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May 7th
157 Notable deaths
Nick Berg
American freelance radio tower repairman taken hostage and killed in iraq.
Born April 2nd, 1978 in Philadelphia.
Died May 7th, 2004 at 26 years old in Iraq (decapitation).
Diego Corrales
American professional boxer.
Born August 25th, 1977 in Columbia, Sacramento.
Died May 7th, 2007 at 29 years old in Las Vegas (motorcycle accident). [ref]
Machiko Soga
Japanese actress and voice actress (1938-2006).
Born March 18th, 1938 in Hachiōji.
Died May 7th, 2006 at 68 years old in Kunitachi (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Lurleen Brigham Burns Wallace
American politician (1926-1968).
Born September 19th, 1926 in Tuscaloosa.
Died May 7th, 1968 at 41 years old in Houston (uterine cancer).
Elbert Green Hubbard
American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher.
Born June 19th, 1856 in Bloomington.
Died May 7th, 1915 at 58 years old in Atlantic Ocean, RMS Lusitania (drowning).
Jean Vanier
Canadian humanitarian, catholic philosopher, and theologian.
Born September 10th, 1928 in Plainpalais. [ref]
Died May 7th, 2019 at 90 years old in maison médicale Jeanne Garnier (thyroid cancer). [ref]
George Lansbury
British politician and reformer (1859–1940).
Born February 21st, 1859 in Halesworth.
Died May 7th, 1940 at 81 years old in Golders Green (stomach cancer).
Theodore von Kármán
Hungarian-american mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist.
Born May 11th, 1881 in Budapest. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1963 at 81 years old in Aachen. [ref]
Gunter Sachs
Photographer, author and industrialist (1932-2011).
Born November 14th, 1932 in Schonungen. [ref]
Died May 7th, 2011 at 78 years old in Gstaad (ballistic trauma). [ref]
William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme
English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician (1851-1925).
Born September 19th, 1851 in Bolton. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1925 at 73 years old in Hampstead. [ref]
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By becoming deeply aware of our mortality, we intensify our experience of every aspect of life. Robert Greene