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February 7th
156 Notable deaths
James Leslie Mitchell
Scottish writer (1901-1935).
Born February 13th, 1901 in Aberdeenshire.
Died February 7th, 1935 at 33 years old in Welwyn Garden City (peritonitis).
Philip G. Epstein
American screenwriter (1909-1952).
Born August 22nd, 1909 in New York City. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1952 at 42 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Alan MacDiarmid
New zealand chemist (1927-2007).
Born April 14th, 1927 in Masterton. [ref]
Died February 7th, 2007 at 79 years old in Drexel Hill (fall). [ref]
Augusto Monterroso
Guatemalan writer.
Born December 21st, 1921 in Tegucigalpa. [ref]
Died February 7th, 2003 at 81 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Nexhmije Pagarusha
Kosovo singer (1933-2020).
Born May 7th, 1933 in Pagarushë.
Died February 7th, 2020 at 86 years old in Pristina.
Paul Mattick
American political writer (1904-1981).
Born March 13th, 1904 in Słupsk.
Died February 7th, 1981 at 76 years old in Cambridge.
J. Hillis Miller
American literary critic, university professor.
Born March 5th, 1928 in Newport News.
Died February 7th, 2021 at 92 years old in Sedgwick. [ref]
Dafydd Elis-Thomas
Welsh politician (1946–2025).
Born October 18th, 1946 in Carmarthen.
Died February 7th, 2025 at 78 years old [ref]
Vladimir Lossky
Theologian, philosopher.
Born June 8th, 1903 in Göttingen. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1958 at 54 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jan Olszewski
Polish lawyer and politician (1930-2019).
Born August 20th, 1930 in Warsaw.
Died February 7th, 2019 at 88 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 156
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker