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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 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.
August 1987
1
- Amilcare Canevari, 82, Italian Olympic rower (1928).[1]
- Caroline Russell Compton, 80, American artist.
- Benson Fong, 70, American actor, stroke.[2]
- Howdy Forrester, 65, American bluegrass fiddler.[3]
- S. Marshall Kempner, 88, American investment banker, founder of the French Bank of California, heart failure.[4]
- Juho Matsalu, 75, Estonian footballer.[5]
- Harold Morphy, 85, British Olympic rower (1924).[6]
- Pola Negri, 90, Polish-American actress and singer, pneumonia and brain tumour.[7]
2
- Mohammad Choucair, 70, Lebanese politician, assassinated.
- Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, 66, President of Bangladesh, chairman of U.N. Commission on Human Rights, heart attack.[8]
- Tom Doerr, 39–40, American gay activist.
- Jaime Ferrer, 70, Filipino lawyer, guerrilla and politician, Secretary of Local Government, assassinated.[9]
- Clement Howell, 51, Turks and Caicos politician, presumed airplane crash.
- David N. Johnson, 65, American organist and composer.
- David A. Martin, 50, American founding member and bass player for Sam the Sham, heart attack.
- Mangkunegara VIII, 62, Indonesian politician, last ruler of Mangkunegaran, Java.
- Aileen Meagher, 76, Canadian Olympic athlete (1936).[10]
- Adolf Schön, 81, German racing cyclist.[11]
- Myron Stout, 78–79, American abstract painter, lung cancer.[12]
- Yves Volel, 52–53, Haitian lawyer, activist and presidential candidate, assassinated.[13]
3
- Garrick Agnew, 56, Australian swimmer, businessman and dual Olympian (1948, 1952), heart attack.[14]
- Edward Cowart, 62, American circuit judge, heart attack.[15]
- Joseph Desch, 80, American electrical engineer and inventor.[16]
- Jean Douvinet, 88, French Olympic wrestler (1920).[17]
- Dorothy Hammerstein, 88, Australian-born American interior designer and decorator, wife of Oscar Hammerstein II.[18]
- William S. Moorhead, 64, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1981), lung cancer.[19]
- Ivan Mykolaichuk, 46, Ukrainian actor and screenwriter (Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors).
- Ivan Svanidze, 59, German-born Soviet academic specialising in agriculture and African Studies.
- Jim Veitch, 82, Australian rules footballer.[20]
4
- Hans Aderhold, 68, German Olympic diver (1952).[21]
- Sheikh Ali, 62, Malaysian Olympic field hockey player (1956).[22]
- Dick Farney, 65, Brazilian jazz pianist, composer and singer.
- József Fekete, 64, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (1948, 1952).[23]
- Kenny Price, 56, American country music singer, songwriter and actor, heart attack.[24]
- Jesse M. Unruh, 64, American politician, minority leader and speaker of the California State Assembly, prostate cancer.[25]
- Allan White, 72, Australian rules footballer.[26]
- John W. Wydler, 63, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives (1963–1981), heart attack.[27]
5
- Jocko Conlon, 89, American MLB player (Boston Braves).[28]
- Johannes Haasnoot, 90, Dutch Olympic rower (1920).[29]
- Anatoli Papanov, 64, Soviet actor, heart attack.
- Norm Raines, 66, Australian rules footballer.[30]
- Salvador Flores Rivera, 67, Mexican composer and singer.
- Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, 59, Japanese novelist and translator of French literature, carotid aneurysm.
6
- Abbas Babaei, 36, Iranian pilot, brigadier-general in Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, shot down.
- Sherwood Bailey, 64, American child actor, cancer.[31]
- Paula Bauersmith, 78, American actress, cancer.[32]
- Omer Braeckeveldt, 69, Belgian road cyclist.[33]
- Ira C. Eaker, 91, U.S. Army Air Forces general during World War II.[34]
- Georges Krotoff, 81, French Olympic sprinter (1928).[35]
- Lena Küchler-Silberman, 77, Polish member of the Jewish resistance.
- Myles Lane, 83, American NHL ice hockey player (New York Rangers) and Supreme Court justice, Alzheimer's disease.[36]
- Léon Noël, 99, French diplomat and politician, ambassador to Poland.
7
- Mihailo Apostolski, 80, Macedonian general and politician.
- Jeanne Boitel, 83, French film actress, member of French Resistance.
- Reed Budge, 66, American politician, member of the Idaho Senate (1967–1986).
- Camille Chamoun, 87, Lebanese politician, President of Lebanon, heart attack.[37]
- Andrew D. Holt, 82, American educator, president of the University of Tennessee.[38]
- Nobusuke Kishi, 90, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan, heart complications.[39]
- Vibeke Møller, 82, Danish Olympic swimmer (1924).[40]
- Jaap van Praag, 77, Dutch football administrator, chairman AFC Ajax, traffic accident.
8
- Danilo Blanuša, 83, Yugoslavian mathematician, physicist and engineer.[41]
- Harry Cockerill, 88, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1959–1973).
- Julián Gorkin, 86, Spanish revolutionary socialist, leader of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification.[42]
- Laurence Hyde, 73, English-born Canadian film maker, painter and graphic artist.
- Nirmal Mahto, 36, Indian political activist, leader of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, murdered.[43]
- Trevor O'Keeffe, 18–19, Irish man murdered while hitchhiking in France.[44]
- Irwin Schiff, 50, American businessman and mob associate, murdered.[45]
- Juan Antonio Yanes, 85, Venezuelan professional baseball pioneer[46]
9
- Rudolf Broby-Johansen, 86, Danish art historian, communist activist and writer.
- Col Colborne, 77, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1949–1973).
- Leon Keyserling, 79, American economist and lawyer, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.[47]
- August Miete, 78, Nazi German SS member and mass murderer, sentenced to life imprisonment.
- Henry Morgan, 80, Irish first-class cricketer.[48]
10
- Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, 94, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece, heart failure.[49]
- Casey Donovan, (John Culver), 43, American pornographic actor, AIDS.[50]
- Kerstin Gellerman, 61, Swedish politician, member of parliament.[51]
- Edmund Germer, 85, German inventor, father of the fluorescent lamp.[52]
- Uys Krige, 77, South African writer of novels, poems and plays.[53]
- Patrick O'Boyle, 91, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Washington.[54]
- Prince Yamashina Takehiko, 89, Japanese head of the Yamashina-no-miya.
- Raquel Torres, 78, Mexican-born American film actress, heart attack.[55]
11
- Eugene Bordinat, 67, American automobile designer and corporate executive (Ford Motor Company).[56]
- Živko Čingo, 51, Yugoslavian writer.
- F. Herrick Herrick, 85, American film director.
- Walter Herrmann, 76, German nuclear physicist and mechanical engineer.
- John McGillen, 70, American MLB player (Philadelphia Athletics).[57]
- Karlo Pavlenč, 61, Yugoslavian Olympic rower (1948, 1952).[58]
- Clara Peller, 85, Russian-born American manicurist and television personality, heart failure.[59]
- Alexander Ziegler, 43, Swiss author and actor, suicide.
12
- Alison Marjorie Ashby, 86, Australian botanical artist and plant collector.
- Crystal Bennett, 68, British archaeologist, founded the British Institute in Amman, liver disease.[60]
- Lester Gaba, 80, American sculptor and writer, colon cancer.[61]
- Kaj Hansen, 70, Danish footballer and manager.[62]
- Dmitri Klebanov, 69, Ukrainian composer.
- Niels Knudsen, 82, Danish architect.[63]
- Sally Long, 85, American dancer and actress.[64]
- Max Rowley, 64, Australian racing cyclist.
- Fatime Sokoli, 39, Albanian folk music singer.
13
- Guðmundur Ingólfsson, 58, Icelandic Olympic swimmer (1948).[65]
- Walter Kondratovich, 63, American football player and coach.
- Thomas B. Manuel, 88, American community leader and politician, heart attack.[66]
- Ethel McMillan, 83, New Zealand politician, member of the New Zealand Parliament (1953–1975).
14
- Sydney Bromley, 78, English actor, cancer.
- Giovanni Delago, 84, Italian Olympic cross-country skier (1932).[67]
- Bernard Fagg, 71, British archaeologist and museum curator.[68]
- Mary-Louise Hooper, 80, American heiress and activist in the civil rights and anti-apartheid movements.
- Narayana Kasturi, 89, Indian writer, professor and journalist.
- Nora Listach, 77, American baseball player.[69]
- Brewster Mason, 64, English actor, injuries from a fall.
- Albert Mayaud, 88, French Olympic water polo player (1920, 1924).[70]
- Vincent Persichetti, 72, American composer and pianist.[71]
- Edgar Rosenberg, 61, German-born British film and television producer, suicide.[72]
- Shigeo Sasaki, 74, Japanese mathematician (Sasakian manifolds).[73]
- Wylie Sypher, 81, American non-fiction writer.[74]
15
- Konstantin Aleksandrov, 67, Soviet sailor and Olympian (1952, 1956, 1964, 1968).[75]
- Hanna Greally, 63, Irish writer, incarcerated against her will in psychiatric hospital for 18 years.[76]
- Bernard Michaux, 65, Luxembourgian Olympic footballer (1948).[77]
- Ubaldo Ragona, 70, Italian film director and screenwriter.
- Dan Sandifer, 60, American NFL player (Washington Redskins), heart disease.[78]
- Robert Leonard Ewing Scott, 90, American convicted murderer.[79]
- Louis Scutenaire, 82, Belgian French-language poet and anarchist.[80]
- K. K. Shetty, 86, Indian politician, Member of Parliament.
16
- Pepe Cáceres, 52, Colombian bullfighter, complications from a goring.[81]
- Dorothy Hughes, 77, English-born Kenyan architect and politician.[82]
- Sumiko Kurishima, 85, Japanese actress, master of traditional Japanese dance.[83]
- Samuel Lubell, 75, American public opinion pollster and author, stroke.[84]
- Edwin Barnard Martin, 68, Canadian member of the British Free Corps in Nazi Germany.
- Andrei Mironov, 46, Soviet actor, complications from mis-administered drug.[85]
- Peter Schidlof, 65, Austrian-born British violist, co-founder of the Amadeus Quartet.[86]
- Nick Vanos, 24, American NBA basketballer (Phoenix Suns), plane crash.[87]
- Charles H. Wesley, 95, American historian, minister and author.[88]
17
- Leon Berkowitz, 75, American artist, cancer.[89]
- Frank Beswick, 75, British politician, deputy leader of the House of Lords.[90]
- Clarence Brown, 97, American film director (Anna Karenina, National Velvet), kidney failure.[91]
- Gary Chester, 62, American studio drummer and author.[92]
- Carlos Drummond de Andrade, 84, Brazilian poet and writer, heart attack.[93]
- Rudolf Hess, 93, German Nazi official, Deputy Führer, ostensibly suicide by hanging.[94]
- Mac Kac, 67, French jazz drummer.
- Harold McCluskey, 75, American chemical operations technician and radiation survivor, coronary artery disease.[95]
- Shaike Ophir, 58, Israeli actor, playwright and director (The Policeman), lung cancer.[96]
- Antti Rantamaa, 82, Finnish priest, member of Finnish Parliament.
- Tjilik Riwut, 69, Indonesian Air Force officer, governor of Central Kalimantan, hepatitis.
- Heinz Schubert, 73, Nazi German SS officer and war criminal.
- Tillit Sidney Teddlie, 102, American singing teacher, composer and minister.[97]
18
- Keerthisena Abeywickrama, 53, Sri Lankan politician, member of parliament, grenade attack.
- Shichirō Fukazawa, 73, Japanese author.
- Ralph Haver, 71–72, American architect (Haver Homes), pulmonary disease.[98]
- Dambudzo Marechera, 35, Zimbabwean novelist, playwright and poet, pulmonary disorder.[99]
19
- Bahri Kavaja, 62, Albanian football player.
- Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 58, British nobleman and peer, heart attack.[100]
- Laxmi Narayan Mishra, 83, Indian Hindi play writer.
- Margot Moles, 76, Spanish Olympic alpine skier (1936).[101]
- Sachin Nag, 67, Indian swimmer and water polo player, Olympian.[102]
- Hayden Rorke, 76, American actor (I Dream of Jeannie), multiple myeloma.[103]
- Paul Schlack, 89, German chemist.[104]
- Harold Sherman, 89, American writer and "parapsychologist".[105]
- Yidnekatchew Tessema, 65, Ethiopian international footballer (Saint George, Ethiopia).[106]
20
- René Andrei, 81, French sculptor.[107]
- Winifred Bryson, 94, American stage and silent-screen actress (A Heart to Let).[108]
- José Bueno y Monreal, 82, Spanish cardinal, Roman Catholic archbishop of Seville.
- Walenty Kłyszejko, 77, Estonian-Polish Olympic basketball player (1936).[109]
21
- Frances Mary Albrier, 88, American civil rights activist.
- Bombolo, (Franco Lechner), 56, Italian actor and comedian, complications from surgery.[110]
- Simone Boutarel, 95, French sculptor.[111]
- Dorothy Adlington Cadbury, 94, English botanist and director of confectionery company Cadbury.[112]
- Steve Davis, 58, American jazz bassist (John Coltrane Quartet).
- Connor Hansen, 73, American lawyer and jurist, justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (1967–1980).
- Li Fang-Kuei, 85, Chinese linguist.[113]
- Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, 78, Italian composer of film scores.
- Glesca Marshall, 80, American actress.[114]
- Marion McCarthy, 80, Canadian Olympic speed skater (1932).[115]
- Irving Thalberg Jr., 56, American author, son of Norma Shearer, cancer.[116]
22
- Carlos Atlagic, 71, Chilean footballer.[117]
- Arne Brustad, 75, Norwegian international footballer (Lyn Fotball, Norway) and Olympic medalist.[118]
- Leonard Caston, 70, American blues pianist and guitarist, heart disease.[119]
- Mary Dobkin, 84, Russian-born American amateur sports coach, stroke.[120]
- Maurice Harper, 73, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles. Pittsburgh Steelers).[121]
- Joseph P. Lash, 77, American political activist, journalist and writer (Pulitzer Prize winner), heart ailment.[122]
- George Mayo, 93, American baseball player.[123]
- Ted Sherdeman, 78, American radio producer and screenwriter (My Favorite Martian, The Flying Nun, Bewitched).[124]
- John Milton Bryan Simpson, 84, American circuit judge.[125]
23
- Griselda Allan, 81, English artist.
- Siegfried Borris, 80, German composer.
- Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., 84, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives (1939–1947), cardiac arrest.[126]
- Sheila van Damm, 65, British motor rally driver, owner of Windmill Theatre in London.[127]
- Malcolm Kirk, 51, English professional wrestler and rugby league player (Featherstone Rovers), died in the ring.[128]
- Paulo Navalho, 20, Angolan-born Portuguese footballer, heart attack during a game.[129]
- Didier Pironi, 35, French racing driver and power boat racer, powerboat racing accident.
- Stéphanos I Sidarouss, 83, Egyptian priest of the Coptic Catholic Church.[130]
24
- Michèle Alfa, 76, French actress, hider of French Resistance leaders.
- Douglas Byng, 94, English comic singer and songwriter.[131]
- Carlos Cossio, 84, Argentinian university reformer, lawyer and professor.
- Hans Fritsch, 76, German Olympic discus thrower (1936).[132]
- Wayne Hansen, 58, American NFL footballer (Chicago Bears), bone cancer.[133]
- W. W. Keeler, 79, American engineer and oilman, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.[134]
- Helmer Pedersen, 57, Danish-born New Zealand Olympic sailor (1964).[135]
- Bayard Rustin, 75, American civil and gay rights activist, perforated appendix.[136]
- Robert Selfelt, 84, Swedish army officer and Olympic horse rider (1948).[137]
25
- Héctor Abad Gómez, 66, Colombian doctor, university professor and human rights leader, murdered.[138]
- Otto Höfler, 86, Austrian philologist specialising in Germanic studies.
- Finn Jensen, 72, Danish Olympic swimmer (1936).[139]
- Sam Kahn, 75, South African politician, member of parliament.
- John Ortell Kingston, 68, American Trustee of the Davis County Cooperative Society, Utah.[140]
- Avraham Levenbraun, 71, Romanian-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1972–1977, 1981).
- Ken Radick, 80, American NFL player.[141]
- Victor Stafford Reid, 74, Jamaican writer.[142]
- Fernando Ramos da Silva, 19, Brazilian actor (Pixote), police shootout.[143]
- Thomas Warner, 84, South African cricketer.
26
- Josep Balsells, 82, Spanish Olympic rower coxswain (1924).[144]
- Alexandru Borbely, 76, Romanian footballer and coach.
- Vern Gardner, 62, American basketballer, stroke.[145]
- John Goddard, 68, Barbadian cricketer, captain of West Indies Test team.[146]
- Karl-Erik Johansson, 63, Finnish Olympic rower (1952).[147]
- Marcelo Ramos Motta, 56, Brazilian writer, heart attack.
- Alberto Socarras, 78, Cuban-American flautist.
- Georg Wittig, 90, German chemist (Wittig reaction), Nobel laureate in Chemistry.[148]
27
- Ben Branch, 59, American entrepreneur, jazz tenor saxophonist and bandleader.[149]
- Joan Haythorne, 72, British actress.
- Scott La Rock, 25, American hip-hop disc jockey and music producer, murdered.[150]
- Peter Mehringer, 77, American freestyle wrestler and Olympic gold medalist.[151]
- Richard Mattern Montgomery, 75, American Air Force general.
- Charlie Smalls, 43, American composer and songwriter, burst appendix.[152]
- Aleksanteri Toivola, 94, Finnish Olympic wrestler (1924, 1928).[153]
28
- Lillian Chase, 93, Canadian physician, researcher in the treatment of diabetes.[154]
- John Huston, 81, American film director and actor (The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen, Moulin Rouge), pneumonia.[155]
- Hoàng Cơ Minh, 52, Vietnamese Navy commodore-admiral, leader of anti-communist resistance.
- Harold Samuel, 75, British founder of Land Securities.[156]
- Gerhard Winther, 74, Norwegian Olympic race walker (1948, 1952).[157]
- Jack Young, 62, Australian motorcycle speedway rider, Speedway World Champion.[158]
29
- Naji al-Ali, 48–49, Palestinian cartoonist, assassinated.[159]
- Archie Campbell, 72, American comedian and writer, heart attack.[160]
- Hans Eidenbenz, 87, Swiss Olympic Nordic combined skier (1924, 1928).[161]
- Bernadene Hayes, 75, American film and television actress (Some Like It Hot, Dick Tracy's Dilemma), heart problems.[162]
- Lee Marvin, 63, American film and television actor (The Dirty Dozen, The Big Heat), heart attack.[163]
- John R. Napier, 70, British primatologist, paleoanthropologist and physician.[164]
- Jean Schlumberger, 80, French jewellery designer.[165]
- Phillip Hagar Smith, 82, American electrical engineer (Smith chart).[166]
30
- David Parker Gibbs, 76, American army general.
- Wade H. McCree, 67, American judge, Solicitor General of the United States, bone cancer.[167]
- George Mikes, 75, Hungarian-born British journalist and writer, leukemia.[168]
- Vic Silayan, 58, Filipino actor (Kisapmata, Of the Flesh), heart attack.
- John C. Sjogren, 71, American soldier in the U.S. Army, Medal of Honor recipient, cancer.[169]
- Frank Stojack, 75, Canadian-born NFL footballer (Brooklyn Dodgers), wrestler (world champion), Alzheimer's disease.[170]
- Dick Young, 69, American sportswriter (New York Daily News).[171]
31
- Thomas Agro, 55, American gangster with the Gambino crime family.
- Nicole Chouraqui, 49, French economist and politician.
- Szilárd Kun, 52, Hungarian Olympic sports shooter (1952, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1972).[172]
- Lenore Lonergan, 59, American stage and film actress, cancer.[173]
- Francisco Núñez, 62, Argentine Olympic boxer (1948, 1956).[174]
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- ^ Michael Kimmelman (August 17, 1987). "Peter Schidlof Is Dead at 65; The Amadeus Quartet Violist". The New York Times. p. B 6. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Suns’ Vanos Among Victims in Detroit Jet Crash : Popular Center, 24, Was Expected to Be a Starter for Phoenix Next Season. L.A. Times. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ Charles Wesley is Dead at 95; A Pioneer in Study of Blacks. New York Times. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ Noted D.C. Art Teacher, Painter Leon Berkowitz Dies. Washington Post. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ Mr Frank Beswick. UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Clarence Brown, a Director And Six-Time Oscar Nominee". The New York Times. August 20, 1987. p. B 15. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Obituary for Gary Chester. Newspapers.com (Mount Vernon Argus). Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ C. Drummond de Andrade, A Brazilian Modernist Poet. New York Times. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Rudolf Hess Is Dead in Berlin; Last of the Hitler Inner Circle". The New York Times. August 18, 1987. p. A 1. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ 1976 Radiation Victim Dies; Was Treated for Record Dose. New York Times. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ Shaike Ophir. Jewish Virtual Library (year of death only). Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ Gravestone: Tillit Sydney Teddlie 17.8.87. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ Ralph Haver AIA: A Chronology. Modern Phoenix (newspaper obituary at bottom of page). Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ Dambudzo Marechera 1952–1987. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ Queen’s Cousin Dies in Moors. L.A. Times. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Margot Moles". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ Sachin Nag. Olympedia. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Hayden Rorke, Actor In Film, Plays and TV". The New York Times. August 21, 1987. p. B 7. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Paul Schlack. Plastics Historical Society. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ Libraries Australia Authorities - Full view. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ Yidnekatchew Tessema ይድነቃቸው ተሠማ (Player). National Football Teams. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – René Andrei". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ Winifred Bryson, Actress, Dies at 94. L.A. Times. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Walenty Kłyszejko". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ Memorial Plaque: Franco Bombolo Lechner 21.8.87. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Simone Boutarel". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ Cadbury, Dorothy Adlington (1892–1987). Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ Academic Contributions of Dr. Fang Kuei Li. JSTOR (Journal of Chinese Linguistics). Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ Gravestone: Catherine Glesca Marshall 21.8.87. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Marion McCarthy". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ "Irving G. Thalberg Jr". The New York Times. August 24, 1987. p. D 9. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "Carlos Ataglich". worldfootball.net.
- ^ Arne Brustad. Olympedia. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ Blues musician Leonard “Baby Doo” Caston, 70. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Mary Dobkin Is Dead at 84; A Patron of Needy Children". The New York Times. August 25, 1987. p. B 7. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "Maurice Harper Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ David E. Pitt (August 23, 1987). "Reporter and Biographer". The New York Times. p. 1 40. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "George Mayo Black Baseball Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ Ted Sherdeman; Wrote Scripts for Popular TV Shows. L.A. Times. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ Simpson, John Milton Bryan. Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ T. D'Alesandro Jr., a Baltimore Mayor, Dies. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ Sheila van Damm Dies at 65; Briton Raced Cars in 1950's. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ Wrestler killed by 336-pound opponent. United Press International. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ Paulo Navalho of Atletico of the Portuguese League collapsed.... United Press International. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ Stephanos Sidarouss Dies; A Coptic Catholic Cardinal. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ The London Guardian 26 Aug 1987. Newspapers.com (The Guardian). Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Hans Fritsch". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ Services are scheduled today for Wayne Hansen, former all-pro.... United Press International. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ William W. Keeler. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Helmer Pedersen". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ Eric Pace (August 25, 1987). "Bayard Rustin Is Dead at 75; Pacifist and a Rights Activist". The New York Times. p. A 1. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Robert Selfelt". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ [Héctor Abad-Gómez (1921-1987): physician, teacher and human rights defender]. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Finn Jensen". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ Gravestone: John Ortell Kingston 25.8.87. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Ken Radick Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ Biography. University of the West Indies. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ Fernando Ramos da Silva, 19, Star of Brazil's 'Pixote,' Dies. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Josep Balcells". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ Names in the News - Aug. 28, 1987. L.A. Times. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ John Goddard. Wisden. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Karl-Erik Johansson". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ "Georg Wittig, 90, Dies; Winner of Nobel Prize". The New York Times. August 28, 1987. p. A 17. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Ben Branch, 59, 'pied piper' of civil rights. United Press International. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ Violent Death Halts Rap Musician's Rise. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ Peter Mehringer. Olympedia. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Charlie Smalls Is Dead; Composer of 'The Wiz'". The New York Times. September 4, 1987. p. D 15. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Aleksanteri Toivola". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ Gravestone: Dr Lillian Chase 1987 (year only). Retrieved 16 Aug 2024.
- ^ Peter B. Flint (August 29, 1987). "John Huston, Film Director, Writer and Actor, Dies at 81". The New York Times. p. 1 1. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Samuel, Harold, Baron Samuel of Wych Cross. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Gerhard Winther". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ Jack Ellis Young (1925–1987). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024.
- ^ London Police Reopen Investigation Into 1987 Killing of Palestinian Cartoonist. New York Times. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024.
- ^ Archie Campbell, 72, Is Dead; 'Opry' and 'Hee Haw' Comic. New York times. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Hans Eidenbenz". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ Bernadine Hayes; ‘Queen of Radio’ Did Films as Well. L.A. Times. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024.
- ^ Dennis Hevesi (August 31, 1987). "Lee Marvin, Movie Tough Guy, Dies". The New York Times. p. A 17. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Professor John Russell Napier. National Library of Medicine (obituary). Retrieved 16 Aug 2024.
- ^ J. Schlumberger Dies in Paris at 80. New York Times. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024.
- ^ Remembering Phillip H. Smith on his 100th Birthday. University of Portland. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024.
- ^ Wade H. McCree Jr. Dies at 67; Was Judge and Solicitor General. New York Times. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024.
- ^ George Mikes, 75; Wrote Gentle Satires And Serious Works. New York Times. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024.
- ^ Medal of Honor Recipient John C. Sjogren. Michigan Technological University. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024.
- ^ Frank Stojack. Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 16 Aug 2024.
- ^ James Barron (September 1, 1987). "Dick Young Dies; Sports Columnist". The New York Times. p. B 7. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Szilárd Kun". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ "Lenore Lonergan, Actress, 59". The New York Times. September 1, 1987. p. B 6. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Francisco Núñez". www.olympedia.org.
Sources
- Liebman, Roy (2000). The Wampas Baby Stars: A Biographical Dictionary, 1922–1934. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0756-5.
External links
- List of August 1987 deaths at IMDb
