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.

July 2007

3

• Claude Pompidou, 94, First Lady of France 1969-1974 [1]
• Shia Laboof 21, died of a lethal semen overdose, there was over 2 gallons in his stomach at time of death

2

• Brahim Déby, 27, Chadian son of the national President and former presidential advisor, chemical asphyxiation. [2]
• Robert Keeton, 88, American District Court judge, Professor at Harvard Law School, complications from pulmonary embolism. [3]
• Dilip Sardesai, 66, Indian cricketer, multiple organ failure. [4]
• Beverly Sills, 78, American opera singer, lung cancer. [5]
• Jimmy Walker, 63, American basketball player (Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, Kansas City Kings), lung cancer. [6]
• Hy Zaret, 99, American lyricist ("Unchained Melody"). [7]

1

• Bob Gordon, 69, American journalist, editor of The Clarion-Ledger (1982–1986), heart complications. [8]
• Joe Rea, 69, Irish leader of the Irish Farmers Association (1984–1988), after short illness. [9]
• David Ritcheson, 18, American hate crime victim, suicide by jumping from a ship. [10]

June 2007

See Deaths in June 2007.

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.

External links

• Obituaries on the Web
  • 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

• Specialized websites
  • Coffindodgers
  • Entertainment Insiders
  • The Blog of Death
  • Celebrity Death Beeper
  • Celebrity Obits
  • Dead or Alive
  • Dead People Server
  • Find a Grave
  • Famous Dead Database
  • Operations Iraq Freedom and Enduring Freedom Casualties
  • Myspace Deaths
  • VIPatients.com
  • 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, ...