Famous Deaths In August - 07

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

1928  Alphonse MAJ Ariëns, Dutch RC pastor/social worker, dies at 68 on August - 07.  

1931  On this day in history 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  Radindranath Tagore, Indian philosopher/poet/writer, dies at 80 on August - 07.  

1942  Richard Gott, Brit gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43 on August - 07.  

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

1957  Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel & Hardy, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

1960  Vaino Hannikainen, composer, dies at 60 on August - 07.  

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

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  On this day in history death of ... Haley, US judge, shot dead  

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

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 August - 07.  

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

1978  Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon, dies at 87  

1989  Mickey Leland, (Rep-D-Tx), & 15 others dies in plane crash in Ethiopia on August - 07.  

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

1993  On this day in history kelly Ahrendt, 1st NYer to die of rabies in 40 years, dies at 14  

1994  On this day in history 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 August - 07.  

1997  On August - 07 douglas Gray, archivist, dies at 74  

1999  Death of Brion James, American actor (b. 1945) on this day in history.  

2003  Death of Mickey McDermott, baseball player (b. 1929) on August - 07.  

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  Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) was born on this day in history.  

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  On August - 07 birth of georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)  

1726  On this day in history 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 this day in history.