page_title: 1987
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 1987 / Deaths / January
caption_attribution_description: Publicity photo of American entertainer, Ray Bolger, circa 1942, promoting the Broadway production of Rodgers &amp; Hart's musical comedy By Jupiter (originally titled "All's Fair").
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: January 2 – Jean de Gribaldy, French road cyclist and directeur sportif (b. 1922)
  January 5 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian supercentenarian (b. 1875)
  January 9 – Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905)
  January 10
  Håkan Malmrot, Swedish Olympic swimmer (b. 1900)
  Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. 1919)
  January 13 – Turgut Demirağ, Turkish film producer, director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
  January 14 – Douglas Sirk, German-born film director (b. 1897)
  January 15 – Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)
  January 16 – Joyce Jameson, American actress (b. 1932)
  January 22 – R. Budd Dwyer, American politician (b. 1939)
  January 25
  Asim Ferhatović, Yugoslav football player (b. 1933)
  Nahuel Moreno, Argentine Trotskyist leader (b. 1924)
  January 27 – Norman McLaren, Canadian animator and director (b. 1914)
  January 28 – Galo Plaza, Ecuadorian statesman, 29th President of Ecuador (b. 1906)
  January 31 – Yves Allégret, French film director (b. 1905)
caption: Ray Bolger
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