List of Famous people who died at 87

Doris Fisher was an American singer and songwriter, collaborating both as lyricist and composer. She co-wrote many popular songs in the 1940s, including "Whispering Grass", "You Always Hurt the One You Love", "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall", "That Ole Devil Called Love", and "Put the Blame on Mame." Her songs were recorded by the Ink Spots, Louis Prima, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, the Andrews Sisters, Pearl Bailey, the Mills Brothers and Ella Fitzgerald amongst others.

Nikolay Konstantinovich Dorizo was a Russian poet.

Stig Olin, né Högberg was a Swedish actor, theatre director, songwriter and singer. He was the father of actress Lena Olin and singer Mats Olin. He was married to film actresses Britta Holmberg and Helena Kallenbäck.

Hélène Missoffe was a French Union of Democrats for the Republic later the Rally for the Republic politician. She was elected three times as a deputy of the National Assembly between 1974 and 1986, firstly to represent the 24th district of Paris during the fifth and sixth legislatures of the National Assembly and lastly to represent the Val-d'Oise constituency at the eighth National Assembly legislature. Missoffe served as a senator in the French Senate for Val-d'Oise from 1986 to 1995 and was a vice-president of the Regional Council of Île-de-France. She was appointed Officier de la Légion d'honneur.

Petro Yukhymovych Shelest was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR.

Dina Isaakovna Kaminskaya was a lawyer and human rights activist in the Soviet Union who was forced to emigrate in 1977 to avoid arrest. She and her husband moved to the United States. She was born in Yekaterinoslav.

Colonel Sir John Luke Lowther was a British soldier and Northamptonshire gentleman.