List of Famous people who died at 87

Herbert Mies was a German politician. He joined the Communist Party of Germany in 1945. Mies was elected chairman of the (West) German Communist Party in 1973. He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1985/1986. Mies resigned from his position as party chairman in October 1989.

Ror Wolf was a German writer, poet, and artist who also published under the pseudonym Raoul Tranchirer. He wrote audio plays, novels, and poems and made collages.

David Goldblatt HonFRPS was a South African photographer noted for his portrayal of South Africa during the period of apartheid. After apartheid had ended he concentrated more on the country's landscapes. What differentiates Goldblatt's body of work from those of other anti-apartheid artists is that he photographed issues that went beyond the violent events of apartheid and reflected the conditions that led up to them. His forms of protest have a subtlety that traditional documentary photographs may lack: "[M]y dispassion was an attitude in which I tried to avoid easy judgments. . . . This resulted in a photography that appeared to be disengaged and apolitical, but which was in fact the opposite." He has numerous publications to his name.

Helenio Herrera Gavilán was an Argentine, naturalized French, football player and manager. He is best remembered for his success with the Inter Milan team known as Grande Inter in the 1960s.

Chikage Awashima was a Japanese film and stage actress.

Renald Ivanovich Knysh was a Soviet and Belarusian coach in artistic gymnastics best known as the coach of Olga Korbut. He is also an accused child rapist, with allegations from multiple gymnasts he coached. He was an Honored Сoach of the BSSR and the USSR, Honorary Сitizen of Grodno.

Julia Ann Harris was an American actress. Renowned for her classical and contemporary stage work, she received five Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play.

Ursula Fuchs was a German writer of children's books. In 1980 she received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Emma oder die unruhige Zeit. In 1983, Wiebke und Paul was nominated for the Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreises. In 1984 she received the Silberne Feder from the German Medical Association. Some books were translated, such as Emma oder die unruhige Zeit.

Werner Vorndran, known professionally as Fred Delmare, was a German actor.

Heinrich Malangré was a German business executive, lawyer, publisher and philanthropist. An observant Catholic, he held many church offices and was a knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.