Famous Deaths In August - 07

1924  On August - 07 camille Zeckwer, composer, dies at 49   

1928  Alphonse MAJ Ariëns, Dutch RC pastor/social worker, dies at 68 on August - 07.   

1931  Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist (In Mist), dies at 29 on this day in history.   

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

1941  On August - 07 radindranath Tagore, Indian philosopher/poet/writer, dies at 80   

1942  Richard Gott, Brit gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43 on August - 07.   

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

1957  Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel & Hardy, dies at 65 on August - 07.   

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

1960  On this day in history vaino Hannikainen, composer, dies at 60   

1962  Morris Louis, US painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49 on August - 07.   

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  On August - 07 death of ... Haley, US judge, shot dead   

1972  On this day in history 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 August - 07.   

1976  On August - 07 cecil Weston, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86   

1978  On this day in history franz Alphons Wolpert, composer, dies at 60   

1984  Esther Phillips, US singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history grayson Hall, actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58   

1987  On this day in history camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon, dies at 87   

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

1990  On August - 07 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  On August - 07 john Anderson, actor, dies of heart attack at 69   

1993  Kelly Ahrendt, 1st NYer to die of rabies in 40 years, dies at 14 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history robert Hutton, [Winne], US actor (Rocket), dies at 74   

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

1996  On this day in history anne Kristen, actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay), dies at 59   

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

1999  Death of Brion James, American actor (b. 1945) on this day in history.   

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 August - 07.   

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

1533  On August - 07 birth of alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)   

1560  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614)   

1574  On August - 07 birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)   

1598  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on this day in history.   

1726  On August - 07 birth of james Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)   

1742  Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General was born on this day in history.   

1746  On August - 07 birth of daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian