Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 07

1924  On this day in history camille Zeckwer, composer, dies at 49   

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

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

1938  On August - 07 konstantin S Stanislavski, Russian director (S Method), dies at 75   

1941  On this day in history 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 August - 07 gustav Schmidt, German lt-general, dies in battle   

1957  Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel & Hardy, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1959  Armas Emmanuel Launis, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1960  Vaino Hannikainen, composer, dies at 60 on August - 07.   

1962  On August - 07 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  Joseph Kosma, composer, dies at 63 on August - 07.   

1970  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jack Gregory, cricketer (scorer of fastest ton Australia 1921), dies   

1974  On August - 07 death of rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (b. 1925)   

1976  Cecil Weston, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1978  Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

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

1987  On August - 07 camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon, dies at 87   

1989  On August - 07 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  On this day in history billy James, comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies   

1992  On August - 07 john Anderson, actor, dies of heart attack at 69   

1993  On August - 07 kelly Ahrendt, 1st NYer to die of rabies in 40 years, dies at 14   

1994  Robert Hutton, [Winne], US actor (Rocket), dies at 74 on August - 07.   

1995  On this day in history brigid Brophy, novelist/campaigner, dies at 66   

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

1997  On this day in history douglas Gray, archivist, dies at 74   

1999  Death of Brion James, American actor (b. 1945) on August - 07.   

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  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  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)   

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  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