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In the year 2007
704 Notable deaths
Maurice Papon
French civil servant, vichy collaborator, and war criminal.
Born September 3rd, 1910 in Gretz-Armainvilliers. [ref]
Died February 17th, 2007 at 96 years old in Pontault-Combault (heart failure). [ref]
Marais Viljoen
South african politician (1915-2007).
Born December 2nd, 1915 in Robertson.
Died January 4th, 2007 at 91 years old in Pretoria (disease). [ref]
Hughie Thomasson
American guitarist and singer (1952-2007).
Born August 13th, 1952 in Tampa.
Died September 9th, 2007 at 55 years old in Brooksville (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Malietoa Tanumafili II
Malietoa in samoa (1913-2007).
Born January 4th, 1913 in Samoa.
Died May 11th, 2007 at 94 years old in Apia.
Norval Morrisseau
Canadian artist.
Born March 14th, 1932 in Greenstone. [ref]
Died December 4th, 2007 at 75 years old in Toronto (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Paul Watzlawick
Austrian-american psychologist and philosopher (1921-2007).
Born July 25th, 1921 in Villach. [ref]
Died March 31st, 2007 at 85 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
Ousmane Sembène
Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and author.
Born January 1st, 1923 in Ziguinchor. [ref]
Died June 9th, 2007 at 84 years old in Dakar. [ref]
Kerwin Mathews
American actor (1926–2007).
Born January 8th, 1926 in Seattle. [ref]
Died July 5th, 2007 at 81 years old in San Francisco (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Iwao Takamoto
American animator (1925-2007).
Born April 29th, 1925 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died January 8th, 2007 at 81 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Guy de Rothschild
Jewish-french banker, art collector, horse breeder.
Born May 21st, 1909 in 8th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 12th, 2007 at 98 years old in Ferrières-en-Brie. [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 704
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks