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The following is a list of notable '''deaths in 2007'''. Links to other years follow.

Names are listed under the date of death, not the date it was announced. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name. Only persons meeting the [[Wikipedia:Notability (people)|Wikipedia notability]] guidelines are listed and with a reference to a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]]. A typical entry appears in the following sequence:
* Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
Causes of death such as "old age" and "natural causes" are not cited unless stated in the reference.

==[[May 2007]]==
===[[May 23|23]]===
*[[Ken Kumai]], 76, [[Japan]]ese [[film director]]. [http://www.lefigaro.fr/fil-info/20070523.WWW000000306_japon_mort_du_realisateur_ken_kumai.html] (French)

===[[May 22|22]]===
*[[Robert Comer]], 50, [[United States|American]] murderer, [[execution]] by [[lethal injection]]. [http://www.nypost.com/seven/05232007/news/nationalnews/killer_dies_a_raider_fan_nationalnews_.htm]

===[[May 21|21]]===
* [[Peter Hayes (lawyer)|Peter Hayes]], 54, [[Australia]]n lawyer. [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21773710-2,00.html]
* [[Bruno Mattei]], 75, [[Italy|Italian]] film director. [http://www.horrormovie.it/news/leggi_news.asp?id=148] (Italian)
* [[Murari Prasad Mishra]], 79, [[India]]n writer and politician who served as Minister for Cooperatives in [[Orissa]]. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Former_Orissa_minister_Murari_Prasad_Misra_dies/articleshow/2064409.cms]
* [[Sakorn Yang-keawsot]], 85, [[Thailand|Thai]] [[puppeteer]], [[lung]] problem. [http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/22May2007_news02.php]

===[[May 20|20]]===
* [[Bobby Ash]], 82, [[United Kingdom|British]]-born host of ''[[The Uncle Bobby Show]]'', [[heart attack]]. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070523/bobby_ash_070523/20070523?hub=Canada]
* [[Driss Benzekri (activist)|Driss Benzekri]], 57, [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[human rights]] activist, complications of [[stomach cancer]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6650344,00.html]
* [[Ishwarbhai Chavda]], 96, [[India]]n former [[Member of Parliament]] from [[Gujarat]]. [http://www.gujaratglobal.com/nextSub.php?id=2863&cattype=NEWS]
*[[William Colson]], 66, [[United States|American]] businessman who built the world's biggest [[retirement home]] network, [[cancer]]. [http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070522/NEWS/705220320/1001]
* [[Christian Delacampagne]], 57, [[France|French]] philosopher and writer, cancer. [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3382,36-912828@51-912933,0.html] (French)
* [[Slim de Grey]], 88, [[Australia]]n [[comedian]] and [[actor]]. [http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21763638-10388,00.html]
* Dame [[Jean Herbison]], 83 or 84, [[New Zealand]] academic, first NZ female [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]] ([[University of Canterbury]], 1979–1984). [http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4066555a6530.html]
* [[Baruch Kimmerling]], 67, [[Israel]]i [[sociologist]] and [[historian]] known for his studies of [[Zionism]] and Israeli society, [[cancer]]. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/861990.html]
* [[Bruce Lauritsen]], 64, [[United States|American]] businessman, CEO of Flexsteel Industries (1993–2006), [[pancreatic cancer]]. [http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=AP&Date=20070521&ID=6932377]
* [[Valentina Leontyeva]], 84, [[Russia]]n who was one of the first television presenters in the [[Soviet Union]]. [http://www.rambler.ru/news/events/inmemoriam/10395797.html] (Russian)
* [[Stanley Miller]], 77, [[United States|American]] [[chemist]] and [[biologist]] best known for the [[Miller-Urey experiment]] into the origins of life, [[heart failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/23/us/23miller.html&cid=0&ei=uqRTRvu2CIXi0QHrh62kCQ]
* [[Guram Sharadze]], 66, [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] [[philologist]] and politician, [[Gunshot injury|shot]]. [http://www.imedinews.ge/en/news_read/40637]
* [[Norman Von Nida]], 93, [[Australia]]n [[golf]] [[Australian Open (golf)|champion]]. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Golf-icon-Norman-Von-Nida-dies-aged-93/2007/05/20/1179601235225.html]
* [[Ben Weisman]], 85, [[United States|American]] musician and [[songwriter]] who wrote nearly 60 songs for [[Elvis Presley]], [[stroke]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/22/america/NA-GEN-US-Obit-Ben-Weisman.php]

===[[May 19|19]]===
*[[Bernard Blaut]], 67, [[Poland|Polish]] football player who won two titles with [[Legia Warsaw]]. [http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/1538538,14,item.html] (Polish)
*[[Aden Abdullah Osman Daar]], 99, first [[President of Somalia]]. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200705220976.html]
*[[Miroslav Deronjić]], 52, [[Bosnian Serb]] politician and convicted [[war crimes|war criminal]], [[death by natural causes|natural causes]]. [http://www.news.com.au/sundayheraldsun/story/0,21985,21762798-5005961,00.html]
*[[Jack Findlay]], 72, [[Australia]]n [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] motorcycle racer. [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=39&art_id=nw20070520145150177C438918]
*[[Eva Forest]], 79, [[Principality of Catalonia|Catalonian]] writer and fighter for human rights, [http://www.berria.info/edizioa_ikusi.php?id=20881] [http://www.gara.net/azkenak/05/19182/es/Fallece/escritora/e/intelectual/Eva/Forest]
*[[Marian Radke-Yarrow]], 89, [[United States|American]] researcher in child [[psychology]], [[leukemia]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/23/health/23yarrow.html?_r=1&oref=slogin]
*[[Scott Thorkelson]], 49, [[Canada|Canadian]] member of the [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]] (1988 - 1993), [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=55009]
*[[Hans Wollschläger]], 72, [[Germany|German]] author and translator. [http://www.faz.net/s/Rub1DA1FB848C1E44858CB87A0FE6AD1B68/Doc~E36D9EA8FCA0E47638793348399058493~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html] (German)
*[[Carl Wright]], 75, [[United States|American]] [[dancer]], [[comedian]] and [[actor]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/20/729878-dancer-actor-carl-wright-dies-at-75]

===[[May 18|18]]===
*[[Roy De Forest]], 77, [[United States|American]] artist and [[professor]] at [[University of California, Davis]]. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/05/22/state/n122214D04.DTL]
*[[Pierre-Gilles de Gennes]], 74, [[France|French]] [[physics|physicist]] who won the [[Nobel Prize for Physics]] in [[1991]]. [http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/65026.html]
*[[Robert Lapidus]], 78, [[United States|American]] businessman, founder of [[Bob's Stores]]. [http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2007/05/19/robert_lapidus_founder_of_bobs_stores_dies/]
* [[Shawn McCaughey]], 31, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Canadian Forces|Forces]] [[Snowbirds]] aerobatic team pilot, [[Aviation accidents and incidents|air crash]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/05/19/snowbirds-crash.html]
* [[Saud Memon]], 44, [[Pakistan]]i businessman implicated in the murder of [[Daniel Pearl]], [[tuberculosis]] and [[meningitis]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6671067.stm]
* [[António Simões Monteiro]], [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Amnesty International|Amnesty Internacional]] president and founder. [http://www.amnistia-internacional.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=156&Itemid=79] (Portuguese)
* [[Les Schwab]], 89, [[United States|American]] tire tycoon. [http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-19/117953814681790.xml&storylist=orlocal]
* [[Mika Špiljak]], 90, [[List of leaders of communist Yugoslavia|Chairman of the Collective Presidency]] of [[Yugoslavia]] (1983–1984). [http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2007&mm=05&dd=21&nav_id=247517] [http://www.index.hr/clanak.aspx?id=348955] (Croatian)
* [[Yoyoy Villame]], 69, [[Philippines|Filipino]] musician and comedian, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Philippines/10126239.html]

===[[May 17|17]]===
*[[Lloyd Alexander]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[fantasy author]], including ''[[The Chronicles of Prydain]]'', [[cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/17/AR2007051702371.html]
*[[Petro Balabuyev]], 76, [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] aircraft designer, including world's largest aeroplane, the [[An-225]]. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4812998.html]
*[[John Gonzaga]], 74, [[United States|American]] [[American football|football]] player with the [[San Francisco 49ers]], [[Dallas Cowboys]], [[Detroit Lions]] and [[Denver Broncos]]. [http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070520/SPORTS01/705200602/1049]
*[[Kawika Kapahulehua]], 76, [[United States|American]] captain of the [[Hokulea]]'s first voyage from [[Hawaii]] to [[Tahiti]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/18/america/NA-GEN-US-Obit-Kapahulehua.php]
*[[Anton Rašla]], 95, [[Slovakia|Slovak]] prosecutor of [[WWII]] President [[Jozef Tiso]], last National Council member during [[Slovak National Uprising|Slovak Uprising]]. [http://spravy.pravda.sk/zomrel-tisov-zalobca-anton-rasla-d45-/sk_domace.asp?c=A070517_113242_sk_domace_p23] (Slovak)
*[[Toki Shiozawa]], 79, [[Japan]]ese actress, [[stomach cancer]]. [http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/entertainment/news/20070518p2a00m0et022000c.html]
*[[Pete Wambach]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[radio]] presenter (''This is [[Pennsylvania]]'', 1968–1985). [http://www.yorkdispatch.com/pennsylvania/ci_5927732]
*[[Eugen Weber]], 82, [[Romania]]n-born [[United States|American]] [[historian]], [[pancreatic cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/arts/22weber.html]
*[[Wiktor Zin]], 82, [[Poland|Polish]] [[architect]] and [[graphic artist]]. [http://miasta.gazeta.pl/rzeszow/1,34975,4139257.html] (Polish)

===[[May 16|16]]===
*[[DeAndre Adams]], 20, [[United States|American]] [[basketball]] player ([[Winthrop University]]), [[car accident]]. [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2007-05-16-winthrop-adams_N.htm]
*[[Alphonse Ardoin|Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin]], 91, [[United States|American]] [[Zydeco|creole]] [[accordionist]]. [http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070518/NEWS01/705180302]
* Dame [[Mary Douglas]], 86, [[United Kingdom|British]] social [[anthropologist]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1805952.ece]
*[[Gohar Gasparyan]], 83, [[Armenia]]n soprano opera singer. [http://armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&AID=2201&CID=2243&IID=1133&lng=eng]
*[[Allan Hird]], 88, [[Australia]]n [[Australian rules football|footballer]] (1940–1945) and President of [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] (1969–1975), [[Victoria (Australia)|Victorian]] [[Director-general|DG]] of [[Department of Education (Victoria)|Education]]. [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/Hirds-grandfather-dies/2007/05/16/1178995213231.html]
*[[Peter Marner]], 71, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[cricket]]er, youngest player to represent [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]]. [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/294383.html]
*[[Terry Ryan (writer)|Terry Ryan]], 60, [[United States|American]] [[writer]] (''[[The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio]]''), [[cancer]]. [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/17/BAGP0P3U2E115.DTL]
*[[Harry Shuford]], 92, [[United States|American]] [[American football|football]] player ([[Southern Methodist University]]), captain of 1936 [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] team. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/topstories/stories/051707dnsposmushuford.3662dfe.html]
*[[Paul Sullivan (basketballer)|Paul Sullivan]], [[United States|American]] who was first [[Alabama Crimson Tide basketball]] player drafted by the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]. [http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=14&p=2&c=644694]
*[[Lauren Terrazzano]], 39, [[United States|American]] ''[[Newsday]]'' columnist who chronicled her battle with cancer, [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.newsday.com/ny-terrazzano-column,0,6784588.columnist] [http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007May16/0,4670,ObitTerrazzano,00.html]

===[[May 15|15]]===
*[[Giorgio Cavaglieri]], 95, [[Italy|Italian]]-born [[United States|American]] [[architect]] who founded [[New York City]]'s urban preservation movement. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/18/arts/design/18cavaglieri.html]
*[[Orlando Consalvi]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[tailor]] who made [[Colonel Sanders]]' suits. [http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/73809.html]
*[[Jerry Falwell]], 73, [[United States|American]] [[pastor]], [[Televangelism|television evangelist]] and founder of the [[Moral Majority]], [[cardiac arrhythmia]]. [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10187839] [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-070515jerry-falwell,0,2937949.story]
*[[Karen Hess]], 88, [[United States|American]] culinary historian and author, [[stroke]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/19/dining/19hess.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin]
*[[Ruben Johnson]], 77, [[United States|American]] banker convicted of [[fraud]] and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] fundraiser, pardoned by [[Bill Clinton]], [[leukemia]]. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/4827150.html]
*[[Yolanda King]], 51, [[United States|American]] [[activist]], [[actress]], daughter of [[civil rights]] leader [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] [http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/16/obit.king.ap/index.html]

===[[May 14|14]]===
* [[Orlando Bobo]], 33, [[United States|American]] [[Canadian football|football]] player with the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] in the [[Canadian Football League|CFL]], [[heart failure|heart]] and [[liver failure]]. [http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=54846]
* General Sir [[Edward Jones (British army officer)|Edward Jones]], 70, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[British Army|Army]] [[General (United Kingdom)|general]], [[Black Rod]] (1996–2001), [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1800702.ece]
*[[Nancy McDonald]], 72, [[United States|American]] Representative for [[El Paso]] in the [[Texas House of Representatives|Texas House]] (1984–1995), [[ovarian cancer]]. [http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_5897636]
*[[Aaron McMillan]], 30, [[Australia]]n classical [[pianist]], [[bone cancer]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1921751.htm]
*[[Jean Saubert]], 65, [[United States|American]] [[Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics#Giant Slalom 2|dual medalist in slalom]] at the [[1964 Winter Olympics]], [[breast cancer]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/15/sports/NA-SPT-SKI-Obit-Saubert.php]
*[[Alexander Tassev]], 45, [[Bulgaria]]n chairman of [[Football (soccer)|football]] team [[PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv|Lokomotiv-Plovdiv]], [[Gunshot injury|shot]]. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/15/content_6101555.htm] [http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=80644]
*Sir [[Colin St John Wilson]], 85, [[United Kingdom|British]] architect who designed the [[British Library]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/05/16/db1601.xml]

===[[May 13|13]]===
<!-- List under C -->*[[Chen Xiaoxu]], 41, [[China|Chinese]] actress ([[Lin Daiyu]] in ''[[Dream of the Red Mansion]]''), [[breast cancer]]. [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/17/content_874724.htm]
*[[Mendel Jackson Davis]], 64, [[United States|American]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] from [[South Carolina]] (1971–1981), [[emphysema]]. [http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/575/story/67980.html]
*[[Pierre Duprey]], 84, [[France|French]] [[Bishop]] of the [[Roman Curia]]. [http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0702736.htm]
* [[Gomer Hodge]], 63, [[United States|American]] [[Major League Baseball]] player for the [[Cleveland Indians]] (1971), [[Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]]. [http://www.cleveland.com/sports/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1179218152175560.xml&coll=2]
*[[Les Hollingsworth]], 71, [[United States|American]] lawyer who served on the [[Arkansas Supreme Court]], complications of [[pancreatic cancer]]. [http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2007/05/13/ap-state-ar/d8p3v84o1.txt]
*[[George Kiseda]], 80, [[United States|American]] sports writer, [[dementia]]. [http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20070514-104133-7787] [http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20070515_Pioneering_sports_writer_George_Kiseda_dies_at_80.html]
*[[George Tatnell]], 68, [[Australia]]n motor racing speedcar and [[sprintcar]] champion, [[ pancreatic cancer]]. [http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21725409-12428,00.html]
*[[Kate Webb]], 64, [[New Zealand]] [[Correspondent|foreign correspondent]], [[bowel cancer]]. [http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=118717]

===[[May 12|12]]===
*[[Dadullah|Mullah Dadullah]], 41, [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] [[Taliban]] military commander, shot. [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/afghan.dadullah/index.html]
*<!-- List under D -->[[Dong Guangqing]], 90, [[China|Chinese]] [[Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association|Patriotic Catholic Association]] [[bishop]] of [[Wuhan]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/13/asia/AS-GEN-China-Obit-First-Bishop.php]
*[[Kai Johansen]], 67, [[Denmark|Danish]] [[soccer]] player for [[ Greenock Morton F.C.]] and [[Glasgow Rangers]], [[cancer]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/6651555.stm]
*[[Edy Vasquez]], 23, [[Honduras|Honduran]] [[soccer]] player, [[car accident]]. [http://www.laprensahn.com/deportes_nota.php?id04962=11040&t=1179032400]

