Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 07
Monday, 19 January 2026
1912 On this day in history george Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies 

1913 On December - 07 death of luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman and last surviving cardinal of Pius IX (b. 1828) 

1917 On December - 07 leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91 

1938 On December - 07 harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies 

1941 On this day in history cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71 

1943 On December - 07 john Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22 

1946 Death of Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871) on this day in history. 

1947 Death of Nicholas M. Butler, American university president, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862) on this day in history. 

1948 Godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history. 

1956 Death of Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (b. 1887) on this day in history. 

1960 On this day in history death of clara Haskil, Swiss pianist (b. 1895) 

1962 On December - 07 kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67 

1967 On December - 07 house Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87 

1969 Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66 on this day in history. 

1970 On this day in history rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87 

1971 On December - 07 milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90 

1972 Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91 on this day in history. 

1975 On this day in history hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71 

1977 On December - 07 paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies 

1978 Death of Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (b. 1886) on this day in history. 

1979 On December - 07 cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies 

1980 Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22 on this day in history. 

1982 On this day in history death of charlie Brooks Jr, convicted murderer became 1st US prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas 

1983 Death of Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA on this day in history. 

1984 On December - 07 jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65 

1985 Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70 on December - 07. 

1988 On this day in history andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies 

1989 Death of William Calhoun, professional wrestler (b. 1934) on December - 07. 

1990 On December - 07 delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52 

1991 On this day in history death of michael Taylor, Male Model (b. 1913) 

1992 Maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at 79 on December - 07. 

1993 Félix Houphouet-Boigny, pres of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at 88 on this day in history. 

1994 On this day in history elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58 

1995 On December - 07 larry Bartlett, photographer, dies at 42 

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