Deaths in March 1987

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 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.

March 1987

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Freddie Green, 75, American swing jazz guitarist, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Tim Page |title=Guitarist in Count Basie Band |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/02/obituaries/freddie-green-is-dead-at-75-guitarist-in-count-basie-band.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=2 March 1987 |page=D 11}}
Bertrand de Jouvenel, 83, French philosopher and political economist.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/04/obituaries/bertrand-de-jouvenel-dies-economic-forecast-pioneer.html Bertrand de Jouvenel Dies; Economic Forecast Pioneer]. New York Times. Retrieved 22 Jul 2024.
Tony Kelly, 68, American basketball player.
Roger Leigh-Wood, 80, English Olympic athlete (1928).
Don MacBeth, 37, Canadian jockey, cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/04/obituaries/donald-macbeth-dies-at-37-a-leading-new-york-jockey.html Donald MacBeth Dies at 37; A Leading New York Jockey]. New York Times. Retrieved 22 Jul 2024.
Beatrice Mancini, 69, Italian actress.
Vern Partlow, 76, American newspaper reporter and folk singer, blacklisted during McCarthy era, cancer.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-04-mn-4348-story.html Vern Partlow; His Peace Song Stirred Ruckus]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 22 Jul 2024.
Eugenio Retes, 91, Peruvian-Chilean actor and writer.
Wolfgang Seidel, 60, German Formula 1 racing driver, heart attack.
Eddie Skinner, 78, American NASCAR racing driver.

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John Edward Chilberg II, 57, American production designer and art director.
Ernest Holmes, 69, South African cricketer.
Gord McFarlane, 85, Canadian ice hockey player.
Mo Mozzali, 64, American baseball player, scout, and coach.
Randolph Scott, 89, American film actor (The Last of the Mohicans), heart and lung ailments.{{cite news |author1= |title=Laconic Cowboy–Film Actor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/03/obituaries/randolph-scott-is-dead-at-89-laconic-cowboy-film-actor.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=3 March 1987 |page=D 27}}
Lolo Soetoro, 52, Indonesian geographer, stepfather of Barack Obama, liver failure.

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Boris Amarantov, 46, Soviet Russian actor and director.
Con Hogan, 83, Australian rules footballer.
Danny Kaye, 76, American singer, actor, dancer and comedian, internal bleeding and hepatitis.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=Eric Pace |title=Danny Kaye, Limber-Limbed Comedian, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/04/obituaries/danny-kaye-limber-limbed-commedian-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=4 March 1987 |page=A 1}}
Keith Miller, 65, Australian rules footballer.
LaFayette L. Patterson, 98, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1928-1933).
Cyril Pearl, 82, Australian journalist, author and television personality.[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pearl-cyril-altson-15048 Cyril Altson Pearl (1904–1987)]. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 22 Jul 2024.
Coby Ruskin, 75, American director and actor.
Rafael M. Salas, 58, Filipino head of United Nations Population Fund, heart attack.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/05/obituaries/rafael-m-salas-dies-at-age-58-headed-un-population-agency.html Rafael M. Salas Dies at Age 58; Headed U.N. Population Agency]. New York Times. Retrieved 22 Jul 2024.
Hana Vítová, 73, Czechoslovakian film actress.{{cite web |url=http://www.csfd.cz/herec/1399-hana-vitova/ |title=Hana Vítová |accessdate=30 January 2011 |work=csfd.cz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127121906/http://www.csfd.cz/herec/1399-hana-vitova/ |archive-date=27 January 2011 |url-status=dead }}

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Georges Arnaud, 69, French author, heart attack.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-07-mn-8086-story.html French Novelist and Social Rebel Georges Arnaud, 69]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 22 Jul 2024.
Bill Chaffey, 72, Australian soldier and politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1940-1973).
Maria Jolas, 94, American pacifist, a founding member of Transition in Paris.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/07/arts/maria-jolas-94-a-translator-and-paris-magazine-founder.html Maria Jolas, 94, A Translator and Paris Magazine Founder]. New York Times. Retrieved 22 Jul 2024.
Seibo Kitamura, 102, Japanese sculptor.[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/920967 Seibo Kitamura]. Olympedia. Retrieved 22 Jul 2024.
Eliseo Moreno, 27, American spree killer, executed.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/05/us/texan-who-killed-6-in-1983-is-executed-by-lethal-injection.html Texan Who Killed 6 in 1983 is Executed by Lethal Injection]. New York Times. Retrieved 22 Jul 2024.

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Len Akin, 70, American NFL player (Chicago Bears).
James W. Blanchard, 83, American submarine commander and rear admiral, respiratory arrest.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1987/03/07/rear-adm-james-blanchard-pacific-war-submariner-dies/3cd73b79-40ac-4472-8dc2-a763566986b2/ Rear Adm. James Blanchard, Pacific War Submariner, Dies]. Washington Post. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
John Brooke, 64, Northern Irish politician, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.[https://www.dib.ie/biography/brooke-john-warden-a0992 Brooke, John Warden]. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Albert Costain, 76, British politician, Member of Parliament.[https://members.parliament.uk/member/789/voting Sir Albert Costain]. UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Abdulgani Dahiwala, 78, Indian Gujarati poet.
Harry Dudkin, 78, American politician and judge, clerk of the New Jersey General Assembly, murdered.[https://northjersey.newspapers.com/article/bloomfield-life-obituary-for-harry-dudki/75362222/?locale=en-AU Obituary for Harry Dudkin (Aged 78)]. Newspapers.com (Bloomfield Life). Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Andrey A. Fedorov, 78, Soviet biologist, botanist and taxonomist.
Joe Purcell, 63, American politician, acting Governor of Arkansas.[https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/joe-edward-purcell-2456/ Joe Edward Purcell (1923–1987)]. Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Don Yenko, 59, American car dealer and racecar driver, aeroplane crash.[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/03/05/A-single-engine-airplane-clipped-some-trees-Thursday-while-attempting/6680541918800/ A single-engine airplane clipped some trees Thursday while attempting...]. United Press International. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.

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Inder Raj Anand, Indian film dialogue and screenwriter.
Mel Boozer, 41, American university professor and LGBT activist, AIDS.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/11/obituaries/melvin-boozer.html Melvin Boozer]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Edward Carson, 67, British politician, Member of Parliament.[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/hon-edward-carson/index.html Hon. Edward Carson]. UK Parliament (year of death only). Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Eddie Durham, 80, American jazz guitarist, trombonist and composer, fall.{{cite news |author1=John S. Wilson |title=Eddie Durham, Trombonist|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/07/obituaries/eddie-durham-trombonist.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=7 March 1987 |page=1 33}}
J. Spencer Trimingham, 82, English scholar on Islam in Africa.[https://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/search/display?dbid=auth&id=36296314 Trimingham, J. Spencer (John Spencer), 1904-]. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Edward Zorinsky, 58, American politician, U.S. Senator (1976-1987), heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Philip M. Boffey, Special To the New York Times |title=U.S. Senator from Nebraska |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/08/obituaries/edward-zorinsky-58-dies-us-senator-from-nebraska.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=8 March 1987 |page=1 40}}

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Jan Britstra, 81, Dutch Olympic hurdler (1928).
Yuri Chulyukin, 57, Soviet film director, actor and songwriter.
Henri Decaë, 71, French cinematographer.[https://www.encyclopedia.com/movies/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/decae-henri Decaë, Henri]. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Evelyn Dove, 85, British singer and actress, pneumonia.[https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20s-people/20-people-of-the-20s/evelyn-dove/ Evelyn Dove]. The National Archives. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Paul R. Evans, 55, American-born furniture designer, sculptor and artist, heart attack.[https://www.roseberys.co.uk/artistandmakers/paul-evans/profile-and-sold-works-by-roseberys-auctioneers-london?authorview=1 Paul Evans]. Roseberys London. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Alan Kuntz, 67, Canadian NHL player (New York Rangers).
Waldo Salt, 72, American screenwriter (Midnight Cowboy, Coming Home), lung cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Waldo Salt, 72, Dies; Oscar-Winning Writer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/08/obituaries/waldo-salt-72-dies-oscar-winning-writer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=8 March 1987 |page=1 40}}

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Erwin Jollasse, 95, Nazi German general, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.[https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/7449/Jollasse-Erwin.htm Jollasse, Erwin]. Traces of War. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Ede Szomjas, 72, Hungarian Olympic sports shooter (1960).
Nils Wallin, 82, Swedish Olympic canoeist (1936).
Victor Wells-Cole, 89, British army officer and cricketer.
Iwao Yamawaki, 88, Japanese photographer and architect.[https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/iwao-yamawaki-14400#:~:text=Iwao%20Yamawaki%20(%E5%B1%B1%E8%84%87%20%E5%B7%8C%2C%20Yamawaki,Attribution%2DShareAlike%20Creative%20Commons%20License. Iwao Yamawaki]. Tate. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.

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Boris Andreyev, 81, Soviet Russian Olympic medalist shooter (1952).
Zeke Bonura, 78, American Major League baseballer (Chicago White Sox).[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/03/11/ex-sox-bonura-dies-at-78/ Ex-Sox Bonura Dies at 78]. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Ronald W. Clark, 70, British author, cerebral hemorrhage.[https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/russelljournal/article/download/1743/1769/2059 Ronald William Clark (1916-1987): a personal memoir]. McMaster University. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Doug Davies, 87, Scottish rugby union player.
Donald Jay Grout, 84, American musicologist, author of A Short History of Opera.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/10/obituaries/donald-j-grout.html Donald J. Grout]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Allan Jaffe, 51, American jazz tubist, cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/11/obituaries/allan-jaffe-new-orleans-jazz-revivalist-dies-by-frances-frank-marcus.html Allan Jaffe, New Orleans Jazz Revivalist, Dies]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Andrew Kayiira, 42, leader of the Uganda Freedom Movement, murdered.[https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/special-reports/revisiting-the-murder-of-dr-kayiira-27-years-later-1567372 Revisiting the murder of Dr Kayiira 27 years later]. Daily Monitor. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Yusuf al-Khal, 69, Lebanese-Syrian poet, journalist and publisher.[https://biblesociety.org.lb/team/youssef-al-khal-poet-and-journalist/ Youssef Al-Khal – Poet and journalist]. Bible Society Lebanon. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Wic Kjellin, 72, Swedish film editor.
Richard F. Kneip, 54, American diplomat and politician, governor of South Dakota, U.S. ambassador to Singapore, cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/10/obituaries/richard-kneip.html Richard Kneip]. source. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Bobby Locke, 69, South African professional golfer, meningitis.{{cite news |author1= |title=Bobby Locke|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/11/obituaries/bobby-locke.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=11 March 1987 |page=B 8}}
Miguel Palau, 85, Spanish Olympic long-distance runner (1924).
John Keating Regan, 75, American district judge.
Fred W. Thompson, 86, Canadian-American labour organizer and historian, member of Industrial Workers of the World.[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/03/11/fred-thompson-led-labor-publishing-firm/ Fred Thompson; Led Labor Publishing Firm]. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Arthur Tolcher, 64, British harmonica player.
Gordon Tottle, 61, American ice hockey player.

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Colin Anderson, 74, Australian Olympic sports shooter (1956).
Dwight W. Burney, 95, American politician, Governor of Nebraska.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lincoln-star-dwight-burney-obituary/28247949/ Dwight Burney obituary]. The Lincoln Star. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Robert Colby, 64, American songwriter, music publisher and theatrical producer ("Jilted"), cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Robert Colby, Pop Composer and Theater Producer, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/17/obituaries/robert-colby-pop-composer-and-theater-producer-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 March 1987 |page=B 8}}
George Glamack, 68, American professional basketballer (Rochester Royals).[https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/coach/george-glamack/ George Glamack]. Pro Basketball Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Jeannette Mirsky, 83, American writer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/20/arts/jeannette-m-ginsburg-83-author-and-editor.html Jeannette M. Ginsburg, 83, Author and Editor]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Daniel Morgan, 37, British private investigator, victim of unsolved murder.[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-65544848 Daniel Morgan murder: Met sorry for not disclosing documents at HQ]. BBC. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Johannes Quasten, 86, German Roman Catholic theologian.[https://cuexhibits.wrlc.org/exhibits/show/monsignor-johannes-quasten/retirement-and-impact Retirement and Impact]. Catholic University of America. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Bernard-Roland, 76, French film director and producer.

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Karl Bohren, 84, American football player and coach.
Joe Gladwin, 81, English actor (Coronation Street, Last of the Summer Wine), bronchial cancer.[https://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/20th-march-1987/3/home-news-in-brief Home News in Brief]. Catholic Herald. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Fred Lucas, 84, American MLB player (Philadelphia Phillies).
Bots Nekola, 80, American MLB player.

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Robert Barnes, 75, Irish cricketer and rugby union player.
Jon R. Collins, 63, American judge, justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada (1966-1971).
Ferruccio Dalla Torre, 55, Italian Olympic bobsledder (1964).
Bruno Gamba, 57, Italian Olympic rower (1952).
Woody Hayes, 74, American college football coach (Ohio State), heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr. |title=Woody Hayes, Fiery Coach, is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/13/obituaries/woody-hayes-fiery-coach-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=13 March 1987 |page=B 6}}
Micheline Kahn, 97, French harpist and pianist.
Frans Kuijper, 86, Dutch Olympic water polo player and coach (1928 Summer Olympics).
Richard Levinson, 52, American screenwriter and producer (Columbo), heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Lisa Belkin |author-link1=Lisa Belkin |title=Richard Levinson, 52, Writer of Television Mystery Series |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/13/obituaries/richard-levinson-52-writer-of-tevelsion-mystery-series.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=13 March 1987 |page=B 6}}
Jack Marks, 92, English performer and screenwriter (Up for the Cup), lung cancer.

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Edward Peck Curtis, 90, American World War I flying ace, Air Service Major General, pneumonia.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/15/obituaries/edward-p-curtis-eisenhower-aviation-aide.html Edward P. Curtis, Eisenhower Aviation Aide]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi, 77, Indian Muslim scholar and poet.
Dezső Grósz, 88, Hungarian Olympic footballer (1924).
Bernhard Grzimek, 77, German zoo director, author and animal conservationist, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=John Tagliabue, Special To the New York Times |title=Bernhard Grzimek, Zoologist and Wildlife Champion, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/15/obituaries/bernhard-grzimek-zoologist-and-wildlife-champion-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=15 March 1987 |page=1 36}}
Jack Haines, 66, English footballer.
Peter Henrici, 63, Swiss mathematician (numerical analysis).[https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/BF01400886.pdf Obituary to Peter Henrici]. Springer. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
David Lewis, 83, American Hollywood film producer (Dark Victory), pneumonia.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-15-me-10964-story.html David Lewis, Producer of Films in ‘30s and ‘40s, Dies]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Gerald Moore, 87, English classical pianist.{{cite news |author1=Tim Page |title=Top Accompanist for Singers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/17/obituaries/gerald-moore-is-dead-at-87-top-accompanist-for-singers.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 March 1987 |page=B 8}}
Wayne Osborne, 74, American MLB player.
Hugh Roberton, 86, Australian politician, Minister for Social Services, Australian Ambassador to Ireland.[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/roberton-hugh-stevenson-14453 Hugh Stevenson Roberton (1900–1987)]. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Fela Sowande, 81, Nigerian musician and composer.[https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/sowande-fela-1905-1987 Fela Sowande 1905–1987]. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.

