We Hardly Knew Ye - People We Lost in April 2007

Myrna "Peach" Brown, 47, (July 6, 1959 – April 1, 2007), best known as Screechy Peach, was an American Singer, Songwriter. Introduced to audiences as the lead singer of the duo whild peach, and became famous during the mid-1990s with her collaborations with some of the south biggest artists including Outkast & T.I., breast cancer.

Eddie Robinson, 88, (February 13, 1919 - April 3, 2007) American college football coach at Grambling State University, Alzheimer's disease.

Edward Mallory, 76, (b. Edward Ralph Martz on June 14, 1930, Cumberland, Maryland - d. April 4, 2007, Salisbury, Pennsylvania) was an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Bill Horton on NBC's soap opera Days of our Lives, which he played from 1966 to 1980.

Mark Leslie Norton, 51, (February 7, 1956 in Hollywood, California, United States – April 5, 2007 in New York, New York, United States) was a guitarist best known for his work with the rock band Kiss, brain hemorrhage.

Jimmy Lee Smith, 76, American murderer whose story inspired the book and movie The Onion Field.

Barry Nelson, 89 (April 16, 1917 - April 7, 2007^[1]) was an American actor of Norwegian ancestry, noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond.





Johnny Hart, 76, (February 18, 1931 – April 7, 2007) was an American cartoonist noted as the creator of the comic strip B.C. and co-creator of the strip The Wizard of Id, stroke.

Dakota Staton (June 3, 1930–April 10, 2007), 76, American jazzvocalist, after long illness. Also known by the Muslim name Aliyah Rabia for a period,^[2] was an American jazz vocalist who found international acclaim with the 1957 No. 4 hit, "The Late, Late Show", after a long illness.




Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., 84, (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) American novelist and social critic, brain injury from a fall. Vonnegut was a prolific and genre-bending American novelist known for works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Cat's Cradle (1963), and Breakfast of Champions (1973), brain injury from a fall.







Ronald Speirs, 86, (April 20, 1920 - April 11, 2007) American World War II commanding officer of Easy Company (Band of Brothers). He was initially a platoon leader in Company "D" ("Dog" Company) of the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Speirs was reassigned to command "E" or "Easy" Company in Bastogne at the end of the Battle of the Bulge. Speirs also served in Korea where he commanded a rifle company, and later became the American Governor for Spandau Prison in Berlin. He served as a Captain in the European Theater and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel.


Roscoe Lee Browne 81, (May 2, 1925 – April 11, 2007) was an American Emmy Award-winning actor (The Cosby Show, Soap) and director, known for his rich voice and dignified bearing, cancer.









Don Ho, 76, born Donald Tai Loy Ho (in Chinese characters, 何大來, Hé Dàlái), (August 13, 1930 – April 14, 2007) was a Hawaiian musician and entertainer, of heart failure.

Patricia Buckley, 80, Canadian-born socialite and fundraiser, wife of William F. Buckley, Jr., infection after long illness.

Kitty Carlisle Hart, 96 (also billed as Kitty Carlisle) (September 3, 1910 – April 17, 2007) was an American singer, actress and spokeswoman for the arts. She is best known as a regular panelist on the television game show To Tell the Truth. The entertainer was a tireless advocate for the arts, serving twenty years on the New York State Council on the Arts, heart failure.




Helen Robson Kemper Walton, 87, (December 3, 1919 — April 19, 2007) was the wife of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. She was the eleventh richest American and at one point the richest woman in the world. Helen died with an estimated net worth of $16.4 billion that will pass to charity over the next few years, natural causes.


Boris Yeltsin, 76, first President of the Russian Federation (1991–1999), heart failure.












David Halberstam, 73, (April 10, 1934 – April 23, 2007) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author known for his early work on the Vietnam War, his work on politics, history, business, media, American culture, and his later sports journalism, car accident.








Robert George Pickett, 69 (February 11, 1938 – April 25, 2007), was a native of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, who found fame as a one-hit wonder musician under the name Bobby "Boris" Pickett . He was best known for co-writing and performing the 1962 hitnovelty song, "Monster Mash", leukemia.

Thomas Penn "Tommy" Newsom, 78 player in the (February 25, 1929 – April 28, 2007) was a saxophoneNBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, an orchestra he later became assistant director. Newsom was frequently the band's substitute director, whenever Doc Severinsen was away from the show or filling in for announcer Ed McMahon. Nicknamed "Mr. Excitement" as a sarcastic take on his low-keyed, often dull persona, Newsom was often a foil for Carson's humor. His brown or blue suits were a marked contrast to Severinsen's flashy stage clothing, cancer.

Joshua Morgan Hancock, 29 (April 11, 1978 – April 29, 2007) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals. Born in Cleveland, Mississippi, he lived in St. Louis during the off-season, car accident.

Zola Taylor, 69,born Zoletta Lynn Taylor (March 17, 1938 – April 30, 2007 in Los Angeles, California) was an American singer. She was the only female member of The Platters from 1954 to 1962, when the group produced most of their popular singles, pneumonia.

Gordon Scott, 79 (August 3, 1926 - April 30, 2007) was an American actor known for his portrayal of Tarzan in five films (and one compilation of three made-as-a-pilot television episodes) from 1955 to 1960, from complications of surgery.


Tom Poston, 85, television and film (October 17, 1921 – April 30, 2007) was an Americanactor. He starred on television in a career that began in 1950. He appeared as a comic actor, game show panelist, comedy/variety show host, film actor, television actor, and Broadway









Kevin Danyelle Mitchell, 36, (January 1, 1971 - April 30, 2007) was an American football linebacker in the NFL. He played for the San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints, and the Washington Redskins, heart attack.