===[[May 11|11]]===
*[[Norman Frank]], 82, [[United States|American]] producer and political strategist. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/nyregion/17frank.html?ref=obituaries]
*[[Bernard Gordon]], 88, [[United States|American]] [[screenwriter]] named on the [[Hollywood blacklist]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070512/APE/705120540&cachetime=5]
*[[Dayna Ho-Henry]], 51, [[United States|American]] daughter of famed [[Hawaii]]an singer [[Don Ho]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,271772,00.html]
*[[Stanley Holden]], 79, [[United Kingdom|British]] ballet dancer, complications from heart problems and [[colon cancer]]. [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/05/13/entertainment/e115605D71.DTL&type=entertainment] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1811172.ece]
*Chief [[Stephen Osita Osadebe]], 71, [[Nigeria]]n [[highlife]] musician. [http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2007/may/15/national-15-05-2007-007.htm]
*[[Malietoa Tanumafili II of Samoa|Malietoa Tanumafili II]], 94, [[Samoa]]n head of state. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10439457]

===[[May 10|10]]===
*[[Dennis Kuhn]], 65, [[United States|American]] architect known for his work in preserving [[heritage]] buildings in [[New York City]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/070521kuhn.asp]
*[[John Lattimer]], 92, [[United States|American]] [[urologist]] who developed a cure for [[renal]] [[tuberculosis]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/nyregion/13lattimer.html?_r=1&oref=slogin ]
*Sir [[Oliver Millar]], 84, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures]] (1972–1988) and [[Director of the Royal Collection]] (1987–1988). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/05/14/db1401.xml]
*[[Kelton Miller]], 69, [[United States|American]] member of the [[Vermont House of Representatives|Vermont House]] (1970–1972), [[publisher]] of the ''[[Bennington Banner]]'' (1977–1995). [http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070511/NEWS/70511024/-1/NEWS05]
*[[Robert Oelman]], 97, [[United States|American]] [[chief executive]] of [[NCR Corporation]] (1962–1973), co-founder of [[Wright State University]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/business/16oelman.html?ref=obituaries]

===[[May 9|9]]===
*[[Charley Ane]], 76, [[United States|American]] [[American football|football]] player with the [[Detroit Lions]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070511/SPORTS01/70511075/1049/SPORTS03]
*[[Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.|Alfred Chandler]], 88, [[United States|American]] [[economic history|economic historian]] and [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning author. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/12/business/12chandler.html?_r=1&oref=slogin]
*[[Gino Pariani]], 79, [[United States|American]] [[soccer]] player ([[1950 World Cup]]), [[bone cancer]]. [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=429224&cc=4716]
*[[Herval Rossano]], 72, [[Brazil]]ian television director. [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u70953.shtml] (Portuguese)
*[[Aníbal Sampayo]], 80, [[Uruguay]]an [[singer]] and [[composer]]. [http://www.analisisdigital.com.ar/noticias.php?di=0&ed=1&no=58010]
*[[Dwight Wilson]], 106, second-to-last surviving [[Canada|Canadian]] [[World War I]] veteran. [http://www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=650753]
*[[Philip Workman]], 53, [[United States|American]] murderer, [[execution]] by [[lethal injection]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070509/ts_alt_afp/ussentenceexecution_070509172517]
*[[Dimitar Yankov]], [[Bulgaria]]n [[Nesebar]] municipal council chairman, [[Gunshot injury|shot]]. [http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n111968]

===[[May 8|8]]===
*[[Philip Craig]], 74, [[United States|American]] mystery writer. [http://www.mvgazette.com/news/2007/05/11/philip_r_craig.php]
*[[Abdullah al Faisal]], 85, [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] prince, writer and businessman, after long illness. [http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=95948&d=9&m=5&y=2007]
*[[David Farquhar]], 79, [[New Zealand]] composer, after long illness. [http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200705081708/death_of_composer_david_farquhar]
*[[John Henry (toxicologist)|John Henry]], 68, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[toxicologist]], [[haemorrhage]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/05/12/db1202.xml]
*[[Alan Lowenstein]], 93, [[United States|American]] lawyer and community leader, founder of [[Lowenstein Sandler]] law firm, [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--obit-lowenstein0508may08,0,4086401.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey]

===[[May 7|7]]===
*[[Isabella Blow]], 48, [[United Kingdom|British]] fashion journalist and stylist, [[suicide]] by [[poison]]ing. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1760141.ece] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2007/05/07/efisabella107.xml] [http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article1774073.ece]
*[[Diego Corrales]], 29, [[United States|American]] [[super featherweight]] and [[lightweight]] [[boxing]] champion, [[motorcycle]] accident. [http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylt=AodubjWrf5vxTTX87Wir8ss5nYcB?slug=ki-corrales050707&prov=yhoo&type=lgns]
*[[George Dawson (politician)|George Dawson]], 45, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]] [[politician]] in [[Northern Ireland Assembly]], [[cancer]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6633433.stm] [http://www.georgedawson.org/]
*[[Donald Ginsberg]], 73, [[United States|American]] [[physicist]], [[melanoma]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/19/science/19ginsberg.html?ref=obituaries]
*[[Tomasi Kulimoetoke II]], 88, King of [[Wallis Island|Wallis ('Uvea)]]. [http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=32021]
*[[Raffi Lavie]], 70, [[Israel]]i artist, [[pancreatic cancer]]. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtVty.jhtml?sw=Rafi+Lavvi&itemNo=856814]
*[[Emma Lehmer]], 100, [[Russia]]n-born [[United States|American]] [[mathematician]]. [http://www.agnesscott.edu/LRIDDLE/WOMEN/lehmer.htm]
*[[Sonny Myers]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[wrestler]]. [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/05/09/4166132.html]
*[[Octavian Paler]], 81, [[Romania]]n writer and journalist, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://english.hotnews.ro/Romanian-thinker-Octavian-Paler-dies-of-heart-attack-articol_44904.htm]
*[[Redza Piyadasa]], 67, [[Malaysia]]n [[artist]], [[liver]] complications arising from [[dengue fever]]. [http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/5/8/nation/17661446&sec=nation]
*[[Tom Pocock]], 81, [[United Kingdom|British]] historian who specialised in [[Horatio Nelson]] and his times, [[cancer]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1&xml=/news/2007/05/10/db1001.xml]
*[[Mac Sumner]], 67, [[United States|American]] politician, state representative from [[Oregon]], [[lung cancer]] [http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070509/STATE/705090323/1042]
*[[Nicholas Worth]], 69, [[United States|American]] character actor, [[heart failure]]. [http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-passings11.1may11,1,147462.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california&ctrack=1&cset=true]
*[[Yahweh ben Yahweh]], 71, [[United States|American]] leader of the [[Nation of Yahweh]] cult and convicted felon, [[prostate cancer]]. [http://www.miamiherald.com/459/story/100239.html] [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/08/america/NA-GEN-US-Obit-Yahweh-Ben-Yahweh.php]

===[[May 6|6]]===
*[[Alvin Batiste]], 74, [[United States|American]] [[jazz]] [[musician]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/07/arts/07batiste.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin]
*[[Sue Becker]], 79, [[Australia]]n [[radio]] personality, [[cancer]]. [http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,21697567-3462,00.html]
*[[Carey Bell]], 70, [[United States|American]] [[blues]] [[harmonica]] player, [[heart failure]]. [http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003236.html]
*[[Lesley Blanch]], 102, [[United Kingdom|British]] writer and fashion editor. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2521685.ece]
*[[Enéas Carneiro]], 68, [[Brazil]]ian [[politician]], [[leukemia]]. [http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/06/704095-brazilian-lawmaker-carneiro-dies-at-68]
*[[Curtis Harrington]], 80, [[United States|American]] [[film director]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/movies/10harrington.html?ref=obituaries]
*[[Kazuo Kitamura]], 80, [[Japan]]ese [[actor]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070507a4.html]
*[[Đorđe Novković]], 63, [[Croatia]]n [[songwriter]]. [http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/8554][http://www.index.hr/clanak.aspx?id=345802] (Croatian)
*[[Nikolaus Schad]], 82, [[Germany|German]] [[cardiologist]] and professor, son of [[Christian Schad]]. [http://www.merkur-online.de/regionen/miesbach/art2817,792020.html] (German)
*[[Petro Sydorenko]], 80, [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]]-born artist. [http://www.thestar.com/News/article/213521]
*[[Bernard Weatherill|Lord Weatherill]], 86, [[Speaker of the British House of Commons]] (1983–1992), after short illness. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6632713.stm]

===[[May 5|5]]===
* Prince [[Abdul-Majid bin Abdul-Aziz]], [[circa|c.]]64, [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] [[politician]], governor of [[Mecca]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/07/world/middleeast/07abdul.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin]
* [[José Aponte de la Torre]], 65, [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] mayor, respiratory complications. [http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/politica/noticias/muere_alcalde_de_carolina/60440] (Spanish)
* [[Tom Hutchinson (football player)|Tom Hutchinson]], 65, [[United States|American]] [[American football|football]] [[wide receiver]] for the [[Cleveland Browns]] [[1964 NFL season|1964]] [[National Football League|NFL]] [[List of NFL champions|champions]]. [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/rss/s_506524.html]
* [[Theodore Maiman]], 79, [[United States|American]] [[physicist]] who built the first laser. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2524415.ece]
* [[Edwin H. Simmons]], 85, [[United States|American]] [[U.S. Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] historian. [http://www.nj.com/columns/gloucester/jimsix/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/1178781903105030.xml&coll=8]
* [[Gusti Wolf]], 95, [[Austria]]n actress. [http://wien.orf.at/stories/190696/] (German)
* [[Marián Zednikovič]], 55, [[Slovakia|Slovak]] actor, [[cancer]]. [http://www.webnoviny.sk/article.php?PHPSESSID=68f47a19939563240de06cfa1f1a2586&aid=63721&mid=&PHPSESSID=68f47a19939563240de06cfa1f1a2586] (Slovak)

===[[May 4|4]]===
*[[Doris Bodmer]], 76, [[Germany|German]]-born [[Switzerland|Swiss]] national champion [[Ice skating|skater]], [[United States|American]] skating coach, [[multiple myeloma]]. [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0705080067may08,1,7767683.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed]
* [[Russell W. Kruse]], 85, [[United States|American]] [[auctioneer]], [[stroke]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/automobiles/08kruse.html?ref=obituaries]
* [[Jeremias Nguenha]], [[Mozambique|Mozambican]] political [[musician]] who sang in [[Shangaan]]. [http://www.noticiaslusofonas.com/view.php?load=arcview&article=17464&catogory=Mo%E7ambique] (Portuguese)
* [[Omar Anronio Pérez Barreto]], 31, [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] [[professional wrestler]] ("Mephisto Lephanto"), [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.pwinsiderxtra.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=6689&p=1]
* [[Karl Schlögl]], 82, [[Austria]]n [[chemist]]. [http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=2868643] (German)
* [[Mamadou Zare]], 45, [[Côte d'Ivoire|Ivorian]] [[soccer]] player and coach. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/6626429.stm]

===[[May 3|3]]===
*[[Alex Agase]], 85, [[Iran]]ian-born [[American football]] coach. [http://www.mcall.com/sports/football/all-b9_obit-agase-.5835553may05,0,868108.story?coll=all-sportsmorefootball-hed]
*[[J. Robert Bradley]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[gospel music|gospel]] singer, [[diabetes]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/arts/music/04bradley.html?ref=obituaries]
*[[Alexander Brown (singer)|Alexander Brown]], 56, [[United States|American]] [[soul music|soul singer]] ([[The Persuaders (band)|The Persuaders]]). [http://www.soul-patrol.com/newsletter/2006/news1/persuaders.html]
*[[Leonard Eron]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[psychologist]], [[congestive heart failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/12/us/12eron.html?ref=obituaries]
*<!-- List under F -->[[Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani]], 54/55, [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] legislator and [[Prime Minister of Afghanistan|Prime Minister]] (1992), [[assassination]] by [[gunshot]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6618127.stm]
* [[Jim O'Connell]], 48, [[Canada|Canadian]] TV journalist ([[Business News Network]]), [[colon cancer]]. [http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/May2007/04/c4995.html]
*[[Wally Schirra]], 84, [[United States|American]] [[Project Mercury|Mercury]], [[Project Gemini|Gemini]], and [[Project Apollo|Apollo]] astronaut, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/05/03/schirra.obit/index.html]
*[[Nicos Symeonides]], 68, [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] Defense Minister. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=12884]
*[[Rose (goat)|Rose Tombe]], [[Sudan]]ese celebrity goat, [[asphyxiation]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article1744570.ece]
*[[Knock Yokoyama]], 75, [[Japan]]ese comedian and politician, [[throat cancer]]. [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/nn20070504a7.html]

===[[May 2|2]]===
* [[Carter & Carter#Phillip Carter|Phillip Carter]], 44, [[United Kingdom|British]] businessman, honorary [[Vice president|VP]] of [[Chelsea FC]], [[helicopter]] [[Aviation accidents and incidents|crash]]. [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=426866&cc=4716] [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2504635.ece] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6614347.stm]
*[[Mario Cubbino]], 77, [[Italy|Italian]] cartoonist. [http://www.afnews.info/public/afnews/viewnews.pl?newsid1178896166,56331,.htm] (Italian)
* [[Brad McGann]], 43, [[New Zealand]] [[film director]] (''[[In My Father's Den (film)|In My Father's Den]]''), [[cancer]]. [http://www.stuff.co.nz/4045828a10.html]
* [[David Rosenzweig]], 67, [[United States|American]] writer and editor for the [[Los Angeles Times]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-rosenzweig4may04,1,7990102.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california]
* <!-- List under T -->[[Henare Te Ua]], 74, [[New Zealand]] [[Maori]] radio broadcaster, [[emphysema]] and [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=252&objectid=10437434]

===[[May 1|1]]===
* [[Tim Eyermann]], 60, [[United States|American]] [[Grammy]]-nominated musician (East Coast Offering), complications from [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/13/AR2007051301151.html]
* [[Emgee Pretorius]], 83, [[South Africa]]n actor, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_South%20Africa&set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20070502141437994C598518]
* [[Joses Sanga]], [[Solomon Islands]] Public Service Minister, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.stuff.co.nz/4044607a12.html]
* [[Mathilde Octavie Tafna]], 112, oldest living person of a [[Overseas departments and territories of France|French possession]]. [http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM]
* [[Eugenia Zdębska]], 77, [[Poland|Polish]] [[Cardiac surgery|cardiac surgeon]]. [http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/1528740,11,1,0,120,686,item.html] (Polish)

==[[April 2007]]==
''See [[Deaths in April 2007]]''.
==[[March 2007]]==
''See [[Deaths in March 2007]]''.
==[[February 2007]]==
''See [[Deaths in February 2007]]''.
==[[January 2007]]==
''See [[Deaths in January 2007]]''.

==External links==
* Obituaries on the Web
** [http://www.legacy.com/Legacy.asp?Page=APStories Recent AP Obituaries]
** [http://www.nytimes.com/pages/obituaries/ ''The New York Times'': Obituaries]
** [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/metro/obituaries/index.html ''Washington Post'': Obituaries]
** [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/ ''The Boston Globe'': Obituaries]
** [http://www.mg.co.za/articleList.aspx?area=/insight/obituaries/ ''Mail & Guardian'' (South Africa) Obituaries]
** [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/ ''The Guardian'' (UK): Obituaries]
** [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obits ''Daily Telegraph'': Obituaries]
** [http://www.smh.com.au/obituaries/ ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (Australia): Obituaries]

* Specialized websites
** [http://www.coffindodgers.co.uk/ Coffindodgers]
** [http://www.einsiders.com/features/columns/2007obituaries.php Entertainment Insiders]
** [http://www.blogofdeath.com/ The Blog of Death]
** [http://www.celebritydeathbeeper.com/ Celebrity Death Beeper]
** [http://www.voy.com/60649/ Celebrity Obits]
** [http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/ Dead or Alive]
** [http://www.deadpeople.info/ Dead People Server]
** [http://www.findagrave.com/ Find a Grave]
** [http://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html Operations Iraq Freedom and Enduring Freedom Casualties]
** [http://www.mydeathspace.com/ Myspace Deaths]
** [http://www.vipatients.com/ VIPatients.com]
** [http://writerobits.livejournal.com/ Writers We've Lost]
** [http://www.theliterarycemetery.co.uk/ Written in Stone - Literary deaths]
For earlier deaths, see [[Deaths in 2006]], [[Deaths in 2005]], [[Deaths in 2004]], [[Deaths in 2003]], [[Deaths in 2002]], [[Deaths in 2001]], [[2000#Deaths|2000]], [[1999#Deaths|1999]], [[1998#Deaths|1998]], [[1997#Deaths|1997]], [[1996#Deaths|1996]], [[1995#Deaths|1995]], [[1994#Deaths|1994]], [[1993#Deaths|1993]], [[1992#Deaths|1992]], [[1991#Deaths|1991]], [[1990#Deaths|1990]], [[1989#Deaths|1989]], [[1988#Deaths|1988]], ...

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