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In the year 2006
895 Notable deaths
Kōji Totani
Japanese voice actor.
Born July 12th, 1948 in Nagoya.
Died February 6th, 2006 at 57 years old (cardiovascular disease).
Gert Fredriksson
Swedish canoeist (1919–2006).
Born November 21st, 1919 in Nyköping.
Died July 5th, 2006 at 86 years old (cancer). [ref]
Armin Jordan
Swiss conductor (1932-2006).
Born April 9th, 1932 in Lucerne.
Died September 20th, 2006 at 74 years old in Zurich. [ref]
Sydney Wooderson
British middle distance runner (1914-2006).
Born August 30th, 1914 in Camberwell.
Died December 21st, 2006 at 92 years old in Dorset (kidney failure). [ref]
Ole Madsen
Danish footballer (1934-2006).
Born December 21st, 1934 in Copenhagen.
Died March 25th, 2006 at 71 years old
John Blankenstein
Dutch football referee (1949-2006).
Born February 12th, 1949 in De Bilt.
Died August 25th, 2006 at 57 years old in The Hague (hepatitis C). [ref]
Saraswati Rane
Indian singer.
Born October 4th, 1913 in Miraj.
Died October 10th, 2006 at 93 years old in Mumbai.
Duygu Asena
Turkish journalist and writer (1946–2006).
Born April 19th, 1946 in Istanbul.
Died July 30th, 2006 at 60 years old in Istanbul (brain cancer). [ref]
Markus Fierz
Swiss physicist (1912-2006).
Born June 20th, 1912 in Basel.
Died June 20th, 2006 at 94 years old in Küsnacht.
Paul Cohn
German mathematician (1924-2006).
Born January 8th, 1924 in Hamburg.
Died April 20th, 2006 at 82 years old in London.
Denis Twitchett
British sinologist (1925–2006).
Born September 23rd, 1925 in London.
Died February 24th, 2006 at 80 years old in Cambridge.
Petre M. Andreevski
Macedonian writer (1934–2006).
Born June 25th, 1934 in Demir Hisar.
Died September 25th, 2006 at 72 years old in Skopje.
Adam Schaff
Polish philosopher (1913–2006).
Born March 10th, 1913 in Lviv.
Died November 12th, 2006 at 93 years old in Warsaw.
Yuri Levada
Russian academic (1930–2006).
Born April 24th, 1930 in Vinnytsia.
Died November 16th, 2006 at 76 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Aron Gurevich
Russian historian (1924-2006).
Born June 12th, 1924 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2006 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Marc Hodler
Swiss ioc member (1918–2006).
Born October 26th, 1918 in Bern. [ref]
Died October 18th, 2006 at 87 years old in Bern (stroke).
Han Ahmedow
Prime minister of turkmenistan (1936–2006).
Born June 16th, 1936 in Krasnovodsk oblast. [ref]
Died December 6th, 2006 at 70 years old in Gyzylarbat (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Mervyn Wood
Australian rower (1917-2006).
Born April 30th, 1917 in City of Randwick.
Died August 19th, 2006 at 89 years old in Sydney (cancer). [ref]
Lars Korvald
27th prime minister of norway.
Born April 29th, 1916 in Mjøndalen.
Died July 4th, 2006 at 90 years old in Mjøndalen.
Junji Kinoshita
Japanese writer (1914–2006).
Born August 2nd, 1914 in Tokyo.
Died October 30th, 2006 at 92 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
Yevgeny Samoylov
Soviet and russian actor (1912–2006).
Born April 16th, 1912 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 17th, 2006 at 93 years old in Moscow.
Cristian Nemescu
Romanian film director (1979–2006).
Born March 31st, 1979 in Bucharest.
Died August 25th, 2006 at 27 years old in Bucharest (traffic collision). [ref]
José Manuel Martín
Spanish film and tv actor.
Born May 24th, 1924 in Casavieja.
Died April 12th, 2006 at 81 years old
Ratmir Kholmov
Russian chess player (1925–2006).
Born May 13th, 1925 in Shenkursk.
Died February 18th, 2006 at 80 years old in Moscow.
Fereydoon Hoveyda
Iranian writer and diplomat (1924-2006).
Born September 21st, 1924 in Damascus.
Died November 3rd, 2006 at 82 years old in Clifton (cancer).
Deaths 576 to 600 of 895
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht