Famous Deaths In August - 07

1924  Camille Zeckwer, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history alphonse MAJ Ariëns, Dutch RC pastor/social worker, dies at 68   

1931  On this day in history leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist (In Mist), dies at 29   

1938  Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russian director (S Method), dies at 75 on August - 07.   

1941  Radindranath Tagore, Indian philosopher/poet/writer, dies at 80 on August - 07.   

1942  On this day in history richard Gott, Brit gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43   

1943  On this day in history gustav Schmidt, German lt-general, dies in battle   

1957  On August - 07 oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel & Hardy, dies at 65   

1959  On this day in history armas Emmanuel Launis, composer, dies at 75   

1960  On August - 07 vaino Hannikainen, composer, dies at 60   

1962  On this day in history morris Louis, US painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49   

1967  On this day in history max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75   

1969  On August - 07 joseph Kosma, composer, dies at 63   

1970  Death of ... Haley, US judge, shot dead on this day in history.   

1972  On August - 07 joi Lansing, actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer   

1973  Jack Gregory, cricketer (scorer of fastest ton Australia 1921), dies on this day in history.   

1974  Death of Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (b. 1925) on this day in history.   

1976  Cecil Weston, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86 on August - 07.   

1978  On August - 07 franz Alphons Wolpert, composer, dies at 60   

1984  Esther Phillips, US singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48 on August - 07.   

1985  On August - 07 grayson Hall, actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58   

1987  Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history mickey Leland, (Rep-D-Tx), & 15 others dies in plane crash in Ethiopia   

1990  On this day in history eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88   

1991  Billy James, comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies on this day in history.   

1992  John Anderson, actor, dies of heart attack at 69 on August - 07.   

1993  On this day in history kelly Ahrendt, 1st NYer to die of rabies in 40 years, dies at 14   

1994  On August - 07 robert Hutton, [Winne], US actor (Rocket), dies at 74   

1995  Brigid Brophy, novelist/campaigner, dies at 66 on August - 07.   

1996  On August - 07 anne Kristen, actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay), dies at 59   

1997  On August - 07 douglas Gray, archivist, dies at 74   

1999  On this day in history death of brion James, American actor (b. 1945)   

2003  On this day in history death of mickey McDermott, baseball player (b. 1929)   

2004  Death of Red Adair, American oil field firefighter (b. 1915) on this day in history.   

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1282  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316)   

1533  Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) was born on August - 07.   

1560  Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614) was born on August - 07.   

1574  Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649) was born on August - 07.   

1598  On August - 07 birth of georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)   

1726  On this day in history birth of james Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)   

1742  On August - 07 birth of nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General   

1746  On this day in history birth of daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian