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*[[Michael Bennett (theater)|Michael Bennett]], 44, American |
*[[Michael Bennett (theater)|Michael Bennett]], 44, American theatre director, writer and dancer, lymphoma.<ref>[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.</ref> |
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*[[Václav Černý]], 82, Czechoslovakian literary scholar, writer and philosopher. |
*[[Václav Černý]], 82, Czechoslovakian literary scholar, writer and philosopher.<ref>[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.</ref> |
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*[[Denis Larkin]], 79, Irish politician and trade union official. |
*[[Denis Larkin]], 79, Irish politician ([[Teachta Dála]], [[Lord Mayor of Dublin]]) and trade union official.<ref>[https://www.dib.ie/biography/larkin-denis-a4682 Larkin, Denis]. ''Dictionary of Irish Biography''. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.</ref> |
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*[[Karl Linnas]], 67, Estonian sentenced to death during the Holocaust trials. |
*[[Karl Linnas]], 67, Estonian sentenced to death during the Holocaust trials, heart failure.<ref>[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.</ref> |
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*[[George S. Wise]], 81, American sociologist, president of Tel Aviv University, heart failure.<ref>{{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}}</ref> |
*[[George S. Wise]], 81, American sociologist, president of [[Tel Aviv University]], heart failure.<ref>{{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}}</ref> |
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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
1
- Kurt Lamm, 68, German-born American soccer player, coach and manager, heart attack.[1]
- Jerry Livingston, 78, American songwriter (The Twelfth of Never) and dance orchestra pianist, heart condition.[2]
- Bridget Sequeira, 81, Pakistani-Indian religious sister.
- Snakefinger, 38, English musician, singer and songwriter (The Residents), heart attack.
- Soetran, 66, Indonesian military officer and politician, Governor of Irian Jaya, liver cancer.
2
- Michael Bennett, 44, American theatre director, writer and dancer, lymphoma.[3]
- Václav Černý, 82, Czechoslovakian literary scholar, writer and philosopher.[4]
- Denis Larkin, 79, Irish politician (Teachta Dála, Lord Mayor of Dublin) and trade union official.[5]
- Karl Linnas, 67, Estonian sentenced to death during the Holocaust trials, heart failure.[6]
- George S. Wise, 81, American sociologist, president of Tel Aviv University, heart failure.[7]
3
- Viola Dana, 90, American silent-screen actress.
- John H. Mercer, 64, British glaciologist.
- William Wiard, 59, American film and television director, cancer.
4
- Edward Addison, 88, British Royal Air Force air vice marshal.
- Alexander Gordon-Lennox, 76, British Royal Navy rear admiral, president of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
- Abdul Halim, 75, Indonesian politician, Prime Minister of Indonesia.
- Sally Hamlin, 84, American child actor, pianist and recording artist.
- Dan James, 49, American NFL footballer.
- Bengt Strömgren, 79, Danish astronomer and astrophysicist.
5
- Bobby Ancell, 76, Scottish international footballer and manager.
- Alan Gibson, 49, Canadian film and television director.
6
- László Pusztai, 41, Hungarian international footballer, car accident.
7
- Finis Jennings Dake, 84, American Pentecostal minister, complications from Parkinson's disease.
- Michael J. Eagen, 80. American chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
- René Gérard, 73, French international footballer.
- H. R. Jothipala, 51, Sri Lankan playback singer, liver failure.
- Ernest Achey Loftus, 103, British soldier, teacher and diarist.
- John Meredith Rockingham, 75, Australian-Major General in the Canadian Army.
- Hannelore Schroth, 65, German film, stage and television actress.
- John Singer, 63, English actor.
- Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, 84, Dutch-classical pianist.
8
- Gerardo Diego, 90, Spanish poet.
- Alvin O'Konski, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Fuen Ronnaphagrad Ritthakhanee, 87, Thai aviator, Royal Thai Air Force officer, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand.
- Franjo Wölfl, 69, Yugoslavian international footballer.
9
- Michiyo Fukaya, 34, American feminist poet and activist, suicide by gunshot.
- Ashley Kriel, 20, South African anti-apartheid activist, killed by police.
- Waris Mir, 48, Pakistani journalist, writer and academic, cardiac arrest.
- Hezekiah Ochuka, 33, Kenyan Private in the Kenyan Air Force, Kenyan leader for 6 hours, hanged.
- Paul Rapoport, 47, American lawyer, AIDS.
- Ulas Samchuk, 82, Ukrainian writer, publicist, journalist, and anti-semite.
- Ernest Ward, 66, English rugby league footballer.
10
- Doug Dobell, 69, British record store proprietor and record producer, ran Dobell's Record Shop, heart attack.
- John Hammond, 76, American record producer, civil rights activist and music critic, strokes.[8]
- Harold Rice, 75, American educator and magician.
- Tanya Zolotoroff Nash, 89, Russian-American Deaf Rights activist.
11
- Hannah Billig, 85, British medical doctor.
- Marion Brooks, 91, American silent-screen actress, entertainment journalist and screenwriter.
- Cyril McLaglen, 87, British and American film actor.
- Truman J. Nelson, 75–76, American writer of historical novels and essays and a civil rights activist, heart failure.[9]
- Fernando Garcia Ponce, 53, Mexican architect and abstract artist, heart attack.
- Avi Ran, 23, Israeli international footballer, hit by racing boat.
- Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, 87, Russian-American Talmudic scholar and rabbi.
- Robert Love Taylor, 87, American district judge.
- Tom Waddell, 49, American physician, decathlete Olympian and founder of the Gay Olympics, AIDS.
12
- Peter Gimbel, 60, American filmmaker and underwater photojournalist, cancer.[10]
- Harold Goodwin, 84, American actor.
- Emilio el Moro, 63, Spanish Flamenco singer, guitarist and humorist.
- Nathan Perlmutter, 63–64, American executive director of the Anti-Defamation League.[11]
- Marguerite Renoir, 80, French film editor.
- Andrei Snezhnevsky, 83, Soviet psychiatrist, lung cancer.
13
- Patience Collier, 76, British actress.
- Robert Francis, 85, American poet.
- Silas Jayne, 80, American horse trainer and murderer, leukemia.
- Eric Worrell, 62, Australian naturalist and science writer.
14
- Salvador E. Felices, 63, Puerto Rican major general in the U.S. Air Force.
- Fritz Holt, 46, American theatre producer and director, pneumonia.
- William Overton, 47, United States district judge, cancer.[12]
- Sao Saimong, 73, Burmese government minister.
- William Stuart-Houston, 76, English-American half-nephew of Adolf Hitler.
- Pak Yung-sun, 30, North Korean table tennis player, world champion.
- Viktor Zhdanov, 73, Soviet virologist and epidemiologist.
15
- Lee Ballanfant, 91, American Major Leagues baseball umpire.
- J. Rives Childs, 94, American diplomat and writer, U.S. ambassador, cardiac pulmonary infection.[13]
- Polly Elwes, 59, British BBC Television in-vision announcer and reporter, bone cancer.
- Lee Gaines, 73, American jazz singer and lyricist, cancer.[14]
- Fernando Van Zeller Guedes, 84, Portuguese wine producer.
- Pete King, 28, British musician, testicular cancer.
- Jack O'Hagan, 88, Australian singer, songwriter and radio personality.
- Margarete Schlegel, 87, German and British theatre and film actress and soprano operetta singer.
16
- Harry Ayres, 74, New Zealand mountaineer and guide, suspected suicide by drowning.
- Alfie Bass, 71, English actor, heart attack.
- Pierre Lardinois, 62, Dutch politician and diplomat.[15]
- Juraj Lupták, 45, Czechoslovakian rapist and serial killer, hanged.
- Rudolph Palumbo, 86, British property developer.
- Tony Tani, 69, Japanese entertainer, liver cancer.
- Cliff Wilton, 71, Scottish rugby union player, president of the Scottish Rugby Union.
17
- Marjorie Cottle, 86, English motorcycle trials rider.
- Dominick V. Daniels, 78, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Jörg Fauser, 43, German writer, poet and journalist.
- Yūjirō Ishihara, 52, Japanese actor and singer, liver cancer.
- Howard McGhee, 69, American bebop jazz trumpeter.
- Mathura Prasad Mishra, 69, Indian politician, member of the lower house of the Parliament of India.
- Kristjan Palusalu, 79, Estonian heavyweight wrestler and dual Olympic gold medalist.
- Leon B. Poullada, 74, American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Togo, prostate cancer.[16]
18
- Anthony Casamento, 66, American marine corporal, Medal of Honor recipient.[17]
- George Dahl, 93, American architect, dehydration.
- Gilberto Freyre, 87, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman.[18]
- Alfredo Ruano, 54, El Salvadoran international footballer, heart attack.
19
- Clementina de Jesus, 86, Brazilian samba singer, stroke.
- Jane Kendeigh, 65, American flight nurse of the U.S. Navy.
- Aadhavan Sundaram, 45, Indian writer, drowned.
- Brij Lal Varma, 70–71, Indian politician, cabinet minister.
20
- Ichirō Arishima, 71, Japanese comedian and actor.
- Norbert Casteret, 89, French caver, adventurer and writer.