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Peter Beter, 65, American attorney and financier.
Tex Fletcher, 77, American singing cowboy, actor and radio & television personality.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/poughkeepsie-journal-obituary-for-tex-fl/102440743/ Obituary for Tex Fletcher (Aged 77)]. Newspapers.com (Poughkeepsie Journal). Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Rushdi al-Kikhya, 87–88, Syrian political leader, Speaker of the Parliament of Syria.
Ivor Preece, 66, English international rugby union footballer (Coventry, England).
Ali Muhammad Rashidi, 81, Pakistani journalist, politician and diplomat.
Gerard Steenson, appr. 29, Irish republican paramilitary commander, ambushed and killed.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/16/world/irish-guerrilla-leader-slain-feud-death-toll-rises-to-10.html Irish Guerrilla Leader Slain; Feud Death Toll Rises to 10]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Ian MacAlister Stewart, 91, Scottish military officer in the British Army.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/0/lest-forgetbrigadier-ian-stewartthe-first-british-officer-land/ Lest we forget: Brigadier Ian Stewart, the first British officer to land on French soil – obituary]. The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.

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Douglas Abbott, 87, Canadian Member of Parliament, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.[https://www.scc-csc.ca/judges-juges/bio-eng.aspx?id=douglas-charles-abbott The Honourable Douglas Charles Abbott, P.C.]. Supreme Court of Canada. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
W. Sterling Cole, 82, American politician, lawyer, and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Thomas W. Ennis |title=W. Sterling Cole, 82, Dies of Cancer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/17/obituaries/w-sterling-cole-82-dies-of-cancer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 March 1987 |page=B 6}}
Red Dutton, 89, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Montreal Maroons), coach and executive.[https://www.nhl.com/player/red-dutton-8445969 Red Dutton]. NHL.com. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Léon Fleuriot, 64, French linguist and Celtic scholar.
Don Gant, 44, American singer, songwriter and record producer, boating accident.

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León Bozzi, 58, Argentine Olympic sports shooter (1956).
Jack Brumfitt, 70, English cricketer.
Christof Frommelt, 68, Liechtensteiner Olympic cross-country skier (1948).
Bob Kline, 77, American Major League baseballer (Boston Red Sox).[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bob-kline/ Bob Kline]. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Vivian Martin, 93, American stage and silent-screen actress.[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/martin-vivian-1893-1987 Martin, Vivian (1893–1987)]. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Scott McKay, 71, American actor, kidney failure.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/18/obituaries/scott-mckay-actor-featured-in-wide-range-of-stage-roles.html Scott McKay, Actor Featured in Wide Range of Stage Roles]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Juan Gómez Millas, 86, Chilean fascist politician.
Raymond Passello, 82, Swiss Olympic footballer (1928).
Tjaak Pattiwael, 73, Indonesian footballer.
Allan Perry-Keene, 88, English officer in the Royal Air Force, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force.[https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/2599764 We Remember Allan Lancelot Addison Perry-Keene]. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Joseph E. Schaefer, 68, American soldier in the U.S. Army, recipient of the Medal of Honor.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDLe7z3tceWMuIeEe73YotSTvOIWcJxn/view?usp=sharing Gravestone: Joseph E. Schaefer 16.3.87]. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Samuel H. Shapiro, 79, American politician, Governor of Illinois.{{cite news |author1= |title=Samuel H. Shapiro, 79, Ex-Governor of Illinois|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/17/obituaries/samuel-h-shapiro-79-ex-governor-of-illinois.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 March 1987 |page=B 8}}
Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, 57, Danish architect, designed the Grande Arche.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/21/obituaries/johan-von-spreckelsen-danish-architect-dies.html Johan von Spreckelsen, Danish Architect, Dies]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.

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Carlos Arancibia, 75, Chilean footballer.
Tom Cothran, 39, American musicologist and composer, AIDS.
Georg Lammers, 81, German sprinter and Olympic medalist.[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70374 Georg Lammers]. Olympedia. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Antonio Lopez, 44, Puerto Rican fashion illustrator, complication of AIDS.{{cite news |author1=Anne-Marie Schiro |title=Was Major Fashion Illustrator|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/18/obituaries/antonio-lopez-is-dead-at-44-was-major-fashion-illustrator.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=18 March 1987 |page=B 6}}
Ron Saggers, 69, Australian Test cricketer.[https://www.wisden.com/players/ron-saggers Ron Saggers]. Wisden. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Derief Taylor, 76, Jamaican first-class cricketer and coach.[https://www.wisden.com/players/derief-taylor Derief Taylor]. Wisden. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Hjördis Töpel, 83, Swedish Olympic swimmer and diver (1924, 1928).
Salvatore Toma, 35, Italian poet, suicide.
Santo Trafficante Jr., 72, American Mafia boss, allied with Sam Giancana.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/19/obituaries/santo-trafficante-reputed-mafia-chief-dies-at-72.html Santo Trafficante, Reputed Mafia Chief, Dies at 72]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.

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Milorad Arsenijević, 80, Yugoslavian footballer and manager, and Olympian (BSK Beograd, Yugoslavia).[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27865 Mikica Arsenijević]. Olympedia. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Bil Baird, 82, American puppeteer, pneumonia and cancer.{{cite news |author1=Nan Robertson |title=Bil Baird, Creator of Puppets, is Dead|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/20/obituaries/bil-baird-creator-of-puppets-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=20 March 1987 |page=B 6}}
Claude I. Bakewell, 74, American lawyer, member of U.S. House of Representatives (1947-1949, 1951-1953), emphysema.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch/10249785/ Article clipped from St. Louis Post-Dispatch]. Newspapers.com (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Lewis Bandt, 77, Australian car designer, designed and built the first utes, car accident.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136295962 Ute creator dies]. Trove (Canberra Times). Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Antun Banek, 85, Yugoslavian Olympic cyclist (1928).
Kari Diesen, 72, Norwegian singer and revue actress.
Charles Morales, 91, Jamaican cricketer.
Elizabeth Poston, 81, English composer, pianist and writer.[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/poston-elizabeth-1905-1987 Poston, Elizabeth (1905–1987)]. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Gustav Rehn, 72, Norwegian footballer.
Ken Reynolds, 78, Australian rules footballer.

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Punaloor Balan, 60, Indian writer and poet, cancer.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/23331312 Malayalam Scene: Waiting for Masterpieces?]. JSTOR (Indian Literature). Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Louis de Broglie, 94, French physicist contributing to quantum theory and Nobel laureate in Physics.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/20/obituaries/louis-debroglie-french-physicist-won-29-nobel-for-wave-theory.html Louis De Broglie, French Physicist, Won '29 Nobel for Wave Theory]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Paddy Farrell, 75, Irish footballer.
Edward Jankowski, 57, Polish footballer.
Red Jones, 81, American baseball umpire.
Robert-Jean Longuet, 85, French lawyer, journalist and militant socialist.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/21/obituaries/robert-jean-longuet.html Robert-Jean Longuet]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Juan Mascaró, 89, Spanish translator.[https://www.libertybooks.com/index.php?route=product/author/info&author_id=14920 Author Information:]. Liberty Books (year of death only). Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Ruth Meiers, 61, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota, cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Lieut. Gov. Ruth Meiers Of North Dakota Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/21/obituaries/lieut-gov-ruth-meiers-of-north-dakota-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=21 March 1987 |page=1 34}}
Emile Meyer, 76, American actor.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-emile-meyer/17282935/ Emile Meyer]. Newspapers.com (Tampa Bay Times). Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Arch Oboler, 79, American playwright, novelist and director (Lights Out), heart failure.{{cite news |author1=William G. Blair |title=Arch Oboler, Wrote Thrillers for Radio in 1930'S and 40'S |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/22/obituaries/arch-oboler-wrote-thrillers-for-radio-in-1930-s-and-40-s.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=22 March 1987 |page=1 36}}
Harold Rosenthal, 69, English music critic, writer and opera broadcaster.{{cite news |author1= |title=Harold Rosenthal, Lecturer And Opera Critic in Britain |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/22/obituaries/harold-rosenthal-lecturer-and-opera-critic-in-britain.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=22 March 1987 |page=1 36}}
Tony Stratton Smith, 53, English rock music manager, founded record label Charisma Records, pancreatic cancer.[https://www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/rebel-with-a-clue Tony Stratton Smith: rebel with a clue]. Islington Tribune (year of death only). Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.

=20=

Warren G. Brown, 66, American rodeo cowboy, prostate cancer.
Joseph Fitzgerald, 82, American Olympic ice hockey player (1932).
Luigi Gandini, 58, Italian Olympic rower (1948).
Licio Giorgieri, 61, Italian air force general, murdered.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/21/world/italian-general-is-shot-dead-and-terrorsts-are-blamed.html Italian General is Shot Dead and Terrorists are Blamed]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Norman Harris, 39, American guitarist and songwriter, cardiovascular disease.
Russell Ohl, 89, American scientist, patented the modern solar cell.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-obituary-for-russell-sh/48036981/?locale=en-AU Obituary for Russell Shoemaker Ohl (Aged 89)]. Newspapers.com (The Morning Call). Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Rita Streich, 66, German opera singer.[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/streich-rita-1920-1987 Streich, Rita (1920–1987)]. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Kenneth Threadgill, 77, American country singer and tavern owner, pulmonary embolism.[https://www.tshaonline.org/texas-day-by-day/entry/724 Legendary Texas yodeler silenced]. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Harry Windsor, 72, Irish-born Australian cardiac surgeon.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-obituary-for-h/130846710/ Obituary for Harry Windsor]. Newspapers.com (The Sydney Morning Herald). Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.

=21=

Walter L. Gordon, 81, Canadian businessman, politician and writer, President of the Privy Council, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=John F. Burns, Special To the New York Times |title=Walter L. Gordon, Ex-Canadian Aide|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/25/obituaries/walter-l-gordon-ex-canadian-aide.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=25 March 1987 |page=B 5}}
Dean Paul Martin, 35, American pop singer and actor, air crash.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/27/us/dean-martin-s-son-is-dead-in-jet.html Dean Martin's Son is Dead in Jet]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Robert Preston, 68, American actor and singer (The Music Man), lung cancer.{{cite news |author1=Tim Page |title=Robert Preston, Actor, is Dead at 68 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/23/obituaries/robert-preston-actor-is-dead-at-68.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=23 March 1987 |page=B 7}}
Ollie Sansen, 79, American NFL player.
Jacob Taubes, 64, Austrian rabbi, philosopher and scholar of Judaism.[https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/taubes-jakob Taubes, Jakob]. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.

=22=

Louis De Geer, 77, Swedish diplomat.
Morton Haack, 62, American costume designer.
Louis M. Hacker, 88, American economic historian, professor of economics.{{cite news |author1= |title=Louis M. Hacker, 88, Educator|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/23/obituaries/louis-m-hacker-88-educator.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=23 March 1987 |page=B 7}}
Charlie Jarzombek, 44, American race car driver, racing accident.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-23-sp-8825-story.html Motor Racing Roundup : NASCAR Driver Dies; Prudhomme Prevails]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Max Kelly, 77, Australian rules footballer.
Bill McGuffie, 59, British pianist, film composer and conductor, cancer.
Joan Shawlee, 61, American film and television actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Some Like It Hot), breast cancer.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-31-me-1312-story.html Joan Shawlee; Busy Actress in Zany Comedies]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.

=23=

Emilio Giuseppe Dossena, 83, Italian painter.
Maurice Dunand, 89, French archaeologist specializing in the ancient Near East.
Eugene Gelfand, 67, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1955-1974).
Walter Walford Johnson, 82, American businessman and politician, Governor of Colorado.
Maurice Labro, 76, French film director.
Edward Lamb, 85, American businessman, broadcasting executive and labour lawyer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Millionaire and Labor Lawyer|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/25/obituaries/edward-lamb-is-dead-at-84-millionaire-and-labor-lawyer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=25 March 1987 |page=B 5}}
Reg Lye, 74, Australian actor.
John Mariucci, 70, American ice hockey player, administrator and coach, cancer.[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/03/23/John-Mariucci-assistant-general-manager-of-the-Minnesota-North/2983543474000/ John Mariucci, assistant general manager of the Minnesota North...]. United Press International. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Morton Minsky, 85, American burlesque owner, co-owner of Minsky's Burlesque, cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Last of a Burlesque Dynasty|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/24/obituaries/morton-minky-is-dead-at-85-last-of-a-burlesque-dynasty.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=24 March 1987 |page=B 6}}
Tony Pacheco, 59, Cuban-born baseballer and Major League coach (Houston Astros).
Herald F. Stout, 83, American admiral in the U.S. Navy.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IMnxqiHruyuvVNEtJS7TzlIFFhzwaFmh/view?usp=sharing Memorial Plaque: Rear Admiral Herald Franklin Stout 23.3.87]. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Ilse Totzke, 73, German musician, survivor of the Ravensbrück concentration camp.

=24=

Vicente Calderón, 73, Spanish businessman, president of Atlético Madrid.
A. Spencer Feld, 96, American politician and lawyer.
Alan Gale, 56, Australian rules footballer (Fitzroy) and commentator, heart attack.[https://www.lions.com.au/news/1388167/alan-gale-hof Alan Gale HOF]. https://www.lions.com.au/. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Takeru Higuchi, 69, American chemist, invented time-release medication capsule.{{cite news |author1= |title=Takeru Higuchi|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/27/obituaries/takeru-higuchi.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=27 March 1987 |page=D 18}}
Sarah Goddard Power, 51, American political activist, suicide.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/26/obituaries/sarah-g-power-52-dies-in-8-story-fall-michigan-u-regent.html Sarah G. Power, 52, Dies in 8-Story Fall; Michigan U. Regent]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.

=25=

Carolin Babcock, 74, American tennis player, U.S. Open doubles champion, stroke.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/31/obituaries/carolin-stark-is-dead-tennis-star-in-1930-s.html Carolin Stark Is Dead; Tennis Star in 1930's]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Gusta Fučíková, 83, Czechoslovakian publicist, editor and politician.
Alvin Gipson, 72, American baseball player.
Rupe Hutton, 80, Australian rules footballer.
Ivan Ivanov-Vano, 87, Soviet animator and screenwriter.[https://www.encyclopedia.com/movies/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/ivanov-vano-ivan Ivanov-Vano, Ivan]. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
John Kloss, 49, American fashion designer, known for lingerie and sleepwear, suicide.{{cite news |author1= |title=John Kloss Dies at Age 49; Designed Women's Fashions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/31/obituaries/john-kloss-dies-at-age-49-designed-women-s-fashions.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=31 March 1987 |page=D 35}}
Henry Richardson Labouisse Jr., 83, American diplomat and statesman, Executive Director of UNICEF, cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/27/obituaries/henry-r-labouisse-dies-former-chief-of-unicef.html Henry R. Labouisse Dies; Former Chief of Unicef]. New York Times. Retrieved 23 Jul 2024.
Moustache, 58, French actor and jazz drummer, car accident.
Roman Mrugała, 69, Polish football player and manager.
William M. Register Jr., 56, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1966-1970).

=26=

Walter Abel, 88, American actor, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Jeremy Gerard |title=Walter Abel, 88, Actor in Theater and Films |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/28/obituaries/walter-abel-88-actor-in-theater-and-films.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=28 March 1987 |page=1 32}}
Lodovico Alessandri, 83, Brazilian Olympic fencer (1936, 1948).
Walter Clark, 96, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1955-1958).
Henrieta Delavrancea, 89, Romanian architect.[https://www.rri.ro/en/features-and-reports/rri-encyclopaedia/architect-henrieta-delavrancea-id168960.html Architect Henrieta Delavrancea]. Radio Romania International. Retrieved 24 Jul 2024.
Ohene Djan, 63, Ghanaian sports administrator and politician, member of the Legislative Assembly.
Pascual Gutiérrez, 72, Mexican Olympic athlete (1936).
Robert Gwyn Macfarlane, 79, English hematologist.[https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1990.0010 Robert Gwyn MacFarlane, 26 June 1907 — 26 March 1987]. The Royal Society. Retrieved 24 Jul 2024.
Conrad Moll, 87, American collegiate coach (Valparaiso).
Clem Morden, 79, Australian rules footballer.
Georg Muche, 91, German painter, architect and author.[https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/person/muche-georg Georg Muche]. Städel Museum. Retrieved 24 Jul 2024.
Eugen Jochum, 84, German conductor.{{cite news |author1=John Rockwell |author-link1=John Rockwell |title=Eugen Jochum, Conductor of German Classics|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/28/obituaries/eugen-jochum-conductor-of-german-classics.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=28 March 1987 |page=1 32}}
Mary Odette, 85, French-born British silent-screen actress.
Erich Römer, 92, German Olympic ice hockey player (1928, 1932).
Michael Stancliffe, 70, English Anglican priest, Dean of Winchester.
Skeeter Watkins, 71, American baseball player.

=27=

Giuseppe Ambrosoli, 63, Italian Catholic priest, renal failure.[https://thekalongotimes.com/giuseppe-ambrosoli/ Giuseppe Ambrosoli]. The Kalongo Times. Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.
Rudolph Anders, 91, German-born American actor.
William Bowers, 71, American reporter, playwright and screenwriter, respiratory failure.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/07/obituaries/william-bowers.html William Bowers]. New York Times. Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.
Tim Lee Carter, 76, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives (1965-1981), anaemia.{{cite news |author1= |title=Ex-Rep. Tim L. Carter, Kentucky Republican |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/29/obituaries/ex-rep-tim-l-carter-kentucky-republican.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=29 March 1987 |page=1 30}}
Erich Clar, 84, Austrian organic chemist.[https://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/staff/alanc/clar.htm Dr. Erich (Eric) Clar]. University of Glasgow (year of death only). Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.
Olha Franko, 90, Ukrainian writer, creator of the first Ukrainian cookbook.
Luis Chávez y González, 85, El Salvadoran Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of San Salvador.[https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bchavezy.html Archbishop Luis Chávez y González]. catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.
Lloyd Goodrich, 89, American art historian, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Douglas C. McGill |title=Lloyd Goodrich, Art Expert, Dies: Ex-Director of Whitney Museum |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/28/obituaries/lloyd-goodrich-art-expert-dies-ex-director-of-whitney-museum.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=28 March 1987 |page=1 32}}
Stane Kavčič, 67, Prime Minister of Slovenia.
Tonny Koeswoyo, 51, Indonesian rock musician and leader of the group Koes Plus.
James Maddern, 73, Australian cricketer.
Peter Mason, 65, English-born Australian physicist and science communicator.[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mason-peter-14943 Peter Mason (1922–1987)]. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.
Hans-Georg von der Osten, 91, German World War I flying ace and Luftwaffe commander during World War II.
Roy Outram, 86, Australian rules footballer.
Martin Provensen, 70, American illustrator, heart attack.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/29/obituaries/martin-provensen-dies-70-illustrated-children-s-books.html Martin Provensen Dies 70; Illustrated Children's Books]. New York Times. Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.
Cecil Yates, 74, American track cyclist.

=28=

Horace M. Albright, 97, American conservationist, director of the National Park Service.{{cite news |author1= |title=Horace Albright Dies; Founded Park Service |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/29/obituaries/horace-albright-dies-founded-park-service.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=29 March 1987 |page=1 30}}
Alphonse Alley, 56, Beninese military officer, President of Dahomey (Benin).
Earl Dawson, 61, Canadian ice hockey administrator.
Oliver K. Kelley, 82, Finnish-born American engineer, developed the automatic transmission.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-oliver-k-kelley-obit/22171270/ Oliver K. Kelley Obituary in the Detroit Free Press 31 March 1987]. Newspapers.com (Detroit Free Press). Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.
Lê Văn Kim, 68–69, South Vietnamese army general.Trần Ngọc Thống, Hồ Đắc Huân, Lê Đình Thụy (2011). Lược sử quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa. Hương Quê. {{ISBN|978-0-9852-1820-1}}. (pg 155-158)
Antonio Quarantotto, 91, Italian Olympic swimmer (1920).
Maria von Trapp, 82, Austrian matriarch of the Trapp family, heart failure.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/29/obituaries/maria-von-trapp-whose-life-was-sound-of-music-is-dead.html Maria von Trapp, Whose Life was 'Sound of Music,' is Dead]. New York Times. Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.
Patrick Troughton, 67, English actor (Doctor Who), heart attack.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/31/obituaries/patrick-george-troughton-doctor-who-on-british-tv.html Patrick George Troughton, 'Doctor Who' on British TV]. New York Times. Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.

=29=

Richard Aaron, 85, Welsh philosopher.[https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/1282/73p375.pdf Richard Ithamar Aaron]. The British Academy. Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.
Lawrence Anini, appr. 26, Nigerian bandit, executed.
Ludvík Bombík, 74, Czechoslovakian Olympic long distance runner (1936).
József Kovács, 61, Hungarian Olympic athlete (1956).
Jock McCorkell, 68, Australian rules footballer.
Mario Montesanto, 77, Italian football manager and player.
Jakob Nacken, 81, German-born American circus performer.
Akaki Shanidze, 100, Georgian linguist and philologist.
John Wiley, 60, South African cricketer and politician, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, suicide.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-30-mn-598-story.html S. African Cabinet Member Found Dead : Apparent Suicide Poses Election Problems for Botha and Party]. L.A. Times. Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.
Wanda Wiley, 85, American film actress.
Richard Wilson, 66, American science fiction writer.[https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides/print/wilson_r_prt.htm Richard Wilson Papers]. Syracuse University Libraries (year of death only). Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.

=30=

Everard Baker, 73, Australian cricketer.
George Blackerby, 83, American MLB player (Chicago White Sox).
Pyotr Gusev, 82, Russian ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer.[https://www.nypl.org/research/research-catalog/bib/b12217024 A life of new ideas : Pyotr Gusev.]. New York Public Library (year of death only). Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.
Bill Jones, 74, Australian rules footballer.
Veniamin Levich, 69, Soviet-born American chemist (Levich equation), cardiac arrest.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/21/obituaries/dr-benjamin-g-levich-dies-scientist-and-soviet-emigre.html Dr. Benjamin G. Levich Dies; Scientist and Soviet Emigre]. New York Times. Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.
Henry Mang, 89, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1953-1957).
Clint Murchison Jr., 63, American businessman, founder of the Dallas Cowboys football team, pneumonia.{{cite news |author1=Peter H. Frank, Special To the New York Times |title=C.W. Murchison Jr. Dies in Texas at 63 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/01/obituaries/cw-murchison-jr-dies-in-texas-at-63.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=1 April 1987 |page=B 5}}
Giorgio Pini, 88, Italian politician and journalist.
Dorothy Ward, 96, English actress.[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/ward-dorothy-1890-1987 Ward, Dorothy (1890–1987)]. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.
Lynn Townsend White Jr., 79, American historian, heart failure.[https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/354783?journalCode=isis Eloge: Lynn White, Jr., 29 April 1907-30 March 1987]. University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.

=31=

David Adler, 51, American physicist and MIT professor (Condensed matter physics), heart attack.{{cite news |author1= |title=David Adler, 51, Physicist; Expert on Semiconductors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/03/obituaries/david-adler-51-physicist-expert-on-semiconductors.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=3 April 1987 |page=B 5}}
Unicorn Chan, 46–47, Hong Kong actor, martial artist and stuntman, car crash.[https://lux.collections.yale.edu/view/person/b3d53317-f4fd-48b9-aa3b-7710b0fd5c58 Unicorn Chan, 1945-1987]. LUX: Yale Collections Discovery. Retrieved 25 Jul 2024.
Ernest R. Miller, 94, American collegiate coach.
Ram Panjwani, 75, Indian writer and folk singer.
Roy Rushbrook, 75, Australian cricketer.

=Unknown date=

Arthur Holland, 70, English football referee.
Lesley Osmond, 65, British actress.

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