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Hassan El-Hassani
Arts & Music
23
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Hassan El-Hassani

ุญุณู† ุงู„ุญุณู†ูŠ (ุญุณู† ุจู† ุงู„ุดูŠุฎ)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1916 โ€“ 1987 (71 years old)

Beloved comedic actor and satirical genius whose folk character 'Boubaghla' and appearances in films like 'Chronicle of the Years of Fire' made him the quintessential voice of rural Algerian wisdom.

Mรฉdรฉa, Algeria
Einar Gerhardsen
Politics
2
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Einar Gerhardsen

Einar Henry Gerhardsen
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway
1897-05-10 โ€“ 1987-09-19 (90 years old)

Towering Norwegian statesman revered as Landsfaderen ('Father of the Nation') who served as Prime Minister for sixteen years and built the modern post-war Norwegian social welfare state.

Oslo, Norway
Lorne Greene
Art
1
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Lorne Greene

The Voice of Canada
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
12 February 1915 โ€“ 11 September 1987 (72 years old)

Towering Ottawa-born broadcaster and actor who became "The Voice of Doom" on CBC wartime radio before starring as Ben Cartwright in Bonanza.

Culver City, United States
Naji al-Ali
Arts & Music
5
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Naji al-Ali

ู†ุงุฌูŠ ุงู„ุนู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Palestine
c. 1937 โ€“ 29 August 1987 (50 years old)

World-renowned Palestinian political cartoonist whose iconic ten-year-old character 'Handala' became the global symbol of Palestinian defiance.

Woking, United Kingdom
Bayard Rustin
Resistance & Human Rights
43
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Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
17 March 1912 โ€“ 24 August 1987 (75 years old)

Brilliant American civil rights strategist and pacifist who introduced Gandhian nonviolent resistance techniques to Martin Luther King Jr. and served as the chief logistics architect of the 1963 March on Washington.

Manhattan, New York City, United States
Didier Pironi
Sports & Athletics
35
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Didier Pironi

Didier Joseph-Louis Pironi
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
1952 โ€“ 1987 (35 years old)

French racing driver who won the 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans for Renault, three Formula One Grands Prix for Tyrrell, Ligier, and Ferrari, and was on the brink of the 1982 World Championship before a career-ending crash.

Grimaud (Var), France
Sports & Athletics
0
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Yidnekachew Tessema

Yidnekachew Tessema
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia
1921 โ€“ 1987 (65 years old)

Revered sports pioneer universally celebrated as the 'Father of African Football' who co-founded the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in 1957, served as CAF President for fifteen years, and led the sports boycott of apartheid South Africa.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Travadinha
Prophets & Divine Messengers
1
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Travadinha

Antรณnio Vicente Lopes
๐ŸŒ Cape Verde
1932-01-05 โ€“ 1987-08-09 (55 years old)

Legendary self-taught violin virtuoso from Santo Antรฃo whose lightning speed, improvisation, and recordings in Lisbon and Paris brought Cape Verde's traditional string folk music to international prestige.

Mindelo, Sรฃo Vicente, Cape Verde
Politics
2
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Rashid Karami

ุฑุดูŠุฏ ูƒุฑุงู…ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon
30 December 1921 โ€“ 1 June 1987 (65 years old)

Distinguished ten-time Prime Minister of Lebanon from Tripoli who spent his career fighting to preserve national unity during the civil war.

Tripoli, Lebanon
Gunnar Myrdal
Science
1
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Gunnar Myrdal

Karl Gunnar Myrdal
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden
1898-12-06 โ€“ 1987-05-17 (88 years old)

Eminent Swedish economist and sociologist awarded the 1974 Nobel Prize in Economics, celebrated for his monumental 1944 study on American racial segregation, 'An American Dilemma'.

Solna, Sweden
Obafemi Awolowo
Politics
1
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Obafemi Awolowo

Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria
1909-03-06 โ€“ 1987-05-09 (78 years old)

Eminent Nigerian nationalist and statesman who served as the first Premier of Western Nigeria, establishing universal free primary education and Africa's first television service.

Ikenne, Nigeria
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