Deaths in 2007
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The following is a list of notable deaths in 2007. 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.
A typical entry appears in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
September 2007
25
- Haidar Abdel-Shafi, 88, Palestinian negotiator, stomach cancer. [1]
- Jana Krishnamurthi, 79, Indian President of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2001. [2]
24
- , 49, Australian judge of the ACT Supreme Court, heart attack. [3]
- Kurt Julius Goldstein, 93, German journalist and Holocaust survivor. [4]
- André Gorz, 84, Austrian-born French social philosopher, suicide. [5]
- Frank Hyde, 91, Australian rugby league player and commentator. [6]
23
22
- , 63, American Emmy Award-winning sound specialist. [9]
- Albert Fuller, 81, American harpsichordist and founder of the Aston Magna Foundation and Festival. [10][11]
- Herbert Gallen, 92, American Chairman and owner of [12]
- Karl Hardman, 80, American horror film producer and actor. [13][14]
- Marcel Marceau, 84, French mime artist. [15]
- `Alí-Muhammad Varqá, 95, Iranian-born Baha'i leader. [16] [17]
21
- Hallgeir Brenden, 78, Norwegian cross country skier, gold medallist (1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics). [18] (Norwegian)
- Bob Collins, 61, Australian ALP senator (1987–1998) and minister (1990–1996), bowel cancer. [19]
- Alice Ghostley, 81, American Tony Award-winning actress, colon cancer. [20]
- Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, 81, British politician. [21]
- Rex Humbard, 88, American televangelist, congestive heart failure. [22]
- Petar Stambolić, 95, Serbian Prime Minister of Socialist Republic of Serbia (1978–1982), President of Yugoslavia (1982–1983). [23]
- Coral Watts, 53, American serial killer, prostate cancer. [24]
20
- , 49, Portuguese actor (Os Batanetes), suicide. [25] (Portuguese)
- Johnny Gavin, 79, Irish international footballer and Norwich City's record goalscorer. [26]
- Myra Nicholson, 112, Australia's oldest person, 11th-oldest in the world, bronchitis. [27]
- Viktor Shershunov, 56, Russian governor of Kostroma Oblast, car accident. [28] (Russian)
19
- , 34, Iraqi sculptor, replaced Saddam Hussein statue toppled during 2003 invasion of Iraq, car accident. [29]
- Antoine Ghanem, 64, Lebanese Member of Parliament (Kataeb Party), car bomb. [30]
- Mike Osborne, 66, British jazz musician. [31] (German)
- Vlatko Pavletić, 76, Croatian politician, Speaker of Parliament (1995–1999), acting President (1999–2000). [32]
- , American screenwriter (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Bonanza), leukemia. [33]
- , 67, French actress, physician-assisted suicide. [34] (French)
- H. Emory Widener, Jr., 83, American senior judge on the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, lung cancer. [35]
18
- Augustus Akinloye, 91, Nigerian politician who helped form the Ibadan Peoples Party. [36]
- Benyamin Yosef Bria, 51, Indonesian Bishop of Denpasar. [37]
- , 84, American chemist, developed permeable contact lens. [38]
- Nate Hill, 41, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, Washington Redskins). [39]
- Pepsi Tate, 42, British bassist (Tigertailz), pancreatic cancer. [40]
- Len Thompson, 60, Australian footballer (1965–1980), heart attack. [41]
17
- , 73, American physician, Parkinson's disease. [42]
16
- , 71, Swiss composer. [43] (German)
- Peter Cleeland, 69, Australian Labor MHR for McEwen (1984–1990, 1993–1996). [44]
- Robert Jordan, 58, American fantasy novelist (The Wheel of Time), cardiac amyloidosis. [45] [46]
- Calvin L. Rampton, 93, American governor of Utah (1965–1977), cancer. [47]
- Garrard "Buster" Ramsey, 87, American football player and coach, pneumonia. [48]
15
- Marie-Simone Capony, 113, French doyenne and fifth-oldest person in the world, heart failure. [49]
- , 31, American vocalist (Devourment), multiple organ failure. [50]
- Colin McRae, 39, British World Rally champion, helicopter crash. [51] [52]
- Sir Jeremy Moore, 79, British soldier, commander of UK land forces in the Falklands War. [53]
- Specs Powell, 85, American jazz drummer, kidney disease. [54]
- Aldemaro Romero, 79, Venezuelan composer, pianist and conductor, complications of intestinal blockage. [55]
- Brett Somers, 83, American actress, comedienne and panelist (Match Game), stomach and colon cancer. [56]
14
- Jacques Martin, 74, French presenter and former husband of Cécilia Sarkozy, cancer. [57]
- Emilio Ruiz del Rio, 84, Spanish set decorator (Pan's Labyrinth), respiratory failure. [58]
- Benny Vansteelant, 30, Belgian world champion duathlete, bike accident. [59]
13
- Gaetano Arfé, 81, Italian politician. [60] (Italian)
- Laurel Burch, 61, American artist, osteopetrosis. [61]
- Phil Frank, 64, American cartoonist, brain tumor. [62]
- Bill Griffiths, 59, British poet and Anglo-Saxon scholar. [63]
- Augie Hiebert, 90, American who built Alaska's first television station (KTVA), cancer. [64]
- Neville Jeffress, 87, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia, pneumonia. [65]
- , 82, Brazilian radio and televison personality. [66] (Portuguese)
- Clare Oliver, 26, Australian cancer activist, melanoma. [67]
- Abdul Sattar Buzaigh al-Rishawi, 35, Iraqi leader of the Anbar Salvation Council, bomb. [68]
- Whakahuihui Vercoe, 79, New Zealand retired Anglican Archbishop. [69]
12
- Bobby Byrd, 73, American soul/funk singer, long-time friend and collaborator of James Brown, cancer. [70]
- Daryl Holton, 55, American murderer, first man executed by electric chair in Tennessee in 47 years. [71]
- , 64, Australian country musician (The Singing Kettles), cancer. [72]
- , 72, Austrian art historian (director of the Albertina, Vienna), after short illness. [73] (German)
- Gordon Sloan, 34, New Zealand-Australian 2001 Big Brother contestant, alleged heroin overdose. [74]
11
- John Garrett, 76, British politician, Labour Party Member of Parliament for Norwich South 1974–1983 and 1987–1997. [75]
- Ian Porterfield, 61, British football player and manager (scored Sunderland's 1973 FA Cup winner), colon cancer. [76] [77]
- Gene Savoy, 80, American explorer, claimed discovery of over 40 lost cities in Peru, founder of religion, natural causes.[78] [79]
- Willie Tee, 63, American singer, songwriter and producer, colon cancer. [80]
- Joe Zawinul, 75, Austrian jazz keyboardist and composer, founder of Weather Report, cancer. [81] [82]
10
- James Leasor, 83, British writer. [83]
- Lord Michael Pratt, 61, British aristocrat and writer. [84]
- Dame Anita Roddick, 64, British entrepreneur and founder of The Body Shop, brain haemorrhage. [85]
- Arthur Ross, 96, American businessman and philanthropist known for his contribution to Central Park. [86]
- Joe Sherlock, 76, Irish Teachta Dála for Cork East (1981–1982, 1987–1992, 2002–2007). [87]
- Ted Stepien, 82, American businessman and former owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team. [88]
- Enrique Torres, 85, American professional wrestler. [89]
- Jane Wyman, 90, American Academy Award-winning actress and first wife of Ronald Reagan. [90] [91]
9
- Ian Campbell, 81, British politician, Labour MP for Dunbartonshire West (1970-1983) and Dumbarton (1983-1987). [92]
- Han Dingxiang, 71, Chinese Roman Catholic archbishop detained for loyalty to the Vatican. [93]
- Helmut Senekowitsch, 73, Austrian football player and manager. [94]
- Paul Sullivan, 50, American radio talk-show host (WBZ Boston), melanoma. [95]
- Hughie Thomasson, 55, American guitarist (The Outlaws), heart attack. [96]
- Sir Tasker Watkins VC, 88, British Second World War veteran, Lord Justice of Appeal, former President of WRU, after short illness. [97]
- Xu Simin, 93, Hong Kong Beijing loyalist and magazine publisher, organ failure. [98]
8
- Lord Bethell, 69, British historian of Eastern and Central Europe, human rights campaigner, Parkinson's disease. [99]
- Jean-François Bizot, 63, French journalist, creator of Actuel, Radio Nova (France), cancer. [100] (French)
- , 54, American senior managing editor of the New York Daily News, melanoma. [101]
- Adrian Esquino Lisco, 68, El Salvadoran indigenous rights activist and spiritual chief, complications from diabetes. [102]
- Vincent Serventy, 91, Australian writer and conservationist. [103]
7
- Alex, 31, American-born African grey parrot, subject of animal language experiments. [104]
- Sir John Compton, 82, St. Lucian Prime Minister (1979, 1982–1996, 2006–2007), stroke. [105]
- Norman Deeley, 73, British footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers). [106]
- Russell E. Dougherty, 87, American former commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command. [107]
- Joseph Rudolph Grimes, 84, Liberian foreign minister (1960–1972). [108]
- Gabriel Baccus Matthews, 59, Liberian foreign minister (1980–1981, 1990–1993). [109]
- Mark Weil, 55, Uzbek theatre director, stabbed. [110] [111]
6
- Martin Čech, 31, Czech international ice hockey player, car accident. [112] (Czech) [113] (Russian)
- Eva Crane, 95, British bee expert. [114] [115]
- Allan Crite, 97, American artist, natural causes. [116]
- Billy Darnell, 81, American professional wrestler of the 1940s–1960s famous for feuds with Buddy Rogers. [117]
- John Kelly, 71, British advocate of Irish republicanism, PIRA founder member, Northern Ireland Assembly member (1998–2003). [118]
- Madeleine L'Engle, 88, American writer (A Wrinkle in Time), natural causes. [119]
- Ronald Magill, 87, British actor (Amos Brearly on Emmerdale Farm). [120] [121]
- Luciano Pavarotti, 71, Italian operatic tenor, pancreatic cancer. [122]
- Percy Rodriguez, 89, Canadian character actor and movie trailer narrator, kidney problems. [123]
- Byron Stevenson, 50, British footballer (Wales, Leeds United, Birmingham City), throat cancer. [124]
5
- , 63, American former First Lady of the District of Columbia, ex-wife of Marion Barry, leukemia. [125]
- Julieta Campos, 75, Cuban-Mexican writer, cancer. [126]
- Duan Yihe, 61, Chinese congress member who arranged the murder of his mistress, execution. [127]
- Jennifer Dunn, 66, American Representative from Washington (1993–2005), pulmonary embolism. [128]
- Paul Gillmor, 68, American Representative from Ohio since 1989. [129]
- Edward Gramlich, 68, American economics professor, governor of the Federal Reserve System, lymphocytic leukemia. [130]
- Thomas Hansen, 31, Norwegian musician known as "Saint Thomas", combination of prescribed drugs. [131] (Norwegian)
- , 62, French businessman and civil servant, chairman & CEO of Elf Aquitaine (1993–1999), cancer. [132]
- , 61, Russian writer and dramatist. [133] [134] (Russian)
- D. James Kennedy, 76, American theologian, founder of Coral Ridge Ministries. [135]
- Nikos Nikolaidis, 68, Greek film director, pulmonary edema. [136] (Greek)
4
- Gigi Sabani, 54, Italian TV host, heart attack. [137] (Italian)
- John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, 83, British politician, Scottish peer, Europe's largest private landowner. [138] [139]
- Ryūzō Sejima, 95, Japanese chairman of the board of Asia University, World War II strategist. [140]
- , 86, Czech-born American housing economist, respiratory failure. [141]
- , 79, Canadian actor and theatre administrator, Stratford Festival of Canada. [142]
- Seth Tobias, 44, American financial commentator for CNBC's Squawk Box. [143]
3
- Carter Albrecht, 34, American keyboardist, guitarist (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians), shot. [144]
- , 54, Bahraini politician (Islamic Action Society), car accident. [145]
- , 45, American basketball player (Clemson Tigers) and 2000 hijack hero, cancer. [146]
- Gustavo Eberto, 24, Argentine football goalkeeper for Boca Juniors, testicular cancer. [147]
- Syd Jackson, 68, New Zealand Maori rights activist, cancer. [148]
- Gift Leremi, 22, South African international football player, car accident. [149]
- Janis Martin, 67, American singer, cancer. [150]
- , 78, French senator for Aisne, former minister, complications of a stroke. [151] (French)
- Steve Ryan, 60, American theater and television actor. [152]
- , 90, American radio broadcaster on WOWO (1932-1987). [153]
- Mária Szepes, 98, Hungarian writer. [154] (Hungarian)
- Jane Tomlinson, 43, British cancer campaigner, cancer. [155] [156]
2
- Rajae Belmlih, 45, Moroccan singer, cancer. [157]
- Anthony Day, 74, American editorial page editor for the Los Angeles Times, emphysema. [158]
- Robert Fidgeon, 65, Australian television columnist and critic, cancer. [159]
- Safet Isović, 71, Bosnian singer. [160] (Bosnian)
- Marcia Mae Jones, 83, American actress (Heidi, These Three). [161]
- , 58, American nuclear technology advocate, member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, melanoma. [162]
- Max McNab, 83, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and NHL general manager. [163]
1
- Tomás Medina Caracas, 42, Colombian guerrilla member of FARC, military action. [164]
- Russell Ellington, 69, American basketball coach for the Harlem Globetrotters, lung cancer. [165]
- , 99, American painter, natural causes. [166]
- , 85, American member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1975–1992). [167]
- Sir Roy McKenzie, 84, New Zealand philanthropist, harness racing breeder, trainer and competitor. [168] [169]
- Viliam Schrojf, 76, Slovakian former football goalkeeper. [170]
August 2007
July 2007
See Deaths in July 2007.
June 2007
See Deaths in June 2007.
May 2007
See Deaths in May 2007.
April 2007
See Deaths in April 2007.
March 2007
See Deaths in March 2007.
February 2007
January 2007
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