The following is a list of notable deaths in 2007. Links to other years follow.
Names are listed under the date the deceased died, not the date the death was announced. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name. Only persons meeting the Wikipedia notability guidelines are listed and with a reference to a reliable source. A typical entry appears in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship, reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
Causes of death such as "old age" and "natural causes" are not cited unless stated in the reference.
Emily Johnson and Eric Johnson(not the singer): Ages 8 and 43. plane crashed into Eric's ex-mother-in-law's house. Investigators think this was more than just a crash
- Yvan Delporte, 78, Belgian editor-in-chief of Spirou magazine (1956–1968). [1] (French)
- Anita Bowser, 86, American scholar and Indiana State Senator, breast cancer. [2]
- Thomas Eagleton, 77, United States Senator for Missouri (1969–1987), heart and respiratory complications. [3]
- Sunil Kumar Mahato, 41, Indian parliamentarian, shot. [4]
- Tadeusz Nalepa, 64, Polish blues and rock singer, long illness. [5] (Polish)
- Ian Wooldridge, 75, British sports journalist, cancer. [6].
- Osvaldo Cavandoli, 87, Italian cartoonist. [7] (Italian)
- Josep Maria Huertas Claveria, 67, Spanish journalist and historian, cerebral hemorrhage. [8] (Spanish)
- Benito Lorenzi, 81, Italian football striker (Italy, Inter Milan). [9]
- Gene Oliver, 71, American Major League Baseball player in the 1960's [10]
- Marjabelle Young Stewart, 82, American etiquette authority and author, pneumonia. [11]
- Doris Anderson, 85, Canadian feminist, writer and editor of Chatelaine, pulmonary fibrosis. [12]
- Thomas Kleppe, 87, United States Secretary of Interior (1975–1977) and Representative from North Dakota, Alzheimer's disease. [13]
- Clem Labine, 80, American baseball pitcher (Brooklyn and LA Dodgers), complications of brain surgery. [14] [15]
- João Alfacinha da Silva, 58, Portuguese writer, stroke. [16] (Portuguese)
- Henri Troyat, 95, French writer and historian who was dean of the Académie française. [17]
- Manuel Bento, 58, Portuguese football goalkeeper (Portugal, SL Benfica), cardiopulmonary arrest. [18]
- Otto Brandenburg, 72, Danish singer and actor. [19] (Danish)
- Joel Brodsky, 67, American photographer specializing in rock and roll musicians, heart attack. [20]
- Myer Feldman, 92, American political adviser to President Kennedy. [21]
- Nelly Goitiño, 77, Uruguayan teacher, lawyer, actress, theatre director and politician, leukemia. [22] (Spanish)
- Sir Sydney Gun-Munro, 90, Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979–1985), after long illness. [23]
- Tinos Rusere, 61, Zimbabwean Deputy Minister for Mines and Environment, kidney failure. [24]
External links
- Obituaries on the Web
- Specialized websites
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, ...