List of Famous people who died at 87

Siegfried Matthus

First Name Siegfried
Last Name Matthus
Born on April 13, 1934
Died on August 27, 2021 (aged 87)

Siegfried Matthus was a German composer, conductor, and festival founder and manager. Some of his operas, such as Judith, were premiered at the Komische Oper Berlin in East Berlin. In 1991, he founded the chamber opera festival Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg and directed it until 2018. In 2005, he composed a Te Deum for the reopening of the Dresden Frauenkirche. Matthus is considered one of Germany's most often performed contemporary composers.

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Maurice Bidermann

Maurice Mendel Bidermann
First Name Maurice
Last Name Bidermann
Born on April 4, 1932
Died on March 30, 2020 (aged 87)

Maurice Bidermann, real name Maurice Zylberberg, was a French industrialist in the textile business, descended from Polish Jews. He was a Knight of the French National Order of Merit in 1991.

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Draga Olteanu Matei

First Name Draga
Born on October 24, 1933
Died on November 18, 2020 (aged 87)
Born in Romania

Draga Olteanu Matei was a Romanian actress. She performed in more than thirty films from 1967 to 2006. She received a star on the Romanian Walk of Fame in Bucharest on 29 October 2011.

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Yi Bangja

First Name Yi
Last Name Bangja
Born on November 4, 1901
Died on April 30, 1989 (aged 87)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Yi Bangja, Crown Princess Uimin of Korea was the consort of Crown Prince Euimin of Korea.

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Sven Lindqvist

First Name Sven
Born on March 28, 1932
Died on May 14, 2019 (aged 87)

Sven Oskar Lindqvist was a Swedish author of mostly non-fiction, whose works include Exterminate All the Brutes and A History of Bombing.

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Giacomo Biffi

First Name Giacomo
Last Name Biffi
Born on June 13, 1928
Died on July 11, 2015 (aged 87)
Born in Italy, Lombardy

Giacomo Biffi was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, having served as archbishop there from 1984 to 2003. he was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985.

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Gallieno Ferri

First Name Gallieno
Born on March 21, 1929
Died on April 2, 2016 (aged 87)
Born in Italy, Liguria

Gallieno Ferri was an Italian comic book artist and illustrator. He was born in Genoa.

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Urbain Braems

First Name Urbain
Last Name Braems
Born on November 10, 1933
Died on September 9, 2021 (aged 87)

Urbain Braems was a Belgian football player and manager.

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Paul Wolfisberg

First Name Paul
Last Name Wolfisberg
Born on June 15, 1933
Died on August 24, 2020 (aged 87)

Paul Wolfisberg was a Swiss footballer and coach.

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Louise Ebrel

Jeanne Louise Ebrel
First Name Louise
Last Name Ebrel
Born on July 27, 1932
Died on March 30, 2020 (aged 87)
Born in France, Brittany

Louise Ebrel was a Breton singer whose parents Eugénie Goadec and Job Ebrel were themselves singers. Her repertoire was composed of traditional Breton songs, either for dancing or for listening (gwerz).

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