May 7th
166 Notable deaths
Doveton Sturdee
Royal navy admiral of the fleet.
Born June 7th, 1859 in Lewisham.
Died May 7th, 1925 at 65 years old in Camberley.
Aisha Jummai
Nigerian politician, public servant, lawyer (1959–2021).
Born September 16th, 1959 in Jalingo.
Died May 7th, 2021 at 61 years old
Fethi Okyar
Turkish politician (1880-1943).
Born April 29th, 1880 in Prilep.
Died May 7th, 1943 at 63 years old in Istanbul, Ankara.
Margaret Cole
English socialist politician (1893-1980).
Born May 6th, 1893 in Cambridge.
Died May 7th, 1980 at 87 years old in Goring-on-Thames.
Dimitar Blagoev
Bulgarian politician.
Born June 14th, 1856 in Vasileiada. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1924 at 67 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Wilhelm Filchner
German explorer (1877-1957).
Born September 13th, 1877 in Munich.
Died May 7th, 1957 at 79 years old in Zurich.
Antonio González Pacheco
Spanish police officer and torturer.
Born October 10th, 1946 in Aldea del Cano.
Died May 7th, 2020 at 73 years old in Madrid (COVID-19). [ref]
Edward Sedgwick
Film director, screenwriter.
Born November 7th, 1892 in Galveston.
Died May 7th, 1953 at 60 years old in North Hollywood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Olga Skorokhodova
Russian writer and research fellow (1911-1982).
Born July 24th, 1914 in Bilozerka.
Died May 7th, 1982 at 67 years old in Moscow.
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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs