In the year 2007
857 Notable deaths
Teresa Brewer
American pop singer (1931-2007).
Died October 17th, 2007 at 76 years old in New Rochelle (progressive supranuclear palsy). [ref]
Lloyd Alexander
American children's writer (1924-2007).
Born January 30th, 1924 in Philadelphia.
Died May 17th, 2007 at 83 years old in Drexel Hill (cancer). [ref]
Ryszard Kapuściński
Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author (1932–2007).
Born March 4th, 1932 in Pinsk. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 2007 at 74 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Natasja Saad
Danish singer and rapper (1974–2007).
Born October 31st, 1974 in Copenhagen.
Died June 24th, 2007 at 32 years old in Spanish Town (traffic collision). [ref]
Verity Lambert
English television and film producer (1935–2007).
Born November 27th, 1935 in London.
Died November 22nd, 2007 at 71 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
George Grizzard
American actor (1928–2007).
Born April 1st, 1928 in Roanoke Rapids.
Died October 2nd, 2007 at 79 years old in Manhattan (lung cancer). [ref]
Jack Valenti
American political advisor and lobbyist who served as a special assistant to u.s. president lyndon b. johnson; also president of the mpaa (1921-2007).
Born September 5th, 1921 in Houston.
Died April 26th, 2007 at 85 years old in Washington, D.C. (stroke). [ref]
Arthur Jones
American inventor (1926–2007).
Born August 22nd, 1926 in Morrilton.
Died August 28th, 2007 at 81 years old in Ocala.
Maurice Papon
French civil servant, vichy collaborator, and war criminal (1910–2007).
Born September 3rd, 1910 in Gretz-Armainvilliers. [ref]
Died February 17th, 2007 at 96 years old in Pontault-Combault (heart failure). [ref]
Mala Powers
American actress (1931-2007).
Born December 20th, 1931 in San Francisco.
Died June 11th, 2007 at 75 years old in Burbank (leukemia). [ref]
Vladimir Kryuchkov
Soviet politician, chairman of kgb (1924-2007).
Born February 29th, 1924 in Volgograd.
Died November 23rd, 2007 at 83 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Galina Dzhugashvili
Russian translator (1938-2007).
Born February 19th, 1938 in Moscow.
Died August 27th, 2007 at 69 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]
Lim Goh Tong
Malaysian businessman (1918–2007).
Born February 28th, 1918 in Anxi County.
Died October 23rd, 2007 at 89 years old in Subang Jaya. [ref]
Ettore Sottsass
Italian architect and designer (1917–2007).
Born September 14th, 1917 in Innsbruck. [ref]
Died December 31st, 2007 at 90 years old in Milan (heart failure). [ref]
Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Native american entertainer (1936–2007).
Born August 17th, 1936 in Lake Traverse Indian Reservation.
Died December 13th, 2007 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia). [ref]
John Backus
American computer scientist (1924–2007).
Born December 3rd, 1924 in Philadelphia.
Died March 17th, 2007 at 82 years old in Ashland. [ref]
Abdul Rahman Arif
President of iraq from 1966 to 1968.
Born April 14th, 1916 in Baghdad.
Died August 24th, 2007 at 91 years old in Amman. [ref]
Tige Andrews
American actor (1920-2007).
Born March 19th, 1920 in Brooklyn.
Died January 27th, 2007 at 86 years old in Encino (cardiac arrest).
Ousmane Sembène
Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author (1923–2007).
Born January 1st, 1923 in Ziguinchor.
Died June 9th, 2007 at 84 years old in Dakar. [ref]
Laurie Baker
English architect (1917–2007).
Born March 2nd, 1917 in Birmingham.
Died April 1st, 2007 at 90 years old in Thiruvananthapuram. [ref]
Henry Hyde
American member of the united states house of representatives (1924–2007).
Born April 18th, 1924 in Chicago.
Died November 29th, 2007 at 83 years old in Chicago.
Benjamin Libet
American academic (1916–2007).
Born April 12th, 1916 in Chicago.
Died July 23rd, 2007 at 91 years old in Davis. [ref]
Norval Morrisseau
Canadian artist.
Born March 14th, 1932 in Greenstone. [ref]
Died December 4th, 2007 at 75 years old in Toronto (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Marais Viljoen
South african politician (1915-2007).
Born December 2nd, 1915 in Robertson.
Died January 4th, 2007 at 91 years old in Pretoria (disease). [ref]
Vilma Espin Guillois
Cuban politician (1930-2007).
Born April 7th, 1930 in Santiago de Cuba.
Died June 18th, 2007 at 77 years old in Havana (cancer).
Deaths 151 to 175 of 857
No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away. Terry Pratchett