Deaths Date 2007 | History by KabAstro

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Jan 2 Sergio Jiménez, Mexican actor, dies at 69
Jan 2 Teddy Kollek, Israeli politician (Mayor of Jerusalem), dies at 95
Jan 3 Earl Reibel, Canadian ice hockey forward Detroit Red Wings (b. 1930)
Jan 3 Edward Fursdon, British Major-General (handover Rhodesia to the Zimbabwean government), dies at 81
Jan 3 Janos Furst, Hungarian orchestral conductor (b. 1935)
Jan 3 Michael Yeats, Irish Fianna Fáil senator 1961-1981 and son of W.B. Yeats (b. 1921)
Jan 3 Sir Cecil Walker, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North Belfast 1983-2001 (b. 1924)
Jan 3 William Verity Jr., United States Secretary of Commerce 1987-1989 (b. 1917)
Jan 4 Ben Gannon, Australian theatre film and television producer (b. 1952)
Jan 4 Gáspár Nagy, Hungarian poet and writer (b. 1949)
Jan 4 Gren, Welsh newspaper cartoonist (b. 1934)
Jan 4 Helen Hill, American independent filmmaker (b. 1970)
Jan 4 Jan Schröder, Dutch cyclist (b. 1941)
Jan 4 Marais Viljoen, former State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
Jan 4 Osman Waqialla, Sudanese artist and calligrapher (b. 1925)

Jan 4 Sandro Salvadore, Italian footballer (b. 1939)
Jan 4 Sir Lewis Hodges, British Air Chief Marshal (b. 1918)
Jan 4 Steve Krantz, American film and TV producer (Fritz the Cat) (b. 1923)
Jan 5 Chih Ree Sun, Chinese-American physicist and poet. dies of kidney and lung cancer at 83 [1]

Momofuku Ando (1910-2007)

Jan 5 Taiwanese-Japanese inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles, dies of heart failure at 96

Jan 6 "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow, American country-rock session and touring pedal-steel guitarist (Flying Burrito Brothers; George Harrison, Jackson Browne), dies at 72
Jan 6 Mario Danelo, American football player (b. 1985)
Jan 6 Roberta Wohlstetter, military historian and strategist (b. 1912)
Jan 7 Bobby Hamilton, American NASCAR driver and team owner, dies of cancer at 49
Jan 7 Lou Brown, American orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show), dies at 94
Jan 7 Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic television presenter, dies at 77
Jan 8 Arthur Cockfield 'The Father of the Single Market, British politician '(European Commissioner), dies at 90
Jan 8 David Ervine, Northern Irish politician (b. 1953)
Jan 8 Iwao Takamoto, American animator (b. 1925)
Jan 8 Jane Bolin, first African American female judge, dies at 98
Jan 8 Ken Cranston, English cricket all-rounder (8 Tests, 18 wickets, BB 4/12; Lancashire CCC), dies at 89
Jan 8 Yvonne De Carlo [Middleton], Canadian-American actress (10 Commandments; The Munsters-Lily), dies of heart failure at 84
Jan 9 Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
Jan 10 Bradford Washburn, American explorer and cartographer, dies at 96
Jan 10 Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (Marriage Italian Style, Doctor Zhivago), dies at 94
Jan 11 (Aurea) "Puch" Balseiro, Puerto Rican bolero and filin singer-songwriter and guitarist, dies at 80
Jan 11 Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
Jan 11 Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
Jan 12 Alice Coltrane [née McLeod], American jazz harp, piano, and organ player (Journey in Satchidananda), dies of respiratory failure at 69
Jan 12 Sir James Killen, Australian politician (b. 1925)
Jan 13 Danny Oakes, racecar driver (b. 1911)
Jan 13 Doyle Holly, American comedian and musician (Buckaroos), dies at 70
Jan 13 Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (Brecker Brothers), dies at 57
Jan 14 Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (What's My Line?, United Kingdom), dies at 83
Jan 14 Darlene Conley, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), dies at 72
Jan 15 Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court (b. 1945) (executed)
Jan 15 Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (b. 1908)
Jan 15 David Vanole, American soccer player (b. 1963)
Jan 15 James Hillier, Canadian-American inventor (co-created the electron microscope), dies at 91
Jan 15 Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (b. 1905)
Jan 16 Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and commentator (b. 1941)
Jan 16 Ron Carey, American actor (Barney Miller), dies of a stroke at 71
Jan 16 Thornton James "Pookie" Hudson, American vocalist (The Spaniels- "Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite"), dies of cancer at 72
Jan 17 Art Buchwald, American columnist and author (The Washington Post), dies at 81
Jan 17 Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian politician (b. 1951)
Jan 18 Brent Liles, American rock bassist (Agent Orange, 1981-84; Social Distortion, 1988-92), dies after being hit by a truck while cycling at 43
Jan 19 Denny Doherty, Canadian musician, singer, songwriter (The Mamas and The Papas - "California Dreamin'"), dies from abdominal aortic aneurysm at 66
Jan 19 Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist and newspaper editor (Agos), shot by an assassin at 52
Jan 19 Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer and composer, dies at 37
Jan 19 Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, American professional wrestler, dies of a drug overdose at 45
Jan 20 Anatol Rapoport, Ukrainian-American mathematician and biologist (game theory), dies at 95
Jan 21 Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977)
Jan 21 U;Nee [Lee Hye-ryeon], Korean pop artist, commits suicide at 25
Jan 22 Abbé Pierre, French priest (b. 1912)
Jan 22 Doug Blasdell, American personal trainer
Jan 22 Liz Renay [Pearl Elizabeth Dobbins], American actress (Desperate Living), dies at 80
Jan 22 Ngô Quang Trưởng, South Vietnamese general (b. 1929)
Jan 23 E. Howard Hunt, American intelligence officer involved in Watergate break-in, dies at 88
Jan 23 Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist and writer (b. 1932)
Jan 23 Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian Politician (b. 1928)
Jan 24 Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World's oldest living man 2004-2007, dies at 115
Jan 24 Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian politician (b. 1956)
Jan 24 Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
Jan 26 Glen Tetley, American ballet and modern dancer (Joffrey Ballet), and choreographer (Pierrot Lunaire; Alice), dies of skin cancer at 80
Jan 26 Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 77
Jan 26 Hans J. Wegner, Danish furniture designer (b. 1914)
Jan 26 Witold Silewicz, Polish-Austrian classical double bassist (Tonkünstler Orchestra), arranger, and composer, dies at 85
Jan 27 Bing Devine, American baseball executive (GM St. Louis Cardinals 1957-64 [World Series 1964], NY Mets), dies at 90
Jan 27 Bob Carroll, American radio and screenwriter (I Love Lucy; The Lucy Show; The Mothers-In-Law; Here's Lucy), dies at 88
Jan 27 Tige Andrews, American character actor (Mod Squad, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor), dies of cardiac arrest at 86
Jan 28 Carlo Clerici, Swiss road cyclist (Giro d'Italia 1954), dies at 77
Jan 28 Emma Tillman, the world's oldest living person from January 24-28, 2007 (b. 1892)
Jan 28 Father Robert Drinan, Roman Catholic Priest and American politician (b. 1920)
Jan 28 Hsu Wei Lun, Taiwanese actress (b. 1978)
Jan 28 Karel Svoboda, Czech pianist, composer of popular songs and television music, dies of suspected suicide at 68
Jan 28 Sterling Lanier, American writer (Hiero's Journey), dies at 79
Jan 28 Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (Olympic gold Unified Team 3,000m 1992), dies at 43
Jan 29 Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2003)
Jan 29 Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, Iraqi extremist leader (b. 1970)
Jan 30 Max Lanier, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1943-44; World Series 1942, 44; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 91
Jan 30 Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor and artistic director (b. 1934)

Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007)

Jan 30 American novelist and playwright (Master of the Game, Bloodline, The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer), dies of pneumonia at 89

Jan 31 (Kirill) "Kirka" Babitzin, Finnish pop-rock singer ("Hetki Lyö" (Beat the Clock)), dies at 56
Jan 31 Adelaide Tambo, South African anti-apartheid activist, politician and wife of Oliver Tambo, dies at 77
Jan 31 Lee Bergere, American actor (Star Trek, Soap, Dynasty), dies at 82
Jan 31 Molly Ivins, American political columnist and author, dies at 62
Feb 1 Ahmad Abu Laban, Danish Muslim leader, dies at 60
Feb 1 Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian pianist, librettist, and composer (Amahl & Night Visitors), and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 95
Feb 1 Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dance choreographer, dies at 70
Feb 1 Whitney Balliett, American jazz critic, dies of cancer at 80
Feb 2 Billy Henderson, American pop and R&B singer (The Spinners, 1954-2004 - "The Rubberband Man"), dies from complications of diabetes at 67
Feb 2 Eric von Schmidt, American folk/blues singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
Feb 2 Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)
Feb 2 Joe Hunter, American pianist and bandleader of Motown's house band - The Funk Brothers (1959-64), dies at 79
Feb 2 Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (Olympic gold team 1960; 3 x silver 1952, 56, 60; 3 x bronze 1956), dies from cholangiocarcinoma at 87
Feb 2 Vijay Arora, Indian film and television actor (b. 1944)
Feb 3 George Becker, American president of United Steelworkers (1993-2001) (b. 1928)
Feb 3 Pedro Knight, Cuban-American trumpeter, husband and manager of legendary singer Celia Cruz, dies from complications of diabetes at 85
Feb 3 Ralph de Toledano, Moroccan-born American political columnist and author (b. 1916)
Feb 4 Barbara McNair, American singer ("Till There Was You") and actress (They Call Me MR. Tibbs), dies of throat cancer at 72
Feb 4 Colin Romoff, American orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show), dies at 82
Feb 4 Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (b. 1959)
Feb 4 José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian World Cup footballer (b. 1925)
Feb 4 Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-born American abstract painter and sculptor (b. 1922)
Feb 4 Steve Barber, American baseball pitcher (b. 1938)
Feb 5 Alfred Worm, Austrian investigative journalist (b. 1945)
Feb 5 Leo T. McCarthy, American politician and 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (1983-1995) (b. 1930)
Feb 6 Frankie Laine [Francesco Paolo LoVecchio], American singer ("Jezebel"; "Rawhide"; "Blazing Saddles"), songwriter ("We'll Be Together Again"), and actor (Bring Your Smile Along), dies of heart failure at 93
Feb 6 Lee Hoffman, American author (The Valdez Horses), dies at 74
Feb 6 Len Hopkins, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
Feb 6 Lew Burdette, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1957, 59; World Series MVP 1957; no hitter 1960; Milwaukee Braves), dies from lung cancer at 80
Feb 6 Willye White, American athlete (Olympic silver long jump 1956, 4x100m relay 1964; Sports Illustrated 100 greatest women athletes of 20th century), dies of pancreatic cancer at 67
Feb 7 Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz and session drummer, and bandleader, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 82

Anna Nicole Smith (1967-2007)

Feb 8 American model, Playboy playmate (May 1992, Playmate of the Year 1993) and tabloid fixture, dies of a prescription drug overdose at 39

Feb 8 Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American parapsychologist and reincarnation expert, dies at 88

Hank Bauer (1922-2007)

Feb 9 American baseball infielder, manager (8-time World Series champion; NY Yankees, Baltimore Orioles), dies from lung cancer at 84

Feb 9 Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards), dies in his sleep of a great attack at 72 [1]
Feb 9 Louis Ballard [Honganózhe], Native American composer and educator (The Four Moons), dies at 75
Feb 10 Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr., American businessman (President of Walgreens), dies at 100
Feb 10 Jung Da Bin, South Korean actress (b. 1980)
Feb 10 Ned Austin, American character actor (b. 1925)
Feb 11 Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (Simon and the Oaks), dies at 79
Feb 12 Eldee Young, American jazz upright bassist (Ramsey Lewis Trio, 1956-66 'The In Crowd"; Young-Holt Unlimited - "Soulful Strut"), dies of a heart attack at 71
Feb 12 Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
Feb 12 Randy Stone, American actor and casting director (b. 1958)
Feb 13 Charlie Norwood, American politician (b. 1941)
Feb 13 Elizabeth Jolley, British-born Australian writer (Palomino), dies at 83
Feb 13 Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (b. 1974)
Feb 13 Richard Gordon Wakeford, Air Marshal, Royal Air Force (b. 1922)
Feb 14 Gareth Morris, British flautist (b. 1920)
Feb 14 Lee Patterson, Canadian actor (Dave-Surfside Six, Another World), dies of congestive heart failure at 77
Feb 14 Ryan Larkin, Canadian animated filmmaker. (b. 1943)
Feb 15 Ray Evans, American lyricist ("To Each His Own"; "Mona Lisa"; "Silver Bells"; "Mister Ed"), dies at 92
Feb 15 Robert Adler, Austrian-American inventor (remote control for television), dies at 93
Feb 15 Walker Edmiston, American actor (Star Trek, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, The Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 81
Feb 16 Gene Snyder, American politician (Rep-R-KY, 1963-65, 67-87), dies at 79
Feb 16 Jakov Lind, Austrian-British author (Counting My Footsteps), dies at 80
Feb 17 Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
Feb 17 Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961)
Feb 17 Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator, dies at 92
Feb 17 Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
Feb 19 Celia Franca [Franks], British-Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada and its artistic director (1951-75), dies at 85
Feb 19 Janet Blair [Martha Janet Lafferty], American singer and actress (Leave it to the Girls; Smith Family), dies of pneumonia at 85
Feb 20 Derek Waring [Barton-Chapple], British actor (Z-Cars, Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country), dies at 79
Feb 20 F. Albert Cotton, American chemist, dies at 76
Feb 20 Mike Awesome, Pro Wrestler (b. 1965)
Feb 20 Peter Marshall, British law enforcement officer (Commissioner of the City of London Police, 1978-85), dies at 76
Feb 22 Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1954)
Feb 22 Edgar Evans, Welsh tenor (Covent Garden Opera Company), dies at 94
Feb 22 George Jellicoe, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords & Special Boat Service veteran, dies at 88
Feb 22 Howard Verne Ramsey, oldest U.S. veteran of WWI (b. 1898)
Feb 22 Ian Wallace, British session and touring rock and jazz drummer (King Crimson, 1971-72; Bob Dylan, 1977-78; Crimson Jazz Trio, 2005-07), dies of esophageal cancer at 60
Feb 22 Samuel Hinga Norman, Sierra Leonean alleged war criminal (b. 1940)
Feb 23 Donnie Brooks, American singer (b. 1936)
Feb 24 Bruce Bennett, American actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre), dies from complications of a broken hip at 100
Feb 24 Lamar Lundy, American NFL football defensive end, 1957-69 (Los Angeles Rams), dies at 71
Feb 24 Leroy Jenkins, American jazz violinist, avant-garde jazz and contemporary classical composer, dies of lung cancer at 73
Feb 25 Mark Spoelstra, American folk singer and songwriter, dies at 66
Feb 25 William R. Anderson, CO USS Nautilus submarine, US Congressman (b. 1921)
Feb 27 Bernd von Freytag-Loringhoven, German soldier (b. 1914)
Feb 27 Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer and bandleader, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 82

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917-2007)

Feb 28 American Pulitzer Prize winning historian (The Age of Jackson; A Thousand Days), dies at 89

Feb 28 Billy Thorpe, British-Australian musician (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs - "I Told The Brook", "Mashed Potato"; solo - "Children of the Sun"), dies of a heart attack at 60
Feb 28 Charles Forte, Italian-British hotel magnate (Savoy), dies at 98
Feb 28 John Smith, English landowner, financier and Philanthropist (National Trust, Landmark Trust), dies at 83 [1]
Mar 1 Eddy Firestone, American radio, television, and film actor (Mixed Doubles), dies of respiratory and heart failure at 86
Mar 1 Joel Brodsky, American photographer, credited with photographing over 400 album covers, dies of a heart attack at 67 [1]
Mar 2 Clem Labine, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1956, 57; World Series 1955, 59, 60; Brooklyn / LA Dodgers, Detroit Tigers), dies after exploratory brain surgery at 80
Mar 2 Henri Troyat, Russian-French author and historian, dies at 95
Mar 2 Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
Mar 2 Thomas S. Kleppe, U.S. politician (b. 1919)
Mar 3 Herbert Asmodi, German writer and actor, dies at 83
Mar 3 Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist and creator of "La Linea" animated cartoons, dies at 87
Mar 4 Bob Hattoy, American gay rights, AIDS, and environmental activist, dies from AIDS-related causes at 56