List of Famous people who died in 1987

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Georg Wittig

First Name Georg

Last Name Wittig

Born on June 16, 1897

Died on August 26, 1987 (aged 90)

Born in Germany

Georg Wittig was a German chemist who reported a method for synthesis of alkenes from aldehydes and ketones using compounds called phosphonium ylides in the Wittig reaction. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Herbert C. Brown in 1979.

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Harry Keller

First Name Harry

Last Name Keller

Born on February 22, 1913

Died on January 19, 1987 (aged 73)

Born in United States of America, California

Filmmaker

Harry Keller was an American film editor, producer and director, who made a number of westerns and worked for many years at Universal Pictures.

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Daphne Howard McLaughlin

First Name Daphne

Born on January 1, 1902

Died on January 1, 1987 (aged 85)

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Bryan Bishop Martin

First Name Bryan

Last Name Martin

Born on July 5, 1916

Died on December 6, 1987 (aged 71)

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Alexander Stoton Smith

First Name Alexander

Last Name Smith

Born on January 1, 1909

Died on January 1, 1987 (aged 78)

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Caroline Judith Francklin

First Name Caroline

Last Name Francklin

Died on January 1, 1987 (aged 17)

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Ernestine Henriette Royaards

First Name Ernestine

Born on September 23, 1904

Died on February 1, 1987 (aged 82)

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Richard James Longfield

First Name Richard

Last Name Longfield

Died on January 1, 1987 (aged 17)

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Anthony Chaworth-Musters

First Name Anthony

Last Name Chaworth-Musters

Born on January 1, 1892

Died on January 1, 1987 (aged 95)

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Jocelyn Hyde Laugharne Griffith-Jones

First Name Jocelyn

Last Name Griffith-Jones

Born on November 30, 1979

Died on November 30, 1987 (aged 8)

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