Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 07

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

1928  Alphonse MAJ Ariëns, Dutch RC pastor/social worker, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Morris Louis, US painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1967  On August - 07 max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75   

1969  On this day in history joseph Kosma, composer, dies at 63   

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 this day in history 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 August - 07 cecil Weston, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86   

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 this day in history.   

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

1987  Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon, dies at 87 on August - 07.   

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

1990  On August - 07 eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88   

1991  On August - 07 billy James, comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies   

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

1995  On August - 07 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 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 this day in history.   

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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  Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614) was born on this day in history.   

1574  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)   

1598  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on August - 07.   

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  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian was born on this day in history.