Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 07

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

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

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

1942  On this day in history 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  Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel & Hardy, dies at 65 on August - 07.   

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

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 this day in history max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75   

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

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

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 August - 07.   

1978  On this day in history franz Alphons Wolpert, composer, dies at 60   

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 August - 07.   

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

1995  Brigid Brophy, novelist/campaigner, dies at 66 on August - 07.   

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

2003  On August - 07 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 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  Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649) was born on August - 07.   

1598  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on this day in history.   

1726  James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on August - 07.   

1742  Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General was born on August - 07.   

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