- Richard Egan, 65, American actor, prostate cancer.[19]
- Margit Johnsen, 74, Norwegian sailor in the merchant navy.
- Dmitry Lelyushenko, 85, Soviet army general.
- Alexander Wood, 80, Scottish American international footballer.
21
- John Armstrong, 71, Irish Anglican bishop, Archbishop of Armagh.
- Donald Cressey, 68, American penologist, sociologist and criminologist.
- Louis DaPron, 74, American dancer, choreographer and dance instructor.
- Bert Keyes, 56, American pianist, songwriter, singer and arranger.
- Stella Steyn, 79, Irish artist.
- Burke Trend, 73, British civil servant, rector of Lincoln College.
22
- Adele Comandini, 89, American screenwriter (Three Smart Girls).
- Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, 87, Turkish politician and diplomat, Turkish Ambassador to Switzerland.
- Eugene Halliday, 75, British artist and writer.
- Natalie Hinderas, 60, American pianist and composer, cancer.[20]
- Mary Cover Jones, 89, American developmental psychologist and pioneer of behaviour therapy.
- Jack Lescoulie, 74, American radio and television announcer and host.[21]
- C. B. Macpherson, 75, Canadian political scientist.
- Don McMahon, 57, American Major League baseballer, heart attack.
- Nick Perls, 55, American audio engineer and the founder and owner of Yazoo Records.
- Raja Shankar, 55, Indian actor.
- A. G. Kripal Singh, 53, Indian Test cricketer and national selector, cardiac arrest.
- Henry Tayali, 43, Zambian painter, sculptor and printmaker.
23
- DeVeren Bookwalter, 47, American actor and director, stomach cancer.
- Song Deok-gi, 94, Korean martial artist.
- Art Jarrett, 80, American singer, actor and bandleader.
- Manuel Suárez y Suárez, 91, Spanish-Mexican entrepreneur and patron of the arts.
24
- Anna-Eva Bergman, 78, Norwegian abstract expressionist artist.
- Franz Burri, 85, Swiss political figure, disseminator of Nazi propaganda.
- Pat Clancy, 68, Australian trade unionist, heart attack.
- Dick Wellstood, 59, American jazz pianist, heart attack.[22]
25
- Malcolm Baldrige Jr., 64, American businessman, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, internal injuries from rodeo accident.[23]
- Charles Stark Draper, 85, American scientist and engineer, "father of inertial navigation".[24]
- Lydie Marland, 87, American first lady of Oklahoma.
- Tracy Read, 25, American race car driver, race crash.
- Alex Sadkin, 38, American record producer, engineer, mixer and mastering engineer, motor accident.
26
- Jim Bishop, 79, American journalist and author, respiratory failure.[25]
- Chinmoy Chattopadhyay, 56, Indian singer.
- Phyllis Cilento, 93, Australian medical practitioner, medical journalist and advocate of family planning.
- Frank Marshall Davis, 81, American journalist, poet, political activist and businessman.
- Tawfiq al-Hakim, 88, Egyptian writer.
- Joe Liggins, 71, American R&B, jazz and blues pianist and vocalist, stroke.
- Carmelita Maracci, 79. American concert dancer and choreographer, heart attack.[26]
- Kenneth Muse, 77, American animator (Tom and Jerry).
- Mario Radice, 88, Italian painter
- Hugh Wheeler, 75, British-American novelist, screenwriter, librettist and poet.[27]
27
- Travis Jackson, 83, American Major league baseballer, Alzheimer's disease.[28]
- Jan Mikusiński, 74, Polish mathematician.
- K. L. N. Prasad, 59, Indian politician, member of Parliament.
28
- James Burnham, 81, American philosopher and political theorist, kidney and liver cancer.[29]
- Feodor Fedorenko, 79, Soviet Nazi collaborator and war criminal, executed.
- Carlton Fredericks, 76, American radio commentator and writer on health and nutrition, heart attack.[30]
- Jack Renshaw, 77, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales.
- Ismet Alajbegović Šerbo, 62, Bosnian accordionist, composer and writer of folk songs.
- Nguyễn Tuân, 77, Vietnamese author.
- Philip E. Vernon, 82, British-Canadian psychologist and author.
- Levie Vorst, 83, Dutch rabbi of Rotterdam.
29
- Arthur J. Bressan Jr., 44, American director, writer, producer and documentarian, AIDS.
- Arthur Chipperfield, 81, Australian test cricketer.
- Aleksey Sukletin, 44, Soviet serial killer, rapist and cannibal, executed.
30
- Vicky Clement-Jones, 38, Hong Kong-English physician and medical researcher, ovarian cancer.
