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In the year 2006
811 Notable deaths
Osa Massen
Danish actress (1914-2006).
Born January 13th, 1914 in Copenhagen.
Died January 2nd, 2006 at 91 years old in Santa Monica (disease). [ref]
Reinhart Koselleck
German historian (1923-2006).
Born April 23rd, 1923 in Görlitz.
Died February 3rd, 2006 at 82 years old in Bad Oeynhausen.
Dharampal
Indian historian.
Born February 19th, 1922 in Muzaffarnagar.
Died October 24th, 2006 at 84 years old
Bill Tung
Hong kong actor.
Born March 30th, 1933 in British Hong Kong.
Died February 22nd, 2006 at 72 years old in Hong Kong (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Elton Dean
British saxophonist (1945–2006).
Born October 28th, 1945 in Nottingham.
Died February 8th, 2006 at 60 years old in London. [ref]
Telê Santana
Brazilian footballer and manager (1931-2006).
Born July 26th, 1931 in Itabirito.
Died April 21st, 2006 at 74 years old in Belo Horizonte.
Jaroslav Pelikan
Us historian of christianity, christian theology and medieval intellectual history at yale (1923–2006).
Born December 17th, 1923 in Akron.
Died May 13th, 2006 at 82 years old in Hamden (lung cancer). [ref]
Patty Berg
American golfer (1918–2006).
Born February 13th, 1918 in Minneapolis.
Died September 10th, 2006 at 88 years old in Fort Myers (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Irving Layton
Romanian-born canadian poet (1912–2006).
Born March 12th, 1912 in Târgu Neamț.
Died January 4th, 2006 at 93 years old in Côte Saint-Luc (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Deaths 291 to 300 of 811
When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid