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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 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.
April 1987
1
Henri Cochet , 85, French tennis player, world number one player.
[1]
Victor D'Amico , 82, American teaching artist, Director of the Department of Education of the
Museum of Modern Art .
James Edward Doyle , 71, American lawyer, United States district judge.
Vladimir Popov , 56, Soviet animator and art director.
2
Tommy Davis , 52, American NFL footballer, lung cancer.
Trevor Hockey , 43, British footballer and Welsh international.
Eleanor Leacock , 64, American anthropologist and social theorist, stroke.
Larry Marley , 41–42, Irish member of the IRA, shot.
Wang Renmei , 72, Chinese actress and singer, cerebral hemorrhage.
Buddy Rich , 69, American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor and bandleader, cardiac failure
[2]
Harry Watt , 80, Scottish documentary and feature film director.
Kansuke Yamamoto , 73, Japanese photographer and poet.
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4
Agyeya , 76, Indian poet, novelist, literary critic, journalist and revolutionary.
C. L. Moore , 76, American science fiction and fantasy writer.
Michael Redstone , 84, American entrepreneur, founder of the
Northeast Theater Corporation .
[3]
Osman Saleh Sabbe , 54–55, Eritrean-writer and political activist.
Le Tari , 40, American film and television actor, heart attack.
Chögyam Trungpa , 48, Tibetan Buddhist meditation master.
5
Jack Howe , 71, English international footballer.
Leabua Jonathan , 72, Prime Minister of Lesotho, heart attack.
[4]
Jan Lindblad , 54, Swedish naturalist, writer, photographer and film maker, kidney failure.
Tsuneko Nakazato , (Nakazato Tsune), 77, Japanese novelist, colon cancer.
Jim White , 67, American NFL footballer.
6
Vicente Cañas , 47, Spanish Christian missionary, assassinated.
James G. Donovan , 88, American lawyer and politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives.
[5]
Jean-Baptiste Doumeng , 67, French businessman and communist politician.
Henry Lucien de Vries , 77, Surinamese politician and entrepreneur.
7
Terry Carr , 50, American science fiction fan, author and editor, congestive heart failure.
Will Hindle , 57, American filmmaker of personal 16mm movies.
Charles Hope , 75, British peer and businessman.
John Lehmann , 79, English publisher and poet.
Nick De Noia , 45, American director, screenwriter and choreographer, murdered.
Noel F. Parrish , 77, American brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force.
Paul Peek , 82, American attorney and politician, Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court.
Walter H. Reynolds , 86, American politician, Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island.
Maxine Sullivan , 75, American jazz vocalist, seizure.
[6]
8
Tommy Abbott , 52, American actor, dancer and choreographer.
Terry Allen , 62, English flyweight boxer and World Champion.
Anni Frind , 87, German lyric soprano.
[7]
Andrei Getman , 83, Soviet military commander, general of the Red Army.
Kevin McNamara , 60, Irish Catholic academic, Archbishop of Dublin, cancer.
Ervin Nyiregyházi , 84, Hungarian and American pianist and composer.
9
James Leroy Bondsteel , 39, American soldier of the U.S. Army and Medal of Honor recipient.
James Bush , 79, American actor.
Horst Dassler , 51, German businessman, chairman of
Adidas , cancer.
[8]
Al Dodd , 41, American NFL footballer.
Emil M. Mrak , 85, American food scientist and microbiologist, chancellor of the University of California.
10
Birgit Dressel , 26. West German heptathlete and Olympian, multiple organ failure due to long-term steroid abuse.
Berta Drews , 85, German stage and film actress.
11
Carleton F. Bryant , 94, American Vice Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
Erskine Caldwell , 83, American novelist and short story writer, complications of emphysema and lung cancer.
[9]
Netania Davrath , 55, Ukrainian-Israeli soprano opera and concert singer.
Rudolf Krause , 80, East German racing driver.
Primo Levi , 67, Italian chemist and writer and Jewish Holocaust survivor, suicide by jumping.
[10]
Frederick Joseph Loftus-Tottenham , 88, Irish-Major General in the British Indian Army.
Kent Taylor , 79, American film and television actor.
[11]
Hédi Váradi , 57, Hungarian actress.
12
Mike Von Erich , (Michael Adkisson), 23, American professional wrestler, suicide by overdose.
René Hardy , 76, French citizen, member of the French Resistance during World War II.
Akram Pahalwan , 57, Pakistani wrestler.
Hertha von Walther , 83, German film actress.
13
Dennis Allen , 35, Australian drug dealer, reported to have murdered many victims, heart failure.
Herbert Blumer , 87, American sociologist and NFL footballer.
Joe Colquhoun , 60, British comics artist, heart attack.
Simha Flapan , 76, Israeli historian and politician.
Gerry McAloon , 70, Scottish footballer, hypothermia.
Guido Sala , 58, Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and world champion kart racer.
14
15
Orland K. Armstrong , 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, journalist and social activist.
Hans-Joachim Born , 77, German radiochemist.
Rachel Burrows , 74, Irish actress, broadcaster, and teacher.
Mickey Finn , 35, Irish fiddler.
Peter Benjamin Graham , 61, Australian visual artist, printer and art theorist.
Louis R. Lowery , 70, American Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps.
[12]
Press Maravich , 71, American college and professional basketball coach, prostate cancer.
Masatoshi Nakayama , 74, Japanese karate master.
Samuel Rothschild , 87, Canadian NHL ice hockey player.
16
Charlotte Curtis , 58, American journalist, columnist and editor at The New York Times, cancer.
[13]
Fateh Muhammad Panipati , 82, Pakistani Islamic scholar.
Bikash Roy , 70, Indian actor and filmmaker.
Juan Evangelista Venegas , 58, Puerto Rican boxer and Olympic medalist, skull fracture from fall.
17
Carlton Barrett , 36, Jamaican reggae drummer, murdered in conspiracy initiated by his wife.
Arthur Delaney , 59, English painter.
Cecil Harmsworth King , 86, English chairman of Daily Mirror Newspapers, director of the
Bank of England .
[14]
Dick Shawn , 63, American actor and comedian, heart attack.
[15]
Willi Smith , 39, American fashion designer, pneumonia.
[16]
Cornelius Van Til , 91, Dutch-American Christian philosopher, reformed theologian and
presuppositional apologist .
18
Eduardo Alcaraz , 72, Chilean-Mexican actor.
Carlos Baker , 77, American writer, biographer and former Professor of Literature.
[17]
Heinie Beau , 76, American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist and clarinetist.
Kenneth Cook , 57, Australian journalist, television documentary maker and novelist, heart attack.
Hugh B. Cott , 86, British zoologist.
Vincent Hanley , 33, Irish radio DJ and television presenter, AIDS.
Jim Langton , 69, Irish hurler.
Joe Robb , 50, American NFL footballer.
19
Hugh Brannum , 77, American vocalist, arranger, composer and actor, cancer.
[18]
Milt Kahl , 78, American animator for the Disney Studio, pneumonia.
David G. Mandelbaum , 75, American anthropologist, cancer.
[19]
Maxwell D. Taylor , 85, American Army general and diplomat, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.
[20]
Antony Tudor , 79, English dancer and choreographer.
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21
Joseph Alcazar , 77, French international footballer.
Gustav Bergmann , 80, Austrian-American philosopher.
Wenike Opurum Briggs , 69, Nigerian lawyer, journalist and politician.
Edith Green , 77, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives.
[22]
Moosa AbdulRahman Hassan , Omani businessman, tribal leader and landlord.
Haruyasu Nakajima , 77, Japanese baseballer.
Hildrus Poindexter , 85, American bacteriologist who studied the epidemiology of tropical diseases.
22
Irving Ashby , 66, American jazz guitarist.
Margaret Ponce Israel , 57, American painter and ceramicist, traffic accident.
Masumi Mitsui , 99, Japanese-Canadian veteran of World War I.
J. Edwin Orr , 75, Irish-American Baptist Christian minister, hymn writer, professor and author.
24
Josephine Bell , 89, English physician and writer.
Larry Bethea , 30, American NFL footballer, suicide.
Henry Murdoch , 66, Aboriginal Australian actor and stockman.
Pablo Acosta Villarreal , 50, Mexican narcotics smuggler and crime boss, gunned down by Mexican Federal Police.
Berhanu Zerihun , 53–54, Ethiopian writer and journalist.
25
Blas Roca Calderio , 78, Cuban politician and Marxist theorist, President of the National Assembly of People's Power.
Pētõr Damberg , 78, Latvian Livonian linguist and poet.
Maurice Gibson , 73, Northern Irish Judge of the High Court, car bomb.
Charlotte May Pierstorff , 78, American girl who was shipped alive through the U.S. postal system by parcel post.
26
Oliver J. Flanagan , 66, Irish Fine Gael politician, Minister for Defence.
Archie M. Gubbrud , 76, American politician, Governor of South Dakota, lung cancer.
[23]
Frederick N. Howser , 82, American politician, Attorney General of California.
Dudley Mason , 85, British master of the tanker
SS Ohio during World War II, recipient of the George Cross.
John Silkin , 64, British politician and solicitor, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons.
[24]
Frank Szymanski , 63, American NFL footballer.
Amelita Ward , 63, American film actress.
27
28
Hannelore Baron , 60, German-American artist.
[25]
Xavier Fourcade , 60, French American contemporary art dealer.
[26]
Paidi Lakshmayya , 83, Indian parliamentarian, actor, writer and administrator, member of Parliament.
William Marchant , appr. 38, Northern Irish loyalist, shot by IRA gunmen.
Emil Staiger , 79, Swiss historian, writer, Germanist and Professor of German Studies.
29
Héctor Carmona , 61, Chilean modern pentathlete and Olympian.
Gus Johnson , 48, American NBA basketballer, brain cancer.
[27]
Helmut Laux , 70, German Nazi photographer.
Philip Lombardo , 78, American crime boss of the Genovese family.
Russ Saunders , 81, American NFL footballer.
Thomas Trenchard , 63, British hereditary peer, Minister of State for Defence Procurement.
Zachari Zachariev , 83, Bulgarian military pilot and commander.
30
Unknown date
References
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"Henri Cochet Is Dead; French Tennis Leader" .
The New York Times . April 3, 1987. p. B 5. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
^ James Barron (April 3, 1987).
"BUDDY RICH, JAZZ DRUMMER WITH DISTINCTIVE SOUND, DIES" .
The New York Times . p. B 5. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
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"MICHAEL REDSTONE" .
The New York Times . April 9, 1987. p. D 27. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
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"OUSTED AS LESOTHO HEADIN A COUP" .
The New York Times . April 6, 1987. p. B 14. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
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"JAMES G. DONOVAN, AN EX-CONGRESSMAN AND ATTORNEY, DIES" .
The New York Times . April 7, 1987. p. D 30. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
^ John S. Wilson (April 9, 1987).
"JAZZ SINGER WON TONY IN '79" .
The New York Times . p. D 27. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
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"Anni Frind, Soprano, Is Dead; Performed in 20's and 30's" .
The New York Times . April 11, 1987. p. 1 32. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
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"Horst Dassler dies at 51" .
The Washington Post . April 11, 1987.
^ Edwin McDowell (April 13, 1987).
"WROTE STARK NOVELS OF SOUTH" .
The New York Times . p. A 1. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
^ Intern (July 9, 2012).
"Primo Levi's Last Moments" . Boston Review . Retrieved January 12, 2021 .
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"Kent Taylor, 80, Dies; TV's 'Boston Blackie' " .
The New York Times . April 14, 1987. p. A 22. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
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"Louis R. Lowery Dies; Took Iwo Jima Picture" .
The New York Times . April 21, 1987. p. A 29. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
^
Robert D. McFadden (April 17, 1987).
"CHARLOTTE CURTIS, A COLUMNIST FOR THE TIMES, IS DEAD AT 58" .
The New York Times . p. B 6. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
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"Cecil King, 86, Dies in Dublin; A British Newspaper Leader" .
The New York Times . April 19, 1987. p. 1 34. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
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"No Headline" .
The New York Times . April 19, 1987. p. 1 34. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
^ George James (April 19, 1987).
"Willi Smith, Clothes Designer; Creator of Vivid Sportswear" .
The New York Times . p. 1 34. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
^
Eric Pace (April 21, 1987).
"CARLOS BAKER, 77, A PROFESSOR AND HEMINGWAY BIOGRAPHER" .
The New York Times . p. A 29. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
^ James Barron (April 22, 1987).
"PLAYED MR. GREEN JEANS ON TV" .
The New York Times . p. D 27. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
^
"DAVID G. MANDELBAUM" .
The New York Times . April 23, 1987. p. D 31. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
^ Albin Krebs (April 21, 1987).
"MAXWELL D. TAYLOR, SOLDIER AND ENVOY, DIES" .
The New York Times . p. A 1. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
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"Nicholas M. Acquavella, 88, An Art Dealer in Manhattan" .
The New York Times . April 23, 1987. p. D 31. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
^ Dennis Hevesi (April 23, 1987).
"EARLY OPPONENT OF VIETNAM WAR" .
The New York Times . p. D 31. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
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"Ex-Governor Gubbrud Of South Dakota Dies" .
The New York Times . April 28, 1987. p. A 28. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
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"John Silkin Dies in London; Was Labor Cabinet Minister" .
The New York Times . April 28, 1987. p. A 28. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
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"Hannelore Baron, Artist, 61; Known for Symbolic Collages" .
The New York Times . May 1, 1987. p. A 22. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
^ John Russell (April 29, 1987).
"DEALER IN CONTEMPORARY ART" .
The New York Times . p. B 6. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .
^ Sam Goldaper (April 30, 1987).
"GUS JOHNSON, EX-N.B.A. STAR WITH BALTIMORE, IS DEAD AT 48" .
The New York Times . p. B 7. Retrieved May 3, 2024 .