Famous Deaths In August - 07

1924  Camille Zeckwer, composer, dies at 49 on August - 07.   

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  Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russian director (S Method), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1942  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history vaino Hannikainen, composer, dies at 60   

1962  Morris Louis, US painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1967  Max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1969  Joseph Kosma, composer, dies at 63 on August - 07.   

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

1972  Joi Lansing, actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer on August - 07.   

1973  Jack Gregory, cricketer (scorer of fastest ton Australia 1921), dies on August - 07.   

1974  Death of Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (b. 1925) on August - 07.   

1976  On this day in history 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  Grayson Hall, actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 August - 07.   

1992  John Anderson, actor, dies of heart attack at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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1282  On August - 07 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 this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history birth of georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)   

1726  James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

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

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