- Lado Davidov, 62, Soviet soldier during the Second World War and Hero of the Soviet Union.
- McDonald Hobley, 70, British BBC Television continuity announcer, heart attack.
- Bernard Sta Maria, 42–43, Malaysian politician, community leader and author, bronchitis.
- Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, 92, Indian author.
- Narciso Soldan, 59, Italian footballer.
- Michel Tapié, 78, French art critic, curator, and collector.
31
- Kenneth Carllile, 56, American country music guitarist and songwriter, heart attack.
- Joseph E. Levine, 81, American film distributor, financier and producer.[31]
- Justine W. Polier, 84, American lawyer, the first woman Justice in New York.
- Michael Staniforth, 44, British stage actor, AIDS.
- Paul Yakabuski, 64, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Unknown date
- Sari Maritza, 77, British film actress.
- Joe Mondragon, 67, American jazz bassist.
- Hugh Perceval, 79, British screenwriter and film producer.
References
- ^ "Kurt Lamm". The New York Times. July 4, 1987. p. 1 7. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "Jerry Livingston Dies; Wrote 'Mairzy Doats'". The New York Times. July 10, 1987. p. D 19. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Michael Bennett, Theater Innovator, Dies at 44 .... New York Times. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.
- ^ Prof. Vaclav Cerny, Advocate Of Rights in Czechoslovakia. New York Times. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.
- ^ Larkin, Denis. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.
- ^ Deported Nazi Linnas Dies in Soviet Hospital. L.A. Times. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.
- ^ "George S. Wise Dead; Led Tel Aviv University". The New York Times. July 3, 1987. p. B 5. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "John Hammond, 76, Critic and Discoverer Of Pop Talent, Dies". The New York Times. July 11, 1987. p. 1 1. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "Truman J. Nelson". The New York Times. July 14, 1987. p. D 27. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ John T. McQuiston (July 13, 1987). "A Film Maker and Journalist". The New York Times. p. D 10. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Eric Pace (July 14, 1987). "Nathan Perlmutter, Top Executive Of Anti-Defamation League, Dies". The New York Times. p. D 27. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "William Overton, A U.S. Judge, Dies". The New York Times. July 15, 1987. p. B 6. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "J. Rives Childs Is Dead; Authority on Casanova". The New York Times. July 16, 1987. p. D 22. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "Lee Gaines, 73, a Jazz Singer". The New York Times. July 21, 1987. p. B 8. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "Pierre Lardinois Dies at 62; A Dutch and Europe Official". The New York Times. July 19, 1987. p. 1 26. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "Leon B. Poullada, Ex-Envoy And Afghan Expert, Is Dead". The New York Times. July 23, 1987. p. A 25. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "Anthony Casamento Is Dead; Received the Medal of Honor". The New York Times. July 22, 1987. p. B 6. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "Gilberto Freyre of Brazil Dies". The New York Times. July 19, 1987. p. 1 25. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Eleanor Blau (July 22, 1987). "Richard Egan, Film Actor, Dies at 65". The New York Times. p. B 6. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "Natalie Hinderas, 60; Played Classical Piano". The New York Times. July 23, 1987. p. A 25. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Andrew L. Yarrow (July 23, 1987). "Longtime Co-Host of 'Today'". The New York Times. p. A 25. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Wolfgang Saxon (July 27, 1987). "Dick Wellstood, A Jazz Pianist, is Dead at 59". The New York Times. p. A 16. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ David Johnston, Special To the New York Times (July 26, 1987). "Malcolm Baldrige, Cabinet Member; Businessman With a Love for Rodeo". The New York Times. p. 1 26. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ John Noble Wilford (July 27, 1987). "Guided Astronauts to Moon". The New York Times. p. A 16. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ James Barronap (July 28, 1987). "Jim Bishop, A Columnist, Dies: Popular Author of 21 Books". The New York Times. p. B 6. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Jennifer Dunning (August 3, 1987). "Carmelita Maracci, A Ballet Instructor and Choreographer". The New York Times. p. D 11. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Wilborn Hampton (July 28, 1987). "Hugh Wheeler, Award Winning Playwright". The New York Times. p. B 6. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr. (July 29, 1987). "Travis Jackson, A Shortstop Who Made the Hall of Fame". The New York Times. p. D 22. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Mark A. Uhlig (July 30, 1987). "Founder of National Review". The New York Times. p. A 23. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ Edward Hudson (July 31, 1987). "Carlton Fredericks, 76, Host Of Radio Program on Health". The New York Times. p. B 14. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Nan Robertson (August 1, 1987). "Joseph E. Levine, A Towering Figure in Movie Making, is Dead". The New York Times. p. 1 36. Retrieved April 27, 2024.