In the year 2006
872 Notable deaths
Dharampal
Indian historian.
Born February 19th, 1922 in Kandhla.
Died October 24th, 2006 at 84 years old in Sevagram.
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]
Patty Berg
American golfer (1918–2006).
Born February 13th, 1918 in Minneapolis.
Died September 10th, 2006 at 88 years old in Fort Myers (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Yuri Zhdanov
Russian chemist (1919-2006).
Born August 20th, 1919 in Tver.
Died December 19th, 2006 at 87 years old in Rostov-on-Don.
Irving Layton
Romanian-born canadian poet (1912–2006).
Born March 12th, 1912 in Târgu Neamț.
Died January 4th, 2006 at 93 years old in Côte Saint-Luc (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Vincent Sherman
American film director (1906–2006).
Born July 16th, 1906 in Vienna.
Died June 18th, 2006 at 99 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Ayyappa Paniker
Indian poet and critic (1930-2006).
Born September 12th, 1930 in Kavalam.
Died August 23rd, 2006 at 75 years old in Thiruvananthapuram.
Pierre Amine Gemayel
Assassinated lebanese politician (1972-2006).
Born September 23rd, 1972 in Beirut.
Died November 21st, 2006 at 34 years old in Beirut (gunshot wound). [ref]
Elias Hrawi
10th president of lebanon (1926-2006).
Born September 4th, 1926 in Zahlé.
Died July 7th, 2006 at 79 years old in Beirut (cancer). [ref]
Moshe Teitelbaum
Hasidic rabbi (1914–2006).
Born November 1st, 1914 in Újfehértó.
Died April 24th, 2006 at 91 years old in New York City.
Shohei Imamura
Japanese film director (1926-2006).
Born September 15th, 1926 in Tokyo.
Died May 30th, 2006 at 79 years old in Tokyo (liver cancer). [ref]
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford
British politician (1942-2006).
Born April 8th, 1943 in Belfast.
Died January 8th, 2006 at 62 years old in Fort Myers (stroke). [ref]
Stanley Kunitz
American poet (1905-2006).
Born July 29th, 1905 in Worcester.
Died May 14th, 2006 at 100 years old in New York City. [ref]
Clyde Walcott
West indian cricketer (1926-2006).
Born January 17th, 1926 in Bridgetown.
Died August 26th, 2006 at 80 years old in Bridgetown. [ref]
Robert Cornthwaite
American actor.
Born April 28th, 1917 in Columbia County.
Died July 20th, 2006 at 89 years old in Woodland Hills.
Alberto Spencer
Ecuadorian footballer (1937-2025).
Born December 6th, 1937 in Milagro, Ancón.
Died November 3rd, 2006 at 68 years old in Cleveland (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ulrich de Maizière
German general (1912–2006).
Born February 24th, 1912 in Stade.
Died August 27th, 2006 at 94 years old in Bonn.
Ken Fletcher
Australian tennis player.
Born June 14th, 1940 in Brisbane.
Died February 11th, 2006 at 65 years old in Brisbane (cancer).
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist (1939–2006).
Born December 25th, 1939 in New York City.
Died March 28th, 2006 at 66 years old in New York City. [ref]
Valentín Paniagua
Peruvian politician (1936-2006).
Born September 23rd, 1936 in Cusco. [ref]
Died October 16th, 2006 at 70 years old in Lima (lung disease).
Alvin M. Weinberg
American nuclear physicist (1915–2006).
Born April 20th, 1915 in Chicago.
Died October 18th, 2006 at 91 years old in Oak Ridge. [ref]
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)