Celebrity Deaths in 1987
120 notable figures died in 1987. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Anita Palmero
1902 – 1987 · Blues Singer Jan 1 -
Gerald Brenan
1894 – 1987 · Authors and Writers Jan 1 -
John Alderman
1934 – 1987 · Actors Jan 1 -
Mollie Maureen
1904 – 1987 · Actresses Jan 1 -
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Renato Guttuso
1912 – 1987 · Artists and Architects Jan 1 -
Jackie Mitchell
1913 – 1987 · Athletes, Baseball Jan 7 -
Igor Ilyinsky
1901 – 1987 · Actors Jan 13 -
Ray Bolger
1904 – 1987 · Actors, Celebrities, Comedian, Singer Jan 15 -
Joyce Jameson
1932 – 1987 · Actresses Jan 16 -
Alessandro Blasetti
1987 · Director, Film Director Feb 1 -
Hal K. Dawson
1896 – 1987 · Actors Feb 2 -
James Coco
1930 – 1987 · Actors Feb 2 -
Verree Teasdale
1904 – 1987 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Viola Savoy
1899 – 1987 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Liberace
1919 – 1987 · Entertainers Feb 4 -
Harriet MacGibbon
1905 – 1987 Feb 8 -
Andy Warhol
1928 – 1987 · Artists and Architects, Authors and Writers Feb 22 -
Anny Ondra
1903 – 1987 · Actresses Feb 28 -
Nora Kaye
1920 – 1987 · Entertainers Feb 28 -
Randolph Scott
1898 – 1987 · Actors Mar 2 -
Bil Baird
1904 – 1987 · Entertainers Mar 3 -
Clint William Murchison, Jr
1923 – 1987 · Business Magnates Mar 3 -
Eddie Durham
1906 – 1987 · Actors Mar 3 -
Violet Schram
1898 – 1987 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Gerald Moore
1899 – 1987 · Singer Mar 13 -
Vivian Martin
1891 – 1987 · Actresses Mar 16 -
Rita Streich
1920 – 1987 · Singer Mar 20 -
Walter Abel
1898 – 1987 · Actors Mar 26 -
Berta Drews
1901 – 1987 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Erskine Caldwell
1903 – 1987 · Authors and Writers Apr 4 -
Primo Levi
1919 – 1987 · Politicians Apr 11 -
Dick Shawn
1923 – 1987 · Actors Apr 17 -
Hugh Brannum
1910 – 1987 · Actors, Comedian, Entertainers Apr 19 -
Cathryn Damon
1930 – 1987 · Actresses May 5 -
Dalida
1933 – 1987 · Actresses May 5 -
Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold
1897 – 1987 · Actresses May 5 -
Hilde Weissner
1909 – 1987 · Actresses May 5 -
Joyce Coad
1917 – 1987 · Actresses May 5 -
Rolland Bedard
1913 – 1987 · Actors May 5 -
Rita Hayworth
1918 – 1987 · Actresses, Sex Goddess May 14 -
Gunnar Myrdal
1898 – 1987 · Authors and Writers, Politicians May 17 -
Frank Carlson
1893 – 1987 · Politicians, Senator May 30 -
Dorothy Patrick
1921 – 1987 · Actresses May 31 -
Dr Wendell Phillips Whalum, Sr
1931 – 1987 · Educators Jun 6 -
Elizabeth Hartman
1943 – 1987 · Actors Jun 6 -
Jackie Gleason
1916 – 1987 · Actors Jun 6 -
Flora Robson
1902 – 1987 · Actresses Jun 7 -
Madge Kennedy
1891 – 1987 · Actresses, Theater Actor Jun 9 -
Geraldine Page
1924 – 1987 Jun 13 -
June Knight
1913 – 1987 · Actresses Jun 16 -
Fred Astaire
1899 – 1987 · Actors, Entertainers Jun 22 -
Viola Dana
1897 – 1987 · Actresses Jul 3 -
Amelia De La Torre
1905 – 1987 · Actresses Jul 7 -
James Alonzo “Jim” Bishop
1907 – 1987 · Authors and Writers Jul 7 -
Michael Bennett
1943 – 1987 · Entertainers, Theater Actor Jul 7 -
Richard Egan
1921 – 1987 · Actors Jul 7 -
Mary Cover Jones
1897 – 1987 · Scientists and Inventors Jul 22 -
Alex Sadkin
1949 – 1987 · Music Producer Jul 25 -
Clara Peller
1902 – 1987 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Karl Bruck
1906 – 1987 · Actors Aug 8 -
Pola Negri
1899 – 1987 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Raquel Torres
1915 – 1987 · Actresses Aug 8 -
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Wade Hampton McCree, Jr
1920 – 1987 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Aug 8 -
Clarence Brown
1890 – 1987 · Director, Film Director Aug 17 -
Rudolf Hess
1894 – 1987 · Politicians Aug 17 -
Hayden Rorke
1910 – 1987 · Actors Aug 19 -
Winifred Bryson
1892 – 1987 · Actresses Aug 20 -
Bayard Rustin
1912 – 1987 · Social Reformers Aug 24 -
William Keeler
1908 – 1987 · Native Americans Aug 24 -
John Huston
1906 – 1987 · Director, Film Director Aug 28 -
Archie Campbell
1914 – 1987 · Actors, Comedian, Country Music Aug 29 -
Lee Marvin
1924 – 1987 · Actors Aug 29 -
Quinn Martin
1922 – 1987 · Movie/TV Producer, Producer Sep 5 -
Betty Burbridge
1895 – 1987 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Bill Fraser
1908 – 1987 · Actors Sep 9 -
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Dorothy Meyer
1924 – 1987 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Henry Ford, II
1917 – 1987 Sep 9 -
Simon Gipps-Kent
1958 – 1987 · Actors Sep 9 -
Lorne Greene
1915 – 1987 · Actors, Singer Sep 11 -
Peter Tosh
1944 – 1987 · Musicians and Composers Sep 11 -
John Qualen
1899 – 1987 · Actors, Philanthropists Sep 12 -
Mervyn LeRoy
1900 – 1987 · Director, Film Director Sep 13 -
Mary Astor
1906 – 1987 · Actresses Sep 25 -
Andrea Palma
1903 – 1987 · Actresses Oct 6 -
Gregson Edward “Greg” Bautzer
1911 – 1987 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Oct 10 -
Jean Anouilh
1910 – 1987 · Authors and Writers Oct 10 -
Joseph Campbell
1904 – 1987 · Authors and Writers Oct 10 -
June Clyde
1909 – 1987 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Kay Brown
1926 – 1987 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Leonard Harrison “Lennie” Aleshire
1890 – 1987 · Entertainers Oct 10 -
Madeleine Carroll
1906 – 1987 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Ruby Jean Butler Dandridge
1900 – 1987 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Spencer Gordon Bennet
1893 – 1987 · Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Oct 10 -
Fahri Korutürk
1903 – 1987 · Politicians Oct 12 -
Walter Houser Brattain
1902 – 1987 · Scientists and Inventors Oct 13 -
Basil Wright
1907 – 1987 · Film Director Oct 14 -
Lennie Aleshire
1890 – 1987 · Entertainers, Musicians and Composers, Singer Oct 15 -
Thomas Sankara
1949 – 1987 · Politicians Oct 15 -
Ruby Dandridge
1900 – 1987 · Actresses Oct 17 - Photo 1913 – 1987 · Authors and Writers Nov 11
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Alvin Adams Dewey, II
1912 – 1987 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Nov 11 -
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Erno Goldfinger
1902 – 1987 · Artists and Architects Nov 11 -
James Arthur Baldwin
1924 – 1987 · Authors and Writers Nov 11 -
John King
1909 – 1987 · Actors, Singer Nov 11 -
Marcia Anne Henderson Prestlien
1929 – 1987 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Noble Chissell
1905 – 1987 · Actors Nov 11 -
Sian Kingi
1974 – 1987 · Victims of crime and disaster Nov 27 -
Irene Handl
1901 – 1987 · Actresses, Authors and Writers Nov 29 -
Donn Eisele
1930 – 1987 · Astronaut Dec 2 -
Rouben Mamoulian
1897 – 1987 · Director, Film Director Dec 4 -
Gustav Fröhlich
1902 – 1987 · Actors Dec 12 -
Irving Applebaum Allen
1905 – 1987 · Entertainers Dec 12 -
James Dobson
1920 – 1987 · Actors Dec 12 -
Mary Foy
1901 – 1987 · Actresses Dec 12 -
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Minnie Evans
1892 – 1987 · Artists and Architects Dec 12 -
Septima Poinsette Clark
1898 – 1987 · Social Reformers Dec 12 -
Irving Allen
1905 – 1987 · Director Dec 17 -
Robert Paige
1910 – 1987 · Actors, Entertainers Dec 21 -
Ralph Nelson
1916 – 1987 · Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer, TV Director Dec 21 -
Alice Terry
1900 – 1987 · Actresses Dec 22