We Hardly Knew Ye - People We Lost in May 2007

Walter Marty Schirra, Jr., 84, (March 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007) was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts chosen for the Project Mercury, America's first effort to put men in space. He was the only person to fly in all of America's first three space programs (Mercury, Gemini and Apollo). He logged a total of 295 hours and 15 minutes in space, heart attack.



Diego "Chico" Corrales, 29, champion. "Chico" had a professional record of 40-5-0, with 33 wins coming by way of (August 25, 1977 – May 7, 2007) was a former super featherweight and lightweight world boxingknockout, motorcycle accident.








Yolanda Denise King leader Dr. , 51, (November 17, 1955 – May 15, 2007) was the first-born child of Coretta Scott King and civil rightsMartin Luther King, Jr. Her younger siblings are Martin Luther King, III, Dexter Scott King, and Rev. Bernice Albertine King.




Charles Nelson Reilly, 76, (January 13, 1931 – May 25, 2007) was an American actor, comedian, director and drama teacher known for his comedic roles in movies, children's television, animated cartoons, and as a panelist on the game show Match Game, complications from pneumonia.







Marquise Hill for the , 24, (August 7, 1982 – May 28, 2007) was an American football defensive endNew England Patriots of the National Football League, drowning.

Samuel Alexander "Sam" Garrison III, 65, (February 21, 1942 - May 27, 2007) was a lawyer, probably best known for his role as minority counsel for the House Judiciary Committee, defending President Richard Nixon in the 1974 impeachment hearings, and for his subsequent gay activism, leukemia.