page_title: 2007 in the United States
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 2007 in the United States / Deaths / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Entertainer and business magnate Merv Griffin
context_page_description: Events from the year 2007 in the United States.
  'An amazing person was born.'
context_section_description: August 5 – Oliver Hill, American lawyer (b. 1907)
  August 12 – Merv Griffin, American singer, television producer and land developer (b. 1925)
  August 13
  Brooke Astor, American socialite and philanthropist (b. 1902)
  Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and announcer (b. 1917)
  August 15 – John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (b. 1918)
  August 16 – Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924)
  August 17 – Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)
  August 18 – Michael Deaver, American political adviser (b. 1938)
  August 20 – Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor (b. 1920)
  August 29 – Richard Jewell, American falsely accused of bombing the Centennial Olympic Park (b. 1962)
caption: Merv Griffin
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