Deaths in February 1987

The following is a list of notable deaths in February 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.

February 1987

1

  • Alessandro Blasetti, 86, Italian film director and screenwriter.
  • Christian Broda, 70, Austrian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice.[1]
  • Sala Burton, 61, Polish-American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, colon cancer.[2]
  • Salvadora Debayle, 91, First Lady of Nicaragua.
  • Gustav Knuth, 85, German film actor.
  • Lee Aubrey "Speed" Riggs, 79, American tobacco auctioneer, voice of Lucky Strike cigarettes, congestive heart failure.

2

  • Carlos José Castilho, 59, Brazilian international footballer, suicide.
  • Walter Clutterbuck, 92, English Major General in the British Army.
  • Yakov Estrin, 63, Soviet chess player, ICCF World Champion.
  • Spike Hughes, 78, British musician, composer and arranger.
  • Alfred Lion, 78, German-American record executive, co-founded jazz record label Blue Note, heart failure.[3]
  • Olive Little, 69, American baseballer in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
  • Alistair MacLean, 64, Scottish novelist of thrillers and adventure stories, heart failure.[4]
  • David du Plessis, 81, South African-American Pentecostal minister.
  • Ken Reid, 67, British comic artist and writer, co-creator of Roger the Dodger, stroke.

3

  • Donald Aronow, 59, American speedboat designer, builder and racer, murdered.
  • Theodore Cogswell, 68, American science fiction author.
  • Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, 82, younger brother of Japanese Emperor Hirohito, lung cancer.
  • George Derwent Thomson, 83–84, British classical scholar and Marxist philosopher.

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

  • Angela Giussani, 64, co-writer of comic book anti-hero series, Diabolik.
  • Robert O'Brien, 78, American racing driver.
  • William Rose, 68, American screenwriter of British and Hollywood films.
  • Hans Rosenthal, 61, German radio editor, director, and radio and television host.
  • Sadequain, 56, Pakistani artist and poet.
  • John Raymond Ylitalo, 70, American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, cancer.

11

  • Mark Ashton, 26, British gay rights activist, pneumonia as a complication of AIDS.
  • Edith Gyömrői Ludowyk, 90, Hungarian-psychotherapist, poet and communist militant.
  • Andy Linden, 64, American race car driver.
  • John Malachi, 67, American jazz pianist.
  • Bill McGee, 77, American Major League baseballer.

12

13

  • M. Bhaktavatsalam, 89, Indian independence activist and politician, Chief Minister of Madras State.
  • Dorothy Dean, 54, American writer and actress, cancer.[11]
  • Dhumal, 72, Indian actor in Bollywood films, heart attack.
  • Curly Page, 84, New Zealand Test cricketer and international rugby union player.

14

15

16

17

18

  • William Coldstream, 78, English realist painter and art teacher.
  • Bryce Harlow, 70, American army officer, advisor to U.S. presidents and corporate lobbyist.
  • Boris Kowerda, 79, Soviet White émigré, monarchist, diplomat and convicted murderer.

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20

21

22

  • Naomi Drake, 80, American Registrar of the Bureau of Vital Statistics for New Orleans.
  • Habib Painter, 72, Indian Qawwal and a folk singer.
  • John Paul Scott, 60, American criminal, only escapee from Alcatraz prison to have reached San Francisco shore by swimming.
  • David Susskind, 66, American producer of TV, movies and stage plays, TV talk show host, heart attack.
  • Andy Warhol, 58, American artist, director and writer, sudden post-operative irregular heartbeat.[19]
  • Glenway Wescott, 85, American poet and novelist, stroke.[20]

23

  • José Afonso, 57, Portuguese singer-songwriter, teacher and activist, sclerosis.[21]
  • Cyril Butcher, 77, English actor and director.
  • John Counsell, 81, English actor, director and theatre manager.
  • Jack Heinz, 78, American business executive and CEO of the H. J. Heinz Company, cancer.
  • Esmond Knight, 80, English actor, heart attack.
  • Edward Lansdale, 79, American Major General of the U.S. Air Force, heart ailment.
  • George Musulin, 72, Serbian-American army officer of the OSS, CIA operative, complications of diabetes.
  • Polly Ward, 74, British singer and actress.

24

25

26

  • Knut Frydenlund, 59, Norwegian diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs, cerebral hemorrhage.[25]
  • Audrey Marie Hilley, 53, American murderer and suspected serial killer, hypothermia and exposure.
  • Fredric R. Mann, 83, American industrialist and patron of the arts, U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, cancer.[26]
  • Paul Taunton Matthews, 67, British theoretical physicist, cycling accident.

27

28

Unknown date

  • Clifford Bias, 76–77, American alleged psychic.
  • Raquel Martínez, 78, Chilean sprinter and Olympian.
  • Adi Pherozeshah Marzban, 72, Indian Gujarati Parsi playwright, actor, director and broadcaster, lung cancer.
  • Clare Rendlesham, 67, British fashion editor and boutique manager.

References

  1. ^ "Christian Broda of Austria; Helped to End Death Penalty". The New York Times. February 2, 1987. p. D 11. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "SUCCEEDED HUSBAND IN CONGRESS". The New York Times. February 2, 1987. p. D 11. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  3. ^ "ALFRED LION, 78, THE FOUNDER OF THE BLUE NOTE JAZZ LABEL". The New York Times. February 9, 1987. p. D 11. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  4. ^ Norman, Barry (2003). And Why Not?: Memoirs of a Film Lover. NY: Simon and Schuster. pp. 211–14. ISBN 978-0684020884. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  5. ^ James Barron (February 5, 1987). "LIBERACE, FLAMBOYANT PIANIST, IS DEAD". The New York Times. p. B 6. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  6. ^ "George W. Woodruff, Atlanta Philanthropist". The New York Times. February 6, 1987. p. D 17. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  7. ^ "John Leypoldt Is Dead at 40; Former Place-Kicker for Bills". The New York Times. February 8, 1987. p. 1 42. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  8. ^ Ari L. Goldman (February 9, 1987). "STUART T. SAUNDERS, DRIVING FORCE BEHIND PENN CENTRAL, DIES AT 77". The New York Times. p. D 11. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  9. ^ "Edna Manley, an Artist And Patron in Jamaica". The New York Times. February 12, 1987. p. B 24. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  10. ^ James Barron (February 13, 1987). "JULES BERGMAN, 57, SCIENCE EDITOR OF ABC NEWS FOR 25 YEARS, DIES". The New York Times. p. D 20. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  11. ^ "DOROTHY DEAN". The New York Times. February 17, 1987. p. D 19. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  12. ^ "KAROLOS KOUN". The New York Times. February 16, 1987. p. 1 14. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  13. ^ Glenn Fowler (February 21, 1987). "SIR HUGH GREENE, 76, DIES IN LONDON". The New York Times. p. 1 9. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  14. ^ "CARDINAL PARECATTIL". The New York Times. February 22, 1987. p. 1 36. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  15. ^ "WILIAM T. FAIRBOURN". The New York Times. February 25, 1987. p. D 23. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
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  17. ^ "Helen Taft Manning, Ex-Dean of Bryn Mawr". The New York Times. February 23, 1987. p. A 17. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  18. ^ "GEORGE F. TIBBLES". The New York Times. February 21, 1987. p. 1 9. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
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  20. ^ Edwin McDowell (February 24, 1987). "GLENWAY WESCOTT, 85, NOVELIST AND ESSAYIST". The New York Times. p. A 25. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  21. ^ Year Book Covering the Year ... Crowell-Collier Educational Corporation. 1987. p. 413.
  22. ^ Leslie Bennetts (February 27, 1987). "JAMES COCO, CHARACTER ACTOR ON STAGE AND TV AND IN FILMS". The New York Times. p. D 19. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  23. ^ "ARTHUR A. COLLINS". The New York Times. February 27, 1987. p. D 19. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  24. ^ "Jess Larson Is Dead at 82, Ex-U.S. Government Official". The New York Times. February 28, 1987. p. 1 36. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  25. ^ "Knut Frydenlund, 59, Dead; Foreign Minister of Norway". The New York Times. February 27, 1987. p. D 19. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  26. ^ Tim Page (February 27, 1987). "FREDRIC R. MANN, ARTS PATRON". The New York Times. p. D 19. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  27. ^ "\"Układy lokalne, SB, obecne służby\". Wciąż nie wyjaśniono śmierci ks. Blachnickiego". tvp.info (in Polish). January 14, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021. ... w najbliższym otoczeniu ks. Blachnickiego w Carlsbergu. Byli oni obecni w czasie jego śmierci 27 lutego 1987 roku.
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  29. ^ "BILL HOLMAN". The New York Times. March 21, 1987. p. 1 34. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  30. ^ Wolfgang Saxon (March 1, 1987). "FREDERIC G. DONNER, 84, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF G.M.". The New York Times. p. 1 40. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  31. ^ Jennifer Dunning (March 1, 1987). "LEADING BALLERINA". The New York Times. p. 1 40. Retrieved May 4, 2024.