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2006Syd Barrett, original guitarist and vocalist of the band Pink Floyd (b. 1946)

1930Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 71

July 7th Deaths
Date Event
1129
Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (1072-86)/budhist monk, dies at 76 
1304
Benedict XI, [Niccolo Boccasini], Pope (1303-04), dies 
1307
Edward I, King of England (1272-1307), dies at 68 
1348
John Andreae, Italian canonist, dies 
1537
Madeleine de Valois, queen of James V of Scotland (b. 1520) 
1572
Sigismund II August, last Jagellonen king of Poland, dies at 51 
1573
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (b. 1507) 
1647
Thomas Hooker, clergyman, father of American democracy, dies 
1656
Michelangelo Rossi, Italian opera composer, buried at about 55 
1663
Thomas Baltzar, German violinist 
1694
Dokusho, Zen teacher, Obaku line, dies 
1701
William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631) 
1713
Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor (b. 1632) 
1764
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician (b. 1683) 
1771
Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy), dies at 54 
1773
Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer, dies at 60 
1774
Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83 
1776
Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693) 
1790
Franciscus "Frans" Hemsterhuis, Frisian philosopher, dies at 68 
1794
Pascal Boyer, composer, dies at 51 
1799
William Curtis, English botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53 
1814
Robert Jasper van der Capellen, Dutch politician, dies at 71 
1816
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751) 
1816
Richard B. Sheridan, The Rivals 
1826
Friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer, dies at 56 
1855
Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787) 
1861
John Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies 
1865
Mary Surratt, & 3 other Lincoln conspirators, hanged 
1865
Lewis Paine, Lincoln conspirator (b. 1844) 
1865
David Herold, Lincoln conspirator (b. 1842) 
1878
Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847) 
1885
Nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66 
1889
Giovanni Bottesini, composer, dies at 67 
1890
Henri Nestlé, Founder of Nestlé S.A. (b. 1814) 
1893
Guy de Maupassant, writer, dies at 42 
1898
Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreograph/ballet leader, dies 
1901
Johanna Spyri, Swiss author children's classic "Heidi"(b. 1827) 
1901
Johanna Spyri, Heidi 
1903
Ferreira Veiga, Viscount d' Arneiro, composer, dies at 64 
1903
Jose Augusto da Ferreira Veiga, composer, dies at 64 
1907
James McGranahan, composer, dies at 67 
1913
Edward Burd Grubb, American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General (b.1841) 
1919
Paul Deusen, German philosopher/CEO (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft), dies 
1922
Cathal Brugha, Chief of Staff of Irish Republican Army (b.1874) 
1925
Clarence Hudson White American photographer (b.. 1871) 
1927
Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician (b. 1846) 
1928
Álvaro Obregón, La última semana del general Alvaro Obregon entre nosotros 
1930
Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 71 
1930
Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes 
1931
Johannes Jacobus "Kodgee" Kotze, cricketer (South Africa 1902-07), dies 
1931
Eugen Wiesner, Batalion 
1932
Alexander Grin, Russian novelist (b. 1880) 
1932
Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1844) 
1933
John M Acket, literary (New Friends), dies at 70 
1934
Doodles Tapscott, cricketer (South African batsman 1922-23), dies 
1937
Erdmann Graeser, Anna und das Familiengespenst 
1938
Webster Cullison, The Lone Game 
1939
James Deacon White, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi), dies at 91 
1939
Fritz Skowronneck, Der Dämon von Kolno 
1940
Dagmar Parmas, Ulkosaarelaiset 
1941
Alter Kacyzne, On a heym 
1942
Axel Blixen-Finecke, Direktør Ivar Knudsen til prøvesejlads om bord paa et dieselskib, omgivet af repræsentanter for handel og industri, hvoriblandt admiral A. de Richelieu, etatsraad Martin Dessau, gehejmeetatsraad Julius Larsen, baron Blixen-Finecke og flere 
1944
Erich Salomon, German photographer, dies 
1944
Georges Mandel, [Louis Rothschild], French foreign min (-1940), dies 
1945
Salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet, dies at 40 
1947
Robert Schable, The Love of Sunya 
1947
Sidney Wagner, The Postman Always Rings Twice 
1949
Bunk Johnson, American musician (b. 1879 or 1889) 
1949
Max Larey, In Old Chicago 
1950
Lillian K. Deighton, Gone with the Wind 
1951
Luli Deste, Silhouetten 
1951
William R. Lipman, Tarzan's New York Adventure 
1953
Maude Gilbert, A Gilded Fool 
1953
Tsumasaburô Bandô, Inazuma sôshi 
1953
Edmond Navratil,  
1954
Idabelle Firestone, The Voice of Firestone 
1955
Franco Casavola, composer, dies at 63 
1955
Franco Casavola, Anni difficili 
1956
Gottfried Benn, writer, dies at 70 
1956
Nikolai Bratersky, Raduga 
1956
Gottfried Benn, Rönnes Reise 
1957
Frank Randle, It's a Grand Life 
1957
Art Van Harvey, The Golden Gloves Story 
1957
Hiski Salomaa, Eila 
1958
Raymond Hackett, dies at 55 
1958
Joe Jeanette, Square Joe 
1958
Raymond Hackett, Madame X 
1961
John L. Cason, Snowfire 
1964
Janez Cuk, Vesna 
1965
Bill Hitch, England cricket fast-bowler (7 Tests 1911-21), dies 
1965
Moshe Sharett, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894) 
1966
Carmelita Geraghty, dies of heart attack at 65 
1966
Ed Wolff, The Phantom Creeps 
1967
Vivian Leigh, actress (Scarlet-Gone with the Wind), dies at 53 
1967
Jo Schlesser, French Formula One racing driver (b. 1928) 
1968
Leo Sowerby, composer (Pulitzer Prize), dies at 73 
1968
Wilson Batista, É de Chuá 
1969
Erskine Sanford, dies at 83 
1969
Gladys Swarthout, US mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda), dies at 69 
1970
Allen Lane [Williams], English publisher (Penguin Books), dies at 67 
1970
Louise Harrison, mother of Beatle George, dies 
1970
Marjorie Rambeau, actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song), dies at 80 
1970
Sylvester Wiere, comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60 
1970
Dame Laura Knight, British impressionist artist 
1971
Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b. 1925) 
1971
Ub Iwerks, American artist, director, and cartoonist (b1901) 
1972
Athenagoras, 268th patriarch of Constantinople, dies 
1972
King Talal of Jordan (b. 1909) 
1973
Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 78 
1973
Veronica Lake, [Constance Ockleman], actress (Ramrod), dies at 58 
1975
Barbara Brown 
1975
Vito Frazzi, composer, dies at 86 
1975
Ruffian, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1972) 
1975
George Morgan, Episode #3.5 
1976
Gustav Heinemann, German president, dies at 76 
1976
Norman Foster, dies at 75 
1976
Walter Giesler, American soccer coach (b. 1910) 
1976
Norman Foster, Davy Crockett and the River Pirates 
1978
John Gilbert Kissel, The Maltese Falcon 
1979
D P Conyngham, cricketer (one Test for South Africa), dies 
1979
Ernest D. Glucksman, The Nutty Professor 
1980
Reginald Gardiner, actor (Great Dictator), dies at 77 
1980
Dore Schary, Boys Town 
1980
Reginald Gardiner, The Great Dictator 
1980
Dan White, Attack of the Giant Leeches 
1981
Keefe Brasselle, actor (Be Our Guest), dies at 58 
1981
Mildred Lisette Norman a.k.a. Peace Pilgrim, American pacifist and activist 
1981
Vidor Török, Angyalföldi fiatalok 
1981
Peace Pilgrim,  
1981
Keefe Brasselle, A Place in the Sun 
1981
Tina Castigliano, La sfida 
1981
Stanley Jones, Rebel Without a Cause 
1982
Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis, soccer star/writer, dies at 76 
1982
Fred Stuthman, actor (Henry Adler-Hello Larry), dies at 63 
1982
Tom Matsumoto, Pit and the Pendulum 
1982
Fred Stuthman, Escape from Alcatraz 
1982
Katherine Riley, Smithereens 
1982
John W. Harkrider, Swing Time 
1982
Hermann Thimig, The Doll 
1983
George Cukor, director (My Fair Lady), dies on 84th birthday 
1983
Herman Kahn, US futurist/nuclear strategist, dies at 71 
1983
Vicki Morgan, mistress (Beautiful Bad Girl), murdered at 30 
1983
Sheng Fu, The Avenging Eagle 
1983
Vic Wertz, 1957 MLB All-Star Game 
1984
Flora Robson, actress (Great Day, Frieda), dies in her sleep at 82 
1984
Carl Boenish, American father of BASE jumping (b. 1941) 
1984
Flora Robson, Black Narcissus 
1984
Jeff Malloy, Wally and the Fraternity 
1984
Tim, Futebol em Família 
1984
Carl Boenisch, Sunshine Superman 
1985
Patti McCarty, actress (Gangster of the Frontier), dies at 64 
1985
Auvo Nuotio, Viidenkympin villitys 
1985
Patti McCarty, Bluebeard 
1985
Ewen Solon, The Message 
1985
György Harag, A fekete macska 
1985
Igor Gelein, The Tale of Tsar Saltan 
1986
Frederick Kohner, Gidget 
1986
Ivan Zhevago, Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future 
1987
Marcelino Rivera, Wise Guys 
1987
Josef Mach, Hrátky s certem 
1987
Howard Teichmann, The Solid Gold Cadillac 
1987
Toivo Kauppinen, Vääpeli Mynkhausen 
1987
Natalie Priest, Another World 
1987
André Dassary, Paris Still Sings! 
1987
Hannelore Schroth, The Captain from Köpenick 
1987
John Singer, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 
1988
Jimmy Edwards, actor (Plank, Bottoms Up, Late Mr H), dies at 68 
1988
David Atlee Phillips, Inside the CIA 
1988
Gustav Manker, Das Märchen 
1988
Erwin W. Palm,  
1988
Jimmy Edwards, Three Men in a Boat 
1988
Paul Mesnier, Fou d'amour 
1988
Aldo Tonti, The Nights of Cabiria 
1989
Gabe Saienz, The Champeen 
1989
José María Seoane, Mariona Rebull 
1989
László Feleki, 7 kérdés a szerelemröl (és 3 alkérdés) 
1989
Walter Kray, Fisherman's League 
1990
Bill Cullen, game show host (Price is Right), dies at 70 of cancer 
1990
Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Jes priest/apprentice Zen teacher, dies at 92 
1990
Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (b. 1958) 
1990
Eleanor Behm, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 
1990
Bill Cullen, The (New) $25,000 Pyramid 
1991
Andrzej Kossowicz, Teddy Bear 
1991
Rigmor Hvidtfeldt, Boy of Two Worlds 
1991
Suzy Prim, The Lower Depths 
1992
Ruurd Faber, mayor of Aalten (1971-75), dies at 79 
1992
Hans Gora, Letzte Nachrichten 
1992
Rod Alexander, Carousel 
1992
Robert McWade, I Am the Law 
1992
Clint Frank,  
1992
Dante Graziosi, Nando dell' Andromeda 
1992
Seweryna Szmaglewska, Czarne stopy 
1993
Mia Zapata, American singer with The Gits (b. 1965) 
1993
Wladyslawa Skwarska, Wesela nie bedzie 
1993
Mia Zapata, The Gits 
1993
Rifat Ilgaz, The Chaos Class 
1993
Herbert Sievers, Um vier kommt Irene 
1993
Larry Napp, Game 7 
1993
Gerda Diesen, Døden er et kjærtegn 
1994
Anita Garvin, US actress (Sailors Beware), dies at 80 
1994
Rosa Chacel, spanish Novelist, dies at 96 
1994
Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (b. 1924) 
1994
Anita Garvin, Blotto 
1995
Gabor Ormai, viola Player, dies at 40 
1995
Geoffrey Freeman Allen, railway writer, dies at 73 
1995
Eeva-Liisa Manner, Eros and Psyche 
1996
Albrecht Luitpold Michael Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 91 
1996
Frank Holmgren, The Jayne Mansfield Story 
1996
Bob Oran, My Brothers Wife 
1997
Jerry Doggett, sportscaster (Bkln/LA Dodgers), dies at 80 
1997
Alan Fordney, The Love Bug 
1997
Erik Zetterström, Kalle på Spången 
1997
Jerry Doggett, The Clock King's Crazy Crimes 
1997
Royston Tickner, The Keep 
1997
Patrick Watkins, Summer Single 
1997
María Herminia Avellaneda, Pasión 
1997
Wieslaw Stefaniak, Koniec gry 
1997
Zorica Ruzic, Dzangrizalo 
1998
Brigadier Theuns Swanepoel, South African Security Police notorious for ordering the police to shoot at protesting school children in 1976, 70 
1998
Constance Cox, Episode #1.3 
1998
Dudley Lovell, Romeo and Juliet 
1998
Angelo Michajlov, The Girl on the Broomstick 
1999
Captain Vikram Batra, Indian Army officer, awarded Param Vir Chakra (September 9,1974) 
1999
Bengt Forsberg, Inferno 
1999
Selma Rosenblatt, Rent Control 
1999
Åke Lagergren, Fanny and Alexander 
1999
Anita Dymszówna, Major opóznia akcje 
1999
Leszek Kubanek, Smierc prezydenta 
2000
Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969) 
2000
Mikhail Druyan, Once Upon a Time there Lived a Dog 
2000
Ruth Werner, Das Dreimäderlhaus 
2000
Felipe Mellizo, ¿Un mundo feliz? 
2001
Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936) 
2001
Edward Fiennes-Clinton, 18th Earl of Lincoln 
2001
Molly Lamont, The Awful Truth 
2001
Eberhard Stanjek, Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte 
2001
Ricardo Lord Cezon, Babes in Toyland 
2001
Fred Neil, Forrest Gump 
2002
Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian business tycoon (b. 1933) 
2002
Bison Dele, American basketball player (b. 1969) 
2002
Andrzej Przedworski, Vabank II czyli riposta 
2002
Phyllis White, As the World Turns 
2002
Serena Karlan, Heartwood 
2003
Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924) 
2003
Arne Andersson, Springpojkar är vi allihopa! 
2003
Ulf Wengård, Eggs 
2003
Marjatta Kallio, Yhteinen vaimomme 
2003
Antonio Iranzo, Who Can Kill a Child? 
2003
Tomiko Suzuki, Fist of the North Star 
2004
Christophe Arthuys, Tom and Lola 
2004
Vlado Kristl, Don Kihot 
2004
Jeffrey L. Smith, Grumpier Old Men 
2004
Vladimír Huber, Bajecni muzi s klikou 
2005
Jocelyn Rickards, From Russia with Love 
2005
Henri Betti, The Wolf of Wall Street 
2005
Pauline Nicholson,  
2005
Olli-Matti Ronimus, Chaplinesque 
2006
Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (b. 1911) 
2006
Syd Barrett, original guitarist and vocalist of the band Pink Floyd (b. 1946) 
2006
John Money, Sexologist (b. 1921) 
2006
Eugène Kurtz, Last Leap 
2006
Rudi Carrell, Episode #1.1 
2006
Anton De Ridder, Eine Nacht in Venedig 
2006
John Money, Animal Passions 
2006
Rolf Braun, Das umkämpfte Denkmal 
2006
Syd Barrett, Mysterious Skin 
2007
Anne McLaren, Things to Come 
2007
Freddie Earlle, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 
2007
Mark E. Mobley, Secretary 
2007
John Szarkowski, Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe 
2007
Hap Holmwood, A Nice Little Dinner Party 
2007
Moss Mossberg, S1m0ne 
2007
Hias, 2x23 
2008
Bruce Conner, American artist (b. 1933) 
2008
Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (b. 1917) 
2008
Dorian Leigh Parker, Anna la bonne 
2008
Carol van Herwijnen, Still Smokin 
2008
Bruce Conner, A Movie 
2008
Anton Pointecker, Vera Brühne 
2008
Hôryû Nakamura, A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn 
2008
Caisa Persson, Kestrel's Eye 
2008
Clem McSpadden, Dark Before Dawn 
2008
Bernie Kuby, The Karate Kid 
2008
Karel Hála, Episode dated 10 March 2006 
2008
Richard Angarola, Papillon 
2009
Tony Scott, Hollywood 
2009
Rudy Toth, A Dangerous Age 
2009
Juan Carlos Frugone, Mujeres en 1965 
2009
Whitey Hughes, Men in Black 
2009
Anya Kubrick, Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures 
2010
Ezequiel Neves, Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop 
2010
Viktor Shubin, Vovochka 
2010
Ramiro Taboada Turnes, Afonía 
2010
Mauro Calamandrei, Lucky Luciano 
2011
Fred Scialla, L.A. Confidential 
2011
Allan Eckert, Cougar Family 
2011
Manuel Galbán, My Blueberry Nights 
2011
Rudy Guerrero, Casino 
2011
Dick Williams, Rebels of Oakland: The A's, the Raiders, the '70s 
2011
Karen Randle, Mysterious Island 
2011
Milena Vostráková, 13. komnata Mileny Vostrákové 
2012
Tatsuo Endô, Audition 
2012
Mouss Diouf, Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra 
2012
Mieczyslaw Siemienski, Kadisz. Ostatni Zydzi z Szargorodu 
2012
Alf Pearson, A Century of Stars: The Story of the Grand Order of Water Rats 
2013
Donald Irwin, American politician, dies from heart failure at 86 
2013
Anna Wing, Son of Rambow 
2013
Bernard Minoret, Sade 
2013
Joe Conley, Cast Away 
2013
Béla Buda, Haláljog 
2014
Anthony Smith, The Survivors 
2014
Ellen McCracken, Goodyear Playhouse 
2014
Eduard Shevardnadze, Russian Lessons 
2014
Dickie Jones, Nancy Drew... Reporter 
2014
Sasa Greguric, Dobro dosli na planet Zemlju 
2014
Philip Hurlic, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 
2014
Andreas Doms, Spiel mit dem Feuer 
2014
Henri Graziani, La baraka 
2014
Lois Johnson, Country Boy 
2014
Horst Bollmann, The Miracle of Father Malachia 
2014
Bora Todorovic, Time of the Gypsies 
2014
Alfredo Di Stéfano, Saeta rubia 
2014
Cinque Attucks, Carol 
2014
Sheila McCullagh, The Magic Penny 
2015
Geoff Brown, Early Frost 
2015
Jaime Morey, Juana la Loca... de vez en cuando 
2015
Ági Mednyánszky, Iva samodiva 
2015
Maria Barroso, Episode #4.17 
2017
'Grandaddy of techno' Pierre Henry dies at 89 
2017
'Grotbags' Actress Carol Lee Scott Dies, Aged 74 
2017
Joan Lee, wife of Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee dies aged 93 
2018
Steve Ditko, Spider-Man and Doctor Strange Co-Creator, Dies at 90 
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