1936–2023
Glenda Jackson
British actress and politician
87years old at death
31,813days lived
86%of the people on this site died younger
Glenda Jackson was born on 9 May 1936 and died on 15 June 2023, aged 87 years and 37 days. That is 31,813 days in all.
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Slightly shorter lives
- Max BornGerman-Jewish physicist and mathematician · 1882–197087 yrs
- Jacques CousteauFrench naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author · 1910–199787 yrs
- Bahadur Shah Zafar18th and last Mughal Emperor from 1837 to 1857 · 1775–186287 yrs
- Mother TeresaAlbanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary · 1910–199787 yrs
Slightly longer lives
- Gabriel García MárquezColombian writer and Nobel laureate · 1927–201487 yrs
- David Ben-GurionIsraeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel (1948–1953, 1955–1963) - · 1886–197387 yrs
- Mary PickfordCanadian actress and producer · 1892–197987 yrs
- Derek WalcottSaint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright · 1930–201787 yrs
Others who died at 87
- Margaret ThatcherPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 · 1925–201387 yrs
- Gabriel García MárquezColombian writer and Nobel laureate · 1927–201487 yrs
- Mother TeresaAlbanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary · 1910–199787 yrs
- Giuseppe VerdiItalian opera composer · 1813–190187 yrs
- Helen KellerAmerican deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar · 1880–196887 yrs
- HirohitoEmperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989 · 1901–198987 yrs
- Chiang Kai-shekChinese politician, military leader, and President of the ROC · 1887–197587 yrs
- Günter GrassGerman novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor · 1927–201587 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 87
Also born on 9 May
- J. M. BarrieScottish writer and playwright · 1860–193777 yrs
- Howard CarterBritish egyptologist · 1874–193964 yrs
- José Ortega y GassetSpanish liberal philosopher and essayist · 1883–195572 yrs
- Sophie SchollGerman resistance fighter during the Nazi regime, member of the White Rose · 1921–194321 yrs
- Manfred EigenGerman biophysical chemist · 1927–201991 yrs
- Albert Finney ↗British actor · 1936–201982 yrs
Where this comes from
Dates are from Wikidata (free to use under CC0), last updated 22 October 2026. Dates in old records are sometimes disputed.
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