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In the year 2007
857 Notable deaths
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
Pakistani fundamentalist.
Born January 29th, 1964 in Islamabad.
Died July 10th, 2007 at 43 years old in Lal Masjid. [ref]
Ian Porterfield
Scottish footballer (1946–2007).
Born February 11th, 1946 in Dunfermline.
Died September 11th, 2007 at 61 years old in Surrey (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Mark Burns
British actor (1936–2007).
Born March 30th, 1936 in Bromsgrove.
Died May 8th, 2007 at 71 years old in London (lung cancer).
Del Reeves
American singer (1932–2007).
Born July 14th, 1932 in Sparta.
Died January 1st, 2007 at 74 years old in Centerville (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Jane Bolin
American judge (1908–2007).
Born April 11th, 1908 in Poughkeepsie. [ref]
Died January 8th, 2007 at 98 years old in Queens. [ref]
Lee Bergere
American actor (1918-2007).
Born April 10th, 1924 in Brooklyn.
Died January 31st, 2007 at 82 years old in New Hampshire. [ref]
Alfonso López Michelsen
32 president of colombia from 1974 to 1978.
Born June 30th, 1913 in Bogotá.
Died July 11th, 2007 at 94 years old in Bogotá (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Petar Stambolić
Yugoslav communist politician (1912-2007).
Born July 12th, 1912 in Ivanjica.
Died September 21st, 2007 at 95 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Elizabeth Hardwick
American writer and literary critic (1916–2007).
Born July 27th, 1916 in Lexington. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 2007 at 91 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Ray Evans
American songwriter (1915-2007).
Born February 4th, 1915 in Salamanca.
Died February 15th, 2007 at 92 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Barbara Gittings
American librarian, lgbt rights activist (1932–2007).
Born July 31st, 1932 in Vienna.
Died February 18th, 2007 at 74 years old in Kennett Square (breast cancer). [ref]
André Gorz
Austrian born french philosopher and journalist (1923-2007).
Born February 9th, 1923 in Vienna.
Died September 22nd, 2007 at 84 years old in Vosnon.
Jean-Claude Brialy
French actor and director (1933-2007).
Born March 30th, 1933 in Sour El-Ghozlane.
Died May 30th, 2007 at 74 years old in Monthyon (jaw cancer). [ref]
R.B. Kitaj
American artist (1932-2007).
Born October 29th, 1932 in Chagrin Falls. [ref]
Died October 21st, 2007 at 74 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Magda Szabó
Hungarian writer, poet and translator (1917–2007).
Born October 5th, 1917 in Debrecen.
Died November 19th, 2007 at 90 years old in Budapest, Kerepes. [ref]
Teala Loring
American actress (1922-2007).
Born October 6th, 1922 in Denver.
Died January 28th, 2007 at 84 years old in Spring (traffic collision).
Luther Ingram
American r&b and soul singer-songwriter (1937-2007).
Born November 30th, 1937 in Jackson.
Died March 19th, 2007 at 69 years old in Belleville (heart failure). [ref]
Bruno Mattei
Italian film director, film editor and screenwriter (1931–2007).
Died May 21st, 2007 at 75 years old in Lido di Ostia (brain cancer). [ref]
Salomon Morel
Holocaust survivor accused of war crimes by polish government.
Born November 15th, 1919 in Garbów.
Died February 14th, 2007 at 87 years old in Tel Aviv.
Nicholas Worth
American actor (1937–2007).
Born September 4th, 1937 in Clayton.
Died May 7th, 2007 at 69 years old in Van Nuys (heart failure).
Richard Franklin
Australian film director (1948–2007).
Born July 15th, 1948 in Melbourne.
Died July 11th, 2007 at 58 years old in Melbourne (prostate cancer).
Karen Spärck Jones
British computer scientist (1935–2007).
Born August 26th, 1935 in Huddersfield.
Died April 4th, 2007 at 71 years old in Willingham (cancer). [ref]
Fred Saberhagen
American writer (1930–2007).
Born May 18th, 1930 in Chicago.
Died June 29th, 2007 at 77 years old in Albuquerque (prostate cancer). [ref]
Leela Majumdar
Indian author of children's books (1908–2007).
Born February 26th, 1908 in Kolkata.
Died April 5th, 2007 at 99 years old in Kolkata. [ref]
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Spanish actor, screenwriter, and director, (1921–2007).
Born August 28th, 1921 in Lima.
Died November 21st, 2007 at 86 years old in Madrid (pneumonia). [ref]
Deaths 276 to 300 of 857
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk