In the year 2006
829 Notable deaths
Pedro González González
American actor (1925-2006).
Born May 24th, 1925 in Aguilares.
Died February 6th, 2006 at 80 years old in Culver City. [ref]
Robert Plutchik
American emotion psychologist (1927–2006).
Born October 21st, 1927 in Brooklyn.
Died April 29th, 2006 at 78 years old in Sarasota.
Choi Kyu-hah
4th president of south korea (1919-2006).
Born July 16th, 1919 in Wonju.
Died October 22nd, 2006 at 87 years old in Seoul (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Michael Gilden
American actor (1962-2006).
Born September 22nd, 1962 in Los Angeles.
Died December 5th, 2006 at 44 years old in Los Angeles (hanging). [ref]
Clarence Ray Allen
American murderer.
Born January 16th, 1930 in Blair.
Died January 17th, 2006 at 76 years old in San Quentin State Prison (lethal injection). [ref]
Kasey Rogers
American actress (1925-2006).
Born December 15th, 1925 in Missouri.
Died July 6th, 2006 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (stroke, esophageal cancer).
Paul Mauriat
French orchestra leader (1925–2006).
Born March 4th, 1925 in Marseille.
Died November 3rd, 2006 at 81 years old in Perpignan (leukemia). [ref]
Govindappa Venkataswamy
Ophthalmologist.
Born October 1st, 1918 in Vadamalapuram.
Died July 7th, 2006 at 87 years old in Madurai.
Philippe Noiret
French actor (1930–2006).
Born October 1st, 1930 in Lille. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 2006 at 76 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Giacinto Facchetti
Italian association football player (1942-2006).
Born July 18th, 1942 in Treviglio.
Died September 4th, 2006 at 64 years old in Milan (cancer, pancreatic cancer).
Paul Arizin
American basketball player (1928–2006).
Born April 9th, 1928 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died December 12th, 2006 at 78 years old in Springfield Township. [ref]
Tamara Dobson
American actress and model.
Born May 14th, 1947 in Baltimore. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2006 at 59 years old in Baltimore (multiple sclerosis, pneumonia). [ref]
Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV of Tonga
King of tonga.
Born July 4th, 1918 in Royal Palace.
Died September 10th, 2006 at 88 years old in Auckland (heart failure).
Freddie Garrity
British actor and singer (1936–2006).
Born November 14th, 1936 in Crumpsall.
Died May 19th, 2006 at 69 years old in Bangor. [ref]
Phyllis Kirk
Actress (1927-2006).
Born September 18th, 1927 in Syracuse.
Died October 19th, 2006 at 79 years old in Woodland Hills (intracranial aneurysm). [ref]
Marie Tharp
Oceanographer and cartographer.
Born July 30th, 1920 in Ypsilanti.
Died August 23rd, 2006 at 86 years old in Nyack (cancer). [ref]
Ibrahim Rugova
President of kosovo (1944-2006).
Born December 2nd, 1944 in Cerrcë.
Died January 21st, 2006 at 61 years old in Prishtina (lung cancer). [ref]
Joe Rosenthal
American photographer (1911–2006).
Born October 9th, 1911 in Washington, D.C..
Died August 20th, 2006 at 94 years old in Novato.
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader.
Born May 17th, 1932 in New York City. [ref]
Died May 31st, 2006 at 74 years old in Hartford. [ref]
Yitzhak Kaduri
Iraqi-born, israeli sephardic haredi rabbi.
Born September 7th, 1898 in Baghdad.
Died January 28th, 2006 at 107 years old in Jerusalem (pneumonia).
Telmo Zarra
Spanish footballer (1921–2006).
Born January 20th, 1921 in Erandio.
Died February 23rd, 2006 at 85 years old in Bilbao (myocardial infarction).
Anton Edward Rupert
Afrikaner south african billionaire entrepreneur, businessman and conservationist (1916–2006).
Born October 4th, 1916 in Graaff-Reinet.
Died January 18th, 2006 at 89 years old in Stellenbosch. [ref]
Soraya
Colombian-american singer-songwriter.
Born March 11th, 1969 in Point Pleasant.
Died May 10th, 2006 at 37 years old in Miami (breast cancer). [ref]
Nellie Connally
First lady of texas from 1963 to 1969.
Born February 24th, 1919 in Dallas.
Died September 1st, 2006 at 87 years old in Dallas. [ref]
Kenneth Griffith
Welsh actor (1921-2006).
Born October 12th, 1921 in Tenby.
Died June 25th, 2006 at 84 years old in Penally (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Deaths 176 to 200 of 829
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi