Famous Deaths on May 7

1793 Johan Zoutman, Dutch rear admiral who fought at the Battle of Dogger Bank and in the American Revolutionary War, dies at 68
1793 Pietro Nardini, Italian composer, dies at 71
1800 Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel, Dutch Grand Pensionary of Zeeland and Holland (1787-95), dies at 64
1800 Niccolò Piccinni, Italian classical, opera, and sacred music composer (Roland; Buona Figliuola), dies at 72

William Petty (1737-1805)

2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1782-83), dies at 68

1814 Franz Volrath Buttstett, German composer, dies at 79
1818 Leopold Koželuch, Czech composer, dies at 70

Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)

Italian composer (Tarare), dies in Vienna at 74

1836 Norbert Burgmuller, German composer, drowns during an epileptic seizure at 26
1840 Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774)
1863 Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46
1868 Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, dies at 89
1871 Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian political reformer (Patriote movement), dies at 84
1873 Salmon P. Chase, American politician and jurist (Senator and Governor of Ohio, US Chief Justice 1864-73), dies at 65
1876 Franz Graf von Pocci, German founding director of the Munich Marionette Theatre (Punch and Judy), poet, and illustrator of children's literature (Viola Tricolor: In Picture and Rhyme), dies at 69
1876 William Buell Sprague, American clergyman and author (b. 1795)
1884 Judah P. Benjamin, 3rd Confederate States Secretary of State and 2nd Confederate States Secretary of War, dies at 72
1887 C. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811)
1887 Samuel Cousins, English mezzotint engraver, dies at 85
1890 James Nasmyth, Scottish engineer and inventor of the steam hammer, dies at 81

H. H. Holmes (1861-1896)

American serial killer associated with 27 deaths, executed by hanging at 34

1904 Peter Hille, German writer, dies at 49
1914 Edward Mollenhauer, American composer, dies at 87

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877-1915)

American businessman (New York Central Railway), dies aboard the RMS Lusitania during World War I at 37

1915 Alfred Scott Witherbee Jr., American 3 year old who drowned on Lusitania
1915 Charles Frohman, American theatre producer (Peter Pan), dies aboard RMS Lusitania at 58
1922 Max Wagenknecht, German composer, dies at 64
1925 William Hesketh Lever, First Viscount Leverhulme (b. 1851)
1928 Alexander Spendiaryan, Armenian-Soviet conductor and composer (Three Palms; Yerevan Sketches), dies at 56
1929 Albert Anselmi, American gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1929 John Scalise, American gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1929 Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, American gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1932 Albert Thomas, French socialist politician (Minister of Armament WW1), dies at 53
1934 Edward Naylor, English composer, dies at 67
1940 George Lansbury, British politician, Labour Party Leader and pacifist, dies at 81
1941 David Wijnkoop, Dutch revolutionary socialist, dies
1941 James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist and folklorist (The Golden Bough), dies at 87
1942 Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor and composer, dies at 79
1946 Anton Mussert, Dutch fascist and leader of the Nationalist Socialist Movement, executed for high treason at 51
1946 Joe Humphries, English cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests for England 1907-08), dies at 69
1950 Bertha "Chippie" Hill, American blues and vaudeville singer (King Oliver's Jazz Band), struck and killed by a car in New York City at 45

Warner Baxter (1889-1951)

American actor (In Old Arizona; Cisco Kid), dies at 62

1953 Ormy Pearse, South African cricketer (55 runs & 3 wkts in 3 Tests for S Af), dies at 68
1956 Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect (Vienna Secession Movement), dies at 85
1957 Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer who led the German Antarctic expedition of 1911–12, dies at 79
1958 Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81
1962 Jimmy Conlin, American actor (Sin of Harold Diddlebock), dies at 77
1963 Max Miller [Thomas Henry Sargent], English comedian known as The Cheeky Chappie, dies at 68
1967 Judith Evelyn [Evelyn Morris], American actress (13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window), dies of cancer at 54

Craig Wood (1901-1968)

American golfer (US Masters, US Open 1941), dies of a heart attack at 66

1968 Lurleen Wallace, American politician (46th Governor of Alabama, 1967-68), dies at 41
1970 Carlos Estrada, Uruguayan composer and conductor, dies at 60
1971 Willem Banning, Dutch theologist and sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83
1974 Hans van Werveke, Belgian historian (Diocese Terwaan), dies at 76
1976 Alan Baxter, American actor (Big Town Girl,;Rags to Riches), dies at 67
1977 Irwin Fischer, American composer and organist (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), dies at 73
1981 Mieczyslaw Kolinski, Polish-Canadian composer (Encounterpoint), educator, and ethno-musicologist, dies at 79
1982 Alfred Adam, French character actor, dies at 72
1983 Peter Edel, writer, dies
1985 Dawn Addams, British actress (A King in New York, Star Maidens) who married the Prince of Roccasecca, dies of cancer at 54
1986 Gaston Defferre, French Socialist politician, dies at 75
1986 Jeffrey Mylett, American actor and songwriter, (Godspell), dies from complications of HIV/AIDS at 36
1987 Colin Blakely, Northern-Irish character actor (Shattered, Equus, King Lear), dies of leukemia at 56
1987 Stewart McKinney, American politician (Rep-R-CT, 1971-87), dies of AIDS at 56
1990 Berta Waterstradt, German writer and actress, dies at 82
1990 Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60
1993 Mary Philbin, American silent film actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89
1994 Clement Greenberg, American art critic (Art & Culture), dies at 85
1994 Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at 115
1995 Ernest Harold Martin [Markowitz], American Broadway producer (Feuer & Martin in A Chorus Line), dies at 75
1995 Lawrence Josset, British engraver, dies at 84
1995 Maria Luisa Bemberg, Argentine filmmaker, dies at 73
1995 Ray McKinley, American orchestra leader and jazz drummer (Glenn Miller Time), dies at 84
1996 Albert Meltzer, British anarchist (Anarchist Black Flag), dies at 76
1996 Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87
1996 Howard Smith, British diplomat and Director General of MI5, dies at 76
1998 Allan McLeod Cormack, South African physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1924)
1998 Eddie Rabbitt, American songwriter ("Kentucky Rain"), and country singer ("I Love a Rainy Night"), dies of lung cancer at 56

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909-2000)

American actor (Prisoner of Zenda; Gunga Din), and decorated US naval officer (WWII Beach Jumpers), dies of a heart attack at 90

2001 Simon Slåttvik, Norwegian cross country ski jumper (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 83
2002 Kevyn Aucoin, American makeup artist and photographer, dies of the effects of acetaminophen toxicity at 40

Seattle Slew (1974-2002)

American racehorse (American Triple Crown 1977), dies at 28

2002 Xavier Montsalvatge, Spanish composer (El gato con botas), dies at 90
2004 Rudi Maugeri, Canadian doo-wop vocalist (Crew Cuts - "Sh-Boom"), and broadcaster, dies of cancer at 73
2004 Waldemar Milewicz, Polish reporter (b. 1956)
2004 William J. "Pete" Knight, American astronaut and test pilot (X-15), dies at 74
2005 Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian soccer forward (13 caps; Emelec), dies in a car accident at 25
2005 Peter W. Rodino, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey (1949-89), dies at 95
2005 Tristan Egolf, American writer (Lord of The Barnyard; Skirt and the Fiddle), takes his own life at 33
2006 Joan C. Edwards, American philanthropist (b. 1918)
2006 Machiko Soga, Japanese actress, singer, and tokusatsu legend, dies of pancreatic cancer at 67
2006 Richard Carleton, Australian television news journalist, dies of a heart attack, while covering press conference of Beaconsfield Mine collapse, at 62
2007 Bianco [Eugene Capobianco], American jazz, easy-listening, and session harpist, dies at 80
2007 Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977)
2007 Octavian Paler, Romanian writer and journalist (b. 1926)
2007 Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader (b. 1935)
2009 David Mellor, English cutlery designer (b. 1930)
2009 Tony Marsh, English auto racer (record 6 x British Hill Climb Championship), dies from breathing complications at 77
2010 Adele Mara [Adelaida Delgado], American actress, singer and dancer (Cool Million; Wheels), dies at 87
2011 "Big" George Webley, British broadcaster, composer, bandleader and musician, dies of a heart attack at 53
2011 Allyson Hennessy, Trindadian television presenter
2011 John Walker [Maus], American rock vocalist (Walker Brothers - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"), dies of liver cancer at 67

Seve Ballesteros (1957-2011)

Spanish golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88, US Masters 1980, 83), dies of brain cancer at 54

2013 George Sauer, Jr., American football wide receiver (AFL All Star 1996-99; Super Bowl 1969; New York Jets), dies from heart failure at 69
2013 Ray Harryhausen, American movie special effect artist (Clash of Titans), dies at 92
2014 Will Gaines, American-British tap dancer, dies at 86
2015 Sir Samuel "Sam" Edwards, Welsh physicist (condensed matter physics), dies at 87
2016 Chris Mitchell, Scottish footballer, commits suicide at 27
2016 Harold Kroto, English chemist, (Nobel Prize laureate 1996), dies at 76
2016 John Krish, British documentary filmmaker (Let My People Go), dies at 92
2017 David Pell, American big band jazz saxophonist, bandleader (Dave Pell Octet), and record producer, dies at 92
2018 Isyaku Rabiu, Nigerian businessman and Islamic scholar, dies at 92
2018 Jeremy D. Safran, Canadian-born American clinical psychologist, is killed during a burglary
2018 Maurane [Claudine Luypaerts], Belgian Francophone jazz and chanson singer, dies at 57
2018 Mikhail German, Russian writer, dies at 85
2018 Miki Muster, Slovenian artist, dies at 92
2018 Roman Toi, Estonian-Canadian composer, choral conductor and organist, dies at 101
2018 Tore Torell, Norwegian magician, dies of cancer at 76
2019 Georg Katzer, German composer (electro-acoustic music), dies at 84
2020 Brian Bolus, English cricket batsman (7 Tests @ 41.33; Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire), dies at 86
2020 Mike Storen, American sports executive (Indiana Pacers, Atlanta Hawks; ABA Commissioner 1973-76), dies from cancer at 84
2021 Martín Pando, Argentine soccer forward (11 caps; Argentinos Juniors, River Plate), dies at 86
2021 [Julie] Tawny Kitaen, American actress (Bachelor Party; Whitesnake videos; Witchboard), dies at 59
2022 Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress (The Surrogate Woman, Come Come Come Upward), dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at 55 [1]
2022 Mickey Gilley, American nightclub owner (Urban Cowboy) and country singer (Roomful of Roses), dies at 86 [1]
2022 Yuri Averbach, Russian chess player (first centenarian FIDE Grandmaster), dies at 100