... Williams, Jr., also released best-selling albums in 1987. Deaths in 1987 included jazz artists Buddy Rich, Maxine Sullivan, Kid Thomas, Sammy Kave, Jaco Pastorius, and Woody Herman; blues artist Paul Butterfield; songwriter Boudleaux Bryant; and reggae artist Peter Tosh. Television During the 1986-1987 prime-time television season and continuing into the 1987-1988 programming schedule, NBC held ... , claiming the strike had taught the network it could function with fewer employees. During 1987, members of the Writers Guild of America struck CBS and ABC. But fewer employees were affected a...

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