bergman/987#news Anna-Eva Bergman]. Perrotin Gallery. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Franz Burri, 85, Swiss political figure, disseminator of Nazi propaganda.
  • Pat Clancy, 68, Australian trade unionist, heart attack.[https://adb.anu.edu.au/lifesummary/clancy-patrick-martin-pat-12320 Patrick Martin Clancy]. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Dick Wellstood, 59, American jazz pianist, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Dick Wellstood, A Jazz Pianist, is Dead at 59 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/27/obituaries/dick-wellstood-a-jazz-pianist-is-dead-at-59.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=27 July 1987 |page=A 16}}

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  • Malcolm Baldrige Jr., 64, American businessman, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1981-1987), rodeo accident.{{cite news |author1=David Johnston, Special To the New York Times |title=Malcolm Baldrige, Cabinet Member; Businessman With a Love for Rodeo |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/26/obituaries/malcolm-baldrige-cabinet-member-businessman-with-a-love-for-rodeo.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=26 July 1987 |page=1 26}}
  • Charles Stark Draper, 85, American scientist and engineer, "father of inertial navigation".{{cite news |author1=John Noble Wilford |author-link1=John Noble Wilford |title=Guided Astronauts to Moon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/27/obituaries/charles-s-draper-engineer-guided-astronauts-to-moon.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=27 July 1987 |page=A 16}}
  • Werner Hamel, 76, German Olympic field hockey player (1936).
  • Lydie Marland, 87, American first lady of Oklahoma.[https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1987/07/28/recluse-wife-of-late-governor-dies/62682571007/ Recluse Wife of Late Governor Dies]. The Oklahoman. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Tracy Read, 25, American race car driver, race crash.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q4RnmvGsYQSJ7wJ0QRSnJ_75Sj0kcFjQ/view?usp=sharing Obituary: Tracy G Read 25.7.87]. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Tom Wade, 76, English cricketer.
  • Mastin G. White, 86, American judge.

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  • Hamza Abdel Mawla, 63, Egyptian Olympic footballer (1952).
  • Jim Bishop, 79, American journalist and author (The Day Lincoln Was Shot), respiratory failure.{{cite news |author1=James Barronap |title=Jim Bishop, A Columnist, Dies: Popular Author of 21 Books |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/28/obituaries/jim-bishop-a-columnist-dies-popular-author-of-21-books.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=28 July 1987 |page=B 6}}
  • Chinmoy Chattopadhyay, 56, Indian singer.
  • Phyllis Cilento, 93, Australian medical practitioner, advocate of family planning and promoter of racist beliefs.[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cilento-phyllis-dorothy-12318 Phyllis Dorothy Cilento (1894–1987)]. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Frank Marshall Davis, 81, American journalist, poet and political activist, heart attack.[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/08/09/frank-marshall-davis-a-jazz-expert-and-poet/ Frank Marshall Davis, A Jazz Expert and Poet]. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Tawfiq al-Hakim, 88, Egyptian writer.[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tawfiq-al-Hakim Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm]. Britannica. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Raymond Leboursier, 70, French film actor, director, and editor.
  • Joe Liggins, 71, American R&B, jazz and blues pianist and vocalist, stroke.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-01-mn-199-story.html Joe Liggins, 72, Dies; Leader of Honeydrippers]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Carmelita Maracci, 79, American concert dancer and choreographer, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Jennifer Dunning |author-link1=Jennifer Dunning |title=Carmelita Maracci, A Ballet Instructor and Choreographer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/03/obituaries/carmelita-maracci-a-ballet-instructor-and-choreographer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=3 August 1987 |page=D 11}}
  • Kenneth Muse, 77, American animator (Tom and Jerry).[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/30/obituaries/kenneth-l-muse-dies-at-75-animator-for-major-studios.html Kenneth L. Muse Dies at 75; Animator for Major Studios]. New York Times. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • George O'Day, 64, American Olympic sailor (1960).
  • Mario Radice, 88, Italian painter
  • Hugh Wheeler, 75, British-born American novelist, screenwriter and poet (Sweeney Todd).{{cite news |author1=Wilborn Hampton |title=Hugh Wheeler, Award Winning Playwright |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/28/obituaries/hugh-wheeler-award-winning-playwright.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=28 July 1987 |page=B 6}}

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  • Fernando Brandolini, 55, Italian road cyclist.
  • Harold A. Furlong, 91, American army officer, Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Travis Jackson, 83, American Major League baseballer (New York Giants), Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news |author1=Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr. |title=Travis Jackson, A Shortstop Who Made the Hall of Fame |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/29/obituaries/travis-jackson-a-shortstop-who-made-the-hall-of-fame.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=29 July 1987 |page=D 22}}
  • Jan Mikusiński, 74, Polish mathematician (mathematical analysis).[https://www.jams.jp/notice/Notices0707.pdf Professor Jan Mikusinski - life and work]. International Society for Mathematical Sciences. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • K. L. N. Prasad, 59, Indian politician, Rajya Sabha member.

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  • James Burnham, 81, American philosopher and political theorist, kidney and liver cancer.{{cite news |author1=Mark A. Uhlig |title=Founder of National Review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/30/obituaries/james-burnham-is-dead-at-82-founder-of-national-review.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=30 July 1987 |page=A 23}}
  • Feodor Fedorenko, 79, Soviet Nazi collaborator and war criminal, executed.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/28/world/soviet-reports-it-executed-nazi-guard-us-extradited.html Soviet Reports it Executed Nazi Guard U.S. Extradited]. New York Times. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Carlton Fredericks, 76, American radio commentator and writer on health and nutrition, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Edward Hudson |title=Carlton Fredericks, 76, Host Of Radio Program on Health |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/31/obituaries/carlton-fredericks-76-host-of-radio-program-on-health.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=31 July 1987 |page=B 14}}
  • George Gulack, 82, American Olympic gymnast (1932).
  • Jack Renshaw, 77, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales.[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/renshaw-john-brophy-jack-14438 John Brophy (Jack) Renshaw (1909–1987)]. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Ismet Alajbegović Šerbo, 62, Bosnian accordionist, composer and writer of folk songs.
  • Nguyễn Tuân, 77, Vietnamese author.
  • Philip E. Vernon, 82, British-born Canadian psychologist and author.[https://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/search/display?dbid=auth&id=35580496 Vernon, Philip E., 1905-1987]. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Levie Vorst, 83, Dutch rabbi of Rotterdam.

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  • Désiré Acket, 82, Belgian painter.
  • Arthur J. Bressan Jr., 44, American director, writer and documentarian (Buddies), AIDS.[https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM07892.html Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. papers, 1966-1987]. Cornell University. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Arthur Chipperfield, 81, Australian test cricketer.[https://www.wisden.com/players/arthur-chipperfield Arthur Chipperfield]. Wisden. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Aleksey Sukletin, 44, Soviet serial killer, rapist and cannibal, executed.[https://chelny24.ru/news/kriminal/segodnya-ispolnilos-30-let-so-dnya-smertnoj-kazni-kazanskogo-lyudoeda/ Исполнилось 30 лет со дня смертной казни «Казанского людоеда» (30 years have passed since the execution of the "Kazan Cannibal")]. Chelny 24 News (in Russian). Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.

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  • Kenneth Carllile, 56, American country music guitarist and songwriter, heart attack.
  • Joseph E. Levine, 81, American film distributor, financier and producer (Godzilla, King of the Monsters!).{{cite news |author1=Nan Robertson |title=Joseph E. Levine, A Towering Figure in Movie Making, is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/01/obituaries/joseph-elevine-a-towering-figure-in-movie-makingis-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=1 August 1987 |page=1 36}}
  • Aleksandar Petrović, 72, Yugoslavian football player, manager, and Olympian (1948).
  • Justine W. Polier, 84, American lawyer, first woman Justice in New York.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/02/obituaries/justine-wise-polier-is-dead-a-judge-and-child-advocate.html Justine Wise Polier Is Dead; A Judge and Child Advocate]. New York Times. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Reuben Reid, 84, Australian rules footballer.
  • Michael Staniforth, 44, British actor (Rentaghost), AIDS.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q9DQaHLEAHgFoXpaEYo6smOBppcWJ464/view?usp=sharing Gravestone: Michael Staniforth 31.7.87]. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Paul Yakabuski, 64, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, head injuries from fall.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star/135746459/ Paul Yakabuski sat as MPP for 24 years]. Newspapers.com (The Toronto Star). Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.

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  • Sari Maritza, 77, Chinese-born British film actress.[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/maritza-sari-1910-1987 Maritza, Sari (1910–1987)]. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  • Joe Mondragon, 67, American jazz bassist.
  • Hugh Perceval, 79, British screenwriter and film producer.

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