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May 7, 2002 Kevyn Aucoin, make-up artist/writer, Making Face, dies at 40
May 7, 2001 Joseph Greenberg, American Writer
May 7, 2000 "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr", actor, dies at 90
May 7, 1998 Eddie Rabbitt, singer, I Love a Rainy Night, dies at 56
May 7, 1996 Albert Meltzer, anarchist, dies at 76
May 7, 1996 Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87
May 7, 1996 Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head of MI5, dies at 76
May 7, 1995 Ernest H Martin, impressario, dies at 75
May 7, 1995 Lawrence Josset, engraver, dies at 84
May 7, 1995 Maria Luisa Bemberg, fil maker, dies at 73
May 7, 1995 Ray McKinley, drummer, dies at 84
May 7, 1994 Clement Greenberg, U.S. art critic (Art and Culture), dies at 85
May 7, 1994 Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at 115
May 7, 1993 Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89
May 7, 1990 Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60
May 7, 1989 Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65
May 7, 1988 Harris Glenn Divine, dies of natural causes at 42
May 7, 1987 Colin Blakely, dies at 56
May 7, 1986 Gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75
May 7, 1985 Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54
May 7, 1983 Peter Edel, writer, dies
May 7, 1982 Alfred Adam, dies at 72
May 7, 1981 Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79
May 7, 1977 Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73
May 7, 1974 Frederick Kelly, American Athlete
May 7, 1971 Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83
May 7, 1970 Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60
May 7, 1968 Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41
May 7, 1967 Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54
May 7, 1962 Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77
May 7, 1958 Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81
May 7, 1951 Warner Baxter, dies at 62
May 7, 1946 Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed
May 7, 1946 Joe Humphries, cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests for England 1907-08), dies
May 7, 1942 Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79
May 7, 1941 David Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies
May 7, 1941 James G. Frazer, Scottish Scientist
May 7, 1934 Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67
May 7, 1932 Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies
May 7, 1929 Albert Anselmi, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone
May 7, 1929 John Scalise, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone
May 7, 1929 Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone
May 7, 1928 Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56
May 7, 1915 Alfred G Vanderbilt, U.S. millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania
May 7, 1915 Alfred Scott Witherbee Jr, U.S. Lusitania officer, dies
May 7, 1915 Charles Frohman, dies aboard Lusitania
May 7, 1914 Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87
May 7, 1904 Peter Hille, writer, dies
May 7, 1900 Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81
May 7, 1890 James Nasmyth, Scottish Inventor
May 7, 1884 Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72
May 7, 1876 Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69
May 7, 1873 Salmon P. Chase, American Politician
May 7, 1873 Salmon Portland Chase, American Politician
May 7, 1871 Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies
May 7, 1863 Amiel Weeks Whipple, U.S. Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46
May 7, 1840 Caspar David Friedrich, German Artist
May 7, 1836 Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26
May 7, 1825 Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74
May 7, 1818 Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70
May 7, 1814 Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79
May 7, 1800 Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64
May 7, 1800 Niccolo Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72
May 7, 1793 Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt Admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68
May 7, 1793 Pietro Nardini, composer, dies at 71
May 7, 1792 Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82
May 7, 1736 John Weldon, composer, dies at 60
May 7, 1673 Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58
May 7, 1671 Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68
May 7, 1671 Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of Opperkrijgshof, dies at 62
May 7, 1667 Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50
May 7, 1617 David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53
May 7, 1523 Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42
May 7, 1205 Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6
May 7, 1166 Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)
May 7, 973 Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60
May 7, 685 Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies



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