Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 07

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

1928  On August - 07 alphonse MAJ Ariëns, Dutch RC pastor/social worker, dies at 68   

1931  On August - 07 leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist (In Mist), dies at 29   

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

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

1942  On August - 07 richard Gott, Brit gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43   

1943  Gustav Schmidt, German lt-general, dies in battle on August - 07.   

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

1959  On August - 07 armas Emmanuel Launis, composer, dies at 75   

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

1962  On August - 07 morris Louis, US painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49   

1967  Max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75 on August - 07.   

1969  Joseph Kosma, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history death of ... Haley, US judge, shot dead   

1972  Joi Lansing, actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer on this day in history.   

1973  On August - 07 jack Gregory, cricketer (scorer of fastest ton Australia 1921), dies   

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

1976  On this day in history cecil Weston, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86   

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

1984  On this day in history esther Phillips, US singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48   

1985  Grayson Hall, actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58 on this day in history.   

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

1989  Mickey Leland, (Rep-D-Tx), & 15 others dies in plane crash in Ethiopia on August - 07.   

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  On this day in history john Anderson, actor, dies of heart attack at 69   

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  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 August - 07.   

1997  Douglas Gray, archivist, dies at 74 on August - 07.   

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  On August - 07 death of red Adair, American oil field firefighter (b. 1915)   

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

1533  On this day in history birth of alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)   

1560  On August - 07 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  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