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List of events
Events from the year 1987 in the United States .
Tip O'Neill (D -Massachusetts ) (until January 3)
Jim Wright (D -Texas ) (starting January 6)
Bob Dole (R -Kansas ) (until January 3)
Robert Byrd (D -West Virginia ) (starting January 3)
Governors and lieutenant governors
Governor of Alabama : George Wallace (Democratic ) (until January 19), H. Guy Hunt (Republican ) (starting January 19)
Governor of Alaska : Steve Cowper (Democratic )
Governor of Arizona : Bruce Babbitt (Democratic ) (until January 5), Evan Mecham (Republican ) (starting January 5)
Governor of Arkansas : Bill Clinton (Democratic )
Governor of California : George Deukmejian (Republican )
Governor of Colorado : Richard Lamm (Democratic ) (until January 13), Roy Romer (Democratic ) (starting January 13)
Governor of Connecticut : William A O'Neill (Democratic )
Governor of Delaware : Michael Castle (Republican )
Governor of Florida :
Governor of Georgia : Joe Frank Harris (Democratic )
Governor of Hawaii : John D. Waihee III (Democratic )
Governor of Idaho : John V. Evans (Democratic ) (until January 5), Cecil D. Andrus (Democratic ) (starting January 5)
Governor of Illinois : James R. Thompson (Republican )
Governor of Indiana : Robert D. Orr (Republican )
Governor of Iowa : Terry E. Branstad (Republican )
Governor of Kansas : John W. Carlin (Democratic ) (until January 12), Mike Hayden (Republican ) (starting January 12)
Governor of Kentucky : Martha Layne Collins (Democratic ) (until December 8), Wallace G. Wilkinson (Democratic ) (starting December 8)
Governor of Louisiana : Edwin W. Edwards (Democratic )
Governor of Maine : Joseph E. Brennan (Democratic ) (until January 7), John R. McKernan Jr. (Republican ) (starting January 7)
Governor of Maryland : Harry R. Hughes (Democratic ) (until January 20), William Donald Schaefer (Democratic ) (starting January 20)
Governor of Massachusetts : Michael Dukakis (Democratic )
Governor of Michigan : James Blanchard (Democratic )
Governor of Minnesota : Rudy Perpich (Democratic )
Governor of Mississippi : William Allain (Democratic )
Governor of Missouri : John Ashcroft (Republican )
Governor of Montana : Ted Schwinden (Democratic )
Governor of Nebraska : Bob Kerrey (Democratic ) (until January 9), Kay A. Orr (Republican ) (starting January 9)
Governor of Nevada : Richard Bryan (Democratic )
Governor of New Hampshire : John H. Sununu (Republican )
Governor of New Jersey : Thomas Kean (Republican )
Governor of New Mexico : Toney Anaya (Democratic ) (until January 1), Garrey Carruthers (Republican ) (starting January 1)
Governor of New York : Mario Cuomo (Democratic )
Governor of North Carolina : James G. Martin (Republican )
Governor of North Dakota : George A. Sinner (Democratic )
Governor of Ohio : Dick Celeste (Democratic )
Governor of Oklahoma : George Nigh (Democratic ) (until January 12), Henry Bellmon (Republican ) (starting January 12)
Governor of Oregon : Victor G. Atiyeh (Republican ) (until January 12), Neil Goldschmidt (Democratic ) (starting January 12)
Governor of Pennsylvania : Dick Thornburgh (Republican ) (until January 20), Robert P. Casey (Democratic ) (starting January 20)
Governor of Rhode Island : Edward D. DiPrete (Republican )
Governor of South Carolina : Richard Riley (Democratic ) (until January 14), Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (Republican ) (starting January 14)
Governor of South Dakota : William J. Janklow (Republican ) (until January 6), George S. Mickelson (Republican ) (starting January 6)
Governor of Tennessee : Lamar Alexander (Republican ) (until January 17), Ned McWherter (Democratic ) (starting January 17)
Governor of Texas : Mark White (Democratic ) (until January 20), Bill Clements (Republican ) (starting January 20)
Governor of Utah : Norman H. Bangerter (Republican )
Governor of Vermont : Madeleine M. Kunin (Democratic )
Governor of Virginia : Gerald L. Baliles (Democratic )
Governor of Washington : Booth Gardner (Democratic )
Governor of West Virginia : Arch A. Moore Jr. (Republican )
Governor of Wisconsin : Tony Earl (Democratic ) (until January 5), Tommy Thompson (Republican ) (starting January 5)
Governor of Wyoming : Edgar J. Herschler (Democratic ) (until January 7), Mike Sullivan (Democratic ) (starting January 7)
Lieutenant governors [ edit ]
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama : Bill Baxley (Democratic ) (until January 19), Jim Folsom Jr. (Democratic ) (starting January 19)
Lieutenant Governor of Alaska : Stephen McAlpine (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas : Winston Bryant (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of California : Leo T. McCarthy (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : Nancy E. Dick (Democratic ) (until January 13), Mike Callihan (Democratic ) (starting January 13)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : Joseph J. Fauliso (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware : Shien Biau Woo (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Florida :
Lieutenant Governor of Georgia : Zell Miller (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii : Ben Cayetano (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho : David H. Leroy (Republican ) (until January 5), Butch Otter (Republican ) (starting January 5)
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : George H. Ryan (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : John Mutz (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : Robert T. Anderson (Democratic ) (until January), Jo Ann Zimmerman (Democratic ) (starting January)
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : Thomas R. Docking (Democratic ) (until January 12), Jack D. Walker (Republican ) (starting January 12)
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : Steve Beshear (Democratic ) (until December 8), Brereton Jones (Democratic ) (starting December 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : Robert "Bobby" Freeman (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland : J. Joseph Curran (Democratic ) (until January 21), Melvin A. Steinberg (Democratic ) (starting January 21)
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : vacant (until month and day unknown), Evelyn Murphy (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : Martha W. Griffiths (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota : Marlene Johnson (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : Brad Dye (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : Harriett Woods (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Montana : George Turman (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : Donald F. McGinley (Democratic ) (until January 9), William E. Nichol (Republican ) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : Bob Cashell (Democratic ) (until January 5), Bob Miller (Democratic ) (starting January 5)
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico : Mike Runnels (Democratic ) (until January 1), Jack L. Stahl (Republican ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of New York : Stan Lundine (Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : Robert B. Jordan, III (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota : Ruth Meiers (Democratic ) (until March 19), Lloyd Omdahl (Democratic ) (starting March 19)
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio : vacant (until January 12), Paul R. Leonard (Democratic ) (starting January 12)
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma : Spencer Bernard (Democratic ) (until January 12), Robert S. Kerr III (Democratic ) (starting January 12)
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania : William Scranton, III (Republican ) (until January 20), Mark Singel (Democratic ) (starting January 20)
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : Richard A. Licht (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : Michael R. Daniel (Democratic ) (until January 14), Nick Theodore (Democratic ) (starting January 14)
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota : Lowell C. Hansen II (Republican ) (until January 6), Walter Dale Miller (Republican ) (starting January 6)
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : John S. Wilder (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Texas : William P. Hobby Jr. (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Utah : W. Val Oveson (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : Peter Plympton Smith (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Howard Dean (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia : Douglas Wilder (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Washington : John Cherberg (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin : James Flynn (Democratic ) (until January 5), Scott McCallum (Republican ) (starting January 5)
May 8 – U.S. Senator Gary Hart drops out of the running for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination, amid allegations of an extramarital affair with Donna Rice .
May 17 – The USS Stark is hit by two Iraqi owned Exocet AM39 air-to-surface missiles, killing 37 sailors.
May 21 – Andrew Wyeth , with his "Helga Pictures," becomes the first living American painter to have a one-man show of his work in the West Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
May 24
Approximately 800,000 people gather for a walk to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
Five days before his 48th birthday, Al Unser became the oldest winner of the Indianapolis 500 and only the second driver to win the event four times.
June 12: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall !"
VH-3D landing on White House south lawn, July 1987
December – The unemployment rate drops to 5.7%, the lowest since July 1979.
December 1 – NASA announces the names of four companies who were awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom : Boeing Aerospace , General Electric 's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas , and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell .
December 2 – Hustler Magazine v. Falwell is argued before the U.S. Supreme Court .
December 7 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California , killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-supervisor on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.
December 8 – The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev .
December 10 – A squirrel closes down the Nasdaq Stock Exchange when it burrows through a telephone line.[ 5]
December 22–28 – Ronald Gene Simmons goes on a 6-day killing spree in Russellville, Arkansas , killing his wife, children, and grandchildren as they arrived to celebrate the holidays at his home. On the 28th he went on a shooting spree, killing an additional woman and wounding 5 others before surrendering to police. The final death toll was 16. He was tried and eventually executed.
December 29 – Prozac makes its debut in the United States.
unknown date – Varroa destructor , an invasive parasite of honeybees, is found in the United States.
Gia Coppola
Kristin Cavallari
Lyndsy Fonseca
Naya Rivera
Kelly Kelly
Evan Peters
Tyler Hubbard
Marcus Mumford
January 1
January 2
January 5
January 6
Arin Hanson , internet personality, comedian, voice actor, songwriter, rapper, animator and cartoonist
Ndamukong Suh , football player
January 7
January 10 – Perrish Cox , football player
January 11 – Scotty Cranmer , BMX rider
January 12
January 13
January 14 – James Belfer , producer, founder and CEO of Cartuna , founder and CEO of Dogfish Pictures , and founder and managing director of Dogfish Accelerator
January 15
January 16
January 17
January 18
January 19
January 20
January 21 – Brandon Crawford , baseball player
January 22
January 23
January 24
January 25 – Isaako Aaitui , football player
January 26
January 27
Rucka Rucka Ali , rapper, singer, comedian, and YouTuber
Ashley Avis , screenwriter, director, and producer
Marcus Brown , football player
Anthony Pettis , mixed martial artist
Katy Rose , singer/songwriter
Hannah Teter , Olympic snowboarder
January 28
January 29
January 30 – Phil Lester , YouTube personality
January 31
Pat Angerer , football player
Kurt Baker , musician, songwriter, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist
Brandon Bollig , ice hockey player
Tyler Hubbard , country singer and one half of Florida Georgia Line
Marcus Mumford , English-born singer/songwriter, musician, and frontman for Mumford & Sons
Heather Morris
Ronda Rousey
Darren Criss
Michael B. Jordan
Candace Wiggins
Jon Ossoff
Miles Teller
Ashley Greene
February 1
February 2
February 4 – Cameron Achord , football coach
February 5
Adassa , reggaeton singer
Brandon Bender , mixed martial artist
Kyle Bochniak , mixed martial artist
Alex Brightman , actor, singer, and writer
Chris Brooks , football player
David Buehler , football player
Darren Criss , actor
Raymond Lee , actor
Donald Sanford , American-born Israeli Olympic sprinter
February 6
February 7 – Cynthia Barboza , volleyball player
February 8 – Jessica Jerome , Olympic ski jumper
February 9
February 10
February 11
February 12
February 13
February 14
February 15 – Chris Cook , football player
February 16
February 17
February 18
February 20
February 21
February 23
February 24 – Ulysses Cuadra , actor and voice actor
February 25 – Natalie Dreyfuss , actress
February 26
February 27
February 28
Kesha
Milana Vayntrub
Bow Wow
Marco Andretti
AJ Lee
Kyle J. White
Jonathan Van Ness
March 1
March 2
March 4 – Dan Cortes , baseball player
March 7 – Justin Bamberg , politician
March 8
March 9 – Bow Wow , rapper
March 10
March 11
March 12
March 13 – Marco Andretti , race car driver
March 14
March 15 – Steve Cilladi , baseball player
March 17
March 18
March 19
March 20
March 21
March 22
March 23 – Earl Bennett , football player
March 24
March 25
March 27
March 28
March 30
March 31
Rachel Bloom
Hilary Rhoda
Craig Mabbitt
Jesse McCartney
Brooklyn Decker
Ilana Glazer
Brendon Urie
Daequan Cook
April 3
April 6
April 7
April 8 – Jake Anderson , basketball player
April 9
April 10
April 11
April 12
April 13
April 14 – Michael Baze , jockey (d. 2011 )
April 15 – Samira Wiley , actress and model
April 16
April 18
April 19 – Courtland Mead , actor
April 20
April 21
April 22
April 23
April 24
April 26
April 27
April 28
April 29
April 30 – Al Iaquinta , mixed martial artist
Candice King
Hunter Parrish
Mondaire Jones
Bray Wyatt
Brandi Cyrus
Jessica Rothe
Alessandra Torresani
Noah Reid
Shaun Fleming
Matthew Koma
Ross A. McGinnis
Cameron Russell
Diana DeGarmo
Kendrick Lamar
Melanie Iglesias
Rashard Mendenhall
June 1
June 2
June 3
June 4
June 7 – Cassius Chaney , boxer
June 8
June 9
June 10
June 11 – Nichole Cheza , dirt track motorcycle racer
June 12
June 13
June 14
June 15 – Van Ferro , actor
June 16
June 17 – Kendrick Lamar , rapper
June 18
June 19
June 21
June 22
June 23
June 24
June 25
June 26
June 28 – Brandon Brooks , basketball player
June 29
June 30 – Ryan Cook , baseball player
Matt O'Leary
Steven Crowder
Richie Steamboat
Rebecca Sugar
Tilian Pearson
Cristina Vee
Dan Reynolds
Peter Doocy
Mara Wilson
Michael Welch
Genesis Rodriguez
July 1
July 2
July 3
July 5 – Erik Cook , football player
July 6
July 7
July 9
July 10
July 11
July 12
July 13 – Cynthia Calvillo , mixed martial artist
July 14
July 15
July 16
July 17
July 19
July 21
July 22 – Bre-Z , actress and rapper
July 23
July 24
July 25
Jule 26
July 28
July 29
July 30 – Brandon Caleb , football player
July 31
Johnny Gargano
Tim Tebow
Apollo Crews
Blake Lively
Liu Yifei
August 2
August 4
August 5
August 7
August 9 – Jabari Brisport , politician
August 10
August 13
August 14
August 15 – Ryan D'Imperio , football player
August 16
August 17 – Dominick Casola , stock car racing driver
August 18
August 19
August 21
August 22
August 23
August 24 – Jon Scheyer , basketball player
August 25
August 26 – Ryan Brasier , baseball player
August 27
August 28 – David Carr , politician
August 29
August 30
August 31
Evan Rachel Wood
Ray Fisher
Wiz Khalifa
Tyler Hoechlin
Danielle Panabaker
Skylar Astin
Spencer Treat Clark
Austin Carlile
Hilary Duff
September 1
September 2 – Spencer Smith , musician
September 3
September 4
September 5
September 6
September 7
September 8
September 9
September 10
September 11 – Tyler Hoechlin , actor
September 12 – Huey , rapper (d. 2020 )
September 13
September 14
September 15 – Alex Torres , metalcore guitarist
September 16
September 17 – Lionel Brown , soccer player
September 19
September 20
September 21
September 22 – Teyonah Parris , actress
September 23 – Skylar Astin , actor, model and singer
September 24
September 25
September 27
September 28
September 29
September 30 – Melinda Sullivan , dancer, choreographer and actress
Matthew Daddario
Christopher Larkin
Mike Conley Jr.
Jay Pharoah
Zac Efron
Frank Ocean
October 1
October 2
October 3 – Kaci Battaglia , singer/songwriter, dancer, and actress
October 5
October 6
October 7
October 8 – Chris Baker , football player
October 9
October 10
October 11
October 14
October 15
October 17 – Seth Mosley , singer/songwriter and frontman for Me in Motion
October 18
October 19 – Rick Boogs , wrestler
October 20 – Jerry Brown , football player (d. 2012)
October 23 – Carmella , wrestler, dancer, and model
October 24
October 25
October 26
October 27
October 28
October 29 – Ariana Berlin , artistic gymnast, dancer, film actress, and senior producer at Fox Sports
October 30
October 31 – Clara Chung , singer/songwriter, producer, and composer
Colin Kaepernick
Kevin Jonas
Jason Kelce
D. J. Augustin
Vinny Guadagnino
Jesse Barnett
Snooki
Summer Lee
November 1
November 2
November 3
November 4
November 5
Erin Brady , television host, model, and Miss USA 2013
Kevin Jonas , actor, singer/songwriter, and member of the Jonas Brothers [ 8]
Jason Kelce , football player
Chris Knierim , figure skater
O. J. Mayo , basketball player
Stephanie Edwards , singer
Allysin Kay , wrestler
November 6 – Caleb Cotham , baseball player
November 7
November 8 – Sam Bradford , football player
November 9
November 10
November 11 – Vinny Guadagnino , TV personality
November 13
November 15 – Tyler Allen , NASCAR race engineer
November 18
November 19 – Clare Egan , Olympic biathlete
November 20 – Amelia Rose Blaire , actress
November 21 – Alex Carnerio , Brazilian-born personal trainer
November 22
November 23
November 24
November 25
November 26
November 27 – Darnell Carter , football player
November 30
Michael Angarano
Aaron Carter
Michael Chiesa
Alex Gaskarth
Chelsea Manning
Ronan Farrow
Demaryius Thomas
Thomas Dekker
Katie Blair
December 1 – Jill Costello , activist (d. 2010)
December 2
December 3
December 4
December 6
December 7
December 8
December 9
December 10 – David Carter , football player
December 11 – Clifton Geathers , football player
December 13 – Brett Brackett , football player
December 14
December 15
December 16
December 17 – Chelsea Manning , whistleblower
December 18
December 19
December 20
December 21
December 22 – Zack Britton , baseball player
December 23 – James Brewer , football player
December 25
December 26
December 27 – Andy Leavine , wrestler
December 28
December 29
December 30
December 31 – Javaris Crittenton , basketball player
Brooke Annibale
Kimberly Cole
Phillipe Cunningham
Josh Adams , comic book and commercial artist
Brooke Annibale , singer/songwriter
Katherine Arden , novelist
Brandon Stirling Baker , lighting designer
Andrew Bayer , DJ and music producer
Jeremy Blackman , actor and musician
Kenneth Bogner , politician
Mia Borders , singer/songwriter
Kent Brantly , doctor
Ashley Bratcher , actress
Melvin LaThomas Brimm , singer/songwriter, vocal producer, dancer-choreographer, and actor
Leigh Brooklyn , figurative artist
Michael Brown , pianist and composer
Shaun Brown , actor
Rembert Browne , writer
Tim Bueler , media and political consultant
Julia Bullock , opera singer
Aisha Burns , singer/songwriter and violinist
Emily Calandrelli , science communicator, MIT engineer, and host and executive producer of Xploration Outer Space and Emily's Wonder Lab
Yvanna Cancela , politician
Caitlin Cherry , painter, sculptor, and educator
Lauren Chief Elk , feminist educator and writer
Tracy Chou , software engineer and advocate for diversity in technology related fields
Vivian Chu , roboticist and entrepreneur
Ken Clausen , lacrosse player
Dave Clauss , recording and mixing engineer
Kimberly Cole , pop singer/songwriter, music correspondent, and host
Matt Conn , founder of MidBoss and creator of GaymerX
Ashley Connor , cinematographer
Fidel Corrales Jimenez , Cuban-born chess grandmaster
Alexandra Crandell , model and television personality
Phillipe Cunningham , politician
Michelle Curran , Air Force major and pilot
Shaghayegh Cyrous , Iranian-born artist and curator
January 1 – Lloyd Haynes , actor (born 1934 )
January 13 – Taddy Aycock , politician, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (born 1915 )
January 14 – Sam Wagstaff , art curator and collector (born 1921 )
January 15 – Ray Bolger , actor, singer and dancer, Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (born 1904 )
January 16 – Joyce Jameson , actress (born 1932 )
January 22 – R. Budd Dwyer , 30th State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (born 1939 )
February – Lou Darvas , artist and cartoonist (born 1913 )
February 4 – Liberace , pianist, singer, and actor (born 1919 )
February 5
February 22
February 25 – James Coco , actor (born 1930 )
March 2 – Randolph Scott , actor (born 1898 )
March 3 – Danny Kaye , singer, actor, and comedian (born 1911 )[ 9]
March 18 – Bil Baird , puppeteer (born 1904 )
March 21
March 22 – Joan Shawlee , actress (born 1926 )
March 26 – Walter Abel , actor (born 1898 )
March 28
April 1 – Victor D'Amico , teaching artist, Director of the Department of Education of the Museum of Modern Art (born 1904 )
April 2 – Buddy Rich , drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader (born 1917 )
April 12 – Mike Von Erich , professional wrestler (born 1964 )
April 17
April 19 – Hugh Brannum , composer, vocalist, and actor (born 1910 )
April 26 – Bill Amos , college football player and coach (born 1898 )
May – John Pierotti , cartoonist (born 1911 )
May 4 – Paul Butterfield , blues harmonica player (born 1942 )
May 5 – Phil Woolpert , basketball coach (born 1915 )
May 6 – William J. Casey , Director of the C.I.A. from 1981 to 1987 (born 1913 )
May 13 – Richard Ellmann , literary critic and biographer (born 1918 )
May 14 – Rita Hayworth , actress (born 1918 )
May 21 – Alejandro Rey , Argentine-American actor and television director (born 1930 )
May 24 – Hermione Gingold , English actress (born 1897 )
May 28 – Charles Ludlam , actor, director, and playwright (born 1943 )
June 2 – Sammy Kaye , bandleader and songwriter (born 1910 )
June 3 – Will Sampson , Muscogee Nation painter, actor, and rodeo performer (born 1933 )
June 13 – Geraldine Page , actress (born 1924 )
June 17 – Dick Howser , baseball player and manager (born 1936 )
June 22 – Fred Astaire , dancer, singer, and actor (born 1899 )
June 24 – Jackie Gleason , actor, comedian, and writer (born 1916 )
June 27 – Althea Flynt , model and publisher (born 1953 )
June 25 – Boudleaux Bryant , American songwriter (born 1920 )
July 2 – Michael Bennett , musical theatre director, writer, choreographer, and dancer (born 1943 )
July 29 – Arthur J. Bressan Jr. , American filmmaker and writer (born 1943 )
August 10 – Casey Donovan , American pornographic actor (born 1943 )
August 11 – Clara Peller , Russian-born television personality (born 1902 )
August 14 – Edgar Rosenberg , German-born British television producer (born 1925 )
August 19 – Hayden Rorke , actor (born 1910 )
August 24 – Bayard Rustin , African American civil rights activist (born 1912 )
August 27 – Scott La Rock , American disc jockey (born 1962 )
August 28 – John Huston , filmmaker and actor (born 1906 )
August 29 – Lee Marvin , actor (b. 1924 )
September 5 – Quinn Martin , television producer (born 1922 )
September 11 – Lorne Greene , Canadian actor and musician (born 1915 )
September 21 – Jaco Pastorius , American musician and producer (born 1951 )
September 22 – Dan Rowan , actor (born 1922 )
September 23 – Bob Fosse , actor, choreographer, dancer, and director (born 1927 )
September 25 – Mary Astor , actress (born 1906 )
September 29 – Henry Ford II , chairman, CEO & president of the Ford Motor Company (born 1917 )
October 9 – Clare Boothe Luce , writer, politician, and U.S. ambassador (born 1903 )
October 12
October 18 – Pete Carpenter , musician and arranger (born 1914 )
October 29 – Woody Herman , jazz musician and bandleader (born 1913 )
November 2 – Claude J. Jasper , Wisconsin politician (born 1905/1906)
November 10 – Jackie Vernon , comedian and actor (born 1924 )
November 22 – W. Haydon Burns , 35th Governor of Florida (born 1912 )
November 28 – Goo Choo San , Singaporean dancer and choreographer (b. 1948 )
December 1 – James Baldwin , author and civil rights activist (born 1924 )
December 4 – Arnold Lobel , children's book author (born 1933 )
December 4 – Rouben Mamoulian , film and theatre director (born 1897 in Russia )
December 5 – Molly O'Day , country singer (born 1923 )
December 8 – Fay Baker , actress and writer (born 1917 )
December 10
December 11 – George Harold Brown , research engineer (born 1908 )
December 17 – Linda Wong , American pornographic actress (born 1951 )
December 21
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