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In the year 2007
719 Notable deaths
F. Albert Cotton
American chemist (1930-2007).
Born April 9th, 1930 in Philadelphia.
Died February 20th, 2007 at 76 years old in College Station. [ref]
Paul MacCready
American aeronautical engineer (1925-2007).
Born September 29th, 1925 in New Haven. [ref]
Died August 28th, 2007 at 81 years old in Pasadena (brain cancer). [ref]
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer (1931-2007).
Born June 30th, 1931 in Chicago. [ref]
Died April 20th, 2007 at 75 years old in Jersey City (lung cancer). [ref]
Erdal İnönü
Turkish physicist and politician (1926-2007).
Born June 6th, 1926 in Ankara. [ref]
Died October 31st, 2007 at 81 years old in Houston (leukemia). [ref]
Eugen Weber
American historian (1925-2007).
Born April 24th, 1925 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died May 17th, 2007 at 82 years old in Brentwood (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Conchita Montenegro
Spanish actress, dancer, singer.
Born September 11th, 1912 in Donostia-San Sebastián.
Died April 26th, 2007 at 94 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Cyprian Ekwensi
Nigerian author (1921-2007).
Born September 26th, 1921 in Minna.
Died November 4th, 2007 at 86 years old in Enugu. [ref]
Pierre Messmer
83rd prime minister of france (1916-2007).
Born March 20th, 1916 in Vincennes. [ref]
Died August 29th, 2007 at 91 years old in Paris (cancer). [ref]
John Szarkowski
American curator.
Born December 18th, 1925 in Ashland. [ref]
Died July 7th, 2007 at 81 years old in Pittsfield (stroke). [ref]
Ralph Asher Alpher
American cosmologist.
Born February 3rd, 1921 in Washington, D.C..
Died August 12th, 2007 at 86 years old in Austin. [ref]
Deaths 321 to 330 of 719
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