Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2007
Don Arden
Harry Levy, más conocido como Don Arden, fue un mánager musical, agente y empresario británico de origen judío. Fue el encargado de supervisar las carreras de los grupos de rock Small Faces, Electric Light Orchestra y Black Sabbath.
Jimmy Walker
James "Jimmy" Walker fue un jugador de baloncesto estadounidense que durante 9 temporadas perteneció a diversos equipos de la NBA. Medía 1,90 metros y jugaba de base. Era el padre del también jugador Jalen Rose, aunque abandonó a su madre antes del nacimiento y no participó en la educación de su hijo. Falleció el 2 de julio de 2007 víctima de un cáncer de pulmón, a los 63 años de edad.
Ricochet
Ricochet was a Russian singer-songwriter, leader of post-punk band "Obyekt Nasmeshek".
Florrie Rost van Tonningen
Florentine Sophie (Florrie) Rost van Tonningen-Heubel fue un conocido personaje holandés de la extrema derecha. Estuvo casada con Meinoud Rost van Tonningen, número dos del NSB (NSB) y presidente del Banco de los Países Bajos durante la ocupación alemana (1941-1945). Fue conocida como "La Viuda Negra", por su continuada defensa, apoyo y propaganda de los ideales del nacional socialismo después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y de la muerte de su marido.
Toshikatsu Matsuoka
Toshikatsu Matsuoka fue un político japonés. Trabajó en el Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca de Japón desde el 26 de septiembre de 2006 bajo el primer mandato de Shinzō Abe. Se suicidó en 2007 en el medio de un escándalo financiero.
Etab
Tarouf Abdulkhair Adam Muhammad al-Talal Hawsawi, known professionally as Etab, was a Saudi Arabian singer active from the 1960s to the 1990s. She was from and born in Saudi Arabia, but moved to Egypt soon after her second marriage to an Egyptian man in 1978. Many Arab music historians agree that she was forced out of Saudi Arabia at the orders of then Saudi King Khalid due to her musical concerts considered risque in Saudi Arabia at that time.; in 1983 she became an Egyptian citizen.
Kotozakura Masakatsu
Kotozakura Masakatsu was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori. He was the sport's 53rd yokozuna. He made his professional debut in 1959, reaching the top division in 1963. After several years at the second highest rank of ōzeki, in 1973 he was promoted to yokozuna at the age of thirty-two years two months, becoming the oldest wrestler to be promoted to yokozuna since 1958, when the current six tournaments system was established. After his retirement he was head coach of Sadogatake stable and produced a string of top division wrestlers.
Richard Jeni
Richard John Colangelo, más conocido como Richard Jeni, fue un actor y comediante estadounidense de cine, teatro y televisión.
Chuang Shih-ping
Chuang Shih-ping, GBM was a Hong Kong businessman who was the founder of the Hong Kong Nanyang Commercial Bank in 1949 and the Macau Banco Nan Tung in 1950. Zhuang was born in Puning, Guangdong and he came to Hong Kong in 1947. As a member of the pro-Beijing camp, Chuang was appointed a member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and a local National People's Congress delegate by the Chinese government. He was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal in July 1997 and was among the first to receive this honor.
Erik Schumann
Erik Schumann was a German actor. He appeared in 100 films and television shows between 1942 and 1997. He was most successful during the 1950s and 1960s, when he played leading roles in several German films. He starred in the 1964 film Time of the Innocent, which was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. Schumann also worked as a stage and dubbing-voice actor in German synchronisations. Among his dubbing roles were Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot, Cary Grant in Bringing Up Baby and Jack Nicholson in Prizzi's Honor. He also performed the German voice of Stinky Pete in Pixar's third feature film Toy Story 2, originally performed by Kelsey Grammer.