Deaths in August 2007
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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2007.
August 2007
1
- Sergei Antonov, 59, Bulgarian accused of involvement in attempt by Mehmet Ali Ağca to kill Pope John Paul II.
- Ryan Cox, 28, South African professional road racing cyclist, ruptured artery following vascular surgery.
- Robert Hughes, 95, Australian composer.
- Veikko Karvonen, 81, Finnish athlete, bronze medalist in the 1956 Summer Olympics marathon.
- Winfred P. Lehmann, 91, American linguist.
- Tommy Makem, 74, Irish folk musician (The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem), lung cancer.
- Pete Naktenis, 93, American baseball player.
- Philip S. Paludan, 69, American history professor, authority on Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War.
- Norman Adrian Wiggins, 83, American third president of Campbell University.
2
- Kafeel Ahmed, 28, Indian terrorist involved in the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack, third degree burns.
- Haitham al-Badri, Iraqi al Qaeda emir of Salahuddin province and Golden Dome bomber, airstrike.
- Chauncey Bailey, 58, American journalist, editor of The Oakland Post, shot.
- Ed Brown, 78, American football quarterback Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers, prostate cancer.
- Franco Dalla Valle, 62, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Juína. (Portuguese)
- Evan Enwerem, 71, Nigerian Senate President (1999).
- Peter Eriksson, 48, Swedish neuroscientist. (Swedish)
- Terry Kelly, 75, British footballer, dementia.
- Holden Roberto, 84, Angolan founder and leader of the FNLA (1962–1999), after long illness.
- Frank Rosenfelt, 85, American executive at MGM.
3
- Jose Miguel Battle, Sr., 77, Cuban founder and nominal leader of the "Cuban Mafia". .
- Ron Brown, 67, British Labour Party MP (1979–1992), liver failure.
- James T. Callahan, 76, American actor (Charles in Charge), cancer. .
- John Gardner, 80, British thriller writer and James Bond continuation novelist, suspected heart failure.
- Nasho Kamungeremu, 34, Zimbabwean golfer, heart attack.
4
- Lee Hazlewood, 78, American country music singer and songwriter ("These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"), renal cancer.
- Raul Hilberg, 81, Austrian Jewish Holocaust historian, lung cancer.
- Frank Mancuso, 89, American Major League Baseball player, Houston City Councillor.
- Santos Padilla Ferrer, 50, Puerto Rican mayor of Cabo Rojo, heart attack.
5
- Henri Amouroux, 87, French journalist and historian. (French)
- Duncan Clark, 96, American physician.
- Stanley Myron Handelman, 77, American comedian, heart attack.
- Oliver Hill, 100, American lawyer, lead attorney on the Brown v. Board of Education case.
- Jean-Marie Lustiger, 80, French Jewish-born Roman Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, cancer.
- Amos Manor, 89, Israeli head of Shin Bet (1953–1963).
- Janine Niépce, 86, French photojournalist. (French)
- Florian Pittiş, 63, Romanian actor and folk singer, prostate cancer.
- Peter Graham Scott, 83, British film producer.
6
- Heinz Barth, 86, German SS officer, Nazi war criminal, cancer.
- Moe Fishman, 92, American representative of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, pancreatic cancer.
- Ah Jook Ku, 97, American journalist and writer, first Asian American Associated Press reporter.
- Elie de Rothschild, 90, French banker, member of Rothschild dynasty, heart attack.
- Paul Rutherford, 67, British trombonist.
- Atle Selberg, 90, Norwegian-born mathematician, heart failure.
7
- Ernesto Alonso, 90, Mexican television producer and actor, pneumonia.
- Hal Fishman, 75, American television news anchor since 1960, KTLA Prime News anchor since 1975, cancer.
- Gato Del Sol, 28, American racehorse, won 1982 Kentucky Derby, euthanized.
- Russell Johnson, 83, American architect and acoustician.
- Hank Morgenweck, 78, American baseball umpire, cancer.
- Wolfgang Sievers, 93, Australian photographer.
- Sir Angus Tait, 88, New Zealand electronics innovator and businessman.
- William F. Walker, 69, American academic, President of Auburn University (2001–2004).
8
- Joybubbles, 58, American phone phreak.
- Ma Lik, 55, Hong Kong Legislative Council member and chair of the DAB, colon cancer.
- Melville Shavelson, 90, American film director and screenwriter.
- Clarence Tex Walker, 61, American rhythm and blues musician, heart attack.
- Julius Wess, 73, Austrian physicist.
9
- Sakiusa Bulicokocoko, 57, Fijian musician, tumor.
- Richmond Flowers Sr., 88, American Attorney General of Alabama (1963–1967).
- Timothy Garden, Baron Garden, 63, British Air Marshal and Liberal Democrat peer, cancer.
- Joe O'Donnell, 85, American presidential photographer, photographed effects of Hiroshima bombing, stroke.
- Ulrich Plenzdorf, 72, German author.
- Rolf Wiik, 78, Finnish Olympic fencer.
10
- Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, 82, American civil rights campaigner, member of Tuskegee Airmen, brain injuries following a fall.
- Tom Cheasty, 73, Irish hurler.
- James E. Faust, 87, American second counselor in the First Presidency of the LDS Church.
- Irene Kirkaldy, 90, American civil rights campaigner, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
- Jean Rédélé, 85, French creator of the Alpine automobile brand. (French)
- Mario Rivera, 68, Dominican Latin jazz saxophonist with Machito, Tito Puente, Tito Rodríguez orchestras, bone cancer.
- Tony Wilson, 57, British owner of Factory Records, radio and TV presenter, journalist, heart attack.
11
- Franz Antel, 94, Austrian film director. (German)
- Michael Frede, 67, German professor of Ancient Philosophy, swimming accident.
- MacDonald Gallion, 94, American politician, Attorney General of Alabama (1959–1963, 1967–1971).
- Joe Jimenez, 81, American professional golfer, won 1978 Senior PGA Championship, renal failure brought on by lung cancer.
- Alexander H. Leighton, 99, American-Canadian sociologist and psychiatrist.
- Arthur Levenson, 93, American NSA official and cryptologist.
- Roberto Maidana, 79, Argentine journalist, pneumonia. (Spanish)
- Herb Pomeroy, 77, American jazz trumpeter (Charlie Parker, Frank Sinatra), cancer.
- Sukadji Ranuwihardjo, 76, Indonesian President of Gadjah Mada University (1973–1981).
- Lluís Maria Xirinacs, 75, Catalan political activist and priest, natural causes. (Spanish)
- Zhang Shuhong, 50, Chinese company co-owner involved in Fisher-Price toy recall, suicide by hanging.
12
- Ralph Asher Alpher, 86, American physicist and college professor, respiratory failure.
- Ronald N. Bracewell, 86, Australian physicist and radio astronomer, heart failure.
- Christian Elder, 38, American sports car and Busch Series driver.
- Merv Griffin, 82, American talk show host, real estate tycoon, creator of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, prostate cancer.
- Asa Hilliard, 73, American educationalist, historian and psychologist, malaria.
- Sir Ian McGeoch, 93, British admiral.
- Elizabeth Murray, 66, American artist, lung cancer.
- Alwyn Rice Jones, 73, British Archbishop of Wales (1991–1999).
- Mike Wieringo, 44, American comic book artist, heart attack.
13
- Brian "Crush" Adams, 44, American professional wrestler, accidental overdose of pain killers and anti-depressants.
- Brooke Astor, 105, American philanthropist, pneumonia.
- Ox Miller, 92, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
- Yone Minagawa, 114, Japanese supercentenarian, recognized as world's oldest person.
- Clifton Neita, 92, Jamaican editor of the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper (1954–1979).
- Phil Rizzuto, 89, American baseball player, member of the MLB Hall of Fame, and sports broadcaster, pneumonia.
- Tim Royes, 42, British music video director, car accident.
14
- John Biffen, 76, British Conservative member of the House of Lords, MP (1961–1997), septicaemia.
- Horace Brearley, 94, British cricketer, father of Mike Brearley.
- Jirair S. Hovnanian, 80, Armenian Iraqi-American home builder.
- Tikhon Khrennikov, 94, Russian Soviet-era cultural functionary, composer and pianist.
- Emory King, 76, Belizean historian, author and journalist, cancer.
- John C. Lanham, 82, American former chief justice of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
- Diane Lewis, 54, American reporter (The Boston Globe), cancer.
- Kotozakura Masakatsu, 66, Japanese yokozuna, complications of diabetes.
- Eduardo Noriega, 90, Mexican actor, heart attack.
- Kihei Tomioka, 75, Japanese Olympic cyclist.
- Sayoko Yamaguchi, 57, Japanese fashion model, pneumonia.
15
- Richard Bradshaw, 63, British conductor, Canadian Opera Company general director (1998–2007), heart attack.
- Steven Campbell, 53, British painter, ruptured appendix.
- John Gofman, 88, American nuclear physicist, heart failure.
- Geoffrey Orbell, 98, New Zealand bush walker who rediscovered the Takahē in 1948.
- Sam Pollock, 81, Canadian former general manager of Montreal Canadiens, Hockey Hall of Famer.
- Liam Rector, 58, American poet, Folger Shakespeare Library program director, suicide by shotgun.
- John Wallowitch, 81, American singer and songwriter, bone cancer.
16
- Bahaedin Adab, 62, Iranian member of parliament, cancer. (Persian)
- John Blewett III, 33, American NASCAR driver, racing crash.
