May 7th
157 Notable deaths
Chil Rajchman
Polish holocaust survivor.
Born June 14th, 1914 in Łódź. [ref]
Died May 7th, 2004 at 89 years old in Montevideo.
Haim Bar-Lev
Israeli general and politician (1924-1994).
Born November 16th, 1924 in Vienna. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1994 at 69 years old in Tel Aviv (cancer).
Tony Genaro
American actor.
Born October 15th, 1942 in Gallup.
Died May 7th, 2014 at 71 years old in Hollywood.
Hugh Thomas
British historian (1931-2017).
Born October 21st, 1931 in Windsor.
Died May 7th, 2017 at 85 years old in London. [ref]
Yegor Ligachyov
Soviet politician.
Born November 29th, 1920 in Kainskiy Uyezd.
Died May 7th, 2021 at 100 years old in Moscow. [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]
Colin Pillinger
Professor of planetary science (1943-2014).
Born May 9th, 1943 in Bristol.
Died May 7th, 2014 at 70 years old in Cambridge (cerebral hemorrhage).
Mike Spence
British racing driver.
Born December 30th, 1936 in Croydon.
Died May 7th, 1968 at 31 years old in Indianapolis (traffic collision).
Felix Weingartner
Austrian conductor, composer and pianist (1863-1942).
Born June 2nd, 1863 in Zadar. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1942 at 78 years old in Winterthur. [ref]
Peter Rauhofer
Disc jockey.
Born April 29th, 1965 in Vienna.
Died May 7th, 2013 at 48 years old in New York City (brain cancer). [ref]
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine