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

1941  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 August - 07.   

1960  Vaino Hannikainen, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1962  Morris Louis, US painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49 on August - 07.   

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

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

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

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

1973  Jack Gregory, cricketer (scorer of fastest ton Australia 1921), dies on this day in history.   

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

1976  Cecil Weston, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86 on August - 07.   

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

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 August - 07.   

1994  Robert Hutton, [Winne], US actor (Rocket), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1995  On August - 07 brigid Brophy, novelist/campaigner, dies at 66   

1996  On August - 07 anne Kristen, actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay), dies at 59   

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