Deaths in November 1987

The following is a list of notable deaths in November 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.

November 1987

1 Aldo Bozzi, 78, Italian lawyer and politician. Tommy Burns, 93, Australian rugby league footballer. Cameron Cobbold, 83, British banker, Governor of the Bank of England.Cobbold, Cameron Fromanteel, first Baron Cobbold. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 19 Sep 2024. Bill Donald, 88, Australian rules footballer. Leo Goldberg, 74, American astronomer (solar physics), cancer. Yoo Jae-ha, 25, South Korean singer and songwriter, car accident. René Lévesque, 65, Canadian politician, Premier of Quebec, heart attack.Rene Levesque, Ex-Premier of Quebec, Dies at 65. New York Times. Retrieved 19 Sep 2024. Pierre Matignon, 44, French racing cyclist. Tom Parker, 89, English international footballer and manager (Arsenal, Southampton, England).Thomas Robert Parker. saintsplayers.co.uk. Retrieved 19 Sep 2024. Mary Shane, 42, American Major League baseball commentator, heart attack.Mary Shane; 1st Woman in Baseball Broadcasts. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 Sep 2024.

2 Harold Crisler, 63, American basketball and NFL player. Michael DeBatt, 38, American mobster of the Gambino crime family, murdered.Reputed Mob Figure is Found Slain in Brooklyn. New York Times. Retrieved 19 Sep 2024. Louise McCarren Herring, 78, American who established the Credit Union National Association.Louise (McCarren) Herring - obituary. Newspapers.com (The Cincinnati Enquirer). Retrieved 19 Sep 2024. Friedrich-Karl "Nasen" Müller, 75, Nazi German Luftwaffe night fighter ace.Müller, Friedrich-Karl "Nasen" (JG 300). Traces of War. Retrieved 19 Sep 2024. Wilhelm Schöning, 79, Nazi German Army commander.Schöning, Wilhelm. Traces of War. Retrieved 19 Sep 2024. Elmer Tarbox, 71, American politician, member of Texas House of Representatives, Parkinson's disease.Tarbox, Elmer Lois (1916–1987). Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 19 Sep 2024.

3 Giorgi Antadze, 67, Soviet Georgian Olympic footballer (1952). André Roussin, 76, French playwright. Liang Shih-chiu, 84, Chinese writer, translator and literary theorist.

4 Óscar Bonfiglio, 82, Mexican international footballer (Marte, Mexico) and Olympian.Óscar Bonfiglio. Olympedia. Retrieved 19 Sep 2024. Vernon Evans, 94, American military officer. Danielle Gaubert, 44, French actress, cancer. Babe Plunket Greene, 80, English socialite. Tor Halvorsen, 56, Norwegian trade unionist and politician. Wilton M. Krogman, 83, American anthropologist, recipient of Viking Fund Medal.Guide to the Wilton M. Krogman Center for Research in Child Growth and Development records, 1947-1989. Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives. Retrieved 19 Sep 2024. G. Delbert Morris, 78, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1947-1956). Garland Morrow, 88, American college football and basketball player and coach. Francis Pollen, 60, English architect (Worth Abbey).Pollen, Francis Anthony Baring. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 19 Sep 2024. Pierre Seghers, 81, French poet and editor, member of the French Resistance.Seghers, Pierre 1906-1987. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 19 Sep 2024. Raphael Soyer, 87, Russian-born American painter and printmaker, cancer. A. L. Swanson, 82, American collegiate coach. Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, 62, Senegalese-French film director and historian.Notes and Comments. JSTOR (The Journal of Cinema and Media). Retrieved 19 Sep 2024.

5 Eamonn Andrews, 64, Irish radio and television presenter, heart failure. Edvard Baghdasaryan, 64, Armenian composer. Orlando Costas, 55, Puerto Rican evangelical theologian, stomach cancer.Rev. Orlando Costas, 45; Protestant Theologian. New York Times. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Daasarathi, 62, Indian Telugu poet and writer.Nizamabad Jail Remembers Dasarathi, The Revolutionary Poet. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Peg Fenwick, 79, American screenwriter and playwright (Whirlpool of Desire, All That Heaven Allows). Georges Franju, 75, French filmmaker. Elimelekh Rimalt, 80, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1951-1977). Arthur Schmidt, 92, German military officer, Sixth Army's chief of staff in the Battle of Stalingrad.Schmidt, Arthur (Generalleutnant). Traces of War. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Willy Tschopp, 82, Swiss Olympic sprinter (1928). Juliet Rice Wichman, 86, American conservationist, botanist and author.Gravestone: Juliet Rice Wichman 5.11.87. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024.

6 Zohar Argov, 32, Israeli singer and convicted rapist, suicide.Israeli Pop Singer Hangs Himself in Jail. L.A. Times. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Ross Barnett, 89, American politician, Governor of Mississippi.Ross Barnett, Segregationist, Dies; Governor of Mississippi in 1960's. New York Times. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Eugenio Bonicco, 68, Italian Olympic alpine skier (1948). Opie Cates, 78, American clarinet player, band leader and radio actor.Opie Cates (1909–1987). Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Michael Comay, 79, Israeli diplomat, ambassador to Canada and the U.K. Alvin Dewey, 75, American special agent of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, stroke. George Laurence, 82, Canadian nuclear physicist.George Craig Laurence. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Jean Rivier, 91, French composer of classical music. Les Whitfield, 79, Australian rules footballer.

7 Arne Borg, 86, Swedish swimmer, 5-time Olympic gold medalist and holder of multiple world records.Arne Borg. Olympedia. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Herbert H. Chen, 45, Chinese-born American theoretical and experimental physicist (particle physics), leukemia.Herbert H. Chen, Physics: Irvine. University of California (Obit). Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Charlie Dowdall, 89, Irish Olympic footballer (1924). Aileen Eaton, 78, Canadian-born American boxing and professional wrestling promoter.Aileen Eaton, Dynamic Boxing Promoter, Dies at 78 After Long Illness. L.A. Times. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Charles Holland, 77, American singer and actor. Albert Mulder, 98, Dutch painter. Arthur Willis, 67, English footballer.

8 Edward Willis Barnett, 88, American naval officer and Olympic fencer (1928). Willem van den Berg, 77, Dutch Olympic fencer (1948). Kid Chissell, 82, American boxing champion and actor.Obituaries : Noble (Kid) Chissell; Actor, Boxer Once Ran for Mayor of L.A.. L.A. Times. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Jim Fitzgerald, 65, American racing driver, racing crash.Fitzgerald, Paul Newman’s Teammate, Killed in Trans-Am Series Race Crash. L.A. Times. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Ian Fraser, 71, British politician, Member of Parliament.Mr Ian Fraser. UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Boris Goldstein, 64, Soviet violinist. Yevgeniya Khanayeva, 66, Soviet film and stage actress. Sakthi T. K. Krishnasamy, 74, Indian author, screenwriter and lyricist. Perrault LaRue, 62, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1958-1962).

9 Mervyn Burden, 57, English cricketer. Ed Cihocki, 80, American MLB player (Philadelphia Athletics). Norman Coslett, 78, Welsh RAF officer. Eemeli, 67, Finnish actor, comedian and entertainer. Akhtar Hussain, 61, Indian and Pakistani hockey player and Olympic gold medalist.Akhtar Hussain. Olympedia. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Washington Jones, 62, American Olympic boxer (1948). Harry Rusan, 77, American baseball player. Johann Schalk, 84, Austrian-born Nazi German flying ace.Schalk, Johann. Traces of War. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Thengai Srinivasan, 50, Indian Tamil actor (Thillu Mullu), brain haemorrhage. Frank Vecera, 50, American paralympic athlete, snooker and wheelchair basketball player. Volodymyr Yemets, 50, Soviet Ukrainian footballer and manager.

10 Lou Breslow, 87, American screenwriter and film director.Film Writer Breslow Dies; Wrote Reagan's 'Bonzo'. L.A. Times. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Gotfryd Gremlowski, 56, Polish Olympic swimmer (1952). Faruk Kaiser, 69, Indian Urdu poet. Seyni Kountché, 56, Nigerien military officer, President of Niger, brain tumour.Niger Leader Dies of Brain Tumor; Cousin Takes Over. L.A. Times. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Pop Momand, 100, American cartoonist (Keeping Up with the Joneses).Arthur R. Momand, Comic Strip Artist, Dies. New York Times. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Raymond Rohauer, 62–63, American film collector and distributor, AIDS (heart attack reported at the time).Raymond Rohauer, Archivist of Classics From Silent Film Era. New York Times. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Bubby Sadler, 78, American baseball player. Jackie Vernon, 63, American stand-up comedian and actor (Frosty the Snowman), heart attack.

11 Francis Adams, 34, Trinidadian Olympic sprinter (1976, 1980). Charles H. Baker Jr., 91, American author known for culinary and cocktail writings. Earnshaw Cook, 87, American proponent of baseball sabermetrics, heart attack. John 'Dusty' King, 78, American singer and film actor (Range Busters). John McCormack, 62, American Olympic diver (1952). Channing E. Phillips, 59, American minister, civil rights leader and social activist, cancer.

12 George Chatterton, 75, British Army soldier, commanded the Glider Pilot Regiment.Chatterton, George James Stewart. Traces of War. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Roger Lewis, 75, American business executive, assistant United States Secretary of the Air Force.Roger Lewis, Amtrak's First Chief And an Executive in Many Fields. New York Times. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Lasgush Poradeci, 87, Albanian philologist, poet and writer. Menachem Ratzon, 68, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1951). John E. Sheridan, 85, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1939-1947). Ferenc Várkõi, 71, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (1948). Cornelis Vreeswijk, 50, Dutch-born Swedish singer-songwriter, poet and actor.Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937-1987). Aarhus University. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024.

13 Alois Cetkovský, 79, Czech Olympic ice hockey player (1936). Jayatirtha Dasa, 39, British Hare Krishna, murdered. A. L. Abdul Majeed, 54, Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament, assassinated. Paul Neergaard, 80, Danish agronomist, mycologist and agriculturist (seed pathology).Pierre Paul Ferdinand Mourier de Neergaard, 1907-1987. apsnet.org (obit). Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Joseph Phillips, 76, Indian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist (1936).Joe Phillips. Olympedia. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. Franklin D. Richards, 86, American commissioner of the U.S. Federal Housing Administration, authority of the LDS church.Gravestone: Franklin Dewey Richards 13.11.87. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024. William Rogers, 85, American Olympic rugby union player (1924). Galliano Rossini, 60, Italian Olympic sports shooter (1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968). Harold Vick, 51, American jazz saxophonist and flautist, heart attack.

14 Friedrich Bopp, 77, German theoretical physicist.title. L.A. Times. Retrieved 21 Sep 2024. Ann Christy, 82, American film actress, heart attack. Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh, 85, British politician, Member of Parliament.Mr Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh. UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 Sep 2024. Petras Griškevičius, 63, Lithuanian communist party official.Petras P. Griskevicius; Lithuanian Chief, 63. New York Times. Retrieved 21 Sep 2024. Hod Lisenbee, 89, American Major League baseball player (Boston Red Sox).Horace Lisenbee #24. MLB.com. Retrieved 21 Sep 2024. Pieter Menten, 88, Dutch Nazi war criminal.Pieter N. Menten, War Criminal And Art Collector, Is Dead at 88. New York Times. Retrieved 21 Sep 2024. Buster Mott, 78, American NFL player.

15 Ernő Goldfinger, 85, Hungarian-born British architect and furniture designer.Ernö Goldfinger RA (1902–1987). Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 21 Sep 2024. Floyd Konetsky, 67, American NFL player (Cleveland Rams).