May 7th
163 Notable deaths
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]
Doveton Sturdee
Royal navy admiral of the fleet.
Born June 7th, 1859 in Lewisham.
Died May 7th, 1925 at 65 years old in Camberley.
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. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1957 at 79 years old in Zürich. [ref]
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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