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In the year 2006
895 Notable deaths
Friedrich Engel
Ss officer (1909-2006).
Born January 3rd, 1909 in Warnau.
Died February 4th, 2006 at 97 years old in Hamburg.
Max Merkel
Austrian football player and manager (1918–2006).
Born December 7th, 1918 in Vienna.
Died November 28th, 2006 at 87 years old in Putzbrunn. [ref]
Henri Colpi
Swiss film director, screenwriter and film editor (1921-2006).
Died January 14th, 2006 at 84 years old in Menton.
Cor van der Hart
Dutch footballer and manager (1928-2006).
Born January 25th, 1928 in Amsterdam.
Died December 12th, 2006 at 78 years old in Amstelveen. [ref]
Thirunalloor Karunakaran
Indian writer (1924-2006).
Born October 8th, 1924 in Perinad. [ref]
Died July 5th, 2006 at 81 years old in Kollam.
Gustave Choquet
French mathematician (1915–2006).
Born March 1st, 1915 in Solesmes.
Died November 14th, 2006 at 91 years old in 5th arrondissement of Lyon.
Konstantin Beskov
Soviet footballer (1920-2006).
Born November 18th, 1920 in Moscow.
Died May 6th, 2006 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Ellen Kuzwayo
Women's rights activist and politician in south africa..
Born June 29th, 1914 in Thaba 'Nchu.
Died April 19th, 2006 at 91 years old in Soweto (diabetes). [ref]
Ibolya Csák
Athletics competitor.
Born January 6th, 1915 in Budapest.
Died February 9th, 2006 at 91 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Erik Bergman
Finnish composer (1911-2006).
Born November 24th, 1911 in Nykarleby.
Died April 24th, 2006 at 94 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Gerald Green
American author, journalist, and television writer (1922-2006).
Born April 8th, 1922 in Brooklyn.
Died August 29th, 2006 at 84 years old in Norwalk (pneumonia). [ref]
Isaac Ben-Aharon
Israeli politician (1906–2006).
Born July 17th, 1906 in Bosanci. [ref]
Died May 19th, 2006 at 99 years old in Israel. [ref]
Atıf Yılmaz
Turkish film director (1925–2006).
Born December 9th, 1925 in Mersin.
Died May 5th, 2006 at 80 years old in Istanbul.
Barbara Guest
American writer (1920–2006).
Born September 6th, 1920 in Wilmington.
Died February 15th, 2006 at 85 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Charles E. Brady Jr.
American astronaut (1951–2006).
Born August 12th, 1951 in Pinehurst.
Died July 23rd, 2006 at 54 years old in Orcas Village (exsanguination). [ref]
Alireza Shapour Shahbazi
Iranian archaeologist (1942–2006).
Born September 4th, 1942 in Shiraz.
Died July 15th, 2006 at 63 years old in Washington, D.C. (cancer).
Robin Coombs
Immunologist (1921-2006).
Born January 9th, 1921 in London.
Died January 25th, 2006 at 85 years old in Cambridge.
S. Yizhar
Israeli writer and politician (1916-2006).
Born September 27th, 1916 in Rehovot. [ref]
Died August 21st, 2006 at 89 years old in Gedera (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Maurice Floquet
French supercentenarian (1894–2006).
Born December 25th, 1894 in Poissons.
Died November 10th, 2006 at 111 years old in Montauroux. [ref]
Tara Devi
Nepalese singer.
Born January 15th, 1945 in Indra Chowk.
Died January 23rd, 2006 at 61 years old in Kathmandu.
Gerhard Thyben
German world war ii fighter pilot (1922–2006).
Born February 24th, 1922 in Kiel.
Died September 4th, 2006 at 84 years old in Cali.
Mike Monty
American actor (1936-2006).
Born October 23rd, 1936 in Chattanooga.
Died August 4th, 2006 at 69 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction).
Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi
President of north yemen (1934-2006).
Born December 1st, 1934 in Sanaa.
Died June 10th, 2006 at 71 years old in Riyadh.
Michael Riffaterre
French literary critic (1924–2006).
Born November 20th, 1924 in Bourganeuf.
Died May 27th, 2006 at 81 years old in New York City (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Daniel Schmid
Swiss film and theater director (1941–2006).
Born December 26th, 1941 in Flims.
Died August 5th, 2006 at 64 years old in Flims (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 526 to 550 of 895
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