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*[[Ingmar Bergman]], 89, [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[theatre director|stage]] and [[film director]] |
*[[Ingmar Bergman]], 89, [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[theatre director|stage]] and [[film director]] (''[[The Seventh Seal]]'', ''[[Fanny and Alexander]]''). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6921960.stm] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/235714.stm] |
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*[[Kazi Lhendup Dorjee]], 103, [[India|Indian]] first [[List of Chief Ministers of India|Chief Minister]] of [[Sikkim]] ([[Sikkim National Congress|SNC]], 1974–1978), [[heart attack]]. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Sikkims_first_Chief_Minister_Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee_dies/articleshow/2243792.cms] |
*[[Kazi Lhendup Dorjee]], 103, [[India|Indian]] first [[List of Chief Ministers of India|Chief Minister]] of [[Sikkim]] ([[Sikkim National Congress|SNC]], 1974–1978), [[heart attack]]. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Sikkims_first_Chief_Minister_Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee_dies/articleshow/2243792.cms] |
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*[[Makoto Oda]], 75, [[Japan]]ese writer and anti-war activist, [[cancer]]. [http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=328384] |
*[[Makoto Oda]], 75, [[Japan]]ese writer and anti-war activist, [[cancer]]. [http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=328384] |
Revision as of 12:49, 30 July 2007
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 people and animals meeting the Wikipedia notability guidelines are listed and with a reference to a 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.
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- Ingmar Bergman, 89, Swedish stage and film director (The Seventh Seal, Fanny and Alexander). [1] [2]
- Kazi Lhendup Dorjee, 103, Indian first Chief Minister of Sikkim (SNC, 1974–1978), heart attack. [3]
- Makoto Oda, 75, Japanese writer and anti-war activist, cancer. [4]
- James David, 79, American football player (Detroit Lions), after long illness. [5]
- Mylan Engel Sr., 84, American legislator, Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate (1961–1970). [6]
- Mike Reid, 67, British comedian and actor (EastEnders), heart attack. [7]
- Bill Robinson, 64, American baseball player (Braves, Yankees, Phillies and Pirates). [8]
- Michel Serrault, 79, French actor (La cage aux folles), after long illness. [9]
- Tom Snyder, 71, American talk show host and journalist, complications of leukemia. [10]
- Marvin Zindler, 85, American reporter, pancreatic cancer. [11]
- Mihály Gergely, 85, Hungarian writer. [12] (Hungarian)
- Karl Gotch, 82, German-born professional wrestler. [13]
- Jim LeRoy, 46, American stunt pilot, air crash. [14]
- Sal Mosca, 80, American jazz pianist and educator. [15]
- Gabriel Cisneros Laborda, 66, Spanish politician (PP), co-author of the 1978 Constitution, complications from stroke. [16] (Spanish)
- Lucky Grills, 79, Australian comedian and actor (Bluey). [17]
- A.C. Overton, 80, American bluegrass banjo player, brain aneurysm. [18]
- James Oyebola, 46, British heavyweight boxer, shot. [19] [20]
- Dušan Prelević, 59, Serbian singer, actor and playwright, cardiovascular problems. [21] (Serbian)
- Lars Forssell, 79, Swedish author and member of the Swedish Academy. [22]
- Carole Meyers, 50, American first female rabbi in Los Angeles, bone cancer. [23]
- Wayne Pratt, 64, American antique dealer and television personality (Antiques Roadshow), complications of heart surgery. [24]
- Skip Prosser, 56, American college basketball coach for Wake Forest University, heart attack. [25]
- Sarju Prasad Saroj, 60, Indian member of parliament, heart failure. [26]
- Shambo, 6, British Hindu sacred bull, lethal injection due to bovine tuberculosis. [27]
- Uncle John Turner, 62, American blues drummer, complications of hepatitis C. [28]
- Alberto Villamizar, 62, Colombian politician (NL) and diplomat, complications of heart surgery. [29]
- Wang Hongli, 61, Chinese soccer coach, Liaoning (1994–2005), cardiac arrest. [30]
- Lawton Williams, 85, American singer and songwriter, respiratory failure. [31]
- Bae Hyung-kyu, 42, South Korean pastor, Taliban hostage, shot. [32]
- Danny Bergara, 64, Uruguayan football manager of Stockport County and Brunei, stroke. [33] [34]
- Raymond Bristow, 98, British priest, longest-serving Anglican minister. [35]
- Herb Doman, 75, Canadian forest industry businessman, founder of Western Forest Products. [36]
- Bernd Jakubowski, 54, German footballer (East Germany), after short illness. [37] (German)
- Jesse Marunde, 27, American strongman, heart attack. [38]
- William Schuyler, 93, American patent commissioner (1969–1971), heart failure. [39]
- Lidia Smirnova, 92, Russian actress. [40] (Russian)
- Thorstein Aaby, 36, Norwegian guitarist, co-founder and ex-member of Pagan's Mind. [41]
- Albert Ellis, 93, American pioneer in cognitive-behavioral therapy, kidney and heart failure. [42]
- Chaney Kley, 34, American movie and television actor. [43]
- Abdullah Mehsud, 31, Pakistani Taliban commander, suicide by hand grenade. [44]
- D.D. Ryan, 79, American fashion writer and editor, Harper's Bazaar, complications of lung cancer. [45]
- Nardus Wessels, 22, South African rugby union player (Sharks), car accident. [46]
- Charles Whiting, 80, British author and military historian. [47]
- William Young, 107, British airman, last known remaining WWI veteran of the Royal Flying Corps. [48]
- Nicola Zaccaria, 84, Greek operatic bass, Alzheimer's disease. [49]
- Robert Bernstein, 87, American commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Texas Commissioner of Health, leukemia. [50]
- Sir Tom Davis, 90, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (1978–1987). [51]
- Ernst Otto Fischer, 88, German Nobel-Prize-winning chemist. [52] (German)
- Ronnie P. Gossett, American professional wrestler, colon cancer. [53]
- Tor Kamata, 70, American professional wrestler (Stampede Wrestling), heart disease. [54]
- Daniel Koshland, 87, American scientist, editor of Science magazine (1985–1995), stroke. [55]
- Ron Miller, 74, American songwriter ("Touch Me in the Morning", "For Once in My Life"), cardiac arrest. [56]
- Gyani Nand, 64, Fijian politician (FLP, 2001–2006), Minister for Agriculture (2006). [57]
- Joan O'Hara, Irish actress. [58]
- Mary Anne Scoles, 110, oldest verified Canadian and Manitoban. [59]
- Mirsha Serrano, 28, Mexican footballer for UAG Tecos, car accident. [60]
- George Tabori, 93, Hungarian-born British theater director. [61]
- Mohammed Zahir Shah, 92, last king of Afghanistan. [62]
- John Harrison Burnett, 85, British academic, Principal of Edinburgh University (1979–1987). [63]
- Mike Coolbaugh, 35, American baseball first base coach for the Tulsa Drillers, head injury. [64]
- Jarrod Cunningham, 38, New Zealand rugby union footballer for London Irish, motor neurone disease. [65]
- Rhetaugh Dumas, 78, American who was first African-American, woman and nurse to be a Deputy Director at NIMH, cancer. [66]
- Walter Jona, 81, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1964–1985). [67]
- László Kovács, 74, Hungarian-born cinematographer (Easy Rider). [68]
- André Milongo, 71, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (1991–1992). [69]
- Ulrich Mühe, 54, German actor (The Lives of Others), stomach cancer. [70]
- George Otis, American businessman and evangelist. [71]
- Wen Roberts, 70, American photographer for the Lakers and Kings, complications from myasthenia gravis and ALS. [72]
- Jean Stablinski, 75, French cyclist. [73]
- Rollie Stiles, 100, American oldest living former Major League Baseball player. [74]
- Gerhard Thielcke, 76, German conservationist, BUND co-founder, head injury. [75] (German)
- Don Arden, 81, British rock manager, father of Sharon Osbourne. [76]
- Jesús de Polanco, 77, Spanish media entrepreneur and publisher (El País), complications of arthritic disease. [77]
- Jack Fearey, 84, American arts administrator founded Bumbershoot festival. [78]
- Tom Steel, 63, British television producer, director and writer. [79]
- Sherwin Wine, 79, American rabbi, founder of Birmingham Temple and Humanistic Judaism movement, car accident. [80]
- Ollie Bridewell, 21, British motorcycle racer, crash during race practice for BSB. [81] [82]
- Cook Cleland, 90, American World War Two naval aviator, Thompson Trophy winner (1947, 1949). [83]
- Tony Dangerfield, British bass player (Screaming Lord Sutch, Episode Six), heart failure. [84]
- Bill Flemming, 80, American sports broadcaster, American Broadcasting Corporation, prostate cancer. [85]
- Kakraba Lobi, 68, Ghanaian musician. [86]
- Antônio Carlos Magalhães, 79, Brazilian federal senator, multiple organ failure. [87]
- Tammy Faye Messner, 65, American evangelist, metastatic colon cancer. [88]
- David Preece, 44, British footballer (Luton Town), after short illness. [89]
- Jack Raymond, 88, American journalist and environmental activist, a founder of the IIED, complications of lymphoma. [90]
- Les Sergeant, 71, Trinidadian guitarist. [91]
- Azizullah Shaikh, 79, Pakistani lawyer, stroke. [92]
- Pete Wilson, 62, American broadcaster, heart attack. [93]
- Ivor Emmanuel, 79, British singer and actor (Zulu), stroke. [94]
- Roberto Fontanarrosa, 62, Argentine cartoonist and writer, ALS. [95] (Spanish)
- Howard Judd, 71, American women's health researcher, congestive heart failure. [96]
- Shirley Slesinger Lasswell, 84, American marketing pioneer, sued Disney over Winnie the Pooh royalties, respiratory failure. [97]
- Priscilla Reining, 84, American anthropologist who first made the link between circumcision and AIDS prevention, lung cancer. [98]
- Alanah Woody, 51, American archaeologist, Executive Director of the Nevada Rock Art Foundation. [99]
- Wayne Downing, 67, American retired army general, meningitis. [100]
- Jerry Hadley, 55, American opera singer, suicide by gunshot. [101]
- Charles Jauncey, Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle, 82, British Law Lord. [102]
- Dermot Kinlen, Irish Inspector of Prisons and High Court judge. [103]
- John Kronus, 38, American professional wrestler, four-time ECW tag team champion. [104]
- Gary Lupul, 48, Canadian hockey player. [105]
- James Maher, 90, American music historian. [106]
- Orlando McFarlane, 69, Cuban Major League Baseball player. [107]
- Kenji Miyamoto, 98, Japanese politician, leader of the Japanese Communist Party for 40 years, old age. [108]
- Thomas O. Pyle, 67, American healthcare innovator, pancreatic cancer. [109]
- Sekou Sundiata, 58, American poet, musician and performance artist, heart failure. [110]
- Sherman Torgan, 63 , American owner and operator of the New Beverly Cinema. [111] [112]
- Cheng Shifa, 86, Chinese painter, cartoonist and calligrapher. [113]
- Peter Denning, 57, British cricketer (Somerset), cancer. [114]
- Dave Fay, 67, American hockey writer (Washington Times), Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award winner, cancer. [115]
- Júlio Redecker, 51, Brazilian leader of the Social Democracy Party, plane crash. [116] (Portuguese)
- Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza, 60, Brazilian chairman of SCI, attorney for Corinthians, plane crash. [117] (Portuguese)
- Teresa Stich-Randall, 79, American opera singer. [118]
- Dick Ault, 81, American hurdler (1948 Summer Olympics), diabetes. [119]
- Tom Brooks, 88, Australian cricketer (New South Wales) and international umpire. [120]
- Mikhail Kononov, 67, Russian actor (Guest from the Future, Siberiade, A Railway Station for Two), after long illness. [121]
- Skinny McNabb, 90, American Major League Baseball player for the Detroit Tigers. [122]
- Carleton Mitchell, 96, American yachtsman and author. [123]
- Dmitri Prigov, 66, Russian poet, heart attack. [124]
- Mark Sneed, 50, American businessman, president of Phillips Foods, heart attack. [125]
- Kurt Steyrer, 87, Austrian health minister and Socialist presidential candidate, after short illness. [126]
- Bluma Appel, 86, Canadian philanthropist and patron of the arts, lung cancer. [127]
- George Comstock, 92, American epidemiologist known for his studies of tuberculosis, prostate cancer. [128]
- Alberto Romão Dias, Portuguese organometallic chemist, professor at the IST. [129] (Portuguese)
- Ricardo Favela, 62, American artist and Hispanic activist (Royal Chicano Air Force), heart attack. [130]
- Kelly Johnson, 49, British guitarist (Girlschool), cancer of the spine. [131] [132]
- Kieron Moore, 82, Irish actor (The League of Gentlemen, The Day of the Triffids). [133]
- Schelto Patijn, 70, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (1994–2001). [134] (Dutch)
- Tsang Tsou Choi, 85, Hong Kong-based graffiti artist whose works were included in the 2003 Venice Biennale, heart disease. [135]
- Heinrich Werner, 49, German-born American pediatrician. [136]
- Edward Boyse, 83, American physician, pneumonia. [137]
- Michael Corvino, 46, American president of JanSport, former Washington Federals football player, car accident. [138]
- Nan Cross, 79, South African anti-apartheid activist. [139]
- John Ferguson, Sr., 68, Canadian hockey player, general manager, coach and scout, prostate cancer. [140]
- William LeMessurier, 81, American architect, designed Boston City Hall and Citigroup Center, complications from fall. [141]
- Harold Purcell, 87, American legislator in the Virginia General Assembly (1948–1965) and jurist (1965–1979). [142]
- George Storer, 81, American broadcast and aviation executive (Northeast Airlines), heart failure. [143]
- Harry Fain, 88, American family lawyer, pneumonia. [144]
- Otto von der Gablentz, 76, German diplomat. [145] (Dutch)
- Khalid Hassan, 23, Iraqi reporter for The New York Times, shot. [146]
- Marc Behm, 82, American writer. [147] (French)
- Robert Burås, 31, Norwegian guitarist for Madrugada and My Midnight Creeps, suicide. [148]
- Mr. Butch, 56, American homeless person and local celebrity in Boston, scooter accident. [149]
- Nigel Dempster, 65, British journalist, progressive supranuclear palsy. [150]
- Pat Fordice, 71, American broadcaster and First Lady of Mississippi (1992–2000), cancer. [151]
- José Iglesias Fernández, 80, Spanish football player (Real Madrid), stroke. [152]
- Jim Mitchell, 63, American porn producer (Behind the Green Door), heart attack. [153]
- Letty Russell, 77, American feminist theologian, cancer. [154]
- James Shen, 98, Taiwanese diplomat, last ambassador of Taiwan to the United States. [155]
- Stan Zemanek, 60, Australian radio presenter, brain cancer. [156]
- Glenda Adams, 68, Australian writer, ovarian cancer. [157]
- Bart Burns, 89, American actor (Frances, Mr. Roberts), natural causes. [158]
- Chi Xiaoning, 52, Chinese cameraman, lung cancer. [159]
- Shag Crawford, 90, American baseball umpire (1956–1975). [160]
- Bill Flynn, 58, South African actor, heart attack. [161]
- Richard Franklin, 58, Australian film director (Roadgames), prostate cancer. [162]
- Ove Grahn, 64, Swedish footballer. [163] (Swedish)
- Lady Bird Johnson, 94, First Lady of the United States (1963–1969), natural causes. [164]
- Rod Lauren, 67, American actor, suicide by jumping. [165]
- Alfonso López Michelsen, 94, Colombian President (1974–1978) and Foreign Minister (1968–1970), heart attack. [166]
- Ed Mirvish, 92, Canadian retail pioneer, natural causes. [167]
- Jimmy Skinner, 90, Canadian ice hockey coach (Detroit Red Wings). [168]
- Timothy Sprigge, 75, British professor of logic and metaphysics at Edinburgh University. [169]
- Larry Staverman, 70, American basketball player and first head coach for the Indiana Pacers (1967–1968). [170][171]
- Medha Yodh, 79, Indian dancer and dance teacher, [172]
- Emma Carroll, 112, American who was oldest Iowan and oldest person to ride in a hot-air balloon. [173]
- Abdul Rashid Ghazi, 43, Pakistani cleric at the Red Mosque in Islamabad, shot. [174]
- Corbin Harney, 87, American Western Shoshone leader and environmental activist, complications from cancer. [175]
- Bruce Kennedy, 54, American plastic surgeon, husband of ISC president Lesa Kennedy, plane crash. [176]
- Frank Kilroy, 86, American football player, scout and general manager for the New England Patriots. [177]
- Edward Kuriansky, 63, American prosecutor for New York, colon cancer. [178]
- Doug Marlette, 57, American Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist (Kudzu), car accident. [179]
- William Seegers, 106, last German-American veteran of World War I and California's last World War I veteran. [180]
- Zheng Xiaoyu, 62, Chinese official, former head of the State Food and Drug Administration, executed. [181]
- John Baker, 71, Australian general, Chief of the Australian Defence Force (1995–1998). [182]
- Roger Baumann, American electrical engineer, professor at University of Massachusetts, cardiac arrest. [183]
- John Fogarty, 78, Australian rugby union winger, played two tests for the Wallabies. [184]
- M. M. Graff, 97, American gardening writer, journalist and advocate for New York City parks. [185]
- John Hill, 84, American lawyer and politician, Texas Attorney General, Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice, heart condition. [186]
- Natalia Karp, 96, Polish concert pianist. [187]
- Charles Lane, 102, American character actor (It's a Wonderful Life, I Love Lucy), founding member of SAG. [188]
- Matilda Lisanti, 98, American businesswoman, co-founder of Lisanti Foods. [189]
- Tom Meyer, 65, American legislator, Michigan House of Representatives. [190]
- Charles H. Odegaard, 79, American environmental defender, Washington State Parks and National Parks. [191]
- Ralph Paffenbarger, 84, American doctor who performed an early study on the importance of exercise, heart failure. [192]
- William Seegers, 106, German-born American who fought for the German Army in World War I, pneumonia. [193]
- Penny Thomson, 56, British film producer, cancer. [194]
- Peter Tuddenham, 88, British voice actor (Blake's 7). [195]
- John Wilson, 84, Irish politician, Tánaiste (1990–1993). [196]
- Alemão, 23, Brazilian football player (Palmeiras), car accident. [197] [198]
- Jindřich Feld, 82, Czech composer. [199]
- Haroon-ul-Islam, Pakistan Army Lieutenant-Colonel, shot. [200]
- Maseru Koaho, South African sports reporter and TV anchor, car accident. [201]
- Kajo Schommer, 67, German politician and Saxony Secretary of Economy (1990–2002), cancer. [202] (German)
- Chandra Shekhar, 80, Indian Prime Minister (1990–1991) and Member of Lok Sabha, multiple myeloma. [203] [204]
- Jack B. Sowards, 78, American screenwriter (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [205]
- Anne McLaren, 80, British geneticist and leading figure in developmental biology, ex-wife of Donald Michie, car accident. [206]
- Donald Michie, 83, British researcher in artificial intelligence, ex-husband of Anne McLaren, car accident. [207]
- John G. Mitchell, 75, American environment editor and author, National Geographic (1994–2004), heart attack. [208]
- Jack Odell, 87, British engineer and co-founder of Matchbox Toys. [209]
- John Szarkowski, 81, American photography curator, complications of a stroke. [210]
- Charles Tisdale, 80, American newspaper publisher (Jackson Advocate), collapsed while having dialysis. [211]
- Ralph Bernstein, 85, American journalist (Associated Press), cancer. [212]
- Richard Goodwin, 96, American botanist and conservationist, President of Nature Conservancy (1956–1958, 1964–1966). [213]
- Marguerite Vogt, 94, American polio and cancer researcher. [214]
- Eileen Wearne, 95, Australian athlete at the 1932 Summer Olympics and Australia's oldest surviving Olympian. [215]
- Kathleen Woodiwiss, 68, American romance writer, cancer. [216]
- Lois Wyse, 80, American advertising executive, author and columnist, stomach cancer. [217]
- Régine Crespin, 80, French operatic soprano, liver cancer. [218]
- Odile Crick, 86, British-born artist, widow of Francis Crick, cancer. [219]
- Kerwin Mathews, 81, American actor. [220]
- George Melly, 80, British jazz and blues musician, lung cancer. [221]
- Mike Portelly, 55, British underwater film maker, cancer. [222]
- Sylvan Shemitz, 82, United States lighting designer for Jefferson Memorial, heart attack. [223]
- Wrede Smith, 85, American businessman (American Pop Corn). [224]
- Barış Akarsu, 28, Turkish rock musician, car accident. [225] (Turkish)
- Liane Bahler, 25, German cyclist, car accident. [226] (Dutch)
- José Roberto Espinosa, 59, Mexican footballer, coach and journalist, pneumonia and cancer. [227] [228] (Spanish)
- Johnny Frigo, 90, American jazz violinist and bass player, cancer. [229]
- Kuo Tai-cheng, 46, Taiwanese former chairman of Foxconn, brother of Terry Gou, leukemia. [230]
- Ken MacAfee, 77, American football player, heart attack. [231]
- Harold Martin, 83, American Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter. [232]
- Signe McMichael, 86, Canadian patron of the arts. [233]
- Vivienne Nearing, 81, American lawyer involved in Quiz show scandals, adrenal cancer. [234]
- Bill Pinkney, 81, American singer who was the last original member of The Drifters, probable heart attack. [235] [236]
- Osvaldo Romo, 70, Chilean security agent jailed for human rights abuses during Pinochet regime, heart and respiratory problems. [237]
- Anne Dreydel, 89, British educationalist, co-founder of the Oxford English Centre. [238]
- Beppie Noyes, 87, American author, stroke. [239]
- Claude Pompidou, 94, French widow of former Prime Minister and President Georges Pompidou. [240]
- Boots Randolph, 80, American saxophonist ("Yakety Sax"), cerebral hemorrhage. [241]
- Henrique Viana, 71, Portuguese actor, cancer. [242] (Portuguese)
- John White, 70, American politician, member of Mississippi Senate for 18 years, complications of diabetes. [243]
- Philip Booth, 81, American poet and educator, complications from Alzheimer's disease. [244]
- Robert "Buck" Brown, 71, American cartoonist, created Playboy's "Granny" character, stroke. [245]
- Robert S. Cooper, 75, American official, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Director of DARPA, prostate cancer. [246]
- Brahim Déby, 27, Chadian son of the national President and former presidential advisor, chemical asphyxiation. [247]
- Howell Estes, 92, United States Air Force general during the Vietnam War, heart ailment. [248]
- Ray Goins, 71, American bluegrass musician. [249]
- John Hogness, 85, American educator and doctor, President of the University of Washington, heart failure. [250]
- Robert Keeton, 88, American District Court judge, professor at Harvard Law School, complications from pulmonary embolism. [251]
- Peter Lyman, 66, American information researcher, brain cancer. [252]
- Pete Mead, 83, American middleweight boxer. [253]
- Dilip Sardesai, 66, Indian cricketer, multiple organ failure. [254]
- Luigi Scarabello, 91, Italian footballer, gold medalist at the 1936 Summer Olympics. [255] (Italian)
- Beverly Sills, 78, American opera singer, lung cancer. [256]
- Jimmy Walker, 63, American basketball player (Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, Kansas City Kings), lung cancer. [257]
- F. Champion Ward, 96, American educator, developed the MacArthur Fellows Program. [258]
- Al Williams, 60, American basketball player, liver cancer. [259]
- Kevin Woodcock, 64, British cartoonist. [260]
- Hy Zaret, 99, American lyricist ("Unchained Melody"). [261]
- Count Gottfried von Bismarck, 44, German aristocrat, businessman and socialite, suspected heroin overdose. [262]
- Chen Xiaoming, Chinese housing rights activist, haemorrhage. [263]
- Joseph Cimino, 73, American doctor, New York City Commissioner of Health (1972–1974), prostate cancer. [264]
- Joerg Kalt, 40, Austrian cinematographer, suicide. [265]
- Colleen McCrory, 57, Canadian environmental activist, brain cancer. [266]
- David Ritcheson, 18, American hate crime victim, suicide by jumping. [267]
- Gerhard Skrobek, 85, German sculptor of Hummel figurines, complications of heart surgery. [268]
See Deaths in June 2007.
See Deaths in May 2007.
See Deaths in April 2007.
See Deaths in March 2007.
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