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In the year 2007
778 Notable deaths
Akiva Yaglom
Russian mathematician (1921–2007).
Born March 6th, 1921 in Kharkiv.
Died December 13th, 2007 at 86 years old in Boston.
Makoto Oda
Japanese writer (1932-2007).
Died July 30th, 2007 at 75 years old (stomach cancer). [ref]
Veikko Karvonen
Athletics competitor.
Born January 5th, 1926 in Gromovo.
Died August 1st, 2007 at 81 years old in Turku. [ref]
Juan Joya
Peruvian footballer (1934-2007).
Born February 25th, 1934 in Lima.
Died March 29th, 2007 at 73 years old in Lima.
Ellen Preis
Austrian fencer.
Died November 18th, 2007 at 95 years old in Vienna (kidney failure). [ref]
Gohar Gasparyan
Armenian opera singer (1924-2007).
Born December 14th, 1924 in Cairo.
Died May 16th, 2007 at 82 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Jesús de Polanco
Spanish businessman (1929–2007).
Born November 7th, 1929 in Madrid.
Died July 21st, 2007 at 77 years old in Madrid (multiple myeloma). [ref]
Shin Hyun-hwak
South korean politician (1920-2007).
Born October 29th, 1920 in North Gyeongsang.
Died April 26th, 2007 at 86 years old in Seoul (disease).
David Vanole
American soccer player (1963-2007).
Born February 6th, 1963 in Redondo Beach.
Died January 15th, 2007 at 43 years old in Salt Lake City (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 561 to 570 of 778
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel