Deaths_in_May_1987
The following is a list of notable deaths in May 1987.
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Contents
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.
1
- Paul Geidel, 93, American murderer, second longest serving U.S. prison inmate.
- Bobo Holloman, 64, American Major League baseballer, heart attack.
- Antonio Borja Won Pat, 78, Guam politician, Guam's Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, heart attack.[1]
- Dick Surhoff, 57, American NBA basketballer.
- James W. Sutherland, 69, American Lieutenant General in the U.S. Army.
- Fujio Yoshida, 99, Japanese artist.
2
- Karl Davis, 25, African-American fashion designer, pneumonia and AIDS.[2]
- Michael Gover, 73, English actor known for his portrayal of Arthur Russell in the series Survivors.
- John E. Kerrigan, 78, American politician, acting mayor of Boston, member of the Massachusetts Senate, cardiac arrest.[3]
- Harold K. Schneider, 61–62, American economic anthropologist.
3
- Joyce Coad, 70, American child actress in motion pictures.
- Roberto Concepcion, 83, Filipino lawyer, Chief Justice of the Philippines.
- Dalida, 54, Egyptian-French singer and actress, suicide by overdose.[4]
- Viola Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster, 74, British aristocrat, wife of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, car accident.
- Dick Kelsey, 82, American animation art director, theme park designer and illustrator of children's books.
4
- Paul Butterfield, 44, American blues harmonica player, singer and bandleader, overdose.[5]
- Cathryn Damon, 56, American actress, ovarian cancer.[6]
- Paul Groesse, 81, Hungarian-American Academy Award-winning art director, pneumonia.[7]
- Khalilullah Khalili, 79, Afghan poet, historian, and diplomat.[8]
- Konstanty Jeleński, 65, Polish essayist.
- Tomohiro Kojiri, 29, Japanese journalist for Tokyo-based newspaper Asahi Shimbun, murdered.
- Wilbur Little, 59, American jazz bassist.
- Michael Minor, 46, American illustrator and art director on Star Trek movies.
5
- Sir Hugh Fraser, 50, British chairman of the House of Fraser, Harrods, and Whyte & Mackay, cancer.[9]
- Herbert Hasler, 73, British lieutenant colonel in the Royal Marines.
- Allen Jones, 46, American record producer and songwriter, heart attack.
- Robert Stanford Tuck, 70, British fighter pilot and flying ace.
- Phil Woolpert, 71, American college basketball coach, lung cancer.
6
- William J. Casey, 74, American CIA director, brain tumour.[10]
- Muhammadullah Hafezzi, 91–92, Bangladeshi politician and Islamic leader.
- Karel Plicka, 92, Czechoslovakian photographer, film director, cinematographer and folklorist.
- David Weitzman, 88, British politician.
7
- Boom-Boom Beck, 82, American Major League baseballer.
- Colin Blakely, 56, Northern Irish actor, leukaemia.[11]
- Stewart McKinney, 56, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, AIDS.
- Paul Popham, 45, American gay rights activist, AIDS.
- Dudley Ryder, 94, British hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords.
- Karl Schuke, 80, German organ builder.
8
- Marjorie Barnard, 89, Australian novelist, critic, historian and librarian.[12]
- Sidney Cohen, 76, American psychiatrist, professor of medicine and author.[13]
- Alberta Gay, 74, American mother of Marvin Gaye and Frankie Gaye, bone cancer.
- Sir James Plimsoll, 70, Australian diplomat, Governor of Tasmania, ambassador to the U.S.A., heart attack.
- Doris Stokes, 67, British "spiritualist", "medium" and author, brain cancer.
- Carl Tchilinghiryan, 77, German businessman, co-founder of coffee house Tchibo.
- Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) killed during the Loughgall ambush:[14]
- Declan Arthurs, 21, Northern Irish IRA member, shot.
- Patrick Joseph Kelly, 30, Northern Irish IRA commander, shot.
- Jim Lynagh, 31, Northern Irish IRA member, shot.
- Pádraig McKearney, 32, Northern Irish IRA member, shot.
9
- Obafemi Awolowo, 78, Nigerian nationalist and statesman, Premier of Western Nigeria.[15]
- Jimmy Kruger, 69, South African lawyer and politician, President of the Senate.
- Noel Murless, 77, English racehorse trainer.
- John M. Schiff, 82, American investment banker and philanthropist.[16]
10
- Sadamichi Hirasawa, 95, Japanese tempera painter, convicted of mass poisoning, pneumonia.[17]
- Nicolette Macnamara, 76, British artist and author.
- Wilhelm Strienz, 86, German bass operatic singer.
11
- James Jesus Angleton, 69, American intelligence operative and C.I.A chief, cancer.
12
- Victor Feldman, 53, English jazz musician, heart attack.
- Chinn Ho, 83, Hawaiian entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist, heart failure.[18]
- Ion Pistol, 40, Romanian convicted murderer, executed.
- Nora Rubashova, 78, Belarusian Catholic nun.
- Robert Trimbole, 56, Australian businessman, drug baron and organized crime figure.
- Michel Van Wijnendaele, 27–28, Belgian mass murderer, suicide after the murders.
13
- F. R. Crawley, 75, Canadian film producer, cinematographer and director.
- Richard Ellmann, 69, American literary critic and biographer of Irish writers, motor neurone disease.[19]
- Phil Moore, 69, American jazz pianist, arranger, and bandleader.[20]
- Ismael Rivera, 55, Puerto Rican composer and salsa singer, heart attack.
- Forbes Robinson, 60, British bass.
- Elly Winter, 88, German communist and notable political activist.
14
- Tsai Chen-chou, 40, Taiwanese politician and businessman, liver disease.
- Kris Derrig, 33, American luthier and musician, cancer.
- Rita Hayworth, 68, American actress and dancer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.[21]
- Jānis Lipke, 87, Latvian rescuer of Jews in World War II.
- Luke Sewell, 86, American Major league baseballer.
- Elizabeth Zarubina, 87, Soviet spy, traffic accident.
- Vitomil Zupan, 73, Austro-Hungarian–born Slovene writer.
15
- Wynne Gibson, 88, American actress, cerebral thrombosis.[22]
- Raynor Johnson, 86, English-Australian parapsychologist, physicist and author.
- Kalyanakit Kitiyakara, 57, Thai cardiothoracic surgeon.
- Máire MacNeill, 82, Irish journalist, folklorist and translator.
- Barry Mannakee, 39, British police officer with Royal Protection Squad, bodyguard to Diana, Princess of Wales, traffic accident.
- L. G. Pine, 79, British writer, lecturer and researcher of genealogy, nobility, history, heraldry and animal welfare.
- Lionel Van Praag, 78, Australian motorcycle speedway champion.
16
- Lionel Cooper, 65, Australian international rugby league footballer.
- Frank Mayborn, 83, American philanthropist, soldier, newspapers editor, publisher and broadcaster.
- Ronnie Shakes, 40, American stand up comedian, heart attack.
- Michael Wood, 69, British medical doctor, cancer.
17
- Wilbur J. Cohen, 73, American social scientist and civil servant, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.[23]
- Gunnar Myrdal, 88, Swedish economist, Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences.[24]
- Dudley C. Sharp, 82, American Secretary of the Air Force.[25]
18
- Mahdi Amel, 51, Lebanese Marxist philosopher and militant, assassinated.
- Heðin Brú, 86, Faroese novelist and translator.
- Hossein Fardoust, 70, Iranian military officer, deputy head of SAVAK, the Iranian intelligence agency.
- Robert A. Hefner Jr., 79, American politician and businessman.
- Santo Mazzarino, 71, Italian historian.
19
- James Everett Chase, 73, African American politician, Mayor of Spokane, cancer.[26]
- Hamid Reza Chitgar, 38, Iranian communist politician, exiled to France, assassinated.
- Deepak Dhawan, 32, Indian political activist, member of the Communist Party of India, murdered.
- Almerigo Grilz, 34, Italian politician and independent war correspondent, killed in war zone.
- Huntington D. Sheldon, 84, American C.I.A. director of Current Intelligence, murdered.
- Stanisław Szukalski, 93, Polish-American sculptor and painter.
- James Tiptree, Jr., (Alice Bradley Sheldon), 71, American science fiction and fantasy author, suicide pact with husband.
20
- William Creighton, 77, American Anglican bishop.
- Harvey Goldberg, 65, American historian and political activist, liver cancer.[27]
- Herbert Jacobs, 84, American journalist for the Milwaukee Journal, professor of journalism, cancer.[28]
- Ganpatrao Jadhav, 79, Indian freedom activist, journalist and writer.
- Edward Earl Johnson, 26, American convicted murderer, executed.
- Elmer Ray, 76, American heavyweight boxer.
- George Shibata, 60, American military officer, attorney, and film & television actor.
- Ma Sicong, 75, Chinese violinist and composer.
- Colston Warne, 86, American professor of economics.[29]
21
- Archie Carr, 77, American herpetologist, ecologist and conservationist, professor of zoology.
- Finis Alonzo Crutchfield Jr., 70, American clergyman and bishop, AIDS.
- Alejandro Rey, 57, Argentine-American actor and television director, lung cancer.[30]
22
- Paddy Belton, 60, Irish politician, company director and publican, Lord Mayor of Dublin.
- Thornton Freeland, 89, American film director.
- Heinrich Mückter, 72, German medical doctor, pharmacologist and chemist.
- Keidrych Rhys, 71, Welsh literary journalist, editor and poet.
24
- Alan Samuel Butler, 88, British aviator, chairman of De Havilland Aircraft Company.
- James J. Delaney, 86, American politician, chair of the House Rules Committee.[31]
- Hermione Gingold, 89, English actress, heart problems and pneumonia.[32]
- Siegmund Klein, 85, German-American strongman, bodybuilder, and magazine publisher, cancer.[33]
- Lajos Ligeti, 64, Hungarian orientalist and philologist.
- Thomas Burdett Money-Coutts, 85, English peer.
- Eugen Relgis, 92, Romanian writer, pacifist philosopher and anarchist militant.
25
- Charley Brock, 71, American NFL footballer.
- Winthrop G. Brown, 79, American lawyer and diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Korea and Laos.[34]
- Hugh Lester Campbell, 78, Canadian air marshal in the Royal Canadian Air Force and politician.
- Peter Coe, 58, English film and theatre director and actor.
- Peter Gerald Charles Dickens, 70, English Royal Navy officer during World War II.
- Hermann Glöckner, 98, German painter and sculptor.
- William Kelly Harrison Jr., 91, American officer in the U.S. Army.
- Don Sidle, 40, American ABA basketballer.
- Paweł Tuchlin, 41, Polish serial killer, hanged.
26
- Rose Chan, 62, Chinese-Malaysian cabaret dancer.
- Alvin Duke Chandler, 84, American Navy officer, president of the College of William & Mary.
- Paul Rimstead, 51–52, Canadian journalist.
- Arthur M. Sackler, 73, American psychiatrist and marketer of pharmaceuticals.[35]
- Robert Wilkins, 91, American country blues guitarist and vocalist.
- Ajita Wilson, 37, American transgender actress, brain hemorrhage.
27
- Alvin C. Eurich, 84, American educator, president of the State University of New York.[36]
- Colin McCahon, 67, New Zealand artist.
- John Howard Northrop, 95, American biochemist, Nobel laureate in Chemistry, suicide.[37]
- Richard Bruce Nugent, 80, American writer and painter.
- Fatemeh Pahlavi, 58, Iranian royal, cancer.
28
- Léon Lambert, 58, Belgian banker and art collector.
- Charles Ludlam, 44, American actor, director and playwright, pneumonia as a complication of AIDS.[38]
29
- Jean Delay, 79, French psychiatrist, neurologist and writer.
- Vettam Mani, 65, Indian scholar and writer.
- Charan Singh, 84, Prime Minister of India, cardiovascular collapse.[39]
- Phyllis Tate, 76, English composer.
30
- Frank Carlson, 94, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.[40]
- Eliot Hodgkin, 81, English painter.
- Miyuki Ishikawa, 90, Japanese midwife, real estate agent and serial killer.
- Honorino Landa, 44, Chilean international footballer, cancer.
- Frank Licht, 71, American politician, Governor of Rhode Island, cancer.[41]
- Hallam L. Movius, 79, American archaeologist.
- Turk Murphy, 71, American trombonist and bandleader.[42]
- Norman Nicholson, 73, English poet.
- Hilde Weissner, 77, German actress.
31
- John Abraham, 49, Indian filmmaker, short story writer and screenwriter, complications from a fall.
- Jerry Adair, 50, American Major League baseballer, liver cancer.
- Hubert Raymond Allen, 68, British Royal Air Force officer.
- Charles Drew, 70, British cardiothoracic surgeon, throat cancer.
- Wilbur Evans, 81, American actor and singer.[43]
- Gertrude Jones Hawk, 83–84, American candy maker and entrepreneur.
- Kolbein Lauring, 72, Norwegian resistance member during World War II.
- Dorothy Patrick, 65, Canadian-American film actress, heart attack.
- Roy Winsor, 75, American soap opera writer, creator, producer and mystery novelist, heart attack.[44]
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- Sunny Harnett, 63, American model and actress, injuries sustained in a fire.
- Arthur Matsu, 83, American NFL footballer and coach.
- Dev Raj Singh Thakur, Indian Air Force warrant officer, killed the killer of Mohandas Gandhi.
- "Antonio Won Pat, 73, Dies; Guam Delegate to Congress". The New York Times. May 3, 1987. p. 1 44. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Karl Davis, 25, Dies; A Designer of Fashions". The New York Times. May 5, 1987. p. D 30. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "John E. Kerrigan Dies; Former Boston Official". The New York Times. May 4, 1987. p. B 12. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "DALIDA". The New York Times. May 5, 1987. p. D 30. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Jon Pareles (May 6, 1987). "PAUL BUTTERFIELD, WHOSE BAND ADDED CHICAGO BLUES TO ROCK". The New York Times. p. B 11. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "WON EMMY FOR ROLE IN 'SOAP'". The New York Times. May 7, 1987. p. B 20. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "PAUL GROESSE". The New York Times. May 7, 1987. p. B 20. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Khalilullah Khalili Dies at 79; Afghan Poet and Ex-Official". The New York Times. May 14, 1987. p. D 26. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- "HEADED STORE GROUP THAT HAS HARRODS". The New York Times. May 6, 1987. p. B 11. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Eric Pace (May 7, 1987). "WILLIAM CASEY, EX-C.I.A. HEAD, IS DEAD AT 74". The New York Times. p. A 1. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Wilborn Hampton (May 9, 1987). "A FAVORITE FIGURE IN BRITAIN". The New York Times. p. 1 12. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Marjorie Barnard - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "DR. SIDNEY COHEN, 76, DEAD: STUDIED MOOD-ALTERING DRUGS". The New York Times. May 17, 1987. p. 1 40. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- McDonald, Henry (September 29, 2002). "True tale of IRA 'martyrs' revealed". The Guardian. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Chief Obafemi Awolowo Dies; A Nigeria Nationalist Leader". The New York Times. May 11, 1987. p. D 11. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- William G. Blair (May 10, 1987). "JOHN SCHIFF, A PHILANTHROPIST AND INVESTMENT BANKER, DIES". The New York Times. p. 1 30. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Sadamichi Hirasawa Is Dead; Was on Death Row 32 Years". The New York Times. May 11, 1987. p. D 11. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Wallace Turner (May 14, 1987). "CHINN HO, 83, A MAJOR FIGURE IN SUCCESS OF HAWAII'S ASIANS". The New York Times. p. D 26. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Walter Goodman (May 14, 1987). "EMINENT JAMES JOYCE SCHOLAR". The New York Times. p. D 26. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "PHIL MOORE". The New York Times. May 19, 1987. p. D 30. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Albin Krebs (May 16, 1987). "RITA HAYWORTH, MOVIE LEGEND, DIES". The New York Times. p. 1 10. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Wynne Gibson Is Dead; Stage and Film Actress". The New York Times. May 21, 1987. p. B 14. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Wolfgang Saxon (May 19, 1987). "WILBUR COHEN, LEADING ARCHITECT OF SOCIAL LEGISLATION, DIES AT 73". The New York Times. p. D 30. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "GUNNAR MYRDAL, ANALYST OF RACE CRISIS, DIES". The New York Times. May 18, 1987. p. A 1. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Joan Cook (May 19, 1987). "DUDLEY C. SHARP, EXECUTIVE AND EX-AIR FORCE SECRETARY". The New York Times. p. D 30. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "JAMES E. CHASE". The New York Times. May 23, 1987. p. 1 32. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "HARVEY GOLDBERG". The New York Times. May 24, 1987. p. 1 28. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Albert Scardino (May 27, 1987). "HERBERT JACOBS, 30'S REPORTER WHO RESHAPED ARCHITECTURE". The New York Times. p. B 8. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Edward Hudson (May 21, 1987). "CONSUMER LEADER". The New York Times. p. B 14. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Alejandro Rey Is Dead; A Film and a TV Actor". The New York Times. May 24, 1987. p. 1 28. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Winston Williams (May 25, 1987). "JAMES J. DELANEY, 86, A DEMOCRAT AND FORMER QUEENS CONGRESSMAN". The New York Times. p. 1 37. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Wolfgang Saxon (May 25, 1987). "HERMIONE GINGOLD, ENGLISH ACTRESS, DIES AT 89". The New York Times. p. 1 37. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "SIEGMUND KLEIN". The New York Times. May 28, 1987. p. D 23. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Winthrop G. Brown, Ex-State Dept. Official". The New York Times. May 27, 1987. p. B 8. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Grace Glueck (May 27, 1987). "PHILANTHROPIST AND ART PATRON". The New York Times. p. B 8. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Alvin C. Eurich Dead; Former State U. Chief". The New York Times. May 29, 1987. p. B 6. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Dr. John H. Northrop, Nobel Laureate, Dies". The New York Times. July 16, 1987. p. D 22. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Jeremy Gerard (May 29, 1987). "CHARLES LUDLAM, 44, AVANT-GARDE ARTIST OF THEATER, IS DEAD". The New York Times. p. A 1. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Steven R. Weisman, Special To the New York Times (May 30, 1987). "INDIA'S FIFTH PRIME MINISTER". The New York Times. p. 1 36. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Marvine Howe (May 31, 1987). "SERVED 3 TERMS AS SENATOR FROM KANSAS". The New York Times. p. 1 32. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "LED RHODE ISLAND IN LATE 60'S". The New York Times. May 31, 1987. p. 1 32. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- John T. McQuiston (June 1, 1987). "TURK MURPHY, A TROMBONIST AND A FIGURE IN JAZZ REVIVAL". The New York Times. p. B 10. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Wilbur Evans Is Dead; A Singer on Broadway". The New York Times. June 3, 1987. p. B 10. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- C. Gerald Fraser (June 3, 1987). "ROY WINSOR, WRITER AND A TV PRODUCER OF DAYTIME SERIALS". The New York Times. p. B 10. Retrieved May 3, 2024.