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In the year 2006
742 Notable deaths
Gerald Ford
President of the united states from 1974 to 1977.
Born July 14th, 1913 in Omaha. [ref]
Died December 26th, 2006 at 93 years old in Rancho Mirage (arteriosclerosis). [ref]
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi president, army officer and baathist politician.
Born April 28th, 1937 in Al-Awja. [ref]
Died December 30th, 2006 at 69 years old in Kadhimiya (hanging). [ref]
Steve Irwin
Australian environmentalist and television personality.
Born February 22nd, 1962 in Upper Ferntree Gully.
Died September 4th, 2006 at 44 years old in Batt Reef (exsanguination). [ref]
Desmond Doss
Recipient of the purple heart medal, recipient of the medal of honor (1919-2007).
Born February 7th, 1919 in Lynchburg.
Died March 23rd, 2006 at 87 years old in Piedmont. [ref]
James Brown
American singer-songwriter, dancer, music mogul (1933-2006).
Born May 3rd, 1933 in Barnwell. [ref]
Died December 25th, 2006 at 73 years old in Atlanta (pneumonia, heart failure). [ref]
Syd Barrett
English musician (1946–2006), co-founder of pink floyd.
Born January 6th, 1946 in Cambridge.
Died July 7th, 2006 at 60 years old in Cambridge (diabetes, pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Augusto Pinochet
Dictador, general, politician of chile (1915-2006).
Born November 25th, 1915 in Valparaíso. [ref]
Died December 10th, 2006 at 91 years old in Santiago (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Don Knotts
American actor and stand-up comedian.
Born July 21st, 1924 in Morgantown. [ref]
Died February 24th, 2006 at 81 years old in Beverly Hills (lung cancer). [ref]
Richard Kuklinski
American contract killer.
Born April 11th, 1935 in Jersey City. [ref]
Died March 5th, 2006 at 70 years old in Trenton (hematopoietic system disease). [ref]
Chris Penn
American actor (1965-2006).
Born October 10th, 1965 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died January 24th, 2006 at 40 years old in Santa Monica (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner