Deaths in 2007

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

Names are listed under the date of death, not the date it was announced. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name. Only people 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 and 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.

June 2007

11

• Stack Bundles, 24, African American rapper, shot. [1]
• Ray Mears, 80, American basketball coach of the University of Tennessee Volunteers (1963–1977). [2]
• Vince McMahon, 61, car exploded.[3]

10

• August H. Auer, Jr., 67, American-born New Zealand atmospheric scientist and meteorologist, heart attack. [4]
• George Burrarrawanga, 50, Australian singer with the Warumpi Band. [5]
• Charley Harper, 84, American wildlife artist, pneumonia. [6]
• Jim Killingsworth, 83, American basketball coach at Texas Christian University (1979–1987), complications of a stroke. [7]
• Rabbi Shimon Gershon Rosenberg, 58, Israeli religious leader and philosopher, cancer. [8]
• Parviz Varjavand, 73, Iranian archaeologist, heart failure. [9]

9

• Rudolf Arnheim, 102, German-born American author and film theorist. [10]
• Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford, 76, British Labour politician, cancer. [11]
• Ousmane Sembène, 84, Senegalese film director, producer and writer, after long illness. [12]

8

• Hideo Kanze, 79, Japanese Noh actor and director, intestinal cancer. [13]
• Nellie Lutcher, 94, American jazz singer and pianist, pneumonia. [14]
• Aden Abdulle Osman, 99, first President of Somalia (1960–1967). [15]
• Adrian Pintea, 52, Romanian actor, cirrhosis. [16] (Romanian)
• Marc Ramsbotham, 34, British Isle of Man TT motorcycle racer, race crash. [17]
• Lynne Randell, 57, Australian singer best known for "Ciao Baby", apparent suicide. [18] [19]
• Richard Rorty, 75, American philosopher, pancreatic cancer. [20]

7

• Gilbert Gude, 84, United States Representative from Maryland (1967–1977), heart failure. [21]
• Michael Hamburger, 83, British poet, translator, critic. [22]

6

• Warren Bradley, 73, British footballer who played for Manchester United and England. [23]
• Tony De Santis, 93, American owner of Drury Lane Theatre, cancer. [24]
• Augen Mar Divannasyos, 55, Indian bishop in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, car accident. [25]
• Larry Hamlin, 58, American theater producer, founder of the National Black Theater Festival. [26]
• Luke Sela, 64, Papua New Guinean journalist, editor of the PNG Post Courier (1978–2000). [27]
• Zakia Zaki, 35, Afghan director of Radio Peace, shot. [28]

5

• Giovanni Antonio Carta, 107, one of the last eight surviving veterans of World War I from Italy. [29]
• Gert-Jan Dröge, 64, Dutch TV personality, lung cancer. [30] (Dutch)
• Diana Mason, 84, New Zealand doctor and anti-abortion activist, cancer. [31]
• Povel Ramel, 85, Swedish artist, singer, pianist, comedian, actor, author. [32] (Swedish)
• Edwin Traisman, 91, American food scientist who developed McDonald's french fries and helped develop Cheez Whiz, heart attack. [33]
• Jean Vollum, 80, American philanthropist and widow of Tektronix founder Howard Vollum, congestive heart failure. [34]

4

• Loganathan Arumugam, 54, Malaysian musician (Alleycats), lung cancer. [35]
• Roberto Barbosa, Portuguese photographer and professor at IADE and Ar.Co. [36] (Portuguese)
• Clete Boyer, 70, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves) and coach, stroke. [37]
• Tom Burns, 75, Australian politician, former Queensland opposition leader, Deputy Premier and ALP national president. [38]
• Jim Clark, 84, American sheriff of Dallas County, Alabama who opposed voting rights in Selma, stroke and heart condition. [39]
• Don Doyle, 82, American lawyer and lawmaker, served in the Iowa legislature for 30 years, prostate cancer. [40]
• Bill France, Jr., 74, American CEO of NASCAR (1972–2003), cancer. [41] [42]
• Hedley Mortlock, 66, New Zealand journalist, editor of NZ Truth (1987–1997), cancer. [43]
• Sotiris Moustakas, 67, Greek Cypriot actor, cancer. [44]
• Freddie Scott, 74, American singer ("Hey Girl"), heart attack. [45] [46]
• Craig L. Thomas, 74, American Senator from Wyoming since 1995, leukemia. [47]

3

• Juan Antonio "Arguru" Argüelles, Spanish musician and programmer, founder of DiscoDSP, car accident. [48]
• Richard Attipoe, Togolese Minister for Sport, helicopter crash. [49]
• Iván Darvas, 82, Hungarian Kossuth Prize-winning actor. [50] (Hungarian)
• Nelson Levy, 58, Tahitian founding head of Air Tahiti Nui, leading figure in French Polynesian tourism, heart attack. [51][52]
• Leonard Nathan, 82, American poet, National Book Award nominee, UC Berkeley professor of Rhetoric, Alzheimer's disease. [53]
• Pamman, 87, Indian novelist in Malayalam, heart condition. [54]

2

• Sandy Barr, 69, American wrestler, heart attack. [55]
• Marion Francis Forst, 96, oldest Roman Catholic bishop in the United States. [56]
• Steve Gilliard, 42, American blogger, heart and kidney failure. [57]
• Kentaro Haneda, 58, Japanese pianist, composer and arranger, liver cancer. [58]
• Huang Ju, 68, Chinese Vice Premier, member of Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee, former Mayor of Shanghai. [59] [60]
• Charles Maynes, 68, American Assistant Secretary of State (1977–1980), editor of Foreign Policy for 18 years. [61]
• Martin Meyerson, 84, American academic, President of Penn (1971-1982) and Chancellor of UC Berkeley. [62]
• John Moriarty, 69, Irish poet and philosopher, cancer. [63]
• John Pike, 23, American drummer for rock band Ra Ra Riot, drowned. [64]
• Kelsey Smith, 18, American kidnapping and murder victim. [65]

1

• Warren M. Anderson, 91, American legislator, Temporary President and Majority Leader of the NY Senate (1973–1989). [66]
• Jan Beneš, 71, Czech writer, translator, publicist and screenwriter, suicide. [67] [68] (Czech)
• Kasma Booty, 75, Malaysian actress, pneumonia. [69]
• Sir John Gilmour, 94, British Conservative MP for East Fife (1961-1979) and Lord Lieutenant of Fife (1980-1987). [70]
• Ernest Hofstetter, 95, Swiss pioneer climber of Mount Everest. [71]
• Karl Evald Johansson, 58, Norwegian actor, screenwriter and artist, cancer. [72] (Norwegian)
• Charlie Johnson, 58, American basketball player, cancer. [73]
• Charles Kinkead, 93 Jamaican photojournalist, stroke. [74]
• Pamela Low, 79, American flavorist who created the coating for Cap'n Crunch. [75]
• Marly de Oliveira, 69, Brazilian poet ("O Mar de Permeio"), multiple organ failure. [76]
• R. K. Patil, 99, Indian politician and Minister in Provincial Government, natural causes. [77]
• Dave Smalley, 72, American coach of US Naval Academy men's and women's basketball teams, complications of cancer. [78]
• Helen Stetter, 113, American who was world's fourth-oldest living person and Nebraska's oldest person. [79]
• Tony Thompson, 31, American lead vocalist of the R&B group Hi-Five, apparent drug overdose. [80]

May 2007

See Deaths in May 2007.

April 2007

See Deaths in April 2007.

March 2007

See Deaths in March 2007.

February 2007

See Deaths in February 2007.

January 2007

See Deaths in January 2007.

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