Deaths in 2007

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

Please place names under the date the deceased died, not the date the death was announced. Please keep names under each date in alphabetical order by family name. Review Wikipedia notability guidelines before adding a listing. If the deceased does not have a Wikipedia article, consider adding a link to a source about the deceased which describes why he or she is notable.

January 2007

3

• Paek Nam-sun, 78, North Korean Foreign Affairs minister. [1]

2

• Charles (Garry) Betty, former CEO of Earthlink, cancer [2]
• Mauno Jokipii, 82, Finnish professor and World War II researcher, natural causes. [3] (Finnish)
• Teddy Kollek, 95, Mayor of Jerusalem (1965–1993), natural causes. [4] [5]

1

• Leonard Fraser, 55, Australian serial killer, heart attack. [6]
• Werner Hollweg, 70, German tenor, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [7]
• Jim Karvellas, 71, American sports broadcaster, prostate cancer. [8]
• Ernie Koy, 97, American baseball player, in his sleep. [9]
• Roland Levinsky, 63, South African-born Vice Chancellor of the University of Plymouth and medical scientist, heart attack. [10]
• Sándor Mihályfy, 69, Hungarian film director (Indul a Bakterház). [11] (Hungarian)
• Annie Milner, 104, Minnesota's longest serving worker, injuries from a fall. [12]
• Tillie Olsen, 94, American writer. [13]
• Del Reeves, 74, American country singer, emphysema. [14]
• Darrent Williams, 24, American NFL player (Denver Broncos), shot. [15] [16]

External links

• Obituaries on general news websites
  • Recent AP Obituaries
  • The New York Times: Obituaries
  • Washington Post: Obituaries
  • The Boston Globe: Obituaries
  • Mail & Guardian (South Africa) Obituaries
  • The Guardian (UK) Obituaries
  • Daily Telegraph Obituaries
• Specialised websites
  • Celebrity Death Beeper
  • Dead or Alive
  • Dead People Server
  • Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records: US genealogy directory
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom — US Combat Deaths
  • 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, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, ...