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December 7th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on December 7th

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on December 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2023

2020

  • American pilot and the first to break the sound speed record when he flew the bell x-1 rocket at 670 mph in level flight on october 14, 1947. he was one of 125 senior pilots who were selected to fly the experimental x-1 aircraft, which wright field had developed.

  • Influential dance critic and writer.

  • American baseball player and tenor (d. 2020)

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on December 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2019

  • Renowned German-American evangelist known for his large crusades and healing ministry.

  • American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.

  • Berkley Bedell was an American politician known for his service in the U.S. House of Representatives.

  • Renowned chemist known for his work in organic chemistry.

  • English football player and manager (b. 1932)

2018

2017

  • Ralph Guglielmi was a college football star who played in the NFL and AFL as a quarterback.

  • Potter Stewart was a successful tennis player known for his powerful serves and strategic gameplay.

  • Joellen Lowe was a talented actress known for her work in film and television.

  • Steve Reevis

    Native american actor (b. 1962)

2016

  • Australian journalist, critic, author of non-fiction. he is currently a visiting professor of journalism at the university of lincoln in england and a media commentator about the intelligence services, propaganda, and other topics.

  • Greg Lake

    British musician (emerson, lake & palmer)

  • Pakistani recording artist, television personality, fashion designer, occasional actor, singer-songwriter and preacher. (b. 1964)

2015

2014

2013

2012

  • Renowned astronomer known for his work on galaxy evolution.

  • Renowned gospel singer known for her powerful voice and inspirational music.

  • Cuban baseball pitcher known for his successful career in the Cuban League and Major League Baseball.

  • American colonel and pilot (b. 1924)

  • American table tennis player and author (b. 1930)

2011

2010

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on December 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2008

2007

  • Renowned actress known for her roles in classic films.

2006

  • First female U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

  • Jeanee Kirkpatrick was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1981 to 1985.

  • American diplomat and political scientist who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

  • American diplomat and ambassador to the United Nations known for her strong foreign policy views.

  • American diplomat and academic 16th ambassador of the united states to the united nations (d.2006)

2005

  • Carroll Campbell was an American politician who served as the Governor of South Carolina.

  • Rigoberto Alpizar was a passenger who was shot and killed by federal air marshals on an American Airlines flight in 2005.

  • American football player and coach (b. 1931)

2004

  • Kurk Fordice was the 60th governor of Mississippi, serving from 1992 to 2000.

  • American educator and conductor (d. 2004).

  • American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)

  • American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded amway (b. 1924)

2003

2002

  • South African author known for her novel 'The Seed is Mine'.

2001

  • Made significant contributions to the study of galaxies and cosmology.

  • Ewart Astill was a successful cricketer who played for England in the 1920s and 1930s.

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on December 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1998

  • American biochemist and endocrinologist, nobel prize laureate (d. 1998)

  • Surrey, england -- composer (tom jones academy award)

1997

  • Legendary boxer known for his powerful punches and impressive record.

  • American astronomer known for his work on solar flares and the solar corona.

  • British Labour Party politician and author known for his literary works.

  • Sumner Katz was a biologist who made significant contributions to the field of genetics.

  • Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1942)

1996

  • Chilean author known for his works that explore the complexities of human nature.

  • Jozee Donoso was a Chilean novelist and short story writer, known for his experimental and surrealistic works.

  • Chilean writer known for 'The Obscene Bird of Night'.

  • Mystery writer hangs himself at 43.

1995

1994

  • Elga Andersen

    German/french model/actress (global affair) dies at 58

1993

  • Macedonian linguist known for his work on the standardization of the Macedonian language.

  • First President of Côte d'Ivoire, known for promoting peace and stability in Africa.

  • Ivorian union leader and politician, 1st president of côte d'ivoire (d. 1993)

  • Turkish-french illustrator and painter (d. 1993).

1992

1991

  • Renowned architectural historian and author.

  • Known for developing the Reed-Solomon error correction algorithm.

  • American abstract expressionist painter associated with the New York School.

  • Known for the development of Reed-Solomon error correction codes.

1990

  • Joan Bennett

    American actress. she and her sister constance appeared on-screen starting in 1928. she was a part of the tv soap "dark shadows" from 1967 to 1970. she made 75 films over a 50 year career. in the 1930s she was a blonde inga(c).nue. she then became a sultry brunette in the 1940s in films like "scarlet street" or "the woman …

  • Joan Bennett

    American actress. she and her sister constance appeared on-screen starting in 1928. she was a part of the tv soap "dark shadows" from 1967 to 1970. she made 75 films over a 50 year career. in the 1930s, she was a blonde inga(c).nue. she then became a sultry brunette in the 1940s in films like "scarlet street" or "the woman …

  • Reynaldo Arenas was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright known for his work 'Before Night Falls' which was made into a film.

  • Canadian painter and educator (b. 1904)

  • Us singer ("raindrops"), dies at age 52.

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on December 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

1988

  • Adal Weber was a respected essayist whose writings shed light on various societal issues.

  • Irish restaurateur (langans london), dies in fire.

  • Russian computer pioneer, dies.

1986

1985

  • English poet, novelist, and scholar, best known for his historical novel I, Claudius and his autobiographical work Goodbye to All That.

  • At 70 years old, the 94th us supreme court justice (1958-1981), is killed in new hampshire.

  • American photographer and journalist (d. 1985)

  • British writer. he is a poet, novelist, critic, essayist and translator. although he made his living writing historical novels (about 140 books), his first love was poetry. he is the author of "i, claudius", 1934, which was turned into a riveting tv program, the nonfiction, "a survey of modernistic poetry", 1927, and the "white goddess" (1948).

1984

1983

  • Member of northern ireland assembly, killed by the irish republican army.

1982

  • In huntsville, texas, a murderer is executed as the first american prisoner by lethal injection.

1981

  • Ava Helen Pauling was an American human rights activist and wife of Linus Pauling.

1980

  • Hungarian physicist known for his contributions to nuclear physics.

  • American gay punk rocker and frontman of the band "the germs", who took his own life after consuming heroin in excess on december 7, 1980, in hollywood. he was 22 years old.

  • American punk rock musician known for his work with the band The Germs.

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on December 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

1978

1977

1976

1975

  • Thornton Wilder was an American playwright known for works like 'Our Town' and 'The Skin of Our Teeth.'

  • Thornton Wilder was an American playwright known for works like 'Our Town' and 'The Skin of Our Teeth.'

  • Pittsburgh, pennsylvania -- actress (silver streak scarlet letter).

  • American writer bridge of san luis rey, dies at the age of 78.

1973

  • British playwright known for his works in the early 20th century.

1971

  • Renowned actress known for her roles in classic films.

  • Director (murder at the red barn), is killed at 90

1970

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on December 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

  • Lefty O'Doul was a prolific writer who left a lasting impact on literature.

  • English actor (d. 1969)

  • Actor (human monster), who dies at 65 after undergoing surgery

  • Actor, naked edge, dies at 66 from a heart attack

1967

  • Silent film actor (kansas territory), passes away at 87

1962

  • Renowned Norwegian dramatic soprano, considered one of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos of the 20th century.

  • Norwegian soprano, wagner, dies at the age of 67.

1960

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on December 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1956

1955

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on December 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1949

  • Renowned for her work on plant genetics

  • American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)

1948

1947

  • American philosopher and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1862)

  • French novelist, playwright, journalist, lawyer and journalist. his descendants are well-known. raymond bernard, his son (born 10 oct 1891) was an influential french filmmaker who used scripts from a variety of works authored his father. jean-jacques bernard, his son (born 30 jul 1888), published a memoir entitled mon pa're tristan bernard (my father tristan bernard) in 1955. christian bernard, tristan …

  • French playwright and novelist known for his light comedies.

1943

1942

  • Herndon Kimmel was a U.S. Navy admiral who was the commander of the Pacific Fleet at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

1941

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on December 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1938

1932

  • Japanese politician who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Japan.

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on December 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1918

  • English-australian politician, 9th premier of western australia (b. 1859)

1917

  • Romanian politician and lawyer, one of the leaders of the Romanian National Party.

  • Austrian composer and violinist (d. 1917).

  • Czech-born composer and violinist (born in 1826).

1913

1912

1910

  • Co-founder of the Chicago-based printing company Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Company.

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on December 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1906

  • Swiss journalist and educator, nobel prize laureate (b. 1833)

  • Swiss journalist, winner of the nobel peace prize (born 1833).

1902

  • German-born american cartoonist (born 1840).

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