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January 7th
212 Notable deaths
Vahan Terian
Armenian poet.
Born February 9th, 1885 in Gandzani.
Died January 7th, 1920 at 34 years old in Orenburg (tuberculosis).
Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao
Galician writer, painter, doctor and politician (1886-1950).
Born January 30th, 1886 in Rianxo. [ref]
Died January 7th, 1950 at 63 years old in Buenos Aires (lung cancer). [ref]
James Carr
American musician (1942-2001).
Born June 13th, 1942 in Coahoma. [ref]
Died January 7th, 2001 at 58 years old in Memphis (lung cancer). [ref]
Uri Lupoliansky
Israeli politician.
Born August 29th, 1951 in Haifa.
Died January 7th, 2026 at 74 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Tadeusz Konwicki
Polish writer and film director.
Born June 22nd, 1926 in Naujoji Vilnia. [ref]
Died January 7th, 2015 at 88 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
James Leonard Brierley Smith
South african ichthyologist (1897–1968).
Born October 26th, 1897 in Graaff-Reinet.
Died January 7th, 1968 at 70 years old in Makhanda (cyanide poisoning).
Dov Yosef
Israeli politician (1899-1980).
Born May 27th, 1899 in Montreal. [ref]
Died January 7th, 1980 at 80 years old in Beersheba.
Herbert Wilf
American mathematician.
Born June 13th, 1931 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died January 7th, 2012 at 80 years old in Wynnewood (neuromuscular disease). [ref]
Bruria Kaufman
Physicist.
Born August 21st, 1918 in New York City.
Died January 7th, 2010 at 91 years old in Israel. [ref]
Hans Monderman
Dutch engineer (1945–2008).
Born November 19th, 1945 in Leeuwarden.
Died January 7th, 2008 at 62 years old in Ureterp (prostate cancer). [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 212
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain