Famous Deaths In August - 07

1924  Camille Zeckwer, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1970  Death of ... Haley, US judge, shot dead on August - 07.   

1972  On this day in history joi Lansing, actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer   

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  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  On August - 07 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  Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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  John Anderson, actor, dies of heart attack at 69 on August - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

1995  Brigid Brophy, novelist/campaigner, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1997  Douglas Gray, archivist, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1999  On this day in history death of brion James, American actor (b. 1945)   

2003  Death of Mickey McDermott, baseball player (b. 1929) on this day in history.   

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 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 August - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 07.   

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian was born on August - 07.