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In the year 2006
811 Notable deaths
Ulrich de Maizière
German general (1912–2006).
Born February 24th, 1912 in Stade.
Died August 27th, 2006 at 94 years old in Bonn.
Ken Fletcher
Australian tennis player.
Born June 14th, 1940 in Brisbane.
Died February 11th, 2006 at 65 years old in Brisbane (cancer).
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist (1939–2006).
Born December 25th, 1939 in New York City.
Died March 28th, 2006 at 66 years old in New York City. [ref]
Valentín Paniagua
Peruvian politician (1936-2006).
Born September 23rd, 1936 in Cusco. [ref]
Died October 16th, 2006 at 70 years old in Lima (lung disease).
Alvin M. Weinberg
American nuclear physicist.
Born April 20th, 1915 in Chicago.
Died October 18th, 2006 at 91 years old in Oak Ridge. [ref]
Esther Lederberg
American microbiologist and pioneer of bacterial genetics (1922–2006).
Born December 18th, 1922 in The Bronx.
Died November 11th, 2006 at 83 years old in Stanford (heart failure). [ref]
Shamsur Rahman
Bangladeshi poet, writer, journalist (1929–2006).
Born October 24th, 1929 in Dhaka.
Died August 17th, 2006 at 76 years old in Dhaka (kidney failure). [ref]
Jay Presson Allen
American screenwriter, producer, playwright (1922-2006).
Born March 3rd, 1922 in San Angelo.
Died May 1st, 2006 at 84 years old in New York City (stroke). [ref]
Wang Guangmei
Chinese politician (1921-2006).
Born September 26th, 1921 in Tianjin.
Died October 13th, 2006 at 85 years old in Beijing Hospital (pneumonia). [ref]
Anicée Alvina
French singer and actress (1953–2006).
Born January 28th, 1953 in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Died November 11th, 2006 at 53 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (lung cancer).
Deaths 311 to 320 of 811
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