The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2007.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
* Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
July 2007
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* Joerg Kalt, 40, Austrian cinematographer, suicide.
* Robert McBride, 96, American composer and instrumentalist.
* Colleen McCrory, 57, Canadian environmental activist, brain cancer.
*
David Ritcheson
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
, 18, American hate crime victim, suicide by jumping.
*
Gerhard Skrobek Gerhard Skrobek (May 22, 1922 – July 1, 2007) is best known as the premier artisan of Hummel figurines since the Second World War. Skrobek was born in Leobschütz, in Upper Silesia and studied art in Berlin. Skrobek worked for the Goebel company ...
, 85, German sculptor of Hummel figurines, complications of heart surgery.
2
* Philip Booth, 81, American poet and educator, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Robert Brown, 71, American cartoonist, stroke.
* Brahim Déby, 27, Chadian son of the national President and former presidential advisor, chemical asphyxiation.
* Howell M. Estes II, 92, American Air Force general during the Vietnam War, heart ailment.
*
Ray Goins
Ray Goins (January 3, 1936 – July 2, 2007) was an American bluegrass banjoist.
Born in Bramwell, West Virginia, Goins aspired to be a lawyer. He changed his career to music in the 1940s after listening to string band music on WCYB radio, and b ...
, 71, American bluegrass musician.
*
Robert Keeton
Robert Ernest Keeton (December 16, 1919 – July 2, 2007) was an American lawyer, jurist, and legal scholar. As a law professor at Harvard Law School and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massa ...
, 88, American District Court judge, professor at
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States.
Each class ...
, complications from pulmonary embolism.
*
Peter Lyman
George Peter Lyman (September 13, 1940 in San Francisco – July 2, 2007 in Berkeley, California) was an American professor of information science who taught at the University of California, Berkeley School of Information, and was well known in U. ...
, 66, American information researcher, brain cancer.
*
John Pinches
John Harvey Pinches (9 April 1916 – 2 July 2007) was an English rower, Royal Engineers officer, medallist and author.
Pinches was born at Chelsea, London, the son of John Robert Pinches and Irene Inchbold. His father was a medallist in the fam ...
, 91, British rower and soldier.
* Dilip Sardesai, 66, Indian cricketer, multiple organ failure.
* Beverly Sills, 78, American opera singer, lung cancer.
* Jimmy Walker, 63, American basketball player ( Detroit Pistons,
Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its ho ...
Kevin Woodcock
Kevin Robert Woodcock (2 September 1942 – 2 July 2007) was a British cartoonist.
Kevin Woodcock was born at Leicester General Hospital. After attending Holmfield Avenue Junior School in Leicester and the Dixie Grammar School in Market Bosw ...
Anne Dreydel Anne Dreydel OBE (27 May 1918 – 3 July 2007) was the co-founder of the Oxford English Centre, which later became St Clare's, Oxford. In 1958 she was awarded the German state decoration of Bundesverdienstkreuz which, in 2001, was then upgraded to ...
, 89, British educationalist, co-founder of the Oxford English Centre.
*
Eric Gullage
Eric A. Gullage (1942 – July 3, 2007) was a politician in Newfoundland. He represented Waterford-Kenmount in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1988 to 1993 in Canada.
Gullage worked as a manager for a life insurance company. He ser ...
, 63, Canadian politician, cancer.
*
Beppie Noyes
Beatrice "Beppie" Noyes (July 20, 1919 – July 3, 2007) was an American author and illustrator.
Biography
Born as Beatrice Spencer, she graduated from Vassar College with a degree in theater. After a short lived marriage to William Baldwin, she m ...
Brentford
Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross.
Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...
).
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Barış Akarsu
Barış Akarsu (June 29, 1979 – July 4, 2007) was a Turkish Anatolian rock singer and actor who rose to fame after winning the television series ''Akademi Türkiye'' (Academy Turkey) in July 2004. He released two studio albums in three years ...
, 28, Turkish rock musician, car accident.
*
Liane Bahler
Liane Bahler (22 January 1982 – 4 July 2007) was a German professional racing cyclist.
Bahler was born in Gotha, and started her professional career in 2001. In that year she finished third in the sixth stage of the Tour de Bretagne. In 2002, sh ...
, 25, German cyclist, car accident.
*
José Roberto Espinosa José Roberto "Pepe" Espinosa (born 1948 in Escuinapa, Sinaloa - 2007) was a Mexican commentator for American football at Fox Sports Latin America.
Pepe Espinosa, as he was better known, had a Chemical Engineering degree at Instituto Politécnico N ...
, 59, Mexican footballer, coach and journalist, pneumonia and cancer.
*
Johnny Frigo
Johnny Frigo (December 27, 1916 – July 4, 2007) was an American jazz violinist, bassist and songwriter. He appeared in the 1940s as a violinist before working as a bassist. He returned to the violin in the 1980s and enjoyed a comeback, recordin ...
, 90, American jazz violinist and bass player, complications from a fall.
*
Ken MacAfee
Kenneth Adams MacAfee II (born January 9, 1956) is a former professional American football player. He played collegiately at the University of Notre Dame and professionally for the San Francisco 49ers.
High school
MacAfee grew up in Brockton, M ...
, 77, American football player, heart attack.
*
Vivienne Nearing
''Twenty-One'' was an American game show originally hosted by Jack Barry that aired on NBC from 1956 to 1958. Produced by Jack Barry-Dan Enright Productions, two contestants competed against each other in separate isolation booths, answering ge ...
, 81, American lawyer involved in quiz show scandals, adrenal cancer.
* Bill Pinkney, 81, American singer who was the last original member of The Drifters, probable heart attack.
* X1, 28, American rapper and Onyx affiliate, suicide.
*
Osvaldo Romo Osvaldo may refer to the following people:
Given name
*Osvaldo Alonso, Cuban football player
*Osvaldo Ardiles (born 1952), an Argentine football player and coach
*Osvaldo Bagnoli, an Italian football coach
*Osvaldo Brandão, a Brazilian football c ...
, 70, Chilean security agent jailed for human rights abuses under Pinochet, heart and respiratory problems.
*
Ted Row
Edward Charles "Ted" Row (26 March 1923 – 4 July 2007) was an Australian politician.
Early life
Row was born in Ingham to Edward Dunlop Row and Ida Jesse, ''née'' Kilpatrick. He was educated at Trebonne State School and then Queensl ...
, 84, Australian politician.
* Eleanor Stewart, 94, American film and voice actor, Alzheimer's disease.
*
Henrique Viana
Henrique Viana (Lisbon, June 29, 1936 — Lisbon, July 4, 2007) was a Portuguese actor who worked in theatre, cinema and television. He died of cancer in Capuchos Hospital, aged 71.
Filmography
*''Aqui Há Fantasmas'' (1964) by Pedro Martins
*' ...
, 71, Portuguese actor and singer, cancer.
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Régine Crespin
Régine Crespin (23 February 1927 – 5 July 2007) was a French singer who had a major international career in opera and on the concert stage between 1950 and 1989. She started her career singing roles in the dramatic soprano and spinto soprano ...
, 80, French operatic soprano, liver cancer.
* Odile Crick, 86, British-born artist, cancer.
* David Hilberman, 95, American animator ('' Bambi'', ''
The Smurfs
''The Smurfs'' (french: Les Schtroumpfs; nl, De Smurfen) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. ''The Smurfs'' was first created and in ...
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
''The 7th Voyage of Sinbad'' is a 1958 Technicolor heroic fantasy adventure film directed by Nathan H. Juran and starring Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer, and Alec Mango. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and pro ...
'', ''
The Three Worlds of Gulliver
''The 3 Worlds of Gulliver'' is a 1960 Eastmancolor Columbia Pictures fantasy film loosely based upon the 1726 novel '' Gulliver's Travels'' by Jonathan Swift. The film stars Kerwin Mathews as the title character, June Thorburn as his fiancée El ...
'', ''
Jack the Giant Killer
"Jack the Giant Killer" is a Cornish fairy tale and legend about a young adult who slays a number of bad giants during King Arthur's reign. The tale is characterised by violence, gore and blood-letting. Giants are prominent in Cornish folklor ...
'').
* George Melly, 80, British jazz and blues musician, lung cancer.
*
Sylvan Shemitz
Sylvan R. Shemitz (April 18, 1925 – July 5, 2007) was an American lighting designer best known for his work on Grand Central Terminal in New York City and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C.
Personal life
Shemitz was born in New Ha ...
Grand Central Terminal
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, heart attack.
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Robert Frederick Carr
Robert Frederick Carr III (December 22, 1943 – July 6, 2007) was an American serial killer and pedophile who killed three children and one woman in the states of Florida and Connecticut between 1972 and 1976. Carr, a former television repairman ...
, 63, American serial killer.
* Don Mumford, 53, American jazz drummer.
*
Marguerite Vogt
Marguerite Vogt (13 February 1913 – 6 July 2007) was a cancer biologist and virologist. She was most noted for her research on polio and cancer at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
Early life
Vogt was born in Germany in 1913. The you ...
, 94, American polio and cancer researcher.
* Eileen Wearne, 95, Australian athlete at the
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...
and Australia's oldest surviving Olympian.
*
Kathleen Woodiwiss
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (born Kathleen Erin Hogg, June 3, 1939 – July 6, 2007), was an American novelist. She pioneered the historical romance genre with the 1972 publication of her novel ''The Flame and the Flower''.
Early life
She was born K ...
, 68, American romance writer, cancer.
*
Lois Wyse
Lois Wyse (October 30, 1926 – July 6, 2007) was an American advertising executive, author and columnist. At the time of her death, Wyse was credited with writing more than 60 books on diverse topics such as business, love and family.Contemporar ...
, 80, American advertising executive, author and columnist, stomach cancer.
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Ion Calvocoressi
Major Ion Melville Calvocoressi (12 April 1919 – 7 July 2007) was an officer in the British Army during the Second World War and later a stockbroker in the City of London. He was High Sheriff of Kent in 1978–79.
Calvocoressi was born in Calc ...
, 88, British soldier and stockbroker.
* Dame Anne McLaren, 80, British geneticist and developmental biologist, ex-wife of
Donald Michie
Donald Michie (; 11 November 1923 – 7 July 2007) was a British researcher in artificial intelligence. During World War II, Michie worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, contributing to the effort to solve " Tunny ...
, car accident.
*
Donald Michie
Donald Michie (; 11 November 1923 – 7 July 2007) was a British researcher in artificial intelligence. During World War II, Michie worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, contributing to the effort to solve " Tunny ...
, 83, British researcher in artificial intelligence, ex-husband of Dame Anne McLaren, car accident.
* John G. Mitchell, 75, American environment editor and author, ''
National Geographic
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'' (1994–2004), heart attack.
* Jack Odell, 87, British engineer and co-founder of Matchbox Toys.
* John Szarkowski, 81, American photography curator, complications of a stroke.
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Jindřich Feld
Jindřich Feld (February 19, 1925 in Prague, Czechoslovakia – July 8, 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic) was a Czech composer of classical music.
Feld was born into a musical family, his father a well-known professor of violin at the Prague Con ...
Itzik Kol
Itzik Kol ( he, איציק קול; January 12, 1932 – July 8, 2007) was an Israeli television and film producer considered by many to be a pioneer and originator of Israeli cinema. He died following complications from pneumonia.
Biography
Yitc ...
, 75, Israeli film producer, pneumonia.
* Chandra Shekhar, 80, Indian Prime Minister (1990–1991) and Member of Lok Sabha, multiple myeloma.
*
Jack B. Sowards
Jack B. Sowards (March 18, 1929 - July 8, 2007) was an American screenwriter who wrote '' Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'', and the 1988 '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "Where Silence Has Lease". Sowards created the term Kobayashi ...
Esteban Areta
Esteban Areta Vélez (14 April 1932 – 9 July 2007) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender.
Honours
;Barcelona
*Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, sometimes referred to as the European Fairs Cup, Fairs Cities' Cup, ...
, 75, Spanish international footballer and coach.
*
John Baker John Baker or Jon Baker may refer to:
Military figures
*John Baker (American Revolutionary War) (1731–1787), American Revolutionary War hero, for whom Baker County, Georgia was named
*John Baker (RAF officer) (1897–1978), British air marshal
...
, 71, Australian general, Chief of the
Australian Defence Force
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of the Commonwealth of Australia and its national interests. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Forc ...
(1995–1998).
* Hans Eschenbrenner, 96, German Olympic shooter.
* John Fogarty, 78, Australian rugby union winger, played two tests for the
Wallabies
A wallaby () is a small or middle-sized macropod native to Australia and New Guinea, with introduced populations in New Zealand, Hawaii, the United Kingdom and other countries. They belong to the same taxonomic family as kangaroos and so ...
.
*
John Hill John Hill may refer to:
Business
* John Henry Hill (1791–1882), American businessman, educator and missionary
* John Hill (planter) (1824–1910), Scottish-born American industrialist and planter
* John Hill (businessman) (1847–1926), Austral ...
, 83, American lawyer and politician, Texas Attorney General, Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice, heart condition.
*
Jerry Ito
Jerry Ito (July 12, 1927 in New York City, New York – July 8, 2007 in Los Angeles, California) was a Japanese-United States, American film and television actor, born as Gerald Tamekichi Itō, specializing in Japanese films throughout the 1950s, 1 ...
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'' is a 1939 American Political drama, political Comedy drama, comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra, starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart, and featuring Claude Rains and Edward Arnold (actor), Edward Arnold. ...
'').
* Ralph Paffenbarger, 84, American doctor who performed an early study on the importance of exercise, heart failure.
*
Penny Thomson
Penny Thomson (14 November 1950, Manila – 9 July 2007, Edinburgh) was a producer for Britain's Channel Four and former EIFF director.
She attended St. Leonard's School for Girls at St Andrews, Scotland. She became a production assistant, lea ...
, 56, British film producer, cancer.
*
Peter Tuddenham
Peter Tuddenham (27 November 1918 – 9 July 2007) was a British actor. He was well known for his voice work, and provided the contrasting voices of the computers in the science-fiction series Blake's 7 (BBC, 1978–1981).
Life and career
Tudd ...
* Theresa Duncan, 40, American video game designer, suicide.
*
Tibor Feheregyhazi
Tibor Feheregyhazi, CM (February 14, 1932, Budapest – July 10, 2007, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) was a Hungarian-Canadian actor and director. He attended the National Theatre School in Montreal, Quebec. Feheregyhazi went on to become a resident di ...
, 75, Hungarian-Canadian actor and theatre director, prostate cancer.
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Devin Gaines
Devin Thomas Gaines (July 16, 1984 – July 10, 2007) was a college student at the University of Connecticut who attracted media attention by earning five Bachelor's degrees simultaneously on May 6, 2007. Months later, he died in a drowning acciden ...
, 22, American graduate, awarded five undergraduate degrees, drowned.
* Abdul Rashid Ghazi, 43, Pakistani cleric at the Red Mosque in Islamabad, shot.
*
Corbin Harney
Corbin Harney (March 24, 1920 – July 10, 2007) was an elder and spiritual leader of the Newe (Western Shoshone) people. Harney reportedly inspired the creation in 1994 of the Shundahai Network, which works for environmental justice and nuclear ...
, 87, American Western Shoshone leader and environmental activist, complications from cancer.
* Frank Kilroy, 86, American football player, scout and general manager for the
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East divisio ...
Doug Marlette
Douglas Nigel Marlette (December 6, 1949 – July 10, 2007) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist who, at the time of his death, had also published two novels and was "finding his voice in writing long-length fiction."
, 57, American Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist (''
Kudzu
Kudzu (; also called Japanese arrowroot or Chinese arrowroot) is a group of climbing, coiling, and trailing deciduous perennial vines native to much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and some Pacific islands, but invasive species, invasive in many ...
''), car accident.
*
Marjorie Morgan
Marjorie Morgan (1915 – July 10, 2007) was a Canadian writer and author.
Marie Ann
Her most noted work, the film ''Marie-Anne'', was co-written with George Salverson and directed by Martin Walters. It starred Andrée Pelletier, John Juliani ...
, 92, Canadian author, Alzheimer's disease.
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Mireya Rodríguez
Mireya Rodríguez (26 November 1936 – 10 July 2007) was a Cuban fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an ...
, 70, Cuban Olympic fencer.
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William Seegers
William Alfred Seegers (October 24, 1900 – July 10, 2007) was, at age 106, one of the last two known remaining veterans of the First World War to have served in the German forces (the other one is Erich Kästner) and California's last known Worl ...
, 106, German-American last veteran of World War I and California's last World War I veteran.
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Zheng Xiaoyu
Zheng Xiaoyu (; December 10, 1944July 10, 2007) was the director of the State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2005. He was sentenced to death for corruption and allowing possibly tainted products in Ma ...
, 62, Chinese official, former head of the
State Food and Drug Administration
The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA, , formerly the China Food and Drug Administration, or CFDA) was founded on the basis of the former State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA). In March 2013, the former regulatory body was rebra ...
, executed.
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Glenda Adams
Glenda Emilie Adams (née Felton; 30 December 1939 – 11 July 2007) was an Australian novelist and short story writer, probably best known as the winner of the 1987 Miles Franklin Award for ''Dancing on Coral''. She was a teacher of creative w ...
, 68, Australian writer, ovarian cancer.
*
Shag Crawford
Henry Charles "Shag" Crawford (August 30, 1916 – July 11, 2007) was an American professional umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1956 to 1975. During his twenty seasons in the National League, Crawford worked ...
, 90, American baseball umpire (1956–1975).
* Bill Flynn, 58, South African actor, heart attack.
*
Livio Fongaro
Livio Fongaro (January 2, 1931 in Valdagno – July 11, 2007 in Valdagno) was an Italian professional football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ' ...
, 69, Italian footballer and coach.
* Richard Franklin, 58, Australian film director (''
Roadgames
''Roadgames'' (stylized as ''Road Games'') is a 1981 Australian thriller film directed by Richard Franklin and starring Stacy Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis. The film follows a truck driver travelling across Australia who, along with the help of a ...
''), prostate cancer.
*
Ove Grahn
Jan-Olof "Ove" Grahn (9 May 1943 – 11 July 2007) was a Swedish professional football player who played as a striker. He represented IF Elfsborg, Grasshoppers, Lausanne Sports, and Örgryte IS during a career that spanned between 1960 and 197 ...
, 64, Swedish footballer.
*Nana Gualdi, 75, German singer and actress.
* Lady Bird Johnson, 94, American First Lady of the United States (1963–1969), natural causes.
*
Rod Lauren
Roger Lawrence "Rod" Strunk (March 20, 1941 – July 11, 2007), popularly known as Rod Lauren, was an American actor and singer.
As an actor, he worked mostly in television, appearing in single episodes of '' Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''Comba ...
, 67, American actor, suicide by jumping.
* Alfonso López Michelsen, 94, Colombian President (1974–1978) and Foreign Minister (1968–1970), heart attack.
* Ed Mirvish, 92, Canadian retail pioneer, natural causes.
*
Jimmy Skinner
James Donald Skinner (January 12, 1917 – July 11, 2007) was the head coach, chief scout and farm director, director of player personnel, director of hockey operations, assistant general manager, and general manager for the Detroit Red Wings ...
, 90, Canadian ice hockey coach (
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the East ...
Larry Staverman
Lawrence Joseph Staverman (October 11, 1936 – July 12, 2007) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A 6' 7" forward from Villa Madonna College (now known as Thomas More College), Staverman was drafted in the 9th round of the ...
, 70, American basketball player and first head coach for the
Indiana Pacers
The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The Pacers were first esta ...
(1967–1968).
* Medha Yodh, 79, Indian dancer and dance teacher.
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Marc Behm
Marc Behm (12 January 1925 in Trenton, New Jersey – 12 July 2007 in Fort-Mahon-Plage, France) was an American novelist, actor, and screenwriter, who lived as an expatriate in France. Behm wrote the script for The Beatles' ''Help!'' (1965) and ...
, 82, American writer.
*
Robert Burås
Robert Solli Burås (12 August 1975 – 12 July 2007) was guitarist and songwriter in the Norwegian rock band Madrugada. He was also a founding member of the band My Midnight Creeps, where he played guitar and was lead singer.
On 12 July 2007, ...
My Midnight Creeps
My Midnight Creeps (initiated 2003 in Oslo, Norway) was a Norway, Norwegian rock band fronted by deceased Madrugada (band), Madrugada-guitarist Robert Burås and Ricochets (Norwegian band), Ricochets-guitarist Alex Kloster-Jensen.
Biography
Oth ...
.
* Mr. Butch, 56, American homeless person and local celebrity in Boston, scooter accident.
* Allen Clarke, 96, British educationalist.
* Nigel Dempster, 65, British journalist, progressive supranuclear palsy.
* Pat Fordice, 71, American broadcaster and First Lady of Mississippi (1992–2000), cancer.
* José Iglesias Fernández, 80, Spanish football player (
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
), stroke.
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Forbes Johnston
Forbes Johnston (3 August 1971 – 12 July 2007) was a Scottish professional footballer playing primarily in defence, but also spending some time in the midfield.
Life
He started his career playing for junior side Musselburgh Athletic, and jo ...
, 35, British football player (
Falkirk
Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a ...
,
Airdrieonians
Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League One. They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie United ...
).
* Jim Mitchell, 63, American porn producer ('' Behind the Green Door''), heart attack.
* James Shen, 98, Taiwanese diplomat, last ambassador of Taiwan to the United States.
* Kesha Wizzart, 18, British singer and television show contestant, murdered.
*
Stan Zemanek
Stan Zemanek (29 May 1947 – 12 July 2007) was an Australian radio broadcaster, television presenter, radio producer and author who presented a night-time show on The Macquarie Network station 2UE in Sydney and which was networked across part ...
Khalid Hassan
Khalid W. Hassan ( ar, خالد حسان) (died July 13, 2007) was an interpreter and reporter in the Baghdad bureau of ''The New York Times''. Hassan was shot and killed on the way to work in the Saidiya district of south central Baghdad. He had c ...
Albert Putt
Albert Putt (13 March 1927 – 13 July 2007) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand ...
, 80, New Zealand cricketer.
* Michael Readon, 42, American free solo climber, drowned.
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* Edward Boyse, 83, American physician, pneumonia.
*
Eva Crackles
Eva Crackles (1918–2007) was a British botanist and teacher notable for her major contributions to the ''Atlas of the British Flora,'' published in 1962.
As a teacher she was Head of Biology at Hull's Malet Lambert School for many years, un ...
, 89, British botanist.
* Nan Cross, 79, South African anti-apartheid activist.
*
John Ferguson, Sr.
John Bowie "Fergy" Ferguson Sr. (September 5, 1938 – July 14, 2007) was a professional ice hockey player and executive. Ferguson played left wing for the Montreal Canadiens from 1963 to 1971. After retiring from active play, he became a coach ...
, 68, Canadian hockey player, general manager, coach and scout, prostate cancer.
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Bernard Pagel
Bernard Ephraim Julius Pagel FRS (4 January 1930 – 14 July 2007) was a British astrophysicist who worked on the measurement and interpretation of elemental abundances in stars and galaxies.
Life
The son of physician and medical histor ...
, 77, British astrophysicist, cancer.
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John Warrender, 2nd Baron Bruntisfield
John Robert Warrender, 2nd Baron Bruntisfield, OBE MC TD (7 February 1921 – 14 July 2007) was a Scottish soldier, farmer and Conservative politician.
Warrender was born in Edinburgh. He was the eldest son of Sir Victor Warrender, 8th Baron ...
, 86, British soldier and aristocrat.
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Bluma Appel
Bluma Appel, (September 4, 1919July 15, 2007) was a Canadian philanthropist and patron of the arts.
She was born the daughter of Russian émigrés who left Czarist Russia around 1905. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, she was the founder of C ...
, 86, Canadian philanthropist and patron of the arts, lung cancer.
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Alberto Romão Dias
Alberto Romão Dias (1941 – 15 July 2007) was a full professor of the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) of the Technical University of Lisbon in Portugal.
Education
His alma mater inc ...
, 65-66, Portuguese organometallic chemist, professor at the
IST
Ist or IST may refer to:
Information Science and Technology
* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Science and Technology
* Graduate School / Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Japan
* Graduate School ...
Simone Barck
Simone Barck (July 1944 – 16 July 2007) was a German contemporary historian and literary scholar. A principal focus of her research was on Literature and the Publishing Sector in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany 1949-1990).
Lif ...
, 62, German contemporary historian and literary scholar.
* Tom Brooks, 88, Australian cricketer ( New South Wales) and international umpire.
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Mikhail Kononov
Mikhail Ivanovich Kononov (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Ко́нонов) (25 April 1940 – 16 July 2007) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of Russia (1999).
Biography
He first appeared on stage at school. In 1963, ...
, 67, Russian actor (''
Guest from the Future
''Visitor from the Future'' (russian: Гостья из будущего, ''Gostya iz budushchego'' lit Guest from the future) is a five-part Soviet children's science fiction television miniseries, made at Gorky Film Studio, first aired in 1985 ...
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...
.
* Dmitri Prigov, 66, Russian poet, heart attack.
*
Alan Shepherd
Alan Shepherd (28 September 1935 – 16 July 2007) was a British Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racing, road racer. His best seasons were in 1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1962 and 1963 Grand Prix motorcycle ...
, 71, British motorcycle racer.
*
Kurt Steyrer
Kurt Steyrer (June 3, 1920 – July 16, 2007) was an Austrian politician, health minister and Social Democratic Party presidential candidate.
Steyrer was born on June 3, 1920, in the city of Linz. He studied medicine in Vienna and Prague befo ...
, 87, Austrian health minister and Socialist presidential candidate, after short illness.
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Jeremy Blake
Jeremy Blake (October 4, 1971 – July 17, 2007) was an American digital artist and painter. His work included projected DVD installations, Type C prints, and collaborative film projects.
Education and career
Blake graduated from the School ...
My Man Adam
''My Man Adam'' is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Roger L. Simon and co-written by Simon and Renée Missel.
Plot
High schooler Adam Swit (Raphael Sbarge) constantly daydreams about the same beautiful girl. Soon new student Sabrina McKay ...
'').
*
Júlio Redecker
Júlio César Redecker (July 12, 1956 – July 17, 2007) was a Brazilian politician and a member of the opposition party, Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). Redecker was the leader of the minority in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies
...
, 51, Brazilian leader of the Social Democracy Party,
aviation accident
An aviation accident is defined by the Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place from the time any person boards the aircraft with the ''intention of fl ...
.
*
Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza
Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza (December 19, 1945 in Recife – Sao Paulo July 17, 2007) was a Brazilian lawyer and former chairman of the association football team Sport Club Internacional. He was born in Recife. Prior to his death he was an attorn ...
, 60, Brazilian chairman of
SCI
SCI may refer to:
Companies
*Service Corporation International, an American funeral service provider
*Shipping Corporation of India
*SCI Systems, merged into Sanmina Corporation, electronics manufacturing
*SCi Games, a video game developer
Orga ...
aviation accident
An aviation accident is defined by the Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place from the time any person boards the aircraft with the ''intention of fl ...
.
*
Teresa Stich-Randall
Teresa Stich-Randall ( Stich; 24 December 1927 17 July 2007) was a European-based American soprano opera singer.
, 55, American opera singer, suicide by gunshot.
*
Charles Jauncey, Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle
Charles Eliot Jauncey, Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle, PC (8 May 1925 – 18 July 2007) was a British judge and advocate. He was often praised as one of the finest legal minds of his generation in Scotland, and his legal opinions - both as a pract ...
, 82, British Law Lord.
* John Kronus, 38, American professional wrestler (
ECW ECW may refer to:
Professional wrestling
* Extreme Championship Wrestling (originally Eastern Championship Wrestling), a professional wrestling promotion that operated from 1992 to 2001
* The Alliance (professional wrestling) (originally the WCW/E ...
), heart failure.
*
Gary Lupul
Gary John Lupul (April 20, 1959 – July 18, 2007) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League.Vancouver Canucks).
* Sir Gordon MacWhinnie, 85, British-born Hong Kong accountant and public servant.
*
Orlando McFarlane
Orlando de Jesús McFarlane Quesada (28 June 1938 – 18 July 2007) was a Cuban professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers and California Angels in parts of five seaso ...
, 69, Cuban Major League Baseball player.
* Kenji Miyamoto, 98, Japanese politician, leader of the Japanese Communist Party for 40 years, old age.
* Sekou Sundiata, 58, American poet, musician and performance artist, heart failure.
* Charles Wylie, 87, British army officer and mountain climber.
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Glen Angus
Glen Michael Angus (August 18, 1970 – July 19, 2007) was a Canadian artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games and video games.
Early life
Angus was born August 18, 1970, in Windsor, Ontario. He played the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role- ...
, 36, Canadian game artist, heart failure.
*
Ivor Emmanuel
Ivor Lewis Emmanuel (7 November 1927 – 20 July 2007) was a Welsh musical theatre and television singer and actor. He is probably best remembered, however, for his appearance as "Private Owen" in the 1964 film '' Zulu'', in which his chara ...
, 79, British singer and actor ('' Zulu''), stroke.
*
A. K. Faezul Huq
Abul Kalam Faezul Huq (A. K. Faezul Huq) ( bn, এ. কে. ফায়জুল হক) (15 March 1945 – 19 July 2007) was a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer, and columnist. Huq served as a member of parliament on three occasions, and held vario ...
Roberto Fontanarrosa
Roberto Alfredo Fontanarrosa, known popularly as ''El Negro'' Fontanarrosa (November 26, 1944 in Rosario – July 19, 2007), was an Argentine cartoonist, comics artist and writer. During his extended career, Fontanarrosa became one of the most ...
, 62, Argentine cartoonist and writer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
*
Howard Judd
Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probabl ...
, 71, American women's health researcher, congestive heart failure.
* Shirley Slesinger Lasswell, 84, American marketing pioneer, sued Disney over Winnie the Pooh royalties, respiratory failure.
* Hector MacLean, 93, British World War II fighter pilot.
*
Roger Nathan, 2nd Baron Nathan
Roger Carol Michael Nathan, 2nd Baron Nathan (5 December 1922 – 19 July 2007) was an English solicitor and hereditary peer.
Family
Nathan was the son of Harry and Eleanor Nathan. His father was a Liberal politician who joined the Labour Par ...
, 84, British solicitor and aristocrat.
* Alanah Woody, 51, American archaeologist, executive director of the Nevada Rock Art Foundation.
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Ollie Bridewell
Oliver Frederick Bridewell, 10 December 1985 – 20 July 2007), from Etchilhampton, Wiltshire, was a British motorcycle road racer.
In 2005, he competed in the British Superstock Championship, as well as a European series one-off at Brands Hat ...
, 21, British motorcycle racer, crash during race practice for the British Superbike Championship.
*
Golde Flami
Golde Flami (10 February 1918 – 20 July 2007) was an Argentine actress of film, television and stage.
Early life
Flami was born as Golda Flon in 1918 to a Jewish family in the Russian Empire. Her family emigrated to Argentina when she was fi ...
, 89, Argentine actress.
* Tammy Faye Messner, 65, American evangelist, metastatic colon cancer.
* David Preece, 44, British footballer ( Luton Town), throat cancer.
*
Maurice Riel
Maurice Riel, (April 3, 1922 – July 20, 2007) was a Canadian lawyer and Senator.
A distant relative of Louis Riel, Maurice Riel studied law and was admitted to the bar of Quebec in 1945. Establishing his own law firm in Montreal with Lou ...
, 85, Canadian Senator.
* Kai Siegbahn, 89, Swedish physicist at Uppsala University, won Nobel Prize in Physics in 1981.
* Geoff Taylor, 84, English footballer.
* Pete Wilson, 62, American broadcaster, heart attack.
Sharon Osbourne
Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy, later Arden; born 9 October 1952) is a British-American television personality, music manager and author. She is married to heavy metal singer-songwriter Ozzy Osbourne and came to prominence while appearing ...
.
*
René Deceja
René Deceja (16 April 1934 – 21 July 2007) was a Uruguayan cycle sport, cyclist. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
*
1934 births
2007 deaths
Uruguayan male cyclists ...
, 73, Uruguayan Olympic cyclist.
* Jack Fearey, 84, American television pioneer,
Bumbershoot
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festival founder.
*
Jesús de Polanco
Jesús Polanco Gutiérrez, also known as Jesús de Polanco (November 7, 1929 – July 21, 2007) was a businessman from Spain who built one of the largest media empires in the world. In 2005, he was ranked 3rd richest person in Spain and at num ...
, 77, Spanish media entrepreneur and publisher (''
El País
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It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...
''), complications of arthritic disease.
* Sherwin Wine, 79, American rabbi, founder of
Birmingham Temple
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As being part of the Humanistic Judaism movement, the congregation observes holidays, traditions and ritual ...
and
Humanistic Judaism
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Carmelo Camet
Carmelo Félix Camet (October 29, 1904 – July 22, 2007) was an Argentine fencer who competed in the Olympic games in 1928. He was the son of Francisco Carmelo Camet, a fencer at the 1900 Summer Olympics who is sometimes considered to be A ...
, 102, Argentine 1928 Olympic bronze medalist in fencing and oldest living former Olympian.
*
Mike Coolbaugh
Michael Robert Coolbaugh (June 5, 1972 – July 22, 2007) was an American baseball player and coach. Born in Binghamton, New York, he was the brother of major leaguer Scott Coolbaugh. Coolbaugh died after being hit by a line drive while worki ...
, 35, American baseball first base coach for the
Tulsa Drillers
The Tulsa Drillers are a minor league baseball team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The team, which plays in the Texas League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers major-league club.
Stadium
The Drillers play at ONEOK Field (pronounc ...
, head injury.
*
Jarrod Cunningham
Jarrod Cunningham (7 September 1968 – 23 July 2007) was a New Zealand rugby union fullback. Born in Hawke's Bay, Cunningham played for his home town rugby club from 1990 to 1997, during which time he was trialed for the All Blacks in 1993, b ...