- Jeroen Boere, 39, Dutch football player (West Ham, West Bromwich Albion, Crystal Palace, Portsmouth, Southend).
- Will Edwards, 69, British Labour politician, MP for Merioneth (1966–1974).
- Clive Exton, 77, British television and film writer, brain cancer.
- Roland Mathias, 91, British poet and literary critic.
- Vito Pallavicini, 83, Italian lyricist/pop composer. (Italian)
- Max Roach, 83, American jazz drummer.
- Dewey Robertson, 68, Canadian professional wrestler ("The Missing Link"), cancer.
17
- John Austin, 68, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Aston (1992–2005).
- Edward Avedisian, 71, American artist.
- John Belk, 87, American Democratic politician, mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina (1969–1977).
- Jos Brink, 65, Dutch television host, actor, minister of religion and writer, colorectal cancer.
- Bill Deedes, 94, British journalist, editor of The Daily Telegraph (1974–1986) and Conservative politician.
- Carolyn Goodman, 91, American psychologist and civil rights activist.
- Eddie Griffin, 25, American former Seton Hall, Rockets and Timberwolves basketball player, car accident.
- Max Hodge, 91, American television writer, creator of Mr. Freeze on the 1960s Batman series.
- Victor Klee, 81, American mathematician, complications of intestinal surgery.
- Tanja Liedtke, 29, German choreographer appointed as Sydney Dance Company artistic director, road accident.
- Elmer MacFadyen, 64, Canadian politician, Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative cabinet minister (1996–2007), heart attack.
- Alison Plowden, 75, British historian.
18
- Stephen Bicknell, 49, British expert on the pipe organ.
- Michael Deaver, 69, American Deputy White House Chief of Staff (1981–1985), pancreatic cancer.
- Lucien Jarraud, 84, Canadian radio host.
- Jon Lucien, 65, American smooth jazz singer/songwriter, respiratory failure and complications of kidney surgery.
- Magdalen Nabb, 60, British author, stroke.
- Viktor Prokopenko, 62, Ukrainian footballer and coach (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), thrombus.
19
- Daniel Brewster, 83, American Senator (Democrat) from Maryland (1963–1969), liver cancer.
- Roch La Salle, 78, Canadian Progressive Conservative politician, Quebec cabinet minister (1968–1988).
- Shitsu Nakano, 113, Japan's oldest person and fourth-oldest-validated person in the world, natural causes.
20
- Gabriel Glorieux, 77, Belgian Olympic cyclist.
- Berthold Grünfeld, 75, Norwegian psychiatrist. (Norwegian)
- Wild Bill Hagy, 68, American Baltimore Orioles cheerleader of the 1970s and 1980s. .
- Larry Hartsell, 65, American martial arts instructor, student of Bruce Lee.
- Leona Helmsley, 87, American hotelier, heart failure.
- Chas Poynter, 68, New Zealand politician, mayor of Wanganui (1986–2004), lung disease.
21
- Caroline Aigle, 32, first French female fighter pilot, cancer.
- Rose Bampton, 99, American opera singer.
- Frank Bowe, 60, American disability rights activist, author and teacher, cancer.
- Čabulītis, c. 72, American alligator considered to be Europe's oldest. (Latvian)
- Siobhan Dowd, 47, British writer and PEN activist, breast cancer.
- Elizabeth Hoisington, 88, American Army general, heart failure.
- Howe Yoon Chong, 84, Singaporean politician.
- Qurratulain Hyder, 81, Indian novelist.
- Haley Paige, 26, Mexican-born pornographic actress.
- Hana Ponická, 85, Slovak writer and dissident. (French)
- Adam Watson, 93, British diplomat and academic.
22
- Butch van Breda Kolff, 84, American basketball coach (Princeton, Lakers, Pistons, Jazz).
- Jacek Chmielnik, 54, Polish actor, accidental electrocution. (Polish).
- Keith Knight, 51, Canadian actor, brain cancer.
- Sir Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet, 80, British aristocrat.
- Grace Paley, 84, American writer and political activist, breast cancer.
23
- Aimé Avignon, 110, France's oldest living man. (French)
- Cuesta Benberry, 83, American historian known for her studies of quilting, congestive heart failure.
- William John McKeag, 79, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (1970–1976).
- Martti Pokela, 83, Finnish folk musician.
- Robert Symonds, 80, American actor (Dynasty, The Exorcist), prostate cancer.
- Dušan Třeštík, 74, Czech historian. (Czech)
- Philip Wilkinson, 80, British banker.
24
- Abdul Rahman Arif, 91, Iraqi politician, President of Iraq (1966–1968).
- Mark Birley, 77, British nightclub owner (Annabel's), stroke.
- Andrée Boucher, 70, Canadian politician, mayor of Sainte-Foy (1985–2001) and Quebec City (2005–2007), heart attack.
- William E. McAnulty, Jr., 59, American lawyer, first African American Kentucky Supreme Court Justice, lung cancer.
- Aaron Russo, 64, American movie producer (Trading Places, The Rose), cancer.
- Adam Watson, 93, British diplomat.
25
- Benjamin Aaron, 91, American labor law expert and member of Presidential commissions, cerebral hemorrhage.
- Raymond Barre, 83, French economist, Prime Minister of France (1976-1981), Mayor of Lyon (1995–2001).
- Jim Carlson, 72, American screenwriter.
- Eduardo Prado Coelho, 63, Portuguese writer and political and cultural critic. (Portuguese)
- Richard Cook, 50, British jazz writer, cancer.
- Édouard Gagnon, 89, Canadian Roman Catholic Cardinal.
- Ray Jones, 18, British footballer (QPR), car accident.
- Alberto de Lacerda, 78, Portuguese poet, BBC radio presenter, founded Portucale magazine. (Portuguese)
- Linda Smith, 58, Canadian writer.
26
- Edward Brandt, Jr., 74, American doctor and public health official, directed initial response to AIDS, lung cancer.
- Oliver Byrne, 63, Irish CEO of soccer club Shelbourne F.C., after short illness.
- Chuck Comiskey, 81, American Chicago White Sox executive in the 1950s, grandson of team founder Charles Comiskey.
- Roy McLean, 77, South African cricketer, after long illness.
- Judah Nadich, 95, American rabbi and chaplain, heart attack.
- Edward Seidensticker, 86, American scholar and translator of Japanese literature, complications from a fall.
- Gaston Thorn, 78, Luxembourg Prime Minister (1974-1979), President of the European Commission (1981-1985).
27
- Driss Basri, 69, Moroccan Interior Minister (1979–1999).
- Galina Dzhugashvili, 68, Russian granddaughter of Joseph Stalin, cancer.
- Richard T. Heffron, 76, American film and television director.
- Eduardo Malapit, 74, American who was first mayor of Filipino American ancestry.
- Emma Penella, 77, Spanish actress (El Verdugo, Aqui no hay quien viva), renal and heart failure. (Spanish)
- Doug Riley, 62, Canadian musician ("Doctor Music"), heart failure.
- Hans Ruesch, 94, Swiss racing driver, author and activist against animal testing.
- Gad Yaacobi, 72, Israeli former Minister and Labor Party Knesset member, heart failure.
28
- Anacleto Angelini, 93, Chilean businessman, South America's richest man, emphysema.
- David Garcia, 63, American journalist, White House correspondent (ABC), complications of a liver condition.
- Arthur Jones, 80, American inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines.
- Hilly Kristal, 75, American club owner (CBGB), complications of lung cancer.
- Smain Lamari, 67, Algerian head of intelligence services, after long illness.
- Paul MacCready, 81, American aviation pioneer and inventor.
- Nikola Nobilo, 94, Croatian-born New Zealand winemaker.
- Antonio Puerta, 22, Spanish footballer (Sevilla FC), arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.
- Francisco Umbral, 72, Spanish writer, pneumonia.
- Miyoshi Umeki, 78, Japanese-born Academy Award-winning actress (Sayonara), also on Courtship of Eddie's Father, cancer.
29
- Sir James Fletcher, 92, New Zealand industrialist (Fletcher Challenge).
- Richard Jewell, 44, American security guard wrongly accused of the Atlanta Olympics bombing, diabetes.
- Pierre Messmer, 91, French Prime Minister (1972-1974), Free French fighter, French Academician.
- Chaswe Nsofwa, 28, Zambian footballer, heart attack.
- Alfred Peet, 87, American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea.
30
- Ramrao Adik, 77, Indian former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
- Banarsi Das Gupta, 89, Indian former Chief Minister of Haryana.
- Augustine Harris, 89, British Bishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, former Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool.
- Michael Jackson, 65, British writer and beer expert (The Beer Hunter), heart attack.
- Nancy Littlefield, 77, American film producer, cancer.
- K. P. H. Notoprojo, 103, Indonesian gamelan performer. (Indonesian)
- Ong Hok Ham, 74, Indonesian historian.
- Charles Vanik, 94, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1955-1981).
- José Luis de Vilallonga, 87, Spanish aristocrat, author and actor (Breakfast at Tiffany's).
31
- Gay Brewer, 75, American professional golfer, lung cancer.
- Willie Cunningham, 77, British football player.
- Kees Klop, 59, Dutch professor of political ethics and former chairman of the NCRV. (Dutch)
- Karloff Lagarde, 79, Mexican lucha libre professional wrestler.
- Doug Maxwell, 80, Canadian curling innovator, cancer.
- Sulev Vahtre, 81, Estonian historian. (Estonian)
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