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In the year 2006
812 Notable deaths
Paul Cohn
German mathematician (1924-2006).
Born January 8th, 1924 in Hamburg.
Died April 20th, 2006 at 82 years old in London.
Ondina Valla
Italian female athlete (1916-2006).
Born May 20th, 1916 in Bologna.
Died October 16th, 2006 at 90 years old in L’Aquila.
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).
Andrey Petrov
Soviet and russian composer (1930-2006).
Born September 2nd, 1930 in Leningrad. [ref]
Died February 15th, 2006 at 75 years old in Saint Petersburg (stroke). [ref]
Adam Schaff
Polish philosopher (1913–2006).
Born March 10th, 1913 in Lviv.
Died November 12th, 2006 at 93 years old in Warsaw.
Aron Gurevich
Russian historian (1924-2006).
Born June 12th, 1924 in Moscow.
Died August 5th, 2006 at 82 years old in Moscow. [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.
Oskar Pastior
German poet (1927–2006).
Born October 20th, 1927 in Sibiu.
Died October 4th, 2006 at 78 years old in Frankfurt. [ref]
Denis Twitchett
British sinologist (1925–2006).
Born September 23rd, 1925 in London.
Died February 24th, 2006 at 80 years old in Cambridge.
Deaths 541 to 550 of 812
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain