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The following is a list of notable deaths in September 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.

September 1987

1

• Dennis Coi, 26, Canadian figure skater, AIDS.
• Gerhard Fieseler, 91, German World War I flying ace, aerobatics champion and aircraft designer and manufacturer.
• Philip Friend, 72, British film and television actor.
• Arnaldo Momigliano, 78, Italian historian of classical antiquity.
• Alan Reid, 72, Australian political journalist, lung and stomach cancer.
• Pinky Whitney, 82, American Major League baseballer.

2

• William Borm, 92, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1965-1972). ^[1]
• Cam Carreon, 50, American Major League baseballer.
• Brian Clay, 52, Australian rugby league footballer.
• LeGrande A. Diller, American officer in the U.S. Army.
• Ken Flower, 73, English-Rhodesian police officer and intelligence chief.
• Remzi Aydın Jöntürk, 50, Turkish filmmaker, actor, screenwriter and producer, traffic accident.
• Ramesh Naidu, 55, Indian music composer, instrumentalist and singer.
• Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, 60, Argentine Army division general and politician, de facto President of Argentina.
• Stephen B. Small, 40, American businessman, kidnapped and held for ransom, asphyxiation during captivity.

3

• Diana Caldwell, 73, English society femme fatale figure, best known for her part in the murder of Lord Erroll in 1941.
• Carter W. Clarke, 90. American intelligence officer in the U.S. Army, heart attack. ^[2]
• Ned Day, 42, American journalist and newspaper reporter, heart attack.
• Morton Feldman, 61, American composer, pancreatic cancer. ^[3]
• Maxwell Fry, 88, English modernist architect, writer and painter.
• Doris Gates, 85, American writer of children's fiction.
• Merlin Minshall, 80, British naval officer and adventurer.
• Aleksandr Nadiradze, 73, Georgian engineer, involved in militarising the Soviet spase program.
• Viktor Nekrasov, 76, Soviet writer, journalist and editor. ^[4]
• Lee Theodore, 54, American Broadway theater director, choreographer, performer and dance archivist. ^[5]
• Rusty Wescoatt, 76, American supporting actor.

4

• Bill Bowes, 79, English test cricketer, player in the Bodyline series, heart attack.
• George M. Chinn, 85, American weapons expert and soldier.
• Richard Marquand, 49, Welsh film and television director, stroke. ^[6]

5

• Richard D. Adams, 78, American rear admiral in the U.S. Navy.
• Wolfgang Fortner, 79, German composer and conductor.
• Scott Irwin, 35, American professional wrestler, brain tumour.
• Salvador Lutteroth, 90, Mexican professional wrestling promoter.
• Quinn Martin, 65, American television producer, heart attack. ^[7]

6

• Jack d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 74, British Army major general and politician, Member of Parliament.
• Arun Kumar Choudhury, 64, Indian founding head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Calcutta.
• William Haley, 86, British newspaper editor and broadcasting administrator.
• Paul Hiebert, 95, Canadian writer and humorist (Sarah Binks).

7

• Gordon Gollob, 75, Austrian fighter pilot during World War II, fighter ace.
• Harry Locke, 73, English actor.

8

• Robert Sharples, 74, British musical conductor, composer and bandleader.

9

• Sam Brody, 80, English-founding member of the Workers Film and Photo League, injuries from a fall. ^[8]
• Tom Davis, 76, Irish international footballer.
• Bill Fraser, 79, Scottish stage, screen and television actor, emphysema.
• Gunnar de Frumerie, 79, Swedish composer and pianist.
• Gerrit Jan Heijn, 56, Dutch businessman, murdered after abduction.
• Vratislav Mazák, 50, Czech biologist specialising in paleoanthropology, mammalogy and taxonomy.
• Al Read, 78, British radio comedian, stroke.
• Dora Zaslavsky, 83, Russian-American pianist.

10

• Benjamin Howard Baker, 95, English international footballer, high jumper and triple jumper, dual Olympian.

11

• Kerstin Bernadotte, 76, Swedish journalist, aristocrat and magazine editor.
• Hugh David, 62, British actor and television director (Doctor Who).
• Charles Fleming, 71, New Zealand geologist and ornithologist.
• Lorne Greene, 72, Canadian actor, radio personality and singer, pneumonia.
• Harry Gale Nye Jr., 79, American industrialist, entrepreneur and world champion sailor.
• Hervey Rhodes, 92, British politician, Member of Parliament.
• Sandilyan, 76, Indian writer.
• Manikuntala Sen, 75–76, member of the Communist Party of India.
• Nareshchandra Singh, 78, Indian ruler of Sarangarh State.
• Surendra, 76, Indian singer-actor.
• Peter Tosh, 42, Jamaican reggae singer and musician, murdered after being taken hostage at his home.
• Mahadevi Varma, 80, Indian poet, essayist and sketch story writer.
• John Lloyd Waddy, 70, Australian officer in the Royal Australian Air Force and politician.
• Frank Wiziarde, 71, American actor and television personality.

12

• J. Lawton Collins, 91, American Army general, Chief of Staff of the United States Army. ^[9]
• William Dickson, 88, British aviator of the Royal Naval Air Service and Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
• John Qualen, 87, Canadian-American actor, heart failure.
• John J. Voll, 65, American career officer in the U.S. Air Force, World War II flying ace.

13

• Aníbal Gordon, Argentine suspected of being a leader of the Triple A death squad, lung cancer.
• Mervyn LeRoy, 86, American film producer, director and actor, heart issues complicated by Alzheimer's disease.

14

• Julien Kialunda, 37, Congolese footballer, international player for Zaire, AIDS.
• Erik Lundberg, 80, Swedish economist. ^[10]
• Stormont Mancroft, 73, British politician, member of the House of Lords.
• Arthur W. Vanaman, 95, American major general in the U.S. Air Corps and Air Force.
• Henry Wrigley, 95, Australian Air Vice Marshal in the Royal Australian Air Force.

15

• David Akui, 67, American soldier, captured first Japanese prisoner of war in World War II.
• Wilhelm Berlin, 98, German Nazi general, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient.
• Leon Hirszman, 49, Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter, AIDS. ^[11]
• Harry Holcombe, 80, American actor and radio director.
• Moazzam Jah, 79, Indian royal, son of the last Nizam of Hyderabad.
• Nilo Menéndez, 84, Cuban-American songwriter.
• George Edward Pendray, 86, American author, founder of the American Interplanetary Society.
• Joe Reisman, 62, American musician, bandleader, arranger and record producer.

16

• William Richard Joseph Cook, 82, British mathematician, leader in the development of the hydrogen bomb, stroke.
• Simon Gipps-Kent, 28, English theatre and film actor, morphine poisoning.
• Howard Moss, 65, American poet, dramatist and critic, heart attack. ^[12]
• Christopher Soames, 66, British politician, Member of Parliament, pancreatitis.

17

• K. Jack Bauer, 62, American writer and naval historian, heart attack. ^[13]
• Vladimir Basov, 64, Soviet actor, film director and screenwriter, stroke.
• Francis E. Dorn, 76, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives. ^[14]
• George Dwyer, 78, English Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Birmingham.
• Musa Gareyev, 65, Soviet Air Force squadron leader, cancer.
• Carol Henry, 69, American actor.
• Henry Kroeger, 70, Russian-Canadian politician, member of Legislative Assembly of Alberta, complications of lymphoma, pneumonia and blood infection.
• Philip Wayne Powell, 73–74, American historian specialising in Spanish colonial history of the American Southwest, heart attack.
• Dieter Schidor, 39, German actor, AIDS.

18

• Golbery do Couto e Silva, 76, Brazilian army general and politician, Chief of Staff of the Presidency.
• Frederic Fitch, 79, American logician, professor at Yale University.
• Olinka Hrdy, 85, American artist.
• Emil Schram, 93, president of the New York Stock Exchange. ^[15]
• Américo Tomás, 92, Portuguese Navy officer and politician, President of Portugal, infection.

19

• Lean Alejandro, 27, Filipino student leader and nationalist political activist, assassinated.
• Betty Burbridge, 91, American screenwriter and actress.
• Einar Gerhardsen, 90, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway. ^[16]
• Nyamyn Jagvaral, 68, Mongolian politician, statesman and economist, Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Great Khural.
• Muhammad Mansuruddin, 83, Bangladeshi author, literary critic and essayist.
• Graciela Olivarez, 59, American lawyer, advocate for civil rights and for the poor.
• Ralph Steinhauer, 82, Canadian politician, lieutenant governor of Alberta.
• Ken Uston, 52, American blackjack player, heart failure.

20

• George William Goddard, 98, English-American brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force.
• Greville Howard, 78, British politician, Member of Parliament.
• K. C. S. Mani, 65, Indian socialist activist, attempted to assassinate C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer.
• Michael Stewart, 63, American playwright and dramatist, librettist, lyricist, screenwriter and novelist. ^[17]
• Péter Török, 36, Hungarian international footballer.

21

• Aimo Aaltonen, 81, Finnish politician, leader of the Communist Party of Finland.
• Sven Andersson, 77, Swedish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs.
• Ruth Attaway, 77, American film and stage actress, injuries from a fire. ^[18]
• John Chandos, 70, Scottish film and television actor.
• William Kwai-sun Chow, 73, American martial artist.
• J. Clyde Morris, 78, American civic leader.
• Jaco Pastorius, 35, American jazz bassist, composer and producer, brain hemorrhage after being attacked at a club.

22

• Hákun Djurhuus, 78, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands.
• H. R. Gross, 88, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, complications from Alzheimer's disease. ^[19]
• Norman Luboff, 70, American music arranger, music publisher and choir director, lung cancer. ^[20]
• Carman Maxwell, 84, American animator and voice actor.
• Dan Rowan, 65, American actor and comedian, lymphoma. ^[21]

23

• Walter M. Baumhofer, 82, American illustrator.
• Bob Fosse, 60, American actor, choreographer, dancer, and film and stage director, heart attack.
• Louis Kentner, 82, Hungarian and British pianist.
• Rajendra Krishan, 68, Indian poet, lyricist and screenwriter.
• Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, 34, Dutch-American wrestler, opera singer and actor, heart failure.
• O. B. McClinton, 47, American country music singer and songwriter, abdominal cancer.

24

• Drew Bundini Brown, 59, American assistant trainer and cornerman of Muhammad Ali.
• John Nelson Cooper, 80, American custom knifemaker, founding member of the Knifemakers' Guild.
• Damiaen Joan van Doorninck, 85, Dutch officer, lieutenant commander in the Royal Netherlands Navy Reserve.
• Erhard Kroeger, 82, Nazi German SS officer, involved in the resettlement of Baltic Germans before World War II.
• Dorothy Meyer, 62, American film and television actress.
• Victor Mollo, 78, British contract bridge player, journalist and author.
• Joseph Tabenkin, 66, Israeli military commander.

25

• Mary Astor, 81, American actress, respiratory failure due to pulmonary emphysema. ^[22]
• Gerald Chapman, 37, English theatre director, AIDS.
• Duffy Daugherty, 72, American college football player and coach.
• Hassan El-Hassani, 71, Algerian comedian.
• Harry Holtzman, 75, American artist and founding member of the American Abstract Artists. ^[23]
• Victoria Kent, 96, Spanish lawyer and republican politician. ^[24]
• Abba Kovner, 69, Lithuanian-Jewish partisan leader, Israeli poet and writer, laryngeal cancer. ^[25]
• Gennady Mikhasevich, 40, Soviet serial killer, executed.
• Emlyn Williams, 81, Welsh writer, dramatist and actor, complications from bowel cancer. ^[26]

26

• Edgar Anstey, 80, British documentary filmmaker.
• Ethel Catherwood, 79, Canadian high jumper and javelin thrower, Olympic gold medalist.
• Co Prins, 49, Dutch international football, heart attack.
• Andi Ramang, 63, Indonesian international footballer.
• Howard W. Robison, 71, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives.
• Sergio Santander, 33, Chilean race car driver, racing crash.
• Herbert Tichy, 75, Austrian writer, geologist, journalist and climber.

27

• John Newbold Camp, 79, American businessman, banker and politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, heart attack.
• J. N. Findlay, 83, South African philosopher.
• Robert Benjamin Greenblatt, 80–81, Canadian endocrinologist.
• Maria Guardiola, 92, Portuguese teacher and politician, anti-feminist.
• M. K. K. Nair, 66, Indian bureaucrat and art connoisseur, officer of the Indian Administrative Service, cancer.
• Eddy de Wind, 71, Dutch Holocaust survivor, physician, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.

28

• Willard Harrison Bennett, 84, American plasma physicist.
• Roman Brandstaetter, 81, Polish writer, poet, playwright, journalist and translator, heart attack.
• Mehdi Hashemi, 42–43, Iranian Shi'a cleric, senior official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, executed.
• Belle Linsky, 82–83, Ukrainian-American businesswoman and philanthropist. ^[27]
• Ray Madden, 95, American lawyer, politician and World War I veteran, member of U.S. House of Representatives. ^[28]

29

• Darach Ó Catháin, 64, Irish sean-nós singer.
• Elizabeth Eden, 41, American trans woman, AIDS-related pneumonia. ^[29]
• Henry Ford II, 70, American president of Ford Motor Company, pneumonia.
• Vinodini Nilkanth, 80, Indian writer and translator.
• Sebastian Peschko, 77, German classical pianist.
• Mario Prestifilippo, 28, Italian member of the Sicilian Mafia, suspected murderer, shot.

30

• Alfred Bester, 73, American science fiction author, TV, radio and comics scriptwriter, complications from broken hip.
• Geoffrey Bowers, 33, American attorney.
• Geoffrey Burridge, 38, English theatre and television actor, AIDS.
• Herbert Sobel, 75, American soldier in World War II, his story featured in Stephen E. Ambrose's book Band of Brothers, malnutrition.

Unknown date

• A. K. Brohi, 72, Pakistani politician and lawyer.
• Ephraim Hertzano, 74–75, Romanian-Israeli board game designer, inventor of the game Rummikub.
• Alice Rahon, 83, French-Mexican poet and artist.

References

1. "WILLIAM BORM" . The New York Times . September 4, 1987. p. D 15. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
2. "Carter W. Clarke Dies at 90; An Army Intelligence Officer" . The New York Times . September 7, 1987. p. 1 24. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
3. John Rockwell (September 4, 1987). "Morton Feldman Dies at 61; An Experimental Composer" . The New York Times . p. D 15. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
4. "Viktor P. Nekrasov, Stalin Prize Winner Denounced for Book" . The New York Times . September 5, 1987. p. 1 29. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
5. Jennifer Dunning (September 5, 1987). "Lee Theodore, 54, a Dancer And Choreographer, Is Dead" . The New York Times . p. 1 29. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
6. Constance L. Hays (September 6, 1987). "RICHARD MARQUAND,MOVIEMAKER, DIES" . The New York Times . p. 1 44. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
7. Wolfgang Saxon (September 7, 1987). "Quinn Martin Is Dead at 65; Produced Popular TV Series" . The New York Times . p. 1 24. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
8. "Sam Brody, Maker of Films On Labor and Social Justice" . The New York Times . September 22, 1987. p. B 20. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
9. "Gen. J. Lawton Collins, 91; Led World War II Troops" . The New York Times . September 14, 1987. p. B 16. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
10. "ERIK LUNDBERG" . The New York Times . September 17, 1987. p. B 14. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
11. "Leon Hirszman, 49, Is Dead; A Top Brazilian Film Director" . The New York Times . September 18, 1987. p. B 5. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
12. Edwin McDowell (September 17, 1987). "Howard Moss, 65, Poetry Editor Of The New Yorker 40 Years" . The New York Times . p. B 14. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
13. "K. JACK BAUER" . The New York Times . October 1, 1987. p. D 26. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
14. "F.E. DORN, EX-CONGRESSMAN" . The New York Times . September 19, 1987. p. 1 37. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
15. Peter B. Flint (September 19, 1987). "Emil Schram, Ex-President Of Stock Exchange, Is Dead" . The New York Times . p. 1 37. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
16. Peter Kerr (September 20, 1987). "Einar Gerhardsen Dies at 90; Led Norway as Welfare State" . The New York Times . p. 1 60. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
17. Jeremy Gerard (September 21, 1987). "Michael Stewart Is Dead 63; Author of Broadway Musicals" . The New York Times . p. B 16. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
18. "Ruth Attaway, Actress, Dies Of Injuries in Apartment Fire" . The New York Times . September 24, 1987. p. D 23. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
19. Winston W. Williams (September 24, 1987). "IOWA CONGRESSMAN" . The New York Times . p. D 23. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
20. "Norman Luboff, Head Of Choir and Composer" . The New York Times . September 24, 1987. p. D 23. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
21. Jeremy Gerard (September 23, 1987). "Dan Rowan, 65, a Comedian And a 'Laugh-In' Host, Dies" . The New York Times . p. D 31. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
22. Peter B. Flint (September 26, 1987). "Mary Astor, 81, Is Dead; Star of 'Maltese Falcon'" . The New York Times . p. 1 34. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
23. Grace Glueck (September 29, 1987). "Harry Holtzman, Artist, Dies; An Expert on Piet Mondrian" . The New York Times . p. D 34. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
24. "Victoria Kent, 90, Who Led Magazine Opposed to Franco" . The New York Times . September 29, 1987. p. D 34. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
25. "Abba Kovner, Israeli Poet, Dies" . The New York Times . September 27, 1987. p. 1 46. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
26. Albin Krebs (September 26, 1987). "EMLYN WILLIAMS, WELSH ACTOR AND WRITER, DIES" . The New York Times . p. 1 35. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
27. "Belle Linsky, Philanthropist And Art Collector, Dies at 83" . The New York Times . October 1, 1987. p. D 26. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
28. "Ray Madden, 95, Dies; Former Congressman" . The New York Times . September 29, 1987. p. D 34. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
29. "Elizabeth Eden, Transsexual Who Figured in 1975 Movie" . The New York Times . October 1, 1987. p. D 26. Retrieved April 27, 2024.