List of Famous people who died in 1987

M. G. Ramachandran

First Name M.
Last Name Ramachandran
Born on January 17, 1917
Died on December 29, 1987 (aged 70)

Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, popularly known as M. G. R., was an Indian politician and film actor who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for ten years between 1977 and 1987. He was also a philanthropist and a humanitarian icon. In 1988, M.G.R. was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, posthumously.

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Fred Astaire

Frederick Austerlitz
First Name Fred
Born on May 10, 1899
Died on June 22, 1987 (aged 88)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Fred Astaire was an American actor, dancer, singer, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely considered the most influential dancer in the history of film.

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Dean Paul Martin

First Name Dean
Last Name Martin
Born on November 17, 1951
Died on March 21, 1987 (aged 35)

Dean Paul Martin Jr. was an American pop singer and film and television actor. A member of the California Air National Guard, Martin died in a crash during a military training flight. Martin was the son of American entertainer Dean Martin.

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Andy Warhol

Andrew Warhola Jr.
First Name Andy
Last Name Warhol
Born on August 6, 1928
Died on February 22, 1987 (aged 58)

Andy Warhol was an American artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental films Empire (1964) and Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966–67).

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Pablo Acosta Villarreal

First Name Pablo
Last Name Villarreal
Born on January 26, 1937
Died on April 1, 1987 (aged 50)
Born in Mexico

Pablo Acosta Villarreal, commonly referred to as El Zorro de Ojinaga was a Mexican narcotics smuggler who controlled crime along a two-hundred mile stretch of U.S.-Mexico border. At the height of his power, he was smuggling 60 tons of cocaine per year for the Colombians—in addition to the incalculable amounts of marijuana and heroin that were the mainstay of his business. He was the mentor and business partner of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, the so-called 'Lord of the Skies', who took over after Acosta's death.

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Andrei Mironov

Андрей Менакер
First Name Andrei
Last Name Mironov
Died on August 16, 1987 (aged 17)
Born in Russia

Andrei Alexandrovich Mironov was a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor who played lead roles in some of the most popular Soviet films, such as The Diamond Arm, Beware of the Car and Twelve Chairs. Mironov was also a popular singer.

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Thomas Sankara

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara
First Name Thomas
Last Name Sankara
Born on December 21, 1949
Died on October 15, 1987 (aged 37)

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabé military officer and socialist revolutionary who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. A Marxist–Leninist and pan-Africanist, he was viewed by supporters as a charismatic and iconic figure of revolution and is sometimes referred to as "Africa's Che Guevara".

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Bernhard Grzimek

First Name Bernhard
Last Name Grzimek
Died on March 13, 1987 (aged 17)

Bernhard Klemens Maria Grzimek was a renowned German zoo director, zoologist, book author, editor, and animal conservationist in postwar West Germany.

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Dalida

Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti
Born on January 17, 1933
Died on May 3, 1987 (aged 54)

Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, professionally known as Dalida, was a Italian born French naturalized singer and actress, born in Egypt to Italian parents. She won the Miss Egypt beauty contest in 1954 and began a 31-year singing career in 1956, selling 170 million albums and singles worldwide. She died by suicide in 1987.

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Danny Kaye

David Daniel Kaminsky
First Name Danny
Died on March 3, 1987 (aged 17)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Danny Kaye was an American actor, singer, dancer, comedian, musician, and philanthropist. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs.

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