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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 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.
- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, 72, Indian film director, novelist and journalist.
- Errol Barrow, 67, Caribbean statesman, Prime Minister of Barbados. [1]
- Francis B. Burch, 68, American politician, Attorney General of Maryland, cancer. [2]
- Rashid Karami, 65, Lebanese statesman, Prime Minister of Lebanon, assassinated. [3]
- Klaus Gamber, 70, German Catholic liturgist.
- Sammy Kaye, 77, American bandleader and songwriter ( Blueberry Hill, Harbour Lights), cancer. [4]
- François Perroux, 83, French economist, professor at the Collège de France. [5]
- Sebastiaan Matheus Sigismund de Ranitz, 86, Dutch jurist and Nazi collaborator. [6]
- Andrés Segovia, 94, Spanish virtuoso classical guitarist, heart attack. [7]
- Bruno Bernard, 75, American photographer known for pin-up photography of Marilyn Monroe, cancer. [8]
- Jackie Fields, 79, American professional boxer, world welterweight champion. [9]
- Curt McDowell, 42, American underground filmmaker, AIDS. [10]
- Malcolm McLeod, 73, American law enforcement officer, Sheriff of Robeson County, North Carolina, heart attack. [11]
- Alan Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 52, British landowner and hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords. [12]
- Will Sampson, 53, American actor ( One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), kidney failure. [13]
- Herbert Schultze, 77, German submarine commander during World War II.
- Maurizio Vitale Cesa, 41, Italian entrepreneur and sportswear inventor, AIDS. [14]
- Ann Evers, 71, American film actress.
- Noel Guillen, 60, Trinidadian cricketer. [15]
- Dean Moon, 60, American automobile designer. [16]
- Mansel Carter, 85, American businessman and prospector, cancer.
- Vasant Kumar Pandit, 66, Indian politician, member of parliament.
- Alexander Altmann, 81, Austro-Hungarian–born American Orthodox Jewish scholar and rabbi. [17]
- Colin Colahan, 90, Australian painter and sculptor. [18]
- Fulton Mackay, 64, Scottish actor and playwright, stomach cancer. [19]
- Mari Mori, 84, Japanese author, heart failure. [20]
- Richard Münch, 71, German actor.
- Eduard Petiška, 63, Czechoslovakian writer.
- Aneesur Rahman, 59, Indian-born American physicist ( Molecular dynamics). [21]
- Dragan Sotirović, 74, Serbian-Major in the Yugoslavian Army.
- John Blofeld, 74, British writer on Asian thought and religion, cancer. [22]
- Shosei Go, 70, Taiwanese baseballer who played in Japan ( Mainichi Orions, Tokyo Giants). [23]
- Hashimoto Mantaro, 54, Japanese sinologist and linguist. [24]
- Herbert M. Seneviratne, 61, Sri Lankan lyricist and actor. [25]
- Cahit Zarifoğlu, 46, Turkish poet and writer. [26]
- Gary Driscoll, 41, American R&B-style drummer, murdered. [27]
- George Finey, 92, Australian newspaper artist. [28]
- Yogi Horton, 33, American R&B, funk, jazz and rock drummer, suicide.
- Alexander Iolas, 79, Egyptian-born American art gallerist, AIDS. [29]
- Daniel Mandell, 91, American film editor. [30]
- Jacques Fred Petrus, 39, West Indian–born businessman and a pioneer of post-disco music, murdered.
- Kenneth Althaus, 91, American brigadier general in the U.S. Army. [31]
- Raya Dunayevskaya, 77, Russian-American philosopher, founder of Marxist humanism in the United States. [32]
- Monique Haas, 77, French pianist. [33]
- Gustaf Håkansson, 101, Swedish cyclist who cycled the length of Sweden in a race at age 66. [34]
- Louis Van Iersel, 93, American sergeant in the U.S. Army, Medal of Honor recipient. [35]
- Madge Kennedy, 96, American actress, respiratory failure. [36]
- Grandon Rhodes, 82, American actor. [37]
- Wilhelm Runge, 91, German electrical engineer and physicist ( radar).
- Daud Beureueh, 87, Indonesian military Governor of Aceh. [38]
- Shamraj Bhalerao, 88, Indian noble.
- Elizabeth Hartman, 43, American actress ( A Patch of Blue, You're a Big Boy Now). [39]
- Jeevan, 71, Indian actor.
- Alain Montpetit, 36, Canadian television and radio personality and actor, overdose.
- Booty Wood, 67, American jazz trombonist. [40]
- Ralph Guldahl, 75, American professional golfer, heart attack. [41]
- 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 ( The Triumph of Hercules), overdose.
- Tuvia Bielski, 81, Belarusian militant, leader of the Bielski group. [42]
- Bill Edwards, 81, American NFL coach ( Detroit Lions). [43]
- Paul Janes, 75, German international footballer ( Fortuna Düsseldorf, Germany). [44]
- C. F. Russell, 90, American occultist.
- Apostol Sokolov, 69, Bulgarian international footballer ( Levski Sofia, Bulgaria). [45]
- Józef Tusk, 80, Polish luthier, grandfather of Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk.
- Huck Betts, 90, American Major League baseballer ( Philadelphia Phillies). [46]
- Vera Caspary, 87, American screenwriter, novelist and playwright, stroke. [47]
- Bernard Hesling, 82, British-born Australian muralist and painter. [48]
- Johnny High, 30, American NBA basketballer ( Phoenix Suns), car accident. [49]
- Kanam E. J., 61, Indian novelist, short story writer and lyricist.
- Heinz Kloss, 82, German linguist. [50]
- Cemil Meriç, 70, Turkish writer and translator. [51]
- Geraldine Page, 62, American actress ( The Trip to Bountiful, Hondo, Summer and Smoke), heart attack. [52]
- Stanisław Bareja, 57, Polish filmmaker ( Teddy Bear).
- Curt Boettcher, 43, American musician and record producer, heart attack. [53]
- Les Favell, 57, Australian test cricketer. [54]
- Burhanuddin Harahap, 70, Indonesian politician and lawyer, Prime Minister of Indonesia, heart attack. [55]
- Walter Heller, 71, American economist, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, heart attack. [56]
- J. M. Johnson, 75, Nigerian politician and Federal Cabinet Minister.
- Marguerite de Angeli, 98, American writer and illustrator of children's books ( The Door in the Wall). [57]
- June Knight, 74, American actress and singer, stroke. [58]
- Wandjuk Marika, 56–57, Aboriginal Australian painter, actor and indigenous land rights activist. [59]
- 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. [60]
- Dick Howser, 51, American Major League baseballer and manager ( Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals), brain tumour. [61]
- Harold F. Cherniss, 83, American classicist and historian of ancient philosophy. [62]
- Jay Lawrence, 63, American stand-up comedian and actor. [63]
- Bruce Marshall, 87, Scottish writer ( Father Malachy's Miracle). [64]
- Georgy Nissky, 84, Soviet painter. [65]
- Art Spector, 66, American basketballer ( Boston Celtics). [66]
- C. R. Cheney, 80, English medieval historian. [67]
- Ian Donald, 76, English physician, pioneered diagnostic use of ultrasound in obstetrics. [68]
- Joseph Schwab, 26, German spree killer in Australia, shot by police. [69]
- Pearl Vasudevi, 72, Sri Lankan actress. [70]
- Salim Ali, 90, Indian ornithologist and naturalist, prostate cancer. [71]
- Frederic B. Butler, 90, American general in the U.S. Army in World War 2. [72]
- Leonid Kharitonov, 57, Soviet actor, stroke.
- Hiro Saga, 73, Japanese noblewoman and memoir writer.
- Mariano Cañardo, 81, Spanish road racing cyclist.
- Abram Chasins, 83, American composer, pianist and author, cancer. [73]
- Eastman Jacobs, 84–85, American aerodynamicist. [74]
- Madman Muntz, 73, American businessman, engineer and car salesman, lung cancer. [75]
- Kyril Vassilev, 79, Bulgarian-born American portrait painter, heart attack. [76]
- Phil Weintraub, 79, American Major League baseballer ( New York Giants), heart attack. [77]
- Nicholas Alkemade, 64, British tail gunner in the R.A.F. during World War II, survived freefall of 5.5 km. [78]
- Fred Astaire, 88, American actor, singer and dancer ( Funny Face, The Towering Inferno), pneumonia. [79]
- Mao Bangchu, 83, Chinese army general. [80]
- John Hewitt, 79, Northern Irish poet. [81]
- Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali, 94, Moroccan Salafi.
- Joseph Meyer, 93, American songwriter ( California, Here I Come; If You Knew Susie).
- Robert N. C. Nix Sr., 88, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, cardiac arrest. [82]
- Frank Rehak, 60, American jazz trombonist, throat cancer.
- Adrienne Gessner, 90, Austrian actress. [83]
- Tito Lara, 54, Puerto Rican singer.
- Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, 90, British peeress, niece of Queen Mary. [84]
- Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo, 86, Indonesian founder of the Subud movement. [85]
- Linc Chamberland, 46, American jazz guitarist, leukemia.
- Jackie Gleason, 71, American actor and comedian ( The Hustler, Smokey and the Bandit), cancer. [86]
- Hines Johnson, 76, Jamaican Test cricketer for the West Indies. [87]
- John Ness Beck, 56, American composer and arranger of choral music, cancer.
- Boudleaux Bryant, 67, half of American husband-and-wife songwriting team ( Love Hurts, Wake Up Little Susie), cancer. [88]
- Nibaran Chandra Laskar, 85, Indian singer and politician, member of parliament. [89]
- Tony Skyrme, 64, British physicist, embolism. [90]
- Henk Badings, 80, Indonesian-Dutch composer. [91]
- Arthur F. Burns, 83, Austro-Hungarian–born American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, heart surgery. [92]
- George Johnson, 74, American jazz reedist.
- Wayne Meylan, 41, American NFL footballer ( Cleveland Browns), plane crash. [93]
- Richard Pim, 86, British civil servant and naval officer. [94]
- Gerhard Wagner, 88, German naval rear admiral. [95]
- Tony Webster, 65, American screenwriter, esophageal cancer. [96]
- Ratomir Dugonjić, 71, Yugoslavian politician and ambassador, president of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Althea Flynt, 33, American co-publisher of Hustler magazine, wife of Larry Flynt, drowning after overdose. [97]
- Pat McGuigan, 52, Irish singer.
- Donald Nixon, 72, American brother of U.S. President Richard Nixon, pneumonia. [98]
- František Šafránek, 56, Czechoslovakian international footballer ( Dukla Prague), heart failure. [99]
- W. Horace Schmidlapp, 71, American investment banker and Broadway producer, husband of Carole Landis. [100]
- Billy Snedden, 60, Australian politician, speaker of the House of Representatives, Leader of the Opposition, heart attack. [101]
- Gajananrao Joshi, 76, Indian vocalist and violinist.
- Jim Taylor, 86, Australian-born Papua New Guinean explorer, pneumonia. [102]
- Elizabeth Cotten, 94, American folk and blues musician. [103]
- C. Hamilton Ellis, 78, English railway writer and painter. [104]
- Antonio Janni, 82, Italian football manager and international player ( Torino, Italy), Olympic medalist. [105]
- Ērihs Pētersons, 77, Latvian international footballer ( RFK Riga, Latvia) and ice hockey player ( Latvia).
- Murray Sanders, 77, American physician and military officer, biological warfare pioneer in World War II. [106]
- Shmuel Tamir, 64, Israeli independence fighter and lawyer. [107]
- 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. [108]
- Maurice Geraghty, 78, American screenwriter, film director and producer.
- Li Hanhun, 91, Chinese army general.
- Federico Mompou, 94, Spanish composer and pianist, respiratory failure. [109]
- 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.
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- ^ Lebanese Premier is Assassinated in Coptor Blast. New York Times. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024.
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- ^ Jackie Fields. Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024.
- ^ Curt McDowell. New York Times. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024.
- ^ Gravestone: Malcolm Gray McLeod 3.6.87. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024.
- ^ Difficult Choice: Mainer or Manor. New York Times. Retrieved 30 Jul 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.
- ^ Maurizio Vitale Dies in Italy; Manufactured Jeans in Soviet. New York Times. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024.
- ^ Noel Norton Guillen. espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024.
- ^ Dean Moon, Drag Racing Pioneer, Dies. L.A. Times. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024.
- ^ Alexander Altmann (1906-1987). JSTOR (Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research). Retrieved 30 Jul 2024.
- ^ Colin Cuthbert Orr Colahan (1897–1987). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024.
- ^ Mackay, (William) Fulton Beith. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024.
- ^ Mori Mari (1903–1987). Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024.
- ^ Aneesur Rahman. AIP.org (page 2). Retrieved 30 Jul 2024.
- ^ John Blofeld (1913-1987). JSTOR (The Tibet Journal). Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Shosei Go. Baseball Reference. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ East Asian Studies at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. De Gruyter (Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia). Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Herbert M. Seneviratne: A Legendary Figure. Daily Mirror Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ The Poems Written by Cahit Zarifoglu for Children. The Journal of Academic Social Science. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ John Gary Driscoll. Newspapers.com (The Ithaca Journal). Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ George Edmond Finey (1895–1987). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 31 Jul 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.
- ^ Althaus, Kenneth George. generals.dk. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Raya Dunayevskaya Is Dead; Author Was Aide to Trotsky. New York Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Haas, Monique (1906–1987). Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Gustaf Håkansson – the 'steel grandpa' who won a 1,000-mile bicycle race. The Guardian (year of death only). Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Louis Van Iersel, 93, Immigrant Hero of WWI. L.A. Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ "Madge Kennedy Dies; A Film and Stage Star". The New York Times. June 13, 1987. p. 1 44. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ Veteran Actor Grandon Rhodes Dies. L.A. Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ End of an Era. Trove (Inside Indonesia : bulletin of the Indonesia Resources and Information Programme). Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ "Elizabeth Hartman, 'Patch of Blue' Star, Is Suspected Suicide". The New York Times. June 12, 1987. p. D 28. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ Dance, Stanley (1987). "Mitchell "Booty" Wood [Obituary]". Jazz Journal International. Vol. 40, no. 10. p. 26. ISSN 2041-8833.
- ^ Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr. (June 14, 1987). "Golfer Dominated Tour, Then Quit". The New York Times. p. 1 46. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ Bielski, Tuvia. Yad Vashem. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Bill Edwards. Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Janes, Paul. National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Apostol Sokolov. Olympedia. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Huck Betts. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ "Vera Caspary, Screenwriter and Novelist". The New York Times. June 17, 1987. p. B 11. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ Bernard Hesling (1905–1987). Obituaries Australia. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Sports People; Death of Key Witness. New York Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Heinz Kloss. Archivportal-D. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ In memory of Cemil Meriç, Turkey's intellectual titan of literature. Daily Sabah. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Elizabeth Kolbert (June 15, 1987). "A Star of Stage and Film". The New York Times. p. B 14. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ ‘She Told Herself She Couldn’t Die Because She Had To Write His Story’. New York Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Les Favell dead at 57. Trove (Canberra Times). Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Former Indonesian PM dies. National Library Board (The Straits Times). Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Walter Heller, 71, Economic Advisor in 60's, Dead. New York Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Children’s Books Author Marguerite de Angeli Dies. L.A. Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ June Knight; Performer in Stage, Film Musicals. L.A. Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.
- ^ Wandjuk Djuakan Marika (1927–1987). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 31 Jul 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.
- ^ Larry Storch, Comic Actor Best Known for 'F Troop,' Dies at 99. New York Times (brother's death - year of death only). Retrieved 1 Aug 2024.
- ^ Bruce Marshall Papers. Georgetown University (year of death only). Retrieved 1 Aug 2024.
- ^ Georgy Grigorievich Nissky. Russian Art Gallery. Retrieved 1 Aug 2024.
- ^ Art Spector. Basketball Reference. Retrieved 1 Aug 2024.
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- ^ Pearl Vasudevi. Press Reader (Daily Mirror Sri Lanka). Retrieved 1 Aug 2024.
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- ^ Earl Muntz Is Dead; As Radio 'Madman,' He Sold Used Cars. New York Times. Retrieved 1 Aug 2024.
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| This article needs additional citations for
verification. (May 2024) |
The following is a list of notable deaths in June 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.
- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, 72, Indian film director, novelist and journalist.
- Errol Barrow, 67, Caribbean statesman, Prime Minister of Barbados. [1]
- Francis B. Burch, 68, American politician, Attorney General of Maryland, cancer. [2]
- Rashid Karami, 65, Lebanese statesman, Prime Minister of Lebanon, assassinated. [3]
- Klaus Gamber, 70, German Catholic liturgist.
- Sammy Kaye, 77, American bandleader and songwriter ( Blueberry Hill, Harbour Lights), cancer. [4]
- François Perroux, 83, French economist, professor at the Collège de France. [5]
- Sebastiaan Matheus Sigismund de Ranitz, 86, Dutch jurist and Nazi collaborator. [6]
- Andrés Segovia, 94, Spanish virtuoso classical guitarist, heart attack. [7]
- Bruno Bernard, 75, American photographer known for pin-up photography of Marilyn Monroe, cancer. [8]
- Jackie Fields, 79, American professional boxer, world welterweight champion. [9]
- Curt McDowell, 42, American underground filmmaker, AIDS. [10]
- Malcolm McLeod, 73, American law enforcement officer, Sheriff of Robeson County, North Carolina, heart attack. [11]
- Alan Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 52, British landowner and hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords. [12]
- Will Sampson, 53, American actor ( One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), kidney failure. [13]
- Herbert Schultze, 77, German submarine commander during World War II.
- Maurizio Vitale Cesa, 41, Italian entrepreneur and sportswear inventor, AIDS. [14]
- Ann Evers, 71, American film actress.
- Noel Guillen, 60, Trinidadian cricketer. [15]
- Dean Moon, 60, American automobile designer. [16]
- Mansel Carter, 85, American businessman and prospector, cancer.
- Vasant Kumar Pandit, 66, Indian politician, member of parliament.
- Alexander Altmann, 81, Austro-Hungarian–born American Orthodox Jewish scholar and rabbi. [17]
- Colin Colahan, 90, Australian painter and sculptor. [18]
- Fulton Mackay, 64, Scottish actor and playwright, stomach cancer. [19]
- Mari Mori, 84, Japanese author, heart failure. [20]
- Richard Münch, 71, German actor.
- Eduard Petiška, 63, Czechoslovakian writer.
- Aneesur Rahman, 59, Indian-born American physicist ( Molecular dynamics). [21]
- Dragan Sotirović, 74, Serbian-Major in the Yugoslavian Army.
- John Blofeld, 74, British writer on Asian thought and religion, cancer. [22]
- Shosei Go, 70, Taiwanese baseballer who played in Japan ( Mainichi Orions, Tokyo Giants). [23]
- Hashimoto Mantaro, 54, Japanese sinologist and linguist. [24]
- Herbert M. Seneviratne, 61, Sri Lankan lyricist and actor. [25]
- Cahit Zarifoğlu, 46, Turkish poet and writer. [26]
- Gary Driscoll, 41, American R&B-style drummer, murdered. [27]
- George Finey, 92, Australian newspaper artist. [28]
- Yogi Horton, 33, American R&B, funk, jazz and rock drummer, suicide.
- Alexander Iolas, 79, Egyptian-born American art gallerist, AIDS. [29]
- Daniel Mandell, 91, American film editor. [30]
- Jacques Fred Petrus, 39, West Indian–born businessman and a pioneer of post-disco music, murdered.
- Kenneth Althaus, 91, American brigadier general in the U.S. Army. [31]
- Raya Dunayevskaya, 77, Russian-American philosopher, founder of Marxist humanism in the United States. [32]
- Monique Haas, 77, French pianist. [33]
- Gustaf Håkansson, 101, Swedish cyclist who cycled the length of Sweden in a race at age 66. [34]
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- Glen Daly, 66–67, Scottish singer and entertainer.
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- John J. Reynolds, 97, American Olympic marathoner.
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