User:Thelb4/Deaths2007

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The following is a list of notable deaths in 2007. Links to other years follow.

Please place names under the date the deceased died, not the date the death was announced. Please keep names under each date in alphabetical order by family name. Review Wikipedia notability guidelines before adding a listing. If the deceased does not have a Wikipedia article, consider adding a link to a source about the deceased which describes why he or she is notable.

Contents 1 January 2007 1.1 8 1.2 7 1.3 6 1.4 5 1.5 4 1.6 3 1.7 2 1.8 1 2 References 3 External links

[edit] January 2007

[edit] 8

• David Ervine, 53, Northern Irish politician and leader of the Progressive Unionist Party, brain haemorrhage.^[1]

[edit] 7

• Bobby Hamilton, 49, American NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver, head and neck cancer.^[2][3]
• Magnus Magnusson, 77, Icelandic-born British presenter of Mastermind (1972–1997), pancreatic cancer.^[4]

[edit] 6

• Billy Clayton, 78, former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1975-1983), lengthy illness.^[5]
• Mario Danelo, 21, American Football placekicker for USC^[6][7]
• Yvon Durelle, 77, Canadian boxing champion, complications from a stroke.^[8]
• Frédéric Cardinal Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, 76, Congolese Archbishop of Kinshasa, complications of diabetes. ^[9]
• Pete Kleinow, 72, American special effects artist and pedal steel guitarist (Flying Burrito Brothers), Alzheimer's disease.http://www.tdpri.com/forum/bad-dog-cafe/65252-sneaky-pete.html#post676248]
• Soad Nasr, 57, Egyptian actress, complications from liposuction.^[10]
• Mohamed Lamine Sanha, Bissau-Guinean Navy Chief of Staff, shot. [1]

[edit] 5

• Momofuku Ando, 96, Taiwanese-born inventor of Nissin instant ramen noodles, heart failure.^[11]

[edit] 4

• Nikki Bacharach, 40, American daughter of Burt Bacharach and Angie Dickinson, suicide by suffocation.^[12]
• Ben Gannon, 54, Australian theatrical, film and television producer, cancer.^[13]
• Helen Hill, 36, American independent film-maker, shot.^[14]
• Sir Lewis Hodges, 88, British Air Chief Marshal.^[15]
• Grenfell (Gren) Jones, 72, Welsh newspaper cartoonist.^{[16] [17] [18]}
• Sandro Salvadore, 67, Italian footballer, after long illness.^[19]
• Vincent Sardi, Jr., 91, American restaurateur, owner of Sardi's, complications of urinary tract infection.^[20]
• Jan Schröder, 65, Dutch cyclist.^[21]
• Marais Viljoen, 91, South African president (1979–1984), heart failure. ^[22][23]

[edit] 3

• Annibale Ciarniello, 106, Italian World War I veteran. ^[24]
• Janos Furst, 71, Hungarian-born orchestral conductor, cancer.^[25]
• Earl Reibel, 76, Canadian ice hockey forward (Detroit Red Wings) and winner of 1956 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, complications of stroke.^[26]
• Calvin William Verity Jr., 89, United States Secretary of Commerce (1987–1989).^[27]
• Sir Cecil Walker, 82, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North Belfast (1983–2001), heart attack.^{[28] [29]}
• Michael Yeats, 85, Irish Fianna Fáil senator (1961–1981) and son of W.B. Yeats.^[30]

[edit] 2

• Charles (Garry) Betty, 49, American CEO of Earthlink, adrenocortical carcinoma.^{[31] [32]}
• Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, 65, American historian, complications from surgery.^[33]
• Terrell Hansen, 65, American heart transplant recipient and inspiration for book/film Blood Work, complications from a stroke. [2]
• Sergio Jiménez, 69, Mexican actor, heart attack.^[34]
• Mauno Jokipii, 82, Finnish professor and World War II researcher, natural causes.^[35]
• Teddy Kollek, 95, Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem (1965–1993), natural causes.^{[36] [37]}
• Don Massengale, 69, American PGA Tour golf player, heart attack.^[38]
• Richard Newton, 55, Australian-born technology pioneer and professor at University of California, Berkeley, pancreatic cancer.^[39]
• Paek Nam-sun, 78, North Korean Foreign Affairs minister.^[40]
• Dan Shaver, 56, NASCAR driver and ARCA race car driver/owner, cancer.^[41]
• Robert C. Solomon, 64, American scholar of continental philosophy.^[42]

[edit] 1

• A.I. Bezzerides, 98, Turkish-born American novelist and screenwriter, injuries from a fall. [3]
• Tiberio Colantuoni, 71, Italian comic book artist. [4]
• Leonard Fraser, 55, Australian serial killer, heart attack. [5]
• Julius Hegyi, 83, American conductor, Alzheimer's disease. [6]
• Werner Hollweg, 70, German tenor, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [7]
• Tad Jones, 54, American jazz music historian, complications from a fall. [8]
• Jim Karvellas, 71, American sports broadcaster, prostate cancer. [9]
• Ernie Koy, 97, American baseball player, in his sleep. [10]
• Roland Levinsky, 63, South African-born Vice Chancellor of the University of Plymouth and medical scientist, heart attack. [11]
• Sándor Mihályfy, 69, Hungarian film director (Indul a Bakterház). [12] (Hungarian)
• Annie Milner, 104, Minnesota's longest serving worker, injuries from a fall. [13]
• Tillie Olsen, 94, American writer, natural causes. [14]
• Del Reeves, 74, American country singer, emphysema. [15]
• Eleanore Schoenfeld, 81, Slovenian-born cellist and teacher at USC Thornton School of Music, heart attack. [16]
• Darrent Williams, 24, American NFL player (Denver Broncos), shot. [17] [18]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Obituaries on general news websites
  • Recent AP Obituaries
  • The New York Times: Obituaries
  • Washington Post: Obituaries
  • The Boston Globe: Obituaries
  • Mail & Guardian (South Africa) Obituaries
  • The Guardian (UK): Obituaries
  • Daily Telegraph: Obituaries
  • The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia): Obituaries
• Specialised websites
  • The Blog of Death
  • Celebrity Death Beeper
  • Dead or Alive
  • Dead People Server
  • Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records: US genealogy directory
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom — US Combat Deaths
  • Writers We've Lost
  • Written in Stone - Literary deaths

For earlier deaths, see Deaths in 2006, Deaths in 2005, Deaths in 2004, Deaths in 2003, Deaths in 2002, Deaths in 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, ...