In the year 2006
895 Notable deaths
Gunnar Åkerlund
Canoe racer (1923–2006).
Born November 20th, 1923 in Nyköpings östra församling.
Died October 4th, 2006 at 82 years old in Nyköpings Alla Helgona.
Irving Meretsky
Canadian basketball player (1912–2006).
Born May 17th, 1912 in Windsor.
Died May 18th, 2006 at 94 years old in Windsor.
Kōichirō Tomita
Japanese astronomer (1925-2006).
Born February 16th, 1925 in Tokyo Prefecture.
Died May 22nd, 2006 at 81 years old
Aleksey Voropayev
Gymnast (1973–2006).
Born January 23rd, 1973 in Moscow.
Died November 5th, 2006 at 33 years old in Moscow (hepatitis).
Ferdinand Marschall
Austrian association football referee (1924–2006).
Born February 19th, 1924 in Timișoara.
Died November 14th, 2006 at 82 years old in Waldzell.
Brunon Bendig
Polish boxer (1938–2006).
Born October 6th, 1938 in Chełmno.
Died September 15th, 2006 at 67 years old in Gdańsk.
Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen
South african botanist (1912-2006).
Born April 11th, 1912 in Cape Town.
Died May 31st, 2006 at 94 years old [ref]
Franz Seitz Jr.
Film producer, screenwriter (1921-2006).
Born October 22nd, 1921 in Munich. [ref]
Died January 19th, 2006 at 84 years old in Schliersee.
Erik Elmsäter
Athletics competitor.
Born October 7th, 1919 in Stockholm.
Died March 9th, 2006 at 86 years old in Stockholm.
László Jeney
Hungarian water polo player (1923–2006).
Born May 30th, 1923 in Budapest.
Died April 24th, 2006 at 82 years old in Budapest.
Werner Camichel
Bobsledder (1945-2006).
Born January 26th, 1945 in Zuoz.
Died March 27th, 2006 at 61 years old in Samedan (cancer).
Dennis Shepherd
Boxer (1926–2006).
Born October 11th, 1926 in Johannesburg.
Died June 13th, 2006 at 79 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
Børre Falkum-Hansen
Olympic sailor (1919–2006).
Born August 13th, 1919 in Christiania.
Died June 24th, 2006 at 86 years old in Oslo.
Mieczysław Nowak
Polish weightlifter (1936–2006).
Born December 22nd, 1936 in Chomęcice.
Died May 17th, 2006 at 69 years old in Nowy Dwór Gdański. [ref]
Suzanne Morrow
Canadian figure skater (1930-2006).
Born December 14th, 1930 in Toronto.
Died June 11th, 2006 at 75 years old in Brantford.
Edwin Young
Olympic diver.
Born September 29th, 1947 in Phoenix.
Died June 22nd, 2006 at 58 years old in Tucson.
Wilfred Waters
English racing cyclist.
Born January 4th, 1923 in Wandsworth.
Died April 1st, 2006 at 83 years old in Surrey.
Heinz Stettler
Swiss bobsledder (1952-2006).
Born March 1st, 1952 in Regensdorf.
Died May 24th, 2006 at 54 years old (myocardial infarction).
Ivan Ivanov
Bulgarian footballer, born 1942 (1942–2006).
Born April 10th, 1942 in Pernik. [ref]
Died May 26th, 2006 at 64 years old in Varna. [ref]
Ingvar Gärd
Swedish footballer (1921–2006).
Born October 6th, 1921 in Malmö.
Died August 31st, 2006 at 84 years old in Malmö.
Aleksandr Dolgushin
Russian water polo player (1946–2006).
Born March 7th, 1946 in Moscow.
Died April 17th, 2006 at 60 years old in Moscow (heart failure).
Georgi Raykov
Bulgarian wrestler (1953-2006).
Born October 18th, 1953 in Sofia.
Died August 12th, 2006 at 52 years old in Koprivshtitsa (myocardial infarction).
Jean-François d'Orgeix
French actor and sportsman (1921–2006).
Born April 15th, 1921.
Died July 4th, 2006 at 85 years old in Toucy (traffic collision).
Tadao Onishi
Japanese association football player (1943–2006).
Born April 18th, 1943 in Kyoto.
Died June 29th, 2006 at 63 years old in Yokohama (lung cancer).
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Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time… It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. Leo Buscaglia