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In the year 2006
812 Notable deaths
Stanford J. Shaw
American historian.
Born May 5th, 1930 in Saint Paul.
Died December 16th, 2006 at 76 years old in Ankara.
Alan Kotok
American computer scientist (1941–2006).
Born November 9th, 1941 in Philadelphia.
Died May 26th, 2006 at 64 years old in Cambridge (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Anna Marly
Russian singer-songwriter (1917–2006).
Born October 29th, 1917 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 16th, 2006 at 88 years old in Palmer.
Fabián Bielinsky
Argentine film director (1959–2006).
Born February 3rd, 1959 in Buenos Aires.
Died June 29th, 2006 at 47 years old in São Paulo (myocardial infarction).
Ibrahim Kodra
Father of albanian contemporary art (1918-2006).
Born April 22nd, 1918 in Ishëm. [ref]
Died February 7th, 2006 at 87 years old in Milan. [ref]
Henriette Avram
American computer programmer and system analyst (1919-2006).
Born October 7th, 1919 in Manhattan.
Died April 22nd, 2006 at 86 years old in Miami (cancer). [ref]
Lyubov Polishchuk
Soviet and russian actress (1949-2006).
Died November 28th, 2006 at 57 years old in Moscow (spinal cord neoplasm). [ref]
Adriaan de Groot
Dutch chess player and psychologist.
Born October 26th, 1914 in Velsen, Santpoort.
Died August 14th, 2006 at 91 years old in Schiermonnikoog. [ref]
György Faludy
Hungarian writer, poet, translator (1910-2006).
Born September 22nd, 1910 in Budapest.
Died September 1st, 2006 at 95 years old in Budapest. [ref]
André Schwarz-Bart
French writer (1928-2006).
Died September 30th, 2006 at 78 years old in Pointe-à-Pitre (surgical complications). [ref]
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain