Explore notable deaths.

Brian Shenton

1927–1987

athletics competitor

Official cause

traffic collision

Zygmunt Pawlaczyk

1928–1987

aircraft pilot

Official cause

aviation accident

Alberta Gey

1913–1987

teacher

Official cause

bone cancer

Jim Lynagh

1956–1987

politician

Official cause

gunshot wound

Patrick Joseph Kelly

1957–1987

military personnel

Official cause

gunshot wound

Phil Woolpert

1915–1987

basketball coach, basketball player

Official cause

cancer

Gordon Kurtti

1960–1987

artist

Official cause

death from AIDS-related complications

Vincent Hanley

1954–1987

disc jockey

Official cause

cerebral toxoplasmosis

Willi Smith

1948–1987

fashion designer

Official cause

pneumonia

Dick Shawn

1923–1987

actor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Press Maravich

1915–1987

basketball player, basketball coach

Official cause

prostate cancer

Julius Sumner Miller

1909–1987

physicist

Official cause

traffic collision; leukemia

Dennis Allen

1951–1987

drug trafficker

Official cause

cardiovascular disease

Ervin Nyiregyházi

1903–1987

composer, pianist, musician

Official cause

colorectal cancer

Wang Renmei

1914–1987

actor, singer

Official cause

cerebral hemorrhage

Akram Pahalwan

1930–1987

professional wrestler

Official cause

disease

Morton Minsky

1902–1987

Official cause

cancer

Joan Shawlee

1926–1987

actor, television actor, film actor

Official cause

cancer

Odysseas Angelis

1912–1987

politician, military personnel, military officer

Official cause

hanging to death

Dean Paul Martin

1951–1987

actor, military officer, singer

Official cause

aviation accident

Robert Preston

1918–1987

stage actor, film actor, television actor

Official cause

lung cancer

Jacob Taubes

1923–1987

philosopher, sociologist, university teacher

Official cause

cancer

Warren G. Brown

1921–1987

athlete

Official cause

prostate cancer

Norman Harris

1947–1987

record producer, songwriter, guitarist

Official cause

cardiovascular disease