In the year 2007
790 Notable deaths
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.
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
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 screen writer.
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.
Born September 4th, 1937 in Clayton.
Died May 7th, 2007 at 69 years old in Van Nuys (heart failure).
Richard Franklin
Australian film director.
Born July 15th, 1948 in Melbourne. [ref]
Died July 11th, 2007 at 58 years old in Melbourne (prostate cancer). [ref]
Karen Spärck Jones
British computer scientist.
Born August 26th, 1935 in Huddersfield.
Died April 4th, 2007 at 71 years old in Willingham (cancer). [ref]
Fred Saberhagen
American writer.
Born May 18th, 1930 in Chicago. [ref]
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]
Wolfgang Iser
German philologist.
Born July 22nd, 1926 in Marienberg. [ref]
Died January 24th, 2007 at 80 years old in Konstanz. [ref]
Rudolf August Oetker
German businessman, art collector, nazi waffen ss (1916-2007).
Born September 20th, 1916 in Bielefeld.
Died January 16th, 2007 at 90 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Craig L. Thomas
American politician (1933-2007).
Born February 17th, 1933 in Cody.
Died June 4th, 2007 at 74 years old in Bethesda (leukemia).
Álvaro Holden Roberto
Angolan politician (1923-2007).
Born January 12th, 1923 in M'banza-Kongo.
Died August 2nd, 2007 at 84 years old in Luanda. [ref]
Sidney Coleman
American physicist (1937–2007).
Born March 7th, 1937 in Chicago.
Died November 18th, 2007 at 70 years old in Cambridge.
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris