Deaths in December 1987
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The following is a list of notable deaths in December 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.
December 1987
[edit]1
[edit]- James Baldwin, 63, African-American novelist, playwright and poet (Go Tell It on the Mountain), stomach cancer.[1]
- Donn F. Eisele, 57, American Air Force officer and NASA astronaut (Apollo 7), heart attack.[2]
- Buddy Fogelson, 87, American army colonel, businessman and horse & cattle breeder, husband of Greer Garson.[3]
- Punch Imlach, 69, Canadian NHL ice hockey coach and general manager (Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres), heart attack.[4]
2
[edit]- Edward Barnsley, 87, English designer and maker of furniture.[5]
- Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, 57, Honduran army officer, president of Honduras, heart attack.[6]
- Robert Filliou, 61, French artist (Fluxus).
- Trygve Henrik Hoff, 49, Norwegian singer, composer and writer.[7]
- Luis Federico Leloir, 81, French-born Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel laureate in Chemistry, heart attack.[8]
- Hubert Noël, 63, French film actor.
- Myrta Silva, 60, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and television producer (Sonora Matancera).[9]
- Ernst Steinhoff, 79, Nazi German rocket scientist.[10]
- Princess Red Wing, 91, American tribal elder.[11]
- Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich, 73, Soviet physicist (black hole evaporation).[12]
3
[edit]- Andrew Foster, 62, American pioneer of deaf education in African countries, plane crash.[13]
- Robert Haskell, 84, American politician, Governor of Maine.
- George Seawright, appr. 36, Scottish-born Northern Irish politician, paramilitary in Ulster Volunteer Force, assassinated.[14]
- Yevgeny Tolstikov, 74, Soviet polar explorer, Hero of the Soviet Union.[15]
- Dorin Liviu Zaharia, 43, Romanian musician and composer.
4
[edit]- Pericle Fazzini, 74, Italian painter and sculptor (The Resurrection).[16]
- Bryan Fowler, 89, British polo player and Olympian.[17]
- Meinrad von Lauchert, 82, Nazi German Wehrmacht general.[18]
- Arnold Lobel, 54, American author of children's books (Frog and Toad, Mouse Soup), cardiac arrest.[19]
- Rouben Mamoulian, 90, Georgian-born American film and theatre director (Oklahoma!, Carousel).[20]
- Constantin Noica, 78, Romanian philosopher, essayist and poet.[21]
- Giorgio Prodi, 59, Italian medical scientist and oncologist.
5
[edit]- Pappy Daily, 85, American country music record producer, co-founded record label Starday Records.[22]
- Leonid Dimov, 61, Romanian postmodernist poet and translator, heart attack.[23]
- Bobby Garrett, 55, American NFL footballer (Green Bay Packers), heart attack.[24]
- Daud Kamal, 52, Pakistani poet.[25]
- Rudolf Mentzel, 87, German chemist and Nazi policy-maker.
- Molly O'Day, 64, American country music vocalist, cancer.[26]
- Conny Plank, 47, German record producer and musician, laryngeal cancer.
- Eugene Siler, 87, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.[27]
6
[edit]- James Dobson, 67, American film and television actor (Flying Leathernecks), heart attack.[28]
- Peter Lorenz, 64, German politician, kidnapped by militants, heart attack.[29]
- David J. Schwartz, 60, American motivational writer and coach (The Magic of Thinking Big).[30]
- Izler Solomon, 77, American orchestra conductor, heart failure.[31]
- Ba Swe, 72, Prime Minister of Burma.
7
[edit]- Gareth Bennett, 58, British Anglican priest, suicide.[32] (body found on this date)
- Michael Crossley, 75, British World War II Royal Air Force flying ace.[33]
- Michael Hornby, 88, British vice chairman of retail chain WHSmith.[34]
- Jane Mouton, 57, American management theorist.
- Jaime Ongpin, 49, Filipino businessman and politician, Secretary of Finance, suicide.[35]
- Helen Porter, 88, British botanist from Imperial College London.[36]
- Denis Rogers, 70, New Zealand doctor and local politician (Mayor of Hamilton), heart attack.
8
[edit]- Fay Baker, 70, American actress and writer (The House on Telegraph Hill), breast cancer.
- Sigrid Helliesen Lund, 95, Norwegian peace activist, notably in World War II.[37]
- Yolanda Vadiz, 28, Puerto Rican soprano, carbon monoxide poisoning.
- Ulfert Wilke, 80, German-born American painter, museum director and art collector (abstract expressionism), stroke.[38]
- Notable individuals killed in the 1987 Alianza Lima plane crash:[39]
- Marcos Calderón, 59, Peruvian football coach and player (Sport Boys, Peru).
- Luis Antonio Escobar, 18, Peruvian international footballer (Club Alianza Lima, Peru).
- José González Ganoza, 33, Peruvian international footballer (Club Alianza Lima, Peru).
- Alfredo Tomassini, 23, Peruvian footballer (Club Alianza Lima).
- Johnny Watson, 24, Peruvian footballer (Club Alianza Lima).
9
[edit]- Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, 73, German prince, head of the House of Hanover.
- Diana Forbes-Robertson, 72, British writer, stroke.[40]
- François Gall, 75, Hungarian-French modern impressionist painter, heart attack.
10
[edit]- Giovanni Arpino, 60, Italian writer and journalist (L'ombra delle colline).
- Jascha Heifetz, 86, Lithuanian-born American violinist, complications from a fall.[41]
- Carlota Jaramillo, 83, Ecuadorian pasillo singer, complications from a fall.
- Stylianos Kyriakides, 77, Greek Cypriot marathon runner and Olympian.[42]
- Denis Sanders, 58, American film director and producer (A Time Out of War), heart attack.[43]
- Slam Stewart, 73, American jazz double bass player, heart failure.[44]
11
[edit]- G. A. Kulkarni, 64, Indian writer of short stories.
- Emil Mazuw, 87, German governor of the Province of Pomerania, convicted of war crimes.
- William Thornton Mustard, 73, Canadian physician and cardiac surgeon, heart attack.[45]
- Rosi Wolfstein, 99, German socialist politician.
12
[edit]- Bodil Begtrup, 84, Danish women's rights activist, chairman of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.[46]
- Clifton Chenier, 62, American musician, pioneer of zydeco, kidney disease.[47]
- Enrique Jorrín, 60, Cuban charanga violinist, composer and music director.
- Nolan Leary, 98, American actor and playwright.[48]
- Pinky Tomlin, 80, American songwriter, bandleader and actor, heart attack.[49]
13
[edit]- Julien Darui, 71, French international footballer (CO Roubaix-Tourcoing, France.[50]
- Bil Dwyer, 80, American cartoonist and humourist (Dumb Dora).
- Bernard Epton, 66, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives, coronary.[51]
- Na. Parthasarathy, 54, Indian writer of Tamil historical novels.
- Elias Porter, 73, American psychologist.
- Stanisław Radkiewicz, 84, Polish communist activist, Minister of Public Security.
- Claude T. Smith, 55, American band conductor and composer.
- George Wunder, 75, American cartoonist and comic illustrator (Terry and the Pirates), heart attack.[52]
14
[edit]- Copi, (Raúl Damonte Botana), 48, Argentinian writer, cartoonist and playwright, AIDS.[53]
- Merlyn Hans Dethlefsen, 53, American officer of the U.S. Air Force, Medal of Honor recipient.[54]
- Tim Dinsdale, 63, British cryptozoologist, attempted to prove existence of Loch Ness Monster, heart attack.
- Siegfried Haß, 89, Nazi German Wehrmacht general, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient.[55]
- Milt Josefsberg, 76, American screenwriter, stroke.[56]
- Georg Knöpfle, 83, German international footballer, coach and Olympian (FSV Frankfurt, Germany).[57]
- Valentina Kulagina, 85, Russian painter and designer of books, posters and exhibitions.
- Mogens Lassen, 86, Danish architect and designer.
- Nikos Stavridis, 77, Greek film and theatre actor.[58]
- J. P. Strom, 69, American law enforcement officer, chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, heart attack.[59]
- John Winterton, 89, British Army officer, Military Governor and Commander of the Free Territory of Trieste.
15
[edit]- Seitnebi Abduramanov, 73, Soviet soldier in the Red Army, recipient of the Order of Glory.
- Septima Poinsette Clark, 89, American educator and civil rights activist.[60]
- George Fulford, 85, Canadian businessman and politician, House of Commons member.[61]
- Ángel Infante, 73, Mexican actor and singer.[62]
- Ivo Lapenna, 78, Italian law professor, president of the Universal Esperanto Association.[63]
- Ray Malavasi, 57, American NFL football coach (Los Angeles Rams, Denver Broncos), heart attack.[64]
- Pierre Massé, 89, French economist, engineer, applied mathematician and high official in the French government.
- Tiny Moore, 67, American Western swing musician.[65]
- P. Ramamurthi, 79, Indian politician, Communist Party of India member.
- Elisabeth Zaisser, 89, German politician, East German Minister of Education.
- Alfred Zerbel, 83, Nazi German Wehrmacht officer, West German Bundeswehr general.[66]
16
[edit]- Leonard Beecher, 81, English-born Anglican Archbishop of East Africa.
- Hob Broun, 37, American author, asphyxiation.[67]
- Minnie Evans, 95, American artist.[68]
- Albert P. Morano, 79, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, cerebral hemorrhage.[69]
- John Russell, 66, British politician, member of the House of Lords.
17
[edit]- Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, 87, Dutch cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht.[70]
- Irving Allen, 82, Austro-Hungarian–born American theatre and film producer and director (Climbing the Matterhorn).[71]
- Georges Burou, 77, French gynecologist (sex reassignment surgery), drowned.
- Arkady Raikin, 76, Soviet comedian, actor and director.[72]
- Lucy Walker, (Dorothy Lucie Sanders), 80, Australian romance novelist.[73]
- Linda Wong, 36, American pornographic actress, drug overdose.
- Marguerite Yourcenar, 84, Belgian-born French-American novelist and essayist (Memoirs of Hadrian).[74]
18
[edit]- Dimitrije Bašičević, 66, Yugoslavian artist, curator and art critic.[75]
- Chaudhary Rahim Khan, 64, Indian politician, Member of Parliament.[76]
- Warne Marsh, 60, American tenor saxophonist, heart attack.[77]
19
[edit]- Murat Aitkhozhin, 48, Soviet molecular biologist.
- Ralph Waldo Christie, 94, American admiral in the U.S. Navy.[78]
- Hermann Claasen, 87, German photographer.
- Leo Jung, 95, American architect of Orthodox Judaism.[79]
- John F. O'Leary, 61, American administrator of Federal Energy Administration and director of U.S. Bureau of Mines, cancer.[80]
- C. Donald Peterson, 69, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, cancer.[81]
- Esther Shiner, 63, Canadian municipal politician, deputy mayor of New York.
- André de la Varre, 83, American filmmaker of travel documentaries.
20
[edit]- Ruben Ecleo Sr., 53, Filipino cult leader, founded the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association.[82]
- Jake Eisenhart, 65, American Major League baseballer (Cincinnati Reds).[83]
- Dan Sikes, 58, American professional golfer, complications from stomach surgery.[84]
21
[edit]- Fred R. Feitshans Jr., 78, American film editor (Wild in the Streets).[85]
- Carl E. McGowan, 76, American lawyer and U.S. circuit judge, cancer.[86]
- Ralph Nelson, 71, American film and television director, writer and actor (Lilies of the Field, Father Goose, Charly), cancer.[87]
- Robert Paige, 76, American actor and TV newscaster and political correspondent (Son of Dracula), aortic aneurysm.[88]
- Henry Strater, 91, American painter and illustrator, founded the Ogunquit Museum of American Art.[89]
22
[edit]- A. N. Alcaff, 62, Indonesian actor and film director.
- Henry Cotton, 80, English professional golfer, three-time British Open winner.[90]
- Roderick Firth, 70, American philosopher, professor of philosophy at Harvard, pneumonia.[91]
- Gustav Fröhlich, 85, German actor and film director (Metropolis), complications after surgery.[92]
- Mimí Langer, 77, Austrian-born Latin American psychoanalyst and human rights activist, cancer.
- Paule Marrot, 85, French textile designer.
- John McMichael, 39, Northern Irish loyalist (Ulster Defence Association), car bomb.[93]
- Dudley Meredith, 52, American AFL footballer (Buffalo Bills).[94]
- Dorothy M. Needham, 91, English biochemist (muscle biochemistry).[95]
- Geoffrey Parsons, 77, English lyricist.
- José do Patrocínio Oliveira, 83, Brazilian musician and voice actor.
- Luca Prodan, 34, Italian-Scottish musician based in Argentina (Sumo).
- T. Ranganathan, 62, Indian-born American Carnatic musician.[96]
- Alice Terry, 88, American film actress and director (The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse), Alzheimer's disease.[97]
23
[edit]- Paschoal Silva, 87, Brazilian footballer (Brazil).[98]
24
[edit]- Roy M. Davenport, 78, American rear admiral in the U.S. Navy.[99]
- Nino Espinosa, 34, Dominican Major League baseballer (New York Mets), heart attack.[100]
- Eugen Kogon, 84, German historian and Nazi concentration camp survivor.[101]
- John Wesley Hanes II, 95, American investment banker, Under Secretary of the Treasury, Alzheimer's Disease.[102]
- Betty Noyes, 75, American singer and actress (Singin' in the Rain).
- Josef Myrow, 77, Russian Empire–born American composer ("You Make Me Feel So Young"), Parkinson's disease.[103]
- M. G. Ramachandran, 70, Indian actor and politician, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, heart attack and stroke.[104]
- Manoug Parikian, 67, Turkish-born British concert violinist.[105]
- Sara Scuderi, 81, Italian opera singer.[106]
- Joop den Uyl, 68, Dutch politician and journalist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, brain tumour.[107]
- Kulwant Singh Virk, 66, Indian author, stroke.
25
[edit]- Alexander Gregory Barmine, 88, Soviet Army defector to the U.S.A., stroke[108]
- Ruth Bonner, 87, Soviet Communist activist.[109]
- John H. Humphrey, 72, British bacteriologist and immunologist, co-founded the British Society for Immunology.[110]
- Vadim Knizhnik, 25, Soviet physicist (Knizhnik–Zamolodchikov equations), heart attack.
- Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, 54, American trumpeter and band leader, stroke.[111]
- Zita Moulton, 104, American model and actress of theatre and film.
- Nat Tarnopol, 56, American record producer, heart failure.
- Victor Whitsey, 71, British Church of England Bishop of Hertford and Chester, sexual abuser.[112]
26
[edit]- J. A. Baker, 61, English author (The Peregrine), cancer.[113]
- S. M. Banerjee, 68, Indian politician, trade unionist and communist sympathiser, member of the Lok Sabha.
- Dorothy Bliss, 71, American carcinologist, cancer.[114]
- Neil Colville, 73, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (New York Rangers).[115]
- Melford Stevenson, 85, English barrister and High Court judge, heart attack.[116]
- Leslie Thompson, 86, Jamaican-born English jazz trumpeter and trombonist.
- Luis E. Valcárcel, 96, Peruvian historian, anthropologist and writer, Minister of Education.
27
[edit]- Rewi Alley, 90, New Zealand-born Chinese writer and political activist, member of the Chinese Communist Party.[117]
- John Astor, 64, British politician, Member of Parliament.[118]
- Manoj Basu, 86, Indian writer of Bengali novels and short stories.
- Shanti Devi, 61, Indian woman who claimed to remember her previous life.
- Priscilla Dean, 91, American theatre and silent-screen actress (The Gray Ghost), complications from a fall.[119]
- Josef Grohé, 85, German Nazi Party official, Gauleiter of Gau Cologne-Aachen.[120]
- Bernard Hailstone, 77, English painter.
- Theodore Pike, 83, Irish colonial administrator and rugby union international, governor of British Somaliland.
- Stepan Popel, 78, Ukrainian chess champion.
- Wilbur Schramm, 80, American scholar and authority on mass communication.[121]
- Anthony West, 73, English author and literary critic, son of H. G. Wells, stroke.[122]
28
[edit]- Happy Akhand, 27, Bangladeshi rock singer and songwriter (Miles.[123]
- George I. Forsythe, 69, American general of the U.S. Army.[124]
- John Hunt, 82, British general practitioner, co-founded the Royal College of General Practitioners.[125]
- Edward Kleban, 48, American musical theatre composer and lyricist, throat cancer.[126]
- Charles Malik, 81, Lebanese diplomat, philosopher and politician, Lebanese representative to the U.N., kidney failure.[127]
- Joseph Sittler, 83, American Lutheran minister and theologian, cancer.[128]
29
[edit]- John F. Aiso, 78, American nisei military leader, lawyer and judge, head injury sustained in a mugging.[129]
- Sheldon Andelson, 56, American higher education administrator and a political fund-raiser, AIDS.[130]
- Patrick Bissell, 30, American ballet dancer (American Ballet Theatre), overdose.[131]
- Brigitte Heinrich, 46, German journalist and politician, member of the European Parliament, heart attack.[132]
- Jun Ishikawa, 88, Japanese author, lung cancer.
- Wilbert E. Moore, 73, American sociologist, president of the American Sociological Association.[133]
- Ulysses Kae Williams, 73, American DJ, record label owner and producer.
- Yanina Zhejmo, 78, Soviet actress.
30
[edit]- Leslie Arliss, 86, English screenwriter and director (The Man in Grey, The Wicked Lady).[134]
- Datta Naik, 60, Indian film music director.
- Manolo Urquiza, 67, Cuban-born media personality.
- Theodore Zichy, 79, British actor, photographer and film director, suicide.
31
[edit]- George Doherty, 67, American NFL footballer, college coach and athletics administrator, heart attack.
- Merle Evans, 96, American cornet player and circus band conductor (Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus).[135]
- Randall Garrett, 60, American science fiction and fantasy author (Lord Darcy).
- Gene Leggett, 52, American Methodist minister, defrocked for being homosexual, hepatitis.
- Leo Steiner, 47–48, American restauranteur, co-owner of Carnegie Deli, brain tumour.[136]
- Jerry Turner, 58, American television news anchorman, esophageal cancer.[137]
Unknown date
[edit]- Malcolm Butler, 75, Northern Irish international footballer (Accrington Stanley, Ireland).
- Michael Clemente, 79, New York mobster in the Genovese crime family.
- Dorothy K. Haynes, 68–69, Scottish horror and supernatural writer, breast cancer.
- Kurt Frederick Ludwig, 83–84, Nazi German spy.
- Birendra Nath Mazumdar, 82, Indian medical officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
- Marcus Owen, 52, Welsh professional snooker player.
- Ian Wilson, 86, English actor.
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- ^ Obituaries : Henry Strater, 91; Artist at Center of Lost Generation. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ "Henry Cotton, Former Golfer, 80". The New York Times. December 25, 1987. p. B 8. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ "Roderick Firth, Philosophy Professor, 70". The New York Times. December 27, 1987. p. 1 36. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ Memorial Plaque: Gustav Fröhlich 22.12.87. (year of death only). Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Irish Protestant Militants Bury Slain Comrade. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Dudley Meredith, 52, Dies of Heart Attack. Newspapers.com (The Buffalo News). Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Dorothy Mary Moyle Needham. Royal Society (obit). Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Tanjore Ranganathan, Drummer, 62. New York Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Alice Terry, 88, Actress in Silent Movies, Dies. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Paschoal Paschoal da Silva Cinelli (Player). National Football Teams. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ RADM Roy Milton Davenport. Military Hall of Honor. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Nino Espinosa #39. MLB.com. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Eugen Kogon. Buchenwald Memorial (correct death date at bottom). Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ George James (December 31, 1987). "John Wesley Hanes Sr., 95, Aide To Roosevelt and Corporate Chief". The New York Times. p. A 24. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ Josef Myrow, 77, Composer of Hit Songs, Movie Scores, Dies. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ 4 Die as Indians Bury Top Tamil Leader. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Obituaries : Passings: Manoug Parikian; Violinist. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Gravestone: Sara Scuderi 24.12.87. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Uhlig, Mark A. (December 25, 1987). "Joop den Uyl of Netherlands Dies; Was Labor Prime Minister in 70's". The New York Times. p. B8. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Alexander G. Barmine, 88, Dies; Early High-Level Soviet Defector. New York Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Ruth Bonner, Stalin Purge Victim. New York Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ John H. Humphrey 1915–1987. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Obituary, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis TN, on Dec. 26, 1987
- ^ Ex Chester bishop Hubert Whitsey 'used position for appalling abuse'. B.B.C.. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ J A Baker Biography. JA Baker and the Peregrine. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Dorothy Bliss papers. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Neil Colville Coaching Record, Awards and Honors. Hockey Reference. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ "Sir Melford Stevenson, A Judge and Barrister". The New York Times. December 30, 1987. p. B 10. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ "Rewi Alley, Expatriate in China". The New York Times. December 28, 1987. p. D 13. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ Hon. John Astor. UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Priscilla Dean; Screen Actress of Silent Films. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Grohe, Josef. Traces of War. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ "Wilbur Schramm; Wrote Many Works On Communications". The New York Times. January 1, 1988. p. 1 64. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ Wolfgang Saxon (December 28, 1987). "Anthony West, Critic and Author; Wrote Essays for The New Yorker". The New York Times. p. D 13. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ Celebrating Happy Akhand with his classics. The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Gravestone: LTG George Irvin Forsythe 28.12.87. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Hunt, John Henderson, Baron Hunt of Fawley (1905 - 1987). Royal College of Surgeons of England. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ "Edward Kleban, 48, 'Chorus Line' Lyricist". The New York Times. December 30, 1987. p. B 10. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ Ihsan A. Hijazi, Special To the New York Times (December 29, 1987). "Charles H. Malik of Lebanon, 81; Was President of U.N. Assembly". The New York Times. p. D 19. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ "Joseph Sittler, 83, Dies; Was Lutheran Scholar". The New York Times. January 4, 1988. p. A 16. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ John Aiso, Prominent Nisei and Jurist, Dies After Mugger’s Attack. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ "Sheldon Andelson, Political Fund-Raiser, 56". The New York Times. January 1, 1988. p. 1 64. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ Jennifer Dunning (December 30, 1987). "Patrick Bissell, Dancer, Is Dead; A Principal With Ballet Theater". The New York Times. p. B 10. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ Brigitte Heinrich. European Parliament. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Wilbert Ellis Moore. American Sociological Association. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Obituaries : Leslie Arliss; British Movie Director, 86. L.A. Times. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
- ^ Wolfgang Saxon (January 3, 1988). "Merle Evans Is Dead; Former Band Leader At Ringling Brothers". The New York Times. p. 1 26. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ Bryan Miller (January 1, 1988). "Leo Steiner, 48, Owner of a Deli; Known for Wit". The New York Times. p. 1 64. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ Baltimore Tv Reporter Jerry Turner Dies at 58. Washington Post. Retrieved 27 Sep 2024.
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