List of Famous people who died at 87

María Luisa González Benés, known artistically as Marisa de Leza, was a Spanish film and television actress. She died in Madrid after a long illness, aged 87.

Clarence Melvin Zener was the American physicist who first (1934) described the property concerning the breakdown of electrical insulators. These findings were later exploited by Bell Labs in the development of the Zener diode, which was duly named after him. Zener was a theoretical physicist with a background in mathematics who conducted research in a wide range of subjects including: superconductivity, metallurgy, ferromagnetism, elasticity, fracture mechanics, diffusion, and geometric programming.

Maria Cecilia Fusco was an Italian operatic soprano and voice teacher. In a long career, she appeared regularly at La Scala in Milan, and leading opera houses in Italy and abroad. Her broad repertoire included works from early Italian opera to premieres of contemporary opera.

Roland Dorgelès was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Goncourt.

Leticia Valdez Ramos-Shahani was a Filipino Senator and writer.

Miguel Torga, pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha, is considered one of the greatest Portuguese writers of the 20th century. He wrote poetry, short stories, a genre in which he is considered a master, theater and a 16 volume diary, written from 1932 to 1993.

Gilberto de Mello Freyre was a Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman, born in Recife, Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. He is commonly associated with other major Brazilian cultural interpreters of the first half of the 20th century, such as Sérgio Buarque de Holanda and Caio Prado Júnior. His best-known work is a sociological treatise named Casa-Grande & Senzala. Two sequels followed, The Mansions & the Shanties: The Making of Modern Brazil and Order & Progress: Brazil from Monarchy to Republic. The trilogy is generally considered a classic of modern cultural anthropology and social history, although it is not without its critics.

Serafino Sprovieri was a Roman Catholic archbishop.

Rudolf Fernau was a German film actor. He appeared in 53 films between 1936 and 1982. He was born and died in Munich, Germany.

Joseph Thomin was a French professional road bicycle racer, who won one stage of the 1956 Tour de France.