Deaths in February 1987
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The following is a list of notable deaths in February 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.
February 1987[edit]
1[edit]
- Alessandro Blasetti, 86, Italian film director and screenwriter.
- Christian Broda, 70, Austrian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice.[1]
- Sala Burton, 61, Polish-American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, colon cancer.[2]
- Salvadora Debayle, 91, First Lady of Nicaragua.
- Gustav Knuth, 85, German film actor.
- Lee Aubrey "Speed" Riggs, 79, American tobacco auctioneer, voice of Lucky Strike cigarettes, congestive heart failure.
2[edit]
- Carlos José Castilho, 59, Brazilian international footballer, suicide.
- Walter Clutterbuck, 92, English Major General in the British Army.
- Yakov Estrin, 63, Soviet chess player, ICCF World Champion.
- Spike Hughes, 78, British musician, composer and arranger.
- Alfred Lion, 78, German-American record executive, co-founded jazz record label Blue Note, heart failure.[3]
- Olive Little, 69, American baseballer in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
- Alistair MacLean, 64, Scottish novelist of thrillers and adventure stories, heart failure.[4]
- David du Plessis, 81, South African-American Pentecostal minister.
- Ken Reid, 67, British comic artist and writer, co-creator of Roger the Dodger, stroke.
3[edit]
- Donald Aronow, 59, American speedboat designer, builder and racer, murdered.
- Theodore Cogswell, 68, American science fiction author.
- Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, 82, younger brother of Japanese Emperor Hirohito, lung cancer.
- George Derwent Thomson, 83–84, British classical scholar and Marxist philosopher.
4[edit]
- Bruce Jacobi, 51, American race car driver, head injuries from racing accident.
- Meena Keshwar Kamal, 30, Afghan revolutionary political and women's rights activist, assassinated.
- Liberace, 67, American pianist, singer and actor, pneumonia as a complication of AIDS.[5]
- Fyfe Robertson, 84, Scottish television journalist and broadcaster.
- Carl Rogers, 85, American psychologist, heart attack as a result of a fall.
- Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, 78, Welsh newspaper journalist and radio and television broadcaster.
- Patrick Waddington, 85, English actor.
- George W. Woodruff, 91, American engineer, businessman and philanthropist.[6]
5[edit]
- E. Michael Burke, 70, American navy officer, circus manager and Major League Baseball executive.
- William Collier Jr., 84, American stage performer, producer and film actor.
- Klāvs Elsbergs, 28, Latvian poet and translator, accident.
- David Ensor, 80, British lawyer, actor, author and politician, Member of Parliament.
- Armando Fosco, 64, leader of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
- Gustav Lechner, 73, Austro-Hungarian–born Yugoslavian international footballer.
- Otto Wöhler, 92, German general, convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
6[edit]
- Lalithambika Antharjanam, 77, Indian author and social reformer.
- Julien Chouinard, 58, Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, brain cancer.
- Donald MacCrimmon MacKay, 64, British physicist and professor.
- K. C. Nag, 93, Indian Bengali mathematician and author of mathematics textbooks.
7[edit]
- John Leypoldt, 40, American NFL footballer, dysentery.[7]
- Bennetto Payne, 77, Mexican professional boxer.
- Stuart T. Saunders, 77, American railroad executive, heart failure.[8]
- Claudio Villa, 61, Italian singer and actor, heart attack.
- Adriaan van Wijngaarden, 70, Dutch mathematician and computer scientist.
8[edit]
- Tony Destra, 32, American drummer, car accident.
- Hendrik Koekoek, 74, Dutch farmer, politician and founder of the defunct Farmers' Party.
- Elsie Lee, 75, American author of fiction and non-fiction.
- Harriet MacGibbon, 81, American film, stage and television actress.
- Max Seydewitz, 94, German politician, Minister-President of Saxony.
- Bronisława Wajs, 78, Polish-Romani classic poet and singer.
9[edit]
- Larry French, 79, American Major League baseballer.
- Louis Plack Hammett, 92, American physical chemist.
- Edna Manley, 86, Jamaican artist.[9]
10[edit]
- Angela Giussani, 64, co-writer of comic book anti-hero series, Diabolik.
- Robert O'Brien, 78, American racing driver.
- William Rose, 68, American screenwriter of British and Hollywood films.
- Hans Rosenthal, 61, German radio editor, director, and radio and television host.
- Sadequain, 56, Pakistani artist and poet.
- John Raymond Ylitalo, 70, American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, cancer.
11[edit]
- Mark Ashton, 26, British gay rights activist, pneumonia as a complication of AIDS.
- Edith Gyömrői Ludowyk, 90, Hungarian-psychotherapist, poet and communist militant.
- Andy Linden, 64, American race car driver.
- John Malachi, 67, American jazz pianist.
- Bill McGee, 77, American Major League baseballer.
12[edit]
- Jules Bergman, 57, American broadcast writer and journalist.[10]
- Lang Jeffries, 56, Canadian-American television and film actor, cancer.
- Dennis Poore, 70, British entrepreneur, financier and racing driver.
13[edit]
- M. Bhaktavatsalam, 89, Indian independence activist and politician, Chief Minister of Madras State.
- Dorothy Dean, 54, American writer and actress, cancer.[11]
- Dhumal, 72, Indian actor in Bollywood films, heart attack.
- Curly Page, 84, New Zealand Test cricketer and international rugby union player.
14[edit]
- Rolf Dahlgren, 54, Swedish-Danish botanist and professor.
- Kulada Charan Das Gupta, 87, Indian judge of the Supreme Court of India.
- Wendy Holcombe, 23, American banjo player and singer, congenital heart defect.
- Dmitry Kabalevsky, 82, Soviet composer, conductor and pianist.
- Karolos Koun, 78, Greek theater director, heart attack.[12]
- Tsai Lan-chin, 22, Taiwanese singer and songwriter, heart attack.
- Bola Sete, 63, Brazilian jazz guitarist, pneumonia and lung cancer.
15[edit]
- Jimmy Holiday, 52, American R&B singer and songwriter, heart failure.
- John Myhill, 63, British mathematician.
16[edit]
- Norman Crowther Hunt, Baron Crowther-Hunt, 66, British scholar politician, Minister of State, heart attack.
17[edit]
- Leo Anchóriz, 54, Spanish actor and writer, cardiac disease.
- T. M. Chummar, 87, Indian academic and writer of Malayalam literature.
- Hal K. Dawson, 90, American actor.
- Hubert Howard, 79, English intelligence officer.
- Frank Kurtis, 79, American racing car designer.
- Diederick Charles Mathew, 58, Aruban politician and teacher, deputy commissioner for Aruba.
- Husayn Muruwwa, appr. 77, Lebanese Marxist philosopher, journalist, author and literary critic, assassinated.
- Romola Remus, 86, American actress.
- Verree Teasdale, 83, American actress.
18[edit]
- William Coldstream, 78, English realist painter and art teacher.
- Bryce Harlow, 70, American army officer, advisor to U.S. presidents and corporate lobbyist.
- Boris Kowerda, 79, Soviet White émigré, monarchist, diplomat and convicted murderer.
19[edit]
- Hugh Greene, 76, British television executive and journalist, director-general of the BBC, cancer.[13]
- Henry-Russell Hitchcock, 83, American architectural historian and professor, cancer.
- Robert E. Kuttner, 59, American biologist and white supremacist.
- Kirsten Walther, 53, Danish actress, heart failure.
20[edit]
- Wayne Boring, 81, American comic book artist, known for his work on Superman, heart attack.
- Caesar Gatimu, 65, Kenyan Roman Catholic Bishop of Nyeri.
- Edgar P. Jacobs, 82, Belgian comic book creator.
- Joseph Parecattil, 74, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ernakulam.[14]
- Lev Russov, 61, Soviet painter, graphic artist and sculptor, heart disease.
- AKM Samsuzzoha, appr. 62, Bangladeshi politician, member of parliament.
- C. C. Wei, 72, Chinese-American contract bridge player, complications from diabetes.
- Willi Welscher, 80, German hurdler and Olympian.
21[edit]
- William T. Fairbourn, 72, American Major General of the U.S. Marine Corps.[15]
- Petro Grigorenko, 79, Ukrainian-Major General in the Soviet Army, founder of human rights movement in the Soviet Union.[16]
- Helen Taft Manning, 95, American professor of history, daughter or President William Taft, pneumonia.[17]
- Noel Odell, 96, English geologist and mountaineer.
- George Tibbles, 73, American composer and screenwriter.[18]
- Meir Ya'ari, 89, Israeli politician, educator and social activist.
22[edit]
- Naomi Drake, 80, American Registrar of the Bureau of Vital Statistics for New Orleans.
- Habib Painter, 72, Indian Qawwal and a folk singer.
- John Paul Scott, 60, American criminal, only escapee from Alcatraz prison to have reached San Francisco shore by swimming.
- David Susskind, 66, American producer of TV, movies and stage plays, TV talk show host, heart attack.
- Andy Warhol, 58, American artist, director and writer, sudden post-operative irregular heartbeat.[19]
- Glenway Wescott, 85, American poet and novelist, stroke.[20]
23[edit]
- José Afonso, 57, Portuguese singer-songwriter, teacher and activist, sclerosis.[21]
- Cyril Butcher, 77, English actor and director.
- John Counsell, 81, English actor, director and theatre manager.
- Jack Heinz, 78, American business executive and CEO of the H. J. Heinz Company, cancer.
- Esmond Knight, 80, English actor, heart attack.
- Edward Lansdale, 79, American Major General of the U.S. Air Force, heart ailment.
- George Musulin, 72, Serbian-American army officer of the OSS, CIA operative, complications of diabetes.
- Polly Ward, 74, British singer and actress.
24[edit]
- Kakai Kilonzo, 32–33, Kenyan musician.
- Edwin McArthur, 79, American classical music conductor, pianist and accompanist.
25[edit]
- William G. Barr, 67, American businessman and politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives.
- S. H. Bihari, 66, Indian lyricist, songwriter and poet.
- James Coco, 56, American stage and screen actor, heart attack.[22]
- John Collin, 58, British actor.
- Arthur A. Collins, 77, American radio engineer and entrepreneur.[23]
- Jess Larson, 82, American lawyer who served as the first Administrator of General Services.[24]
- E. D. Nixon, 87, American civil rights leader and union organizer.
- Krishna Chandra Panigrahi, 77, Indian historian and archaeologist.
26[edit]
- Knut Frydenlund, 59, Norwegian diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs, cerebral hemorrhage.[25]
- Audrey Marie Hilley, 53, American murderer and suspected serial killer, hypothermia and exposure.
- Fredric R. Mann, 83, American industrialist and patron of the arts, U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, cancer.[26]
- Paul Taunton Matthews, 67, British theoretical physicist, cycling accident.
27[edit]
- Franciszek Blachnicki, 65, Polish priest, poisoning.[27]
- Jose W. Diokno, 65, Filipino nationalist, lawyer and statesman, Senator of the Philippines.[28]
- Bill Holman, 83, American cartoonist (Smokey Stover).[29]
- Fumio Kamei, 78, Japanese documentary and fiction film director.
- Latif-ur Rehman, 58, Indian and Pakistani hockey player and Olympic gold medalist.
- Colvin R. de Silva, 81–82, Sri Lankan politician, Minister of Plantation Industries.
28[edit]
- Nasim Amrohvi, 78, Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher and lexicographer.
- Frederic G. Donner, 84, American chairman and CEO of the General Motors Corporation.[30]
- Joan Greenwood, 65, English actress, acute bronchitis and asthma.
- Nora Kaye, 67, American prima-ballerina, cancer.[31]
- William F. McKee, 80, American General in the U.S. Air Force, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
- Anny Ondra, 83, Czechoslovakian film actress.
- Stephen Tennant, 80, British socialite.
Unknown date[edit]
- Clifford Bias, 76–77, American alleged psychic.
- Raquel Martínez, 78, Chilean sprinter and Olympian.
- Adi Pherozeshah Marzban, 72, Indian Gujarati Parsi playwright, actor, director and broadcaster, lung cancer.
- Clare Rendlesham, 67, British fashion editor and boutique manager.
References[edit]
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- ^ "SUCCEEDED HUSBAND IN CONGRESS". The New York Times. February 2, 1987. p. D 11. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "ALFRED LION, 78, THE FOUNDER OF THE BLUE NOTE JAZZ LABEL". The New York Times. February 9, 1987. p. D 11. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ Norman, Barry (2003). And Why Not?: Memoirs of a Film Lover. NY: Simon and Schuster. pp. 211–14. ISBN 978-0684020884. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
- ^ James Barron (February 5, 1987). "LIBERACE, FLAMBOYANT PIANIST, IS DEAD". The New York Times. p. B 6. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "George W. Woodruff, Atlanta Philanthropist". The New York Times. February 6, 1987. p. D 17. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "John Leypoldt Is Dead at 40; Former Place-Kicker for Bills". The New York Times. February 8, 1987. p. 1 42. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ Ari L. Goldman (February 9, 1987). "STUART T. SAUNDERS, DRIVING FORCE BEHIND PENN CENTRAL, DIES AT 77". The New York Times. p. D 11. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "Edna Manley, an Artist And Patron in Jamaica". The New York Times. February 12, 1987. p. B 24. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ James Barron (February 13, 1987). "JULES BERGMAN, 57, SCIENCE EDITOR OF ABC NEWS FOR 25 YEARS, DIES". The New York Times. p. D 20. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "DOROTHY DEAN". The New York Times. February 17, 1987. p. D 19. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "KAROLOS KOUN". The New York Times. February 16, 1987. p. 1 14. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ Glenn Fowler (February 21, 1987). "SIR HUGH GREENE, 76, DIES IN LONDON". The New York Times. p. 1 9. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "CARDINAL PARECATTIL". The New York Times. February 22, 1987. p. 1 36. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "WILIAM T. FAIRBOURN". The New York Times. February 25, 1987. p. D 23. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ James Barron (February 23, 1987). "PETRO GRIGORENKO DIES IN EXILE IN U.S.". The New York Times. p. A 17. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "Helen Taft Manning, Ex-Dean of Bryn Mawr". The New York Times. February 23, 1987. p. A 17. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
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- ^ Year Book Covering the Year ... Crowell-Collier Educational Corporation. 1987. p. 413.
- ^ Leslie Bennetts (February 27, 1987). "JAMES COCO, CHARACTER ACTOR ON STAGE AND TV AND IN FILMS". The New York Times. p. D 19. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "ARTHUR A. COLLINS". The New York Times. February 27, 1987. p. D 19. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "Jess Larson Is Dead at 82, Ex-U.S. Government Official". The New York Times. February 28, 1987. p. 1 36. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "Knut Frydenlund, 59, Dead; Foreign Minister of Norway". The New York Times. February 27, 1987. p. D 19. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ Tim Page (February 27, 1987). "FREDRIC R. MANN, ARTS PATRON". The New York Times. p. D 19. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "\"Układy lokalne, SB, obecne służby\". Wciąż nie wyjaśniono śmierci ks. Blachnickiego". tvp.info (in Polish). January 14, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
... w najbliższym otoczeniu ks. Blachnickiego w Carlsbergu. Byli oni obecni w czasie jego śmierci 27 lutego 1987 roku.
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- ^ "BILL HOLMAN". The New York Times. March 21, 1987. p. 1 34. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
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