Deaths in June 1987

The following is a list of notable deaths in June 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.

June 1987

1 Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, 72, Indian film director, novelist and journalist. Emiliano Álvarez, 74, Spanish cyclist. Fernando Armiñán, 60, Spanish Olympic alpine skier (1948). Errol Barrow, 67, Caribbean statesman, Prime Minister of Barbados. Francis B. Burch, 68, American politician, Attorney General of Maryland, cancer.Francis B. Burch (1918-1987). Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024. Georg Friedel, 73, German footballer. Rashid Karami, 65, Lebanese statesman, Prime Minister of Lebanon, assassinated.Lebanese Premier is Assassinated in Coptor Blast. New York Times. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024.

2 Georges Doriot, 87, French-born American businessman, founded American Research and Development Corporation, cancer.George F. Doriot Dies at 87; Molder of U.S. .... New York Times. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024. Klaus Gamber, 70, German Catholic liturgist. Sammy Kaye, 77, American bandleader and songwriter ("Blueberry Hill", "Harbour Lights"), cancer. Henry Palmé, 79, Swedish Olympic marathon runner (1936). François Perroux, 83, French economist, professor at the Collège de France.François Perroux. Collège de France (obituary, in French). Retrieved 30 Jul 2024. Sebastiaan Matheus Sigismund de Ranitz, 86, Dutch jurist and Nazi collaborator. Andrés Segovia, 94, Spanish virtuoso classical guitarist, heart attack.Andres Segovia is Dead at 94; His Crusade Elevated Guitar. New York Times. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024.

3 Bruno Bernard, 75, American photographer known for pin-up photography of Marilyn Monroe, cancer. Jackie Fields, 79, American professional boxer, world welterweight champion.Jackie Fields. Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024. Noel Peter Fox, 76, American district judge (United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan). Curt McDowell, 42, American underground filmmaker, AIDS.Curt McDowell. New York Times. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024. Malcolm McLeod, 73, American law enforcement officer, Sheriff of Robeson County, North Carolina, heart attack.Gravestone: Malcolm Gray McLeod 3.6.87. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024. Alan Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 52, British landowner and hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords.Difficult Choice: Mainer or Manor. New York Times. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024. Will Sampson, 53, American actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), kidney failure. Herbert Schultze, 77, German submarine commander during World War II.

4 Maurizio Vitale Cesa, 41, Italian entrepreneur and sportswear inventor, AIDS.Maurizio Vitale Dies in Italy; Manufactured Jeans in Soviet. New York Times. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024. Ann Evers, 71, American film actress. Noel Guillen, 60, Trinidadian cricketer.Noel Norton Guillen. espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024. Giovanni Kasebacher, 76, Italian Olympic cross-country skier (1936). Dean Moon, 60, American automobile designer.Dean Moon, Drag Racing Pioneer, Dies. L.A. Times. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024. Lionelo Patiño, 67, Peruvian Olympic athlete (1948).

5 Joe Bradley, 58, American NBA player. Mansel Carter, 85, American businessman and prospector, cancer. Carlos de la Guerra, 74, Peruvian Olympic athlete (1936). Kenneth McLean, 90, British army officer. Vasant Kumar Pandit, 66, Indian politician, member of parliament. Aleksander Szenajch, 82, Polish Olympic sprinter (1924).

6 Alexander Altmann, 81, Austro-Hungarian–born American Orthodox Jewish scholar and rabbi.Alexander Altmann (1906-1987). JSTOR (Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research). Retrieved 30 Jul 2024. Burhan Atak, 82, Turkish Olympic footballer (1928). Harry Clapson, 92, Australian rules footballer. Colin Colahan, 90, Australian painter and sculptor.Colin Cuthbert Orr Colahan (1897–1987). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024. Dmitri Klebanov, 79, Soviet Ukrainian composer. Barney Koch, 64, American MLB player (Brooklyn Dodgers). Fulton Mackay, 64, Scottish actor and playwright, stomach cancer.Mackay, (William) Fulton Beith. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024. Mari Mori, 84, Japanese author, heart failure.Mori Mari (1903–1987). Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 30 Jul 2024. Richard Münch, 71, German actor. Eduard Petiška, 63, Czech writer. Aneesur Rahman, 59, Indian-born American physicist (molecular dynamics).Aneesur Rahman. AIP.org (page 2). Retrieved 30 Jul 2024. Dragan Sotirović, 74, Serbian-born major in the Yugoslav army.

7 István Adorján, 73, Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1936). John Blofeld, 74, British writer on Asian thought and religion, cancer.John Blofeld (1913-1987). JSTOR (The Tibet Journal). Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Shosei Go, 70, Taiwanese baseball player who played in Japan (Mainichi Orions, Tokyo Giants).Shosei Go. Baseball Reference. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Pedro Lonchibuco, 66–67, Argentine Olympic gymnast (1948). Hashimoto Mantaro, 54, Japanese sinologist and linguist.East Asian Studies at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. De Gruyter (Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia). Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Herbert M. Seneviratne, 61, Sri Lankan lyricist and actor.Herbert M. Seneviratne: A Legendary Figure. Daily Mirror Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Giovanni Stamati, 74, Italo-Albanian Catholic hierarchBishop Giovanni Stamati † Cahit Zarifoğlu, 46, Turkish poet and writer.The Poems Written by Cahit Zarifoglu for Children. The Journal of Academic Social Science. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024.

8 Jimmy Darrow, 49, American NBA player (St. Louis Hawks). Gary Driscoll, 41, American R&B-style drummer, murdered.John Gary Driscoll. Newspapers.com (The Ithaca Journal). Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Jean Elichagaray, 100, French Olympic rower (1912). George Finey, 92, Australian newspaper artist.George Edmond Finey (1895–1987). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Yogi Horton, 33, American R&B, funk, jazz and rock drummer, suicide. Alexander Iolas, 79, Egyptian-born American art gallerist, AIDS. Gregorio López, 35, Spanish Olympic handball player (1980). Daniel Mandell, 91, American film editor. Jacques Fred Petrus, 39, West Indian–born businessman and a pioneer of post-disco music, murdered. Reginald Teagle, 78, Australian cricketer.

9 Kenneth Althaus, 91, American brigadier general in the U.S. Army.Althaus, Kenneth George. generals.dk. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Raya Dunayevskaya, 77, Russian-born American philosopher, founder of Marxist humanism in the United States.Raya Dunayevskaya Is Dead; Author Was Aide to Trotsky. New York Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Monique Haas, 77, French pianist.Haas, Monique (1906–1987). Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Gustaf Håkansson, 101, Swedish cyclist who cycled the length of Sweden in a race at age 66.Gustaf Håkansson – the 'steel grandpa' who won a 1,000-mile bicycle race. The Guardian (year of death only). Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Louis Van Iersel, 93, American sergeant in the U.S. Army, Medal of Honor recipient.Louis Van Iersel, 93, Immigrant Hero of WWI. L.A. Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Madge Kennedy, 96, American actress, respiratory failure. António Reymão Nogueira, 77, Portuguese Olympic equestrian (1952, 1960). Les Patton, 71, Australian rules footballer. Grandon Rhodes, 82, American actor.Veteran Actor Grandon Rhodes Dies. L.A. Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Wilhelm Runge, 91, German electrical engineer and physicist (radar).

10 Daud Beureueh, 87, Indonesian military governor of Aceh.End of an Era. Trove (Inside Indonesia : bulletin of the Indonesia Resources and Information Programme). Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Shamraj Bhalerao, 88, Indian noble. August Eskelinen, 88, Finnish Olympic biathlete (1924). Gordon Fox Rule, 88, Brazilian-born English WWI flying ace. Elizabeth Hartman, 43, American actress (A Patch of Blue, You're a Big Boy Now). Jeevan, 71, Indian actor. Alain Montpetit, 36, Canadian television and radio personality and actor, overdose. Paul Rekers, 78, American Olympic long-distance runner (1932). Harris Kenneth Wangelin, 74, American district judge. Booty Wood, 67, American jazz trombonist.

11 Ralph Guldahl, 75, American professional golfer, heart attack. Charles Laverne, 83, French Olympic sailor (1928). Aleksandr Lokshin, 66, Soviet composer of classical music. Enrique del Moral, 82, Mexican architect. Álvaro Vieira Pinto, 77, Brazilian philosopher and translator. B. S. Madhava Rao, 87, Indian mathematician and physicist. Joseph Salas, 81, American Olympic boxer (1924). Dan Vadis, 49, American actor (The Triumph of Hercules), overdose.

12 Tuvia Bielski, 81, Belarusian militant, leader of the Bielski group.Bielski, Tuvia. Yad Vashem. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Carlo Boscarato, 61, Italian cartoonist and comics artist. Luis Duggan, 81, Argentine Olympic polo player (1936). Bill Edwards, 81, American NFL coach (Detroit Lions).Bill Edwards. Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Gradim, 78, Brazilian footballer and manager. Paul Janes, 75, German international footballer (Fortuna Düsseldorf, Germany).Janes, Paul. National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. C. F. Russell, 90, American occultist. Apostol Sokolov, 69, Bulgarian international footballer (Levski Sofia, Bulgaria).Apostol Sokolov. Olympedia. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Józef Tusk, 80, Polish luthier, grandfather of Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk.

13 Huck Betts, 90, American Major League baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).Huck Betts #15. MLB.com. Retrieved 26 Sep 2024. Vera Caspary, 87, American screenwriter, novelist and playwright, stroke. Gerald Foster, 86, American painter. Bernard Hesling, 82, British-born Australian muralist and painter.Bernard Hesling (1905–1987). Obituaries Australia. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Johnny High, 30, American NBA basketballer (Phoenix Suns), car accident.Sports People; Death of Key Witness. New York Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Kanam E. J., 61, Indian novelist, short story writer and lyricist. Heinz Kloss, 82, German linguist.Heinz Kloss. Archivportal-D. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Pentti Kontula, 56, Finnish Olympic boxer (1952). Cemil Meriç, 70, Turkish writer and translator.In memory of Cemil Meriç, Turkey's intellectual titan of literature. Daily Sabah. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Geraldine Page, 62, American actress (The Trip to Bountiful, Hondo, Summer and Smoke), heart attack. Giulio Panicali, 88, Italian actor and voice actor. Annie Villiger, 73, Swiss Olympic diver (1936).

14 Stanisław Bareja, 57, Polish filmmaker (Teddy Bear). Isaac Barrientos, 21, Puerto Rican Olympic boxer (1984). Curt Boettcher, 43, American musician and record producer, heart attack.‘She Told Herself She Couldn’t Die Because She Had To Write His Story’. New York Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Sean Daly, 54, Irish Olympic equestrian (1960). Kline Gilbert, 56, American NFL player (Chicago Bears). Les Favell, 57, Australian test cricketer.Les Favell dead at 57. Trove (Canberra Times). Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Burhanuddin Harahap, 70, Indonesian politician and lawyer, Prime Minister of Indonesia, heart attack.Former Indonesian PM dies. National Library Board (The Straits Times). Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. Grace Madden, 75, American Olympic pair skater (1936). Franco Mignini, 65, Venezuelan Olympic sports shooter (1956).

15 Walter Heller, 71, American economist, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, heart attack.Walter Heller, 71, Economic Advisor in 60's, Dead. New York Times. Retrieved 31 Jul 2024. J. M. Johnson, 75, Nigerian politician and Federal Cabinet Minister. George Smith, 49, American MLB player. Schoolboy Johnny Taylor, 71, American baseball player. Don White, 68, American MLB player (Philadelphia Athletics).

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