We Hardly Knew Ye - People We Lost in 2007 - January

Sidney Sheldon writer who won awards in three careers—a (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an AmericanBroadway playwright, a Hollywood TV and movie screenwriter, and a best-selling novelist. His TV works spanned a 20-year period during which he created I Dream of Jeannie (1965-70), Hart to Hart (1979-84), and The Patty Duke Show (1963-66), but it was not until after he turned 50 and began writing best-selling novels such as Master of the Game (1982), The Other Side of Midnight (1973) and Rage of Angels (1980) that he became most famous.


Barbaro (April 29, 2003 – January 29, 2007) was an American thoroughbred that decisively won the 2006 Kentucky Derby but shattered his leg two weeks later, in the 2006 Preakness Stakes, ending his racing career and eventually leading to his death.








Tige Andrews (March 19, 1920 - January 27, 2007) was a Syrian American character actor. He was best known for his role as "Captain Adam Greer" on the television series The Mod Squad.













Arthur Buchwald (October 20, 1925 – January 17, 2007) was an American humorist best known for his long-running column that he wrote in The Washington Post, which in turn was carried as a syndicated column in many other newspapers. His column focused on political satire and commentary. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary in 1982 and in 1986 was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.




Ron Carey (December 11, 1935 – January 16, 2007) was an American film and television actor.

Born Ronald Joseph Cicenia in Newark, New Jersey, the 5ft 4in actor was best known for playing cocky Officer Carl Levitt on TV's Barney Miller, in which he was almost always surrounded by male actors (and sometimes female guest stars) who stood at least 4" taller. The series' stars (Hal Linden, Max Gail, Ron Glass) all stand well over six feet. Carey appeared in the recurring role through almost the entire series.

Michael Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane,"^[1] he won 13 Grammys as both performer and composer.






Darrent Williams(September 27, 1982 – January 1, 2007), was an American football player for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. Williams was also the owner and CEO of independent record label RYNO Entertainment in Fort Worth, Texas.









Alice Coltrane, born Alice McLeod (August 27, 1937 – January 12, 2007) was an American jazz pianist, organist, harpist, composer, and the wife of John Coltrane

Dennis Gerrard Stephen Doherty (November 29, 1940 – January 19, 2007) was a Canadian singer and songwriter. He was most widely known as a founding member of the 1960s musical group The Mamas & the Papas.

Alberta Davis was the oldest American claimant, allegedly born December 24, 1881. She died January 27, 2007, allegedly 125 years and 34 days old. Not including immigrants, Alberta has been the oldest ostensible American since 2001, an extraordinarily long time, and the first "125" claim made by a U.S.-born person since 1995. She was African American, and lived in Thomson, Georgia. Despite claims of documentation, the only documents produced have been Social Security records, which are not considered as being proof of birth.

Emma Fanchon Faust Tillman (November 22, 1892 – January 28, 2007) was an American supercentenarian and, at age 114 and 67 days, the oldest validated living person in the world. Since August 12, 2006, Tillman was officially the only living person left who was born in 1892. However, though the last known person from 1892, she was not the oldest one, since Frenchwoman Camille Loiseau made it to 114 years and 180 days.

Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30, 1944 – January 31, 2007) was a populist[1] American newspaper columnist, political commentator, and best-selling author from Austin, Texas.