Page 6: Famous Deaths Happened In 1987

Oct 02 Madeleine Carroll, actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Oct 03 On this day in history jean Anouilh, French playwright (Ball of the Voleurs), dies at 77  

Oct 09 Clare A Booth Luce, US diplomat/journalist, dies at 84 in the year 1987.  

Oct 12 Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100 on this day in history.  

Oct 13 Walter H Brattain, US physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85 in the year 1987.  

Oct 14 Rodolfo Halffter, composer, dies at 86 in the year 1987.  

Oct 15 In the year 1987 thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso, dies  

Oct 16 Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Oct 17 On this day in history death of abdul Malek Ukil,Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925)  

Oct 18 Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83 in the year 1987.  

Oct 19 On this day in history jacqueline du Pre, British cellist, dies at 42  

Oct 20 In the year 1987 death of andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1903)  

Oct 21 In the year 1987 ying-Chin Ho, Taiwan govt official, dies at 88  

Oct 22 In the year 1987 lino Ventura, Italian/French actor (Medusa touch), dies at 68  

Oct 24 Constantin Alajalov, Russian artist, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Oct 25 Cecil Brown, news correspondent (CBS), dies at 80 in the year 1987.  

Oct 27 Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), dies on this day in history.  

Oct 28 Andre Masson, France, surrealist artist (Labyrinth), dies at 91 on this day in history.  

Oct 29 On this day in history kamal El Mallakh, dies at 57  

Oct 31 Joseph Campbell, mythologist (Mythic Image), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Nov 01 In the year 1987 death of rené Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (b. 1922)  

Nov 04 On this day in history raphael Soyer, artist (Depression scenes in NYC), dies at 87  

Nov 05 On this day in history death of eamonn Andrews, Television Presenter (b. 1922)  

Nov 06 Ross R Barnett, lawyer/(Gov-D-Miss), dies at 89 on this day in history.  

Nov 11 On this day in history l T Coggeshall, medical scientist (Sec of HEW 1956-58), dies at 86  

Nov 12 Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Nov 14 On this day in history pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal, dies at 88  

Nov 16 Jim Brewer, Major League Baseball relief pitcher (b. 1937) died on this day in history.  

Nov 17 Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81 in the year 1987.  

Nov 18 Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (5x Tour de France), dies at 53 in the year 1987.  

Nov 19 Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894) died in the year 1987.  

Nov 21 In the year 1987 james E Folsom, (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79  

Nov 22 Ted Taylor, rock vocalist, dies in the year 1987.  

Nov 24 Jehane Benoît, French Canadian culinary author (b. 1904) died in the year 1987.  

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Apr 30 On this day in history birth of nikki Webster, Australian entertainer  

Aug 07 Sidney Crosby, Canadian hockey player was born in the year 1987.  

Sep 02 On this day in history birth of spencer Smith, American musician (Panic at the Disco)  

Oct 23 Faye Hamlin, Swedish singer (Play) was born in the year 1987.  

Oct 29 On this day in history birth of makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer  

Nov 06 In the year 1987 birth of ana Ivanović, Serbian tennis player  

Nov 15 On this day in history birth of isaiah Osbourne, English footballer  

Nov 15 In the year 1987 birth of ian Hecox, Member of Smosh