May 7th

185 Notable deaths

Charles Frohman

American theatrical producer.

Born July 15th, 1856 in Sandusky.

Died May 7th, 1915 at 58 years old in Atlantic Ocean, RMS Lusitania.

Joseph Greenberg

American linguist.

Born May 28th, 1915 in Brooklyn. [ref]

Died May 7th, 2011 at 95 years old in Stanford (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Pamela Green

British actress (1929-2010).

Born March 28th, 1929 in Surrey.

Died May 7th, 2010 at 81 years old in Isle of Wight (leukemia). [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.

Yuri Averbakh

Russian chess grandmaster and author (1922–2022).

Born February 8th, 1922 in Kaluga. [ref]

Died May 7th, 2022 at 100 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Stanisław Jerzy Lec

Polish writer (1909–1966).

Born March 6th, 1909 in Lviv.

Died May 7th, 1966 at 57 years old in Warsaw.

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]

Gholam Reza Pahlavi

Persian royal.

Born May 15th, 1923 in Tehran.

Died May 7th, 2017 at 93 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (pneumonia). [ref]

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