page_title: 1987
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 1987 / Deaths / October
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Woody Herman.
context_page_description: 1987 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1987th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 987th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1980s decade.
context_section_description: October 2
  Madeleine Carroll, English actress (b. 1906)
  Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1915)
  October 3
  Jean Anouilh, French dramatist (b. 1910)
  Hans Gál, composer, teacher and author (b. 1890)
  October 8
  Spencer Gordon Bennet, American film producer (b. 1893)
  Konstantinos Tsatsos, President of Greece (b. 1899)
  October 9
  Clare Boothe Luce, American playwright (b. 1903)
  William P. Murphy, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1892)
  October 10 – Carlos Ancira, Mexican film actor (b. 1929)
  October 11 – Jaime Pardo Leal, Colombian lawyer, union leader, and politician (b. 1941)
  October 12
  Alf Landon, American politician (b. 1887)
  Fahri Korutürk, Turkish diplomat, 6th President of Turkey (b. 1903)
  October 13
  Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
  Kishore Kumar, Indian playback singer (b. 1929)
  October 15 – Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe politician, 5th Prime Minister of Burkina Faso and 2nd President of Burkina Faso (b. 1949)
  October 19
  Jacqueline du Pré, British cellist (b. 1945)
  Hermann Lang, German race car driver (b. 1909)
  October 20 – Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1903)
  October 22 – Lino Ventura, Italian actor (b. 1919)
  October 27 – Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer (b. 1911)
  October 28 – André Masson, French artist (b. 1896)
  October 29 – Woody Herman, American jazz musician (b. 1913)
  October 30 – Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, author (b. 1904)
caption: Woody Herman
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