In the year 2006
829 Notable deaths
Lennart Meri
Estonian writer, filmmaker and politician; president of estonia in 1992–2001 (1929-2006).
Born March 29th, 1929 in Tallinn.
Died March 14th, 2006 at 76 years old in Tallinn (brain cancer).
Val Guest
British film director (1911–2006).
Born December 11th, 1911 in London.
Died May 10th, 2006 at 94 years old in Palm Springs (prostate cancer). [ref]
Shekhar Mehta
Rally driver, five-time winner of the safari rally in the 1970s and 1980s.
Born June 20th, 1945 in Central Region.
Died April 12th, 2006 at 60 years old in London (hepatitis).
Jack Williamson
American science fiction writer (1908–2006).
Born April 29th, 1908 in Bisbee. [ref]
Died November 10th, 2006 at 98 years old in Portales. [ref]
Joachim Fest
German historian (1926–2006).
Born December 8th, 1926 in Karlshorst.
Died September 11th, 2006 at 79 years old in Kronberg im Taunus.
Vladimir Tretchikoff
Russian artist (1913-2006).
Born December 26th, 1913 in Petropavl. [ref]
Died August 26th, 2006 at 92 years old in Cape Town. [ref]
Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover
German nobleman (1915–2006).
Born March 25th, 1915 in Brunswick.
Died January 8th, 2006 at 90 years old in Munich. [ref]
Esther Victoria Abraham
Winner of the miss india contest, actress, film producer and film distributor (1916–2006).
Born December 30th, 1916 in Kolkata.
Died August 6th, 2006 at 89 years old in Mumbai.
María Capovilla
Ecuadorian supercentenarian (1889–2006).
Born September 14th, 1889 in Guayaquil.
Died August 27th, 2006 at 116 years old in Guayaquil (pneumonia). [ref]
Noor Hassanali
Former president of trinidad and tobago (1918-2006).
Born August 13th, 1918 in San Fernando.
Died August 25th, 2006 at 88 years old in Port of Spain. [ref]
Marian Marsh
Actress (1913-2006).
Born October 17th, 1913 in Trinidad.
Died November 9th, 2006 at 93 years old in Palm Desert (disease). [ref]
Pierre Clostermann
World war ii french flying pilot (1921-2006).
Born February 28th, 1921 in Curitiba. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 2006 at 85 years old in Montesquieu-des-Albères.
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Pakistani writer (1916–2006).
Born November 20th, 1916 in Angah.
Died July 10th, 2006 at 89 years old in Lahore (asthma).
Dave Cockrum
American comics artist (1943–2006).
Born November 12th, 1943 in Pendleton.
Died November 26th, 2006 at 63 years old in Belton (pneumonia, diabetes). [ref]
Hassan Gouled Aptidon
President of djibouti (1916-2006).
Born October 15th, 1916 in Lughaya District. [ref]
Died November 21st, 2006 at 90 years old in Djibouti City. [ref]
Elizabeth Bolden
American supercentenarian.
Born August 15th, 1890 in Somerville.
Died December 11th, 2006 at 116 years old in Memphis. [ref]
Alexander Zinoviev
Russian writer (1922–2006).
Born October 29th, 1922 in Chukhlomskoy Uyezd.
Died May 10th, 2006 at 83 years old in Moscow (brain cancer).
Osa Massen
Danish actress (1914-2006).
Born January 13th, 1914 in Copenhagen.
Died January 2nd, 2006 at 91 years old in Santa Monica (disease). [ref]
Reinhart Koselleck
German historian (1923–2006).
Born April 23rd, 1923 in Görlitz.
Died February 3rd, 2006 at 82 years old in Bad Oeynhausen.
Dharampal
Indian historian.
Born February 19th, 1922 in Muzaffarnagar.
Died October 24th, 2006 at 84 years old
Bill Tung
Hong kong horse racing pundit, actor, singer, and show host (1933-2006).
Born March 30th, 1933 in British Hong Kong.
Died February 22nd, 2006 at 72 years old in Hong Kong (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Elton Dean
British saxophonist (1945–2006).
Born October 28th, 1945 in Nottingham.
Died February 8th, 2006 at 60 years old in London. [ref]
Telê Santana
Brazilian footballer and manager (1931-2006).
Born July 26th, 1931 in Itabirito.
Died April 21st, 2006 at 74 years old in Belo Horizonte.
Jaroslav Pelikan
Us historian of christianity, christian theology and medieval intellectual history at yale (1923–2006).
Born December 17th, 1923 in Akron.
Died May 13th, 2006 at 82 years old in Hamden (lung cancer). [ref]
Deaths 276 to 300 of 829
You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end. Stephen King