, 38, New Zealand rugby union footballer for London Irish, motor neurone disease.
* Norma Gabler, 84, American textbook campaigner, Parkinson's disease.
*
Walter Jona
Walter Jona (17 July 1926 – 22 July 2007) was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Early life and career
Jona went to school at the Scotch College, Melbourne before studying medicine at the University of Melbourne in ...
Ulrich Mühe
Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe (; 20 June 1953 – 22 July 2007) was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann (Captain) Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film ''Das Leben der Anderen'' (''The Lives of Others'', 200 ...
Gerhard Thielcke
Gerhard Thielcke (February 14, 1931 Köthen, Germany – July 22, 2007 Radolfzell, Germany) was a German environmentalist, professor and co-founder of the Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND: League for the environment and nature c ...
, 76, German conservationist, BUND co-founder, head injury.
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Franco Cuomo
Franco Cuomo (22 April 1938, in Naples – 23 July 2007, in Rome) was an Italian journalist and writer.
Best known for his historical novels set in the Middle Ages, he was short-listed twice for the Strega Award (the most prestigious literary pr ...
, 69, Italian writer.
* Sir Tom Davis, 90, Cook Islander
Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
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(1978–1987).
*
Otis Davis
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, 86, American Major League Baseball player for the
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Benjamin Libet
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In 2003, ...
, 91, American pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness.
* Ron Miller, 74, American songwriter ("
Touch Me in the Morning
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Gyani Nand
Gyani Nand (1943 – 23 July 2007) was a Fijian politician of Indian descent. He was born in Tavua and taught in a number of primary and high schools then worked as a hansard reporter and later as a diplomat in Australia and England before sta ...
, 64, Fijian politician ( FLP, 2001–2006), Minister for Agriculture (2006).
*
Joan O'Hara
Joan O'Hara (10 October 1930 – 23 July 2007) was an Irish stage, film and television actress. She was one of Ireland's most popular actresses and was, at her death, recognisable to television viewers as Eunice Dunstan, a gossip in ''Fair Cit ...
, 76, Irish actress, heart disease.
*
Mary Anne Scoles
This article lists Canadian supercentenarians (people from Canada who have attained the age of at least 110 years). The oldest verified Canadian person ever was Marie-Louise Meilleur, who died in 1998 aged 117 years, 230 days. As of , the oldest li ...
, 110, Canadian and Manitoban oldest verified person.
* Mirsha Serrano, 28, Mexican footballer for
Tecos UAG
Tecos Fútbol Club (often referred to by its nickname "Tecos") is a Mexican professional Association football, football club associated with the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara AC. It plays its home games in the ''Estadio 3 de Marzo'' (March ...
, car accident.
*
George Tabori
George Tabori ( György Tábori; 24 May 1914 – 23 July 2007) was a Hungarian writer and theatre director.
Life and career
Tabori was born in Budapest as György Tábori, a son of Kornél and Elsa Tábori. His father Kornél (Cornelius) was m ...
, 93, Hungarian-born British theater director.
* Mohammed Zahir Shah, 92, Afghan royal, last king of Afghanistan.
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Giorgio Anglesio
Giorgio Anglesio (13 April 1922 – 24 July 2007) was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1951 Mediterranean Games
The 1951 Mediterranean Games, officially k ...
, 85, Italian Olympic fencer.
*
Eric Davis
The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization).
The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ain ...
, 75, English footballer (
Plymouth Argyle
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Geoffrey Nuttall
Geoffrey Fillingham Nuttall (8 November 1911 – 24 July 2007) was a British Congregational minister and ecclesiastical historian.
Nuttall was born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, the son of the general practitioner. He was educated at Bootham Sc ...
Charles Whiting
Charles Henry Whiting (18 December 1926 – 24 July 2007), was a British writer and military historian and with some 350 books of fiction and non-fiction to his credit, under his own name and a variety of pseudonyms including Duncan Harding, Ia ...
, 80, British author and military historian.
*
William Young William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist
* William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambers ...
, 107, British airman, last known remaining World War I veteran of the Royal Flying Corps.
*
Nicola Zaccaria Nicola Zaccaria (9 March 1923 - 24 July 2007), born Nicholas Angelos Zachariou was a Greek bass.
Career
Born in Piraeus, Zaccaria studied at the Athens Conservatory where he enjoyed his debut in 1949, aged 26. He sang at La Scala in 1953 and his p ...
, 84, Greek operatic bass, Alzheimer's disease.
*
Riley Ann Sawyers
Riley Ann Sawyers (March 11, 2005 – July 24, 2007) was a two-year-old American girl who was beaten to death by her mother Kimberly Dawn Trenor and her mother's partner Royce Zeigler in a filicide. Her body was later found in Galveston Bay, Tex ...
, 2, American murder victim.
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* Bae Hyung-kyu, 42, South Korean pastor, Taliban hostage, shot.
*
Danny Bergara
Daniel Alberto Bergara de Medina (24 July 1942 – 25 July 2007) was a Uruguayan footballer and manager.
Playing career
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Bergara began his playing career at the age of 16, playing for Racing Club in the Uruguayan F ...
, 64, Uruguayan football manager of Stockport County and Brunei, stroke.
* Raymond Bristow, 98, British priest, longest-serving Anglican minister.
* Jake, 12, American search and rescue dog for
September 11, 2001 attacks
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and
Hurricane Katrina
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, cancer.
*
Bernd Jakubowski
Bernd Jakubowski (10 December 1952 – 25 July 2007) was an East German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
Jakubowski began his career with Hansa Rostock, but moved to Dynamo Dresden in 1970, where he would spend the remainder of his ...
, 54, German footballer ( East Germany), after short illness.
* Jesse Marunde, 27, American strongman, heart attack.
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*
George Brown George Brown may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* George Loring Brown (1814–1889), American landscape painter
* George Douglas Brown (1869–1902), Scottish novelist
* George Williams Brown (1894–1963), Canadian historian and editor
* G ...
Lars Forssell
Lars Hans Carl Abraham Forssell (14 January 192826 July 2007) was a Swedish writer and member of the Swedish Academy. Forssell was a versatile writer who worked within many genres, including poetry, drama and songwriting. He was married from 1951 ...
, 79, Swedish author and member of the
Swedish Academy
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Doctor Who
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Skip Prosser
George Edward "Skip" Prosser (November 3, 1950 – July 26, 2007) was an American college basketball coach who was head men's basketball coach at Wake Forest University at the time of his death. He was the only coach in NCAA history to take three s ...
, 56, American college basketball coach for Wake Forest University, heart attack.
* Shambo, 6, British Hindu sacred bull, lethal injection due to bovine tuberculosis.
*
Alberto Villamizar
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, 62, Colombian politician ( NL) and diplomat, complications of lung surgery.
Fannie Hillsmith
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, 96, American Cubist painter.
*
Abdullah Kurshumi
Abduallah Hussein Alkorshomi ( ar, عبد الله كرشمي) was the Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic from 2 September 1969 until 5 February 1970. He served under President Abdul Rahman al-Iryani.
He was born in 1932 in the village of ...
, 75, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1969–1970).
*
James Oyebola
James Oyebola (10 June 1961 – 27 July 2007) was a Nigerian and British heavyweight boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the super heavyweight division. Oyebola was the British heavyweight champion from 1994 to 19 ...
, 46, British heavyweight boxer, shot.
*
Alan Pottasch
Alan Maxwell Pottasch (August 13, 1927 – July 27, 2007) was an American advertising executive and marketer best known for his five decades of work for PepsiCo. Specifically, Pottasch is best known as the creator behind the "Pepsi Generatio ...
, 79, American advertising executive for Pepsi, developed Pepsi Generation ad campaign.
* Christophe Ruer, 42, French Olympic modern pentathlete (1988, 1992, 1996), motorcycle accident.
* William J. Tuttle, 95, American make-up artist ('' North by Northwest'', ''
Singin' in the Rain
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'', ''
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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Kazi Lhendup Dorjee
Kazi Lhendup Dorjee (11 October 1904 – 28 July 2007), also spelled Lhendup Dorji or Lhendup Dorji Khangsarpa, was the first chief minister of Sikkim from 1975 to 1979 after its union with India.
Early life
Lhendup Dorjee was born in 1904 in P ...
, 102, Indian first chief minister of Sikkim ( SNC, 1974–1978), heart attack.
* Karl Gotch, 82, German-born professional wrestler.
* Isidore Isou, 82, French poet, film critic and artist.
*
Jim LeRoy
Jim LeRoy (April 5, 1961 – July 28, 2007) was an American aerobatics pilot. He died upon impact in a crash at the Dayton Air Show in Ohio.
Background
A former US Marine Corps Scout/Sniper, Jim LeRoy held a B.S. degree in Aeronautical/Aerospace e ...
, 46, American stunt pilot, air crash.
* Sal Mosca, 80, American jazz pianist and educator.
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* Ian Anstruther, 85, British diplomat, baronet, writer and literary patron.
* Jack Cole, 87, American publisher (''Cole Directory''), cancer.
* James David, 79, American football player (
Detroit Lions
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), after long illness.
* Art Davis, 73, American jazz double-bassist, heart attack.
* Phil Drabble, 93, British television presenter ('' One Man and His Dog'').
* Mike Reid, 67, English comedian and actor (''
EastEnders
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Yus, My Dear
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''), heart attack.
* Bill Robinson, 64, American baseball player (
Braves
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Pirates
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The Late Late Show
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'') and journalist, complications of leukemia.
* Marvin Zindler, 85, American reporter, pancreatic cancer.
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Michelangelo Antonioni
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Ingmar Bergman
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1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
,
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
,
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
).
*
Fausto Sucena Rasga Filho
Fausto Sucena Rasga Filho, also commonly known simply as Fausto (12 April 1929 – 30 July 2007), was a Brazilian basketball
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, 78, Brazilian Olympic basketball player.
*
Thomas McGraw
Thomas "Tam" McGraw (19 February 1952 – 30 July 2007), also known as "The Licensee" or "Wan-Baw McGraw", was a gangster involved in organised crime including extortion and drug trafficking in Glasgow, Scotland.
Once one of the wealthiest bu ...
, 54, British mobster, heart attack.
* Ali Meshkini, 86, Iranian Chairman of the Assembly of Experts, respiratory and kidney complications.
* Anne O'Brien, 95, American Olympic athlete.
* Makoto Oda, 75, Japanese writer and anti-war activist, cancer.
* Shim Sung-Min, 29, South Korean Taliban hostage, shot.
*
Richard Stott
Richard Keith Stott (17 August 1943 – 30 July 2007) was a British journalist and editor.
Born in Oxford, he attended Clifton College in Bristol. He began his career in journalism with the ''Bucks Herald'', aged 19. After the Great Train Rob ...
, 63, British newspaper editor and author, pancreatic cancer.
* Bill Walsh, 75, American three-time Super Bowl-winning football coach of the San Francisco 49ers and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, leukemia.
* Wen Xingyu, 65, Chinese comedian, lung cancer.
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* Margaret Avison, 89, Canadian poet.
*J. Esmonde Barry, 83, Canadian healthcare activist and political commentator, complications from a heart attack.
*Norman Cohn, 92, British historian, degenerative heart condition.
*Oliver Morgan, 74, American rhythm & blues vocalist, heart attack.
*R. D. Wingfield, 79, British writer and radio dramatist.
References
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