May 7th
157 Notable deaths
Joseph Greenberg
American linguist.
Born May 28th, 1915 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died May 7th, 2011 at 95 years old in Stanford (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Charles Sheeler
American artist (1883-1965).
Born July 16th, 1883 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1965 at 81 years old in Dobbs Ferry. [ref]
Arnold van Gennep
French ethnographer and folklorist.
Born April 23rd, 1873 in Ludwigsburg. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1957 at 84 years old in Bourg-la-Reine. [ref]
Ermanno Olmi
Italian film director.
Born July 24th, 1931 in Bergamo. [ref]
Died May 7th, 2018 at 86 years old in Asiago (disease).
Willard Boyle
Canadian physicist and inventor.
Born August 19th, 1924 in Amherst.
Died May 7th, 2011 at 86 years old in Wallace (kidney disease). [ref]
Nicholas Worth
American actor.
Born September 4th, 1937 in Clayton.
Died May 7th, 2007 at 69 years old in Van Nuys (heart failure).
Octavian Goga
Romanian politician and poet.
Born April 1st, 1881 in Rășinari.
Died May 7th, 1938 at 57 years old in Ciucea.
Gaston Defferre
French politician (1910–1986).
Born September 14th, 1910 in Marsillargues. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1986 at 75 years old in Marseille. [ref]
Basanti Devi
Indian freedom activist (1880-1974).
Born March 23rd, 1880 in Assam.
Died May 7th, 1974 at 94 years old
Du Yuming
Chinese general.
Born November 28th, 1904 in Mizhi County.
Died May 7th, 1981 at 76 years old in Beijing.
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte