Died in 1987

Woody Herman American Musician October 29
Marguerite Yourcenar American Novelist December 17
Margaret Laurence Canadian Novelist January 5
Liberace American Entertainer February 4
Lee Marvin American Actor August 29
Lawrence Kohlberg American Educator January 19
Joseph E. Levine American Producer July 31
Joseph Campbell American Author October 31
John Huston American Director August 28
John Colville English Public Servant
Joan Greenwood British Actress February 27
Jim Bishop American Journalist
Jean Anouilh French Playwright October 3
Mary Astor American Actress September 25
Maxwell D. Taylor Soldier April 19
Woody Hayes American Coach March 12
Thomas Sankara Burkinabe Politician October 15
Rita Hayworth American Actress May 14
Ray Bolger American Actor January 15
Primo Levi Italian Scientist April 11
Pola Negri Polish Actress August 1
Peter Tosh Jamaican Musician September 11
Peter Medawar Brazilian Scientist October 2
Paul Butterfield American Musician May 4
Patrick Troughton British Actor March 28
Norman McLaren Scottish Artist January 27
Morton Feldman American Composer September 3
Jascha Heifetz American Musician December 10
James Coco American Actor February 25
Carlos Drummond de Andrade Brazilian Poet August 17
Carl Rogers American Psychologist February 4
Camille Chamoun Lebanese Leader August 7
Buddy Rich American Musician April 2
Brand Blanshard American Philosopher November 19
Bobby Locke South African Athlete March 9
Ben Linder American Celebrity April 28
Bayard Rustin American Leader August 24
Arthur Frank Burns Ukrainian Economist June 6
Andy Warhol American Artist February 22
Andres Segovia Spanish Musician June 3
Alistair Maclean Scottish Novelist February 2
Charlotte Curtis American Journalist December 14
Chogyam Trungpa Tibetan Philosopher
James A. Baldwin American Author December 1
Jacqueline du Pre English Musician October 19
Jackie Gleason American Actor June 24
Hermione Gingold English Actress
Henry Cotton British Athlete December 22
Harold Washington American Politician November 25
Gerald Brenan English Writer
George Mikes British Writer
Fred Astaire American Actor June 22
Douglas Sirk German Director January 14
Danny Kaye American Actor March 3
Clare Boothe Luce American Dramatist October 9
Alf Landon American Politician October 12