144,754 People died during my birthday Unusual Deaths in 1987 Dick shawn, a comedian who starred in the 1968 movie the producers, died of a heart attack while portraying a politician. just before he died, he announced, "if elected, i will not lay down on the job,". R. budd dwyer, a republican politician, committed suicide during a televised press conference. facing a potential 55-year jail sentence for alleged involvement in a conspiracy, dwyer shot himself in the mouth with a revolver. Natural disasters in 1987 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake Edmonton Tornado Great Storm of 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake People who died on December 11 (various years) 2006 - Elizabeth Bolden, American, oldest verified person in the world at the time of her death 2004 - Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach 2004 - José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer 2004 - M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer 2003 - Ahmadou Kourouma, Côte d'Ivoire writer 2000 - David Lewis, American actor 2000 - Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author 1999 - Kami, Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer) 1998 - Lynn Strait, American singer 1998 - André Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist 1996 - Willie Rushton, English cartoonist 1994 - Philip Phillips, American archaeologist 1991 - Artur Lundkvist, Swedish author and critic 1991 - Robert Q. Lewis, American game show host and actor 1989 - Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer 1984 - Oskar Seidlin, German-born American scholar 1983 - Sir Neil Ritchie, British General 1978 - Paul O'Dea, Baseball player 1978 - Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate 1971 - Maurice "Mac" McDonald, American fast-food pioneer 1964 - Percy Kilbride, American actor 1964 - Sam Cooke, American singer 1959 - Jim Bottomley, American baseball player 1957 - Musidora (Jeanne Roques), French actress 1950 - Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer 1945 - Charles Fabry, French physicist 1941 - Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician 1941 - John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator 1938 - Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian pacifist and recipient of Nobel Prize laureate 1920 - Olive Schreiner, South African writer 1918 - Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer 1909 - Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet 1892 - William Milligan, Scottish theologian 1880 - Oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician 1840 - Emperor Kokaku of Japan 1797 - Richard Brocklesby, English physician 1757 - Edmund Curll, English bookseller 1737 - John Strype, English historian 1694 - Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma 1532 - Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal 1282 - Michael VIII Palaeologus, Greek Byzantine Emperor 1282 - Llywelyn the Last, King of Gwynedd 1226 - Robert de Ros, English politician 1121 - Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt 384 - Pope Damasus I

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