On this day
07
July

George Cukor, Kitty Genovese, Cazuza

Born: George Cukor (1899), Kitty Genovese (1935)
Died: Cazuza (1990)

Born on this day

07JulBorn 1899127th birthday

George Cukor

A Hollywood director whose close attention to performance produced enduring comedies, dramas and musicals.

07JulBorn 193591st birthday

Kitty Genovese

Her murder became a textbook case of the “bystander effect” – while the woman she loved had to grieve in silence for forty years.

Died on this day

07JulDied 199036th anniversary of death

Cazuza

His songs combined desire and political anger, and his public disclosure of AIDS challenged silence around the epidemic in Brazil.