List of Famous people who died in 2007
Volker Eckert
Volker Eckert was a German serial killer, who killed six women in East Germany, France and Spain, between 1974 and 2006. Eckert confessed to only six murders, five of whom were sex workers, but is known to have killed at least nine women, and is also accused of committing additional murders of women in several European countries including Italy and the Czech Republic, but investigations were closed after Eckert committed suicide during his criminal proceedings on July 2, 2007.
Knock Yokoyama
Knock Yokoyama was a Japanese politician and comedian.
Sybil Werden
Sybil Werden was a German dancer and actress during the 1950s.
Philippe Clay
Philippe Clay, born Philippe Mathevet, was a French mime artist, singer and actor.
Mikhail Makarenko
Mikhail Yanovitch Makarenko, né Moishe Hershkovich, also Gershkovich, also spelled as Michail Janovitch Makarenko, was a human rights activist, born in Romania to Orthodox Jewish parents, Yankel Hershkovich and Malka Weisman. When he was eight years old he ran away from home to live in Russia. During World War II, from age 10 to 13, he was a "Son of the Regiment", bringing water and food to the troops.
Gennadi Bortnikov
Gennadi Leonidovich Bortnikov was a Russian and Soviet actor.
Basuki
Agus Basuki Bin Suwito Hadiwiryono, or mononymously known as Basuki, was an Indonesian actor and comedian. He was born in Surakarta, Central Java. He was a member of the Indonesian comedy troupe, Srimulat. However, he became famous after appearing in the program, Si Doel Anak Sekolahan in 1996. He was also famous for creating a jingle called "Wes Ewes Ewes Bablas Angine" for a traditional medicine commercial.
Saburō Shiroyama
Saburō Shiroyama (1927–2007) is a Japanese novelist.
Eleonora Rossi Drago
Eleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmira Omiccioli, was an Italian film actress. She was born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa, Italy, and had the leading role in Le amiche. She appeared in Un maledetto imbroglio. In 1960, for her performance in Estate violenta, she won the best actress prize of the Mar del Plata Film Festival and the Nastro d'argento. In 1964, she appeared in La Cittadella. She died in Palermo, Italy.
Black Shadow
Alejandro Cruz Ortiz was a Mexican Luchador, known worldwide as Black Shadow. Cruz's mask vs. mask match against El Santo in 1952 is generally considered one of the most important matches in the history of Lucha Libre. Cruz often teamed with Blue Demon, working as a tag team called "Los Hermanos Shadow", even though the two were not related. He was nicknamed El Hombre de Goma, translated as The Rubber Man, due to his elasticity and flexibility in the ring.