August 7th
150 Notable deaths
Jane Withers
American actress (1926-2021).
Born April 12th, 1926 in Atlanta.
Died August 7th, 2021 at 95 years old in Burbank. [ref]
Joi Lansing
American actress.
Born April 6th, 1928 in Salt Lake City.
Died August 7th, 1972 at 44 years old in Santa Monica (breast cancer).
John Anderson
American actor (1922-1992).
Born October 20th, 1922 in Clayton. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1992 at 69 years old in Sherman Oaks (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Stan Mikita
Slovak-born canadian ice hockey player.
Born May 20th, 1940 in Sokolče.
Died August 7th, 2018 at 78 years old in Chicago.
Willy DeVille
American musician, singer-songwriter.
Born August 27th, 1953 in Stamford. [ref]
Died August 7th, 2009 at 55 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Leonard Wood
5th chief of staff of the u.s. army (1860-1927).
Born October 9th, 1860 in Winchester. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1927 at 66 years old in Boston (brain cancer). [ref]
Hermine Reuss of Greiz
German imperial and royal (1887-1947).
Born December 17th, 1887 in Greiz.
Died August 7th, 1947 at 59 years old in Frankfurt (Oder).
Don Baylor
American baseball player and coach.
Born June 28th, 1949 in Austin.
Died August 7th, 2017 at 68 years old in Austin (bone cancer).
Haruo Nakajima
Japanese actor.
Born January 1st, 1929 in Sakata, Yamagata.
Died August 7th, 2017 at 88 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
Hugh Carey
American politician (1919–2011).
Born April 11th, 1919 in Brooklyn.
Died August 7th, 2011 at 92 years old in Shelter Island (heart failure). [ref]
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Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi