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In the year 2007
740 Notable deaths
Griffith Jones
British film, stage and television actor (1909-2007).
Born November 19th, 1909 in London.
Died January 30th, 2007 at 97 years old in London. [ref]
Dorothea Orem
American nursing academic.
Born June 15th, 1914 in Baltimore.
Died June 22nd, 2007 at 93 years old in Savannah.
Claude Pompidou
Wife of french president georges pompidou (1912–2007).
Born November 13th, 1912 in Château-Gontier.
Died July 3rd, 2007 at 94 years old in Paris. [ref]
Magda Szabó
Hungarian writer, poet and translator (1917–2007).
Born October 5th, 1917 in Debrecen.
Died November 19th, 2007 at 90 years old in Budapest, Kerepes. [ref]
Fred Saberhagen
American writer.
Born May 18th, 1930 in Chicago. [ref]
Died June 29th, 2007 at 77 years old in Albuquerque (prostate cancer). [ref]
Seymour Benzer
American geneticist (1921–2007).
Born October 15th, 1921 in The Bronx.
Died November 30th, 2007 at 86 years old in Pasadena (stroke). [ref]
Petar Stambolić
Yugoslav communist politician (1912-2007).
Born July 12th, 1912 in Ivanjica.
Died September 21st, 2007 at 95 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Theodore Maiman
American physicist/inventor of first working laser.
Born July 11th, 1927 in Los Angeles.
Died May 5th, 2007 at 79 years old in Vancouver (mastocytosis). [ref]
Julia Carson
American politician (1938-2007).
Born July 8th, 1938 in Louisville.
Died December 15th, 2007 at 69 years old in Indianapolis (lung cancer). [ref]
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Spanish actor, screenwriter, and director, (1921–2007).
Born August 28th, 1921 in Lima.
Died November 21st, 2007 at 86 years old in Madrid (pneumonia). [ref]
Deaths 271 to 280 of 740
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