Deaths_in_June_1987
Deaths in June 1987
The following is a list of notable deaths in June 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
- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, 72, Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist and journalist.
- Errol Barrow, 67, Caribbean statesman, Prime Minister of Barbados.[1]
- Francis B. Burch, 68, American politician, Attorney General of state of Maryland.
- Rashid Karami, 65, Lebanese statesman, Prime Minister of Lebanon, assassinated.
2
- Klaus Gamber, 70, German Catholic liturgist.
- Sammy Kaye, 77, American bandleader and songwriter.[2]
- François Perroux, 83, French economist, professor at the Collège de France.
- Andrés Segovia, 94, Spanish virtuoso classical guitarist, heart attack.
3
- Bruno Bernard, 75, American photographer known for pin-up photography of Marilyn Monroe, cancer.[3]
- Jackie Fields, 79, American professional boxer, world welterweight champion.
- Curt McDowell, 42, American underground filmmaker, AIDS.
- Malcolm McLeod, 73, American law enforcement officer, Sheriff of Robeson County, North Carolina, heart attack.
- Alan Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 52, British landowner and hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords.
- Will Sampson, 53, American painter, actor and rodeo performer, post-operative kidney failure.[4]
- Herbert Schultze, 77, German submarine commander during World War II.
4
- Maurizio Vitale Cesa, 41, Italian entrepreneur and sportswear inventor.
- Ann Evers, 71, American film actress.
- Noel Guillen, 60, Trinidadian cricketer.
- Dean Moon, 60, American automobile designer.
5
- Mansel Carter, 85, American businessman and prospector, cancer.
- Vasant Kumar Pandit, 66, Indian politician, member of parliament.
6
- Alexander Altmann, 81, Austro-Hungarian–born American Orthodox Jewish scholar and rabbi.
- Colin Colahan, 90, Australian painter and sculptor.
- Fulton Mackay, 64, Scottish actor and playwright, stomach cancer.
- Mari Mori, 84, Japanese author, heart failure.
- Richard Münch, 71, German actor.
- Eduard Petiška, 63, Czechoslovakian writer.
- Aneesur Rahman, 59, Indian-American physicist.
- Dragan Sotirović, 74, Serbian-Major in the Yugoslavian Army.
7
- John Blofeld, 74, British writer on Asian thought and religion, cancer.
- Shosei Go, 70, Taiwanese baseballer who played in Japan.
- Hashimoto Mantaro, 54, Japanese sinologist and linguist.
- Herbert M. Seneviratne, 61, Sri Lankan lyricist and actor.
- Cahit Zarifoğlu, 46, Turkish poet and writer.
8
- Gary Driscoll, 41, American R&B-style drummer, murdered.
- George Finey, 92, Australian newspaper artist.
- Yogi Horton, 33, American R&B, funk, jazz and rock drummer, suicide.
- Alexander Iolas, 79, Egyptian-Greek-American art gallerist, AIDS.[5]
- Daniel Mandell, 91, American film editor.[6]
- Jacques Fred Petrus, 39, West Indian-businessman and a pioneer of post-disco music, murdered.
9
- Kenneth Althaus, 91, American brigadier general in the U.S. Army.
- Raya Dunayevskaya, 77, Russian-American philosopher, founder of Marxist humanism in the United States.
- Monique Haas, 77, French pianist.
- Gustaf Håkansson, 101, Swedish cyclist who cycled the length of Sweden in a race at age 66.
- Louis Van Iersel, 93, American sergeant in the U.S. Army, Medal of Honor recipient.
- Madge Kennedy, 96, American stage, film and television actress, respiratory failure.[7]
- Grandon Rhodes, 82, American actor.
- Wilhelm Runge, 91, German electrical engineer and physicist.
10
- Daud Beureueh, 87, Indonesian military Governor of Aceh.
- Shamraj Bhalerao, 88, Indian noble.
- Elizabeth Hartman, 43, American stage and screen actress, suicide by jumping.[8]
- Jeevan, 71, Indian actor.
- Alain Montpetit, 36, Canadian television and radio personality and actor, overdose.
- Booty Wood, 67, American jazz trombonist.
11
- Ralph Guldahl, 75, American professional golfer.[9]
- Aleksandr Lokshin, 66, Soviet composer of classical music.
- Enrique del Moral, 82, Mexican architect.
- Álvaro Vieira Pinto, 77, Brazilian philosopher and translator.
- B. S. Madhava Rao, 87, Indian mathematician and physicist.
- Dan Vadis, 49, American actor, overdose.
12
- Tuvia Bielski, 81, Belarusian militant, leader of the Bielski group.
- Bill Edwards, 81, American football player and NFL coach.
- Paul Janes, 75, German international footballer.
- C. F. Russell, 90, American occultist.
- Apostol Sokolov, 69, Bulgarian footballer.
- Józef Tusk, 80, Polish luthier, grandfather of Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk.
13
- Huck Betts, 90, American Major League baseballer.
- Vera Caspary, 87, American screenwriter, novelist and playwright, stroke.[10]
- Bernard Hesling, 82, British-Australian muralist and painter.
- Johnny High, 30, American NBA basketballer, car accident.
- Kanam E. J., 61, Indian novelist, short story writer and lyricist.
- Heinz Kloss, 82, German linguist.
- Cemil Meriç, 70, Turkish writer and translator.
- Geraldine Page, 62, American film, stage and television actress, heart attack.[11]
14
- Stanisław Bareja, 57, Polish filmmaker.
- Curt Boettcher, 43, American musician and record producer, complications of treatment for lung infection.
- Les Favell, 57, Australian test cricketer.
- Burhanuddin Harahap, 70, Indonesian politician and lawyer, Prime Minister of Indonesia.
15
- Walter Heller, 71, American economist, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.
- J. M. Johnson, 75, Nigerian politician and Federal Cabinet Minister.
16
- Marguerite de Angeli, 98, American writer and illustrator of children's books.
- June Knight, 74, American theatre and film actress and singer, stroke.
- Wandjuk Marika, 56–57, Aboriginal Australian painter, actor, composer and indigenous land rights activist.
- Mangal Singh, 95, Indian politician and legislator, member of Central Legislative Assembly.
- Kōji Tsuruta, 62, Japanese actor and singer, lung cancer.
- Kid Thomas Valentine, 91, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader.[12]
17
- Dick Howser, 51, American Major League baseballer, brain tumour.[13]
18
- Harold F. Cherniss, 83, American classicist and historian of ancient philosophy.[14]
- Jay Lawrence, 63, American stand-up comedian and actor.
- Bruce Marshall, 87, Scottish writer.
- Georgy Nissky, 84, Soviet painter.
- Art Spector, 66, American basketballer.
19
- C. R. Cheney, 80, English medieval historian.
- Ian Donald, 76, English physician, pioneered diagnostic use of ultrasound in obstetrics.
- Joseph Schwab, 26, German spree killer in Australia, shot by police.
- Pearl Vasudevi, 72, Sri Lankan actress.
20
- Salim Ali, 90, Indian ornithologist and naturalist, prostate cancer.[15]
- Frederic B. Butler, 90, American officer in the U.S. Army in World War 2.
- Leonid Kharitonov, 57, Soviet actor, stroke.
- Hiro Saga, 73, Japanese noblewoman and memoir writer.
21
- Mariano Cañardo, 81, Spanish road racing cyclist.
- Abram Chasins, 83, American composer, pianist, music broadcaster and author.[16]
- Eastman Jacobs, 84–85, American aerodynamicist.
- Madman Muntz, 73, American businessman, engineer and car salesman.
- Kyril Vassilev, 79, Bulgarian-American portrait painter, heart-attack.[17]
- Phil Weintraub, 79, American Major League baseballer, heart attack.
22
- Nicholas Alkemade, 64, British tail gunner in the R.A.F. during World War II, survived freefall of 5.5 km.
- Fred Astaire, 88, American actor, singer and dancer, pneumonia.[18]
- Mao Bangchu, 83, Chinese army major general.
- John Hewitt, 79, Northern Irish poet.
- Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali, 94, Moroccan Salafi.
- Joseph Meyer, 93, American songwriter.
- Robert N. C. Nix Sr., 88, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives.[19]
- Frank Rehak, 60, American jazz trombonist, throat cancer.
23
- Adrienne Gessner, 90, Austrian actress.
- Tito Lara, 54, Puerto Rican singer.
- Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, 90, British peeress, niece of Queen Mary.
- Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo, 86, Indonesian founder of the Subud movement.
24
- Linc Chamberland, 46, American jazz guitarist, leukemia.
- Jackie Gleason, 71, American actor and comedian.
- Hines Johnson, 76, Jamaican Test cricketer for the West Indies.
25
- John Ness Beck, 56, American composer and arranger of choral music, cancer.
- Boudleaux Bryant, 67, half of American husband-and-wife country music and pop songwriting team.
- Nibaran Chandra Laskar, 85, Indian singer and politician, member of parliament.
- Tony Skyrme, 64, British physicist, embolism.
26
- Henk Badings, 80, Indonesian-Dutch composer.
- Arthur F. Burns, 83, Austro-Hungarian–born American economist and diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to West Germany.[20]
- George Johnson, 74, American jazz reedist.
- Wayne Meylan, 41, American NFL footballer, plane crash.
- Richard Pim, 86, British civil servant and naval officer.
- Gerhard Wagner, 88, German naval rear admiral.
- Tony Webster, 65, American screenwriter.
27
- Ratomir Dugonjić, 71, Yugoslavian partisan fighter, politician, and ambassador.
- Althea Flynt, 33, American co-publisher of pornographic magazine Hustler, wife of Larry Flynt, drowned in bathtub after overdose.[21]
- Pat McGuigan, 52, Irish singer.
- Donald Nixon, 72, American brother of U.S. President Richard Nixon, pneumonia.
- František Šafránek, 56, Czechoslovakian international footballer, heart failure.
- W. Horace Schmidlapp, 71, American investment banker and Broadway producer.
- Billy Snedden, 60, Australian politician, speaker of the House of Representatives, heart attack.
28
- Gajananrao Joshi, 76, Indian vocalist and violinist.
- Jim Taylor, 86, Australian-Papua New Guinean explorer.
29
- Elizabeth Cotten, 94, American folk and blues musician.[22]
- C. Hamilton Ellis, 78, English railway writer and painter.
- Antonio Janni, 82, Italian football manager and international player, Olympic medalist.
- Ēriks Pētersons, 77, Latvian international footballer and ice hockey player.
- Murray Sanders, 77, American physician and military officer, and biological warfare pioneer during World War II.
- Shmuel Tamir, 64, Israeli independence fighter and lawyer.[23]
30
- Ramani Bartholomeusz, 20, Sri Lankan actress and model, Miss Sri Lanka 1985, pushed out of moving car.
- King Donovan, 69, American film, stage and television actor and director, cancer.[24]
- Maurice Geraghty, 78, American screenwriter, film director and producer.
- Li Hanhun, 91, Chinese army general.
- Federico Mompou, 94, Spanish composer and pianist, respiratory failure.[25]
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- Glen Daly, 66–67, Scottish singer and entertainer.
- Georges Doriot, 87, French-American academic, businessman and financier, lung cancer.
- John J. Reynolds, 97, American Olympic marathoner.
- "PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS, ERROL W. BARROW, DIES AT 67". The New York Times. June 2, 1987. p. D 23. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Stephen Holden (June 4, 1987). "SAMMY KAYE, 77, BANDLEADER FOR 50 YEARS, DIES OF CANCER". The New York Times. p. D 26. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "BRUNO BERNARD". The New York Times. June 5, 1987. p. D 16. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Will Sampson, 53, Portrayed An Indian in 'Cuckoo's Nest'". The New York Times. June 4, 1987. p. D 26. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- John Russell (June 12, 1987). "Alexander Iolas, Ex-Dancer And Surrealist-Art Champion". The New York Times. p. D 28. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Daniel Mandell, Won 3 Film Editing Oscars". The New York Times. June 13, 1987. p. 1 44. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Madge Kennedy Dies; A Film and Stage Star". The New York Times. June 13, 1987. p. 1 44. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Elizabeth Hartman, 'Patch of Blue' Star, Is Suspected Suicide". The New York Times. June 12, 1987. p. D 28. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr. (June 14, 1987). "GOLFER DOMINATED TOUR, THEN QUIT". The New York Times. p. 1 46. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "VERA CASPARY, SCREENWRITER AND NOVELIST". The New York Times. June 17, 1987. p. B 11. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Elizabeth Kolbert (June 15, 1987). "A STAR OF STAGE AND FILM". The New York Times. p. B 14. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Kid Thomas Valentine, Jazz Band Trumpeter". The New York Times. June 19, 1987. p. D 16. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr. (June 18, 1987). "EX-MANAGER OF ROYALS". The New York Times. p. B 12. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Harold F. Cherniss, an Expert In Greek Philosophy, Is Dead". The New York Times. July 12, 1987. p. 1 22. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Salim Ali Dies in India; Authority on Wildlife". The New York Times. June 21, 1987. p. 1 34. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Joan Cook (June 23, 1987). "Abram Chasins, WQXR Executive, Dies at 83". The New York Times. p. D 30. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "KYRIL P. VASSILEV". The New York Times. June 25, 1987. p. B 16. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Richard F. Shepard (June 23, 1987). "FRED ASTAIRE, THE ULTIMATE DANCER, DIES". The New York Times. p. A 1. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Robert Nix, a Congressman For 2 Decades, Is Dead at 88". The New York Times. June 23, 1987. p. D 30. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Arthur F. Burns Is Dead at 83; A Shaper of Economic Policy". The New York Times. June 27, 1987. p. 1 1. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "ALTHEA FLYNT, PUBLISHER, DIES". The New York Times. June 29, 1987. p. B 14. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- "Elizabeth (Libba) Cotten, 95, A Blues and Folk Songwriter". The New York Times. June 30, 1987. p. B 8. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- William G. Blair (June 30, 1987). "SHMUEL TAMIR, ISRAELI LAWYER AND EX-JUSTICE MINISTER, DIES". The New York Times. p. B 8. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Esther Iverem (July 4, 1987). "THEATER, FILM AND TV ACTOR". The New York Times. p. 1 7. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- John Rockwell (July 1, 1987). "Federico Mompou, Spanish Composer, Dies". The New York Times. p. D 23. Retrieved May 3, 2024.