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Jacqueline du Pré
1945–1987
cellist
Official cause
multiple sclerosis
Ruby Dandridge
1900–1987
actor, television actor, film actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Margo Lee
1923–1987
actor
Official cause
breast cancer
Thomas Sankara
1949–1987
politician, military officer, statesperson
Official cause
gunshot wound
Pete Carpenter
1914–1987
composer, songwriter, film score composer
Official cause
cancer
Nik Novecento
1964–1987
actor, television presenter
Official cause
myocardial infarction
John Douglas MacLachlan
1906–1987
botanist
Official cause
pneumonia
Nilgün Marmara
1958–1987
poet, writer
Official cause
falling from height
Walter Houser Brattain
1902–1987
physicist, inventor
Official cause
Alzheimer's disease
Kishore Kumar
1929–1987
singer, composer, film director
Official cause
cardiovascular disease
Norman Luboff
1917–1987
composer, conductor, choir director
Official cause
lung cancer
Dan Rowan
1922–1987
actor, television actor, comedian
Official cause
lymphoma
H. R. Gross
1899–1987
politician, radio personality, newspaper editor
Official cause
Alzheimer's disease
Jaco Pastorius
1951–1987
bassist, composer, jazz musician
Official cause
cerebral hemorrhage
Holly Glynn
1966–1987
Official cause
falling
Gabriel Jabbour
1922–1987
actor, television actor
Official cause
pneumonia
Dieter Schidor
1948–1987
film actor, producer
Official cause
death from AIDS-related complications
Musa Gareyev
1922–1987
military officer, aircraft pilot, writer
Official cause
cancer
Vladimir Basov
1923–1987
actor, film director, screenwriter
Official cause
stroke
Philip Wayne Powell
1913–1987
historian
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Wade H. McCree
1920–1987
lawyer, judge, university teacher
Official cause
cancer
Antoinette de Vaucouleurs
1921–1987
astrophysicist, astronomer
Official cause
bone marrow cancer
Lee Marvin
1924–1987
film actor, actor, military personnel
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Archie Campbell
1914–1987
actor, television actor, songwriter
Official cause
myocardial infarction