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In the year 2006
895 Notable deaths
Floyd Patterson
American heavyweight boxer (1935-2006).
Born January 4th, 1935 in Waco.
Died May 11th, 2006 at 71 years old in New Paltz (prostate cancer). [ref]
Joseph Barbera
American animator and cartoonist (1911–2006).
Born March 24th, 1911 in Little Italy.
Died December 18th, 2006 at 95 years old in Studio City. [ref]
Carl Brashear
U.s. navy diver (1931–2006).
Born January 19th, 1931 in Tonieville.
Died July 25th, 2006 at 75 years old in Naval Medical Center Portsmouth.
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
American socialite (1924-2006); younger sister of john f. kennedy.
Born May 6th, 1924 in Brookline.
Died September 17th, 2006 at 82 years old in Manhattan (pneumonia). [ref]
Bismillah Khan
Indian shehnai player (1916–2006).
Born March 21st, 1916 in Dumraon. [ref]
Died August 21st, 2006 at 90 years old in Varanasi (myocardial infarction). [ref]
John Wojtowicz
American bank robber (1945–2006).
Born March 9th, 1945 in New York City.
Died January 2nd, 2006 at 60 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
Betty Friedan
American feminist writer and activist (1921–2006).
Born February 4th, 1921 in Peoria.
Died February 6th, 2006 at 85 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure). [ref]
Trevor Berbick
Jamaican heavyweight boxer (1954–2006).
Born August 1st, 1954 in Port Antonio.
Died October 28th, 2006 at 52 years old in Port Antonio (blunt trauma). [ref]
David Sharp
British mountain climber (1972–2006).
Born February 15th, 1972 in Harpenden.
Died May 15th, 2006 at 34 years old in Mount Everest (hypothermia). [ref]
Padmini
Indian actress (1932–2006).
Born June 12th, 1932 in Thiruvananthapuram.
Died September 25th, 2006 at 74 years old in Chennai (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Emir of dubai (1943–2006).
Born August 15th, 1943 in Al Shindagha.
Died January 4th, 2006 at 62 years old in Gold Coast (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Gene Pitney
American recording artist, singer and songwriter (1940-2006).
Born February 17th, 1941 in Hartford. [ref]
Died April 5th, 2006 at 65 years old in Cardiff (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kirby Puckett
American baseball player (1960–2006).
Born March 14th, 1960 in Chicago.
Died March 6th, 2006 at 45 years old in Phoenix (stroke). [ref]
Lou Rawls
American singer (1933–2006).
Born December 1st, 1935 in Chicago. [ref]
Died January 6th, 2006 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer, brain cancer). [ref]
John Tenta
Canadian professional wrestler and sumo wrestler (1963–2006).
Born June 22nd, 1963 in Surrey.
Died June 7th, 2006 at 42 years old in Sanford (bladder cancer). [ref]
John Profumo
British politician (1915-2006).
Born January 30th, 1915 in Kensington.
Died March 10th, 2006 at 91 years old in London (stroke). [ref]
Heinrich Harrer
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006).
Born July 6th, 1912 in Hüttenberg.
Died January 7th, 2006 at 93 years old in Friesach. [ref]
Elena Mukhina
Soviet artistic gymnast (1960–2006).
Born June 1st, 1960 in Moscow.
Died December 22nd, 2006 at 46 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Pramod Mahajan
Indian politician (1949-2006).
Born October 30th, 1949 in Mahabubnagar.
Died May 3rd, 2006 at 56 years old in Mumbai.
Romano Mussolini
Italian jazz pianist, painter, film producer, and the fourth child and youngest son of benito mussolini (1927–2006).
Born September 26th, 1927 in Forlì. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 2006 at 78 years old in Rome. [ref]
Gerald Levert
American r&b singer (1966-2006).
Born July 13th, 1966 in Philadelphia.
Died November 10th, 2006 at 40 years old in Cleveland (myocardial infarction, poisoning). [ref]
Shamil Basayev
Chechen militant islamist leader (1965-2006).
Born January 14th, 1965 in Dyshne-Vedeno. [ref]
Died July 10th, 2006 at 41 years old in Ingushetia. [ref]
Jane Jacobs
American–canadian journalist, author, and activist (1916–2006).
Born May 4th, 1916 in Scranton.
Died April 25th, 2006 at 89 years old in Toronto (stroke). [ref]
P. W. Botha
South african prime minister (1916–2006).
Born January 12th, 1916 in Paul Roux.
Died October 31st, 2006 at 90 years old in Wilderness (myocardial infarction).
Freddy Fender
American tejano singer (1937–2006).
Born June 4th, 1937 in San Benito.
Died October 14th, 2006 at 69 years old in Corpus Christi (lung cancer).
Deaths 51 to 75 of 895
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