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August 7, 2004 "Paul ""Red"" Adair", Oil well fire expert, Hellfighters, dies at 88 August 7, 2004 Bernard Levin, English Journalist August 7, 2001 Maureen Reagan, speaker/activist, dies at 60 August 7, 1999 Brion James, actor, Blade Runner, dies at 54 August 7, 1997 Douglas Gray, archivist, dies at 74 August 7, 1997 Vincent Gulliver, Britain's oldest man, dies at 109 August 7, 1996 Anne Kristen, actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr. Finlay), dies at 59 August 7, 1996 Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer, dies at 76 August 7, 1996 Peter Winter, naval commander, dies at 78 August 7, 1995 Brigid Brophy, novelist/campaigner, dies at 66 August 7, 1995 Tom Scott, poet/editor, dies at 77 August 7, 1994 Robert Hutton, [Winne], U.S. actor (Rocket), dies at 74 August 7, 1993 Kelly Ahrendt, 1st NYer to die of rabies in 40 years, dies at 14 August 7, 1993 Roy Budd, English jazz pianist/composer (Paper Tiger), dies at 46 August 7, 1992 Francisco Fernandez Ordonez, British foreign min to Spain (1985-92), dies August 7, 1992 John Anderson, actor (MacGyver), dies of heart attack at 69 August 7, 1992 Titti Sotto, Cuban composer (La Esquina Habanera), dies August 7, 1991 Billy James, comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies August 7, 1991 Shapur Bahktiar, PM of Iran (1979), assassinated August 7, 1991 Shotzie, Cincinnati Red dog mascot, dies at 9 August 7, 1990 Eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88 August 7, 1989 Mickey Leland, (Rep-D-Tx), and 15 others dies in plane crash in Ethiopia August 7, 1987 Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon, dies at 87 August 7, 1987 Nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60), dies at 90 August 7, 1985 Grayson Hall, actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58 August 7, 1984 Esther Phillips, U.S. singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48 August 7, 1978 Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer, dies at 60 August 7, 1976 Cecil Weston, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86 August 7, 1976 Murvyn Vye, actor (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 63 August 7, 1972 Joi Lansing, actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer August 7, 1970 ... Haley, U.S. judge, shot dead August 7, 1970 James McClain, U.S. black activist, shot dead August 7, 1970 Jonathan P Jackson, U.S. black activist, shot dead August 7, 1970 William Christmas, U.S. black activist, shot dead August 7, 1969 Joseph Kosma, composer, dies at 63 August 7, 1969 Russ Morgan, orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65 August 7, 1967 Max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75 August 7, 1967 Max Tak, Dutch violinist and radio commentator, dies at 75 August 7, 1962 Morris Louis, U.S. painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49 August 7, 1960 Vaino Hannikainen, composer, dies at 60 August 7, 1959 Armas Emmanuel Launis, composer, dies at 75 August 7, 1957 Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel and Hardy, dies at 65 August 7, 1943 Gustav Schmidt, German lt-general, dies in battle August 7, 1942 Richard Gott, British gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43 August 7, 1941 Radindranath Tagore, Indian philosopher/poet/writer, dies at 80 August 7, 1941 Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet August 7, 1938 Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russian director (S Method), dies at 75 August 7, 1931 Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist (In Mist), dies at 29 August 7, 1928 Alphonse MAJ Ariens, Dutch RC pastor/social worker, dies at 68 August 7, 1924 Camille Zeckwer, composer, dies at 49 August 7, 1923 Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89 August 7, 1921 Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40 August 7, 1916 Charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36 August 7, 1914 Boleslaw Dembinski, composer, dies at 81 August 7, 1913 David Popper, composer, dies at 70 August 7, 1893 Alfredo Catalani, composer, dies at 39 August 7, 1885 Antony EJ Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46 August 7, 1867 Ira F Aldridge, U.S. actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63 August 7, 1848 Freiherr Jons J Berzelius, Swedish chemist (atomic weight), dies at 68 August 7, 1846 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76 August 7, 1816 Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77 August 7, 1799 John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 August 7, 1798 Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65 August 7, 1786 Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49 August 7, 1712 Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48 August 7, 1657 Robert Blake, English Admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57 August 7, 1616 Vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies August 7, 1609 Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 August 7, 1547 Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies August 7, 1106 Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 August 7, 1033 Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine |