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]