Thursday, August 07, 2008
1921 - Alexander A Block (Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40)
1893 - Alfredo Catalani (composer, dies at 39)
1928 - Alphonse MAJ Ariens (Dutch RC pastor/social worker, dies at 68)
1996 - Anne Kristen (actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr. Finlay), dies at 59)
1885 - Antony EJ Modderman (Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46)
1959 - Armas Emmanuel Launis (composer, dies at 75)
2004 - Bernard Levin (English Journalist)
1991 - Billy James (comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies)
1914 - Boleslaw Dembinski (composer, dies at 81)
1995 - Brigid Brophy (novelist/campaigner, dies at 66)
1999 - Brion James (actor, Blade Runner, dies at 54)
1547 - Cajetanus van Thiene (Italian saint, dies)
1987 - Camille Chamoun (president of Lebanon, dies at 87)
1924 - Camille Zeckwer (composer, dies at 49)
1976 - Cecil Weston (actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86)
1916 - Charles E Manning (Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36)
1913 - David Popper (composer, dies at 70)
1816 - Dionysius G van der Keessel (Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77)
1997 - Douglas Gray (archivist, dies at 74)
1984 - Esther Phillips (U.S. singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48)
1609 - Eustache du Caurroy (composer, dies at 60)
1990 - Eva Sully Block (actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88)
1992 - Francisco Fernandez Ordonez (British foreign min to Spain (1985-92), dies)
1978 - Franz Alphons Wolpert (composer, dies at 60)
1848 - Freiherr Jons J Berzelius (Swedish chemist (atomic weight), dies at 68)
1712 - Friederich Wilhelm Zachow (composer, dies at 48)
1786 - Friedrich Schwindl (composer, dies at 49)
1996 - Gerald Etheridge Gomez (cricketer, dies at 76)
1985 - Grayson Hall (actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58)
1943 - Gustav Schmidt (German lt-general, dies in battle)
1923 - Hendrik Pierson (Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89)
1106 - Henry IV (Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54)
1867 - Ira F Aldridge (U.S. actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63)
1970 - James McClain (U.S. black activist, shot dead)
1846 - Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck (composer, dies at 76)
1798 - Johann Gottlieb Sollner (composer, dies at 65)
1992 - John Anderson (actor (MacGyver), dies of heart attack at 69)
1799 - John Bacon (English sculptor, dies at 58)
1972 - Joi Lansing (actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer)
1970 - Jonathan P Jackson (U.S. black activist, shot dead)
1969 - Joseph Kosma (composer, dies at 63)
1993 - Kelly Ahrendt (1st NYer to die of rabies in 40 years, dies at 14)
1938 - Konstantin S Stanislavski (Russian director (S Method), dies at 75)
1931 - Leon Bismarck 'Bix' Beiderbecke (jazz cornetist (In Mist), dies at 29)
2001 - Maureen Reagan (speaker/activist, dies at 60)
1967 - Max Branch (music/radio commentator, dies at 75)
1967 - Max Tak (Dutch violinist and radio commentator, dies at 75)
1989 - Mickey Leland ((Rep-D-Tx), and 15 others dies in plane crash in Ethiopia)
1962 - Morris Louis (U.S. painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49)
1976 - Murvyn Vye (actor (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 63)
1987 - Nobusuke Kishi (premier of Japan (1957-60), dies at 90)
1957 - Oliver Hardy (comedian of Laurel and Hardy, dies at 65)
2004 - 'Paul ''Red'' Adair' (Oil well fire expert, Hellfighters, dies at 88)
1996 - Peter Winter (naval commander, dies at 78)
1941 - Rabindranath Tagore (Indian Poet)
1941 - Radindranath Tagore (Indian philosopher/poet/writer, dies at 80)
1942 - Richard Gott (British gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43)
1657 - Robert Blake (English Admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57)
1994 - Robert Hutton ([Winne], U.S. actor (Rocket), dies at 74)
1993 - Roy Budd (English jazz pianist/composer (Paper Tiger), dies at 46)
1969 - Russ Morgan (orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65)
1991 - Shapur Bahktiar (PM of Iran (1979), assassinated)
1991 - Shotzie (Cincinnati Red dog mascot, dies at 9)
1992 - Titti Sotto (Cuban composer (La Esquina Habanera), dies)
1995 - Tom Scott (poet/editor, dies at 77)
1960 - Vaino Hannikainen (composer, dies at 60)
1997 - Vincent Gulliver (Britain's oldest man, dies at 109)
1616 - Vincenzo Scamozzi (Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies)
1970 - William Christmas (U.S. black activist, shot dead)