Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Oct-07

Died on This Day (Oct-07)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
  Clement Kemboi Kenyan middle-distance runner 32 1
  Lior Asulin Lior Asulin is a male Israeli footballer. Israeli footballer 43 2
Bill Nieder Bill Nieder William Henry Nieder was an American athlete who mainly competed in the shot put. American athlete 89 3
James Brokenshire James Brokenshire James Peter Brokenshire was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in Theresa May's cabinet as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2016 to 2018, and then as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government from 2018 to 2019. British MP 53 4
Eitan Haber Eitan Haber Eitan Haber was an Israeli journalist and publicist, known for his writing on military and security issues, and for his longtime association with the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Israeli journalist and publicist 80 5
Celeste Yarnall Celeste Yarnall Celeste Jeanne Yarnall was an American actress primarily of the 1960s and 1970s. American actress 74 7
  Alistair Urquhart Alistair Urquhart was a Scottish businessman and the author of The Forgotten Highlander, an account of the three and a half years he spent as a Japanese prisoner of war during his service in the Gordon Highlanders infantry regiment during the Second World War. Japanese prisoner of WW2 97 9
Elena Lucena Elena Lucena María Elena Lucena Arcuri was an Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema . Argentine film actress 101 10
Gail Dolgin Gail Dolgin Gail Dolgin was an American filmmaker. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Daughter from Danang, and The Barber of Birmingham. American documentary filmmaker 65 15
Irving Penn Irving Penn Irving Penn was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Photographer 92 16
Adam Śmigielski Adam Śmigielski Adam Stefan Smigielski was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop. Polish Roman Catholic bishop 74 17
Charles Rocket Charles Rocket Charles Adams Claverie , known by stage names Charlie Hamburger, Charlie Kennedy and Charles Rocket, was an American actor, comedian, musician, and television news reporter. American actor, comedian, musician 56 20
Edith Robinson Edith Robinson Edith Frances Robinson was the first Australian female track and field athlete to compete at an Olympic Games. First Australian female Olympic track and field 94 25
James Sample James Sample James W. Sample was an American conductor. American conductor 84 30
Scott M. Matheson Scott M. Matheson Scott Milne Matheson Jr. was an American politician who served as the 12th Governor of Utah from 1977 to 1985. Governor of Utah 61 35
John A. Kent John A. Kent Group Captain John Alexander Kent, DFC & Bar, AFC , nicknamed "Kentski" by his Polish comrades, was a Canadian fighter ace flying in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Pilot 71 40
Zigmas Jukna Zigmas Jukna Zigmas Pranciškus Jukna was a Lithuanian rower. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics, and finished in second, fifth and third place in the coxed pairs, eights and eights events, respectively. Rower 45 45
D. V. Gundappa D. V. Gundappa Devanahalli Venkataramanaiah Gundappa , popularly known as DVG, was an Indian writer, poet and philosopher in Kannada-language. Indian writer 88 50
Willis Carrier Willis Carrier Willis Haviland Carrier was an American engineer, best known for inventing modern air conditioning. American inventor 73 75
Christy Mathewson Christy Mathewson Christopher Mathewson , nicknamed "Big Six", "the Christian Gentleman", "Matty", and "the Gentleman's Hurler", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher, who played 17 seasons with the New York Giants. American Major League Baseball player, manager 45 100