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In the year 2006
746 Notable deaths
Heinz Sielmann
German zoologist.
Born June 2nd, 1917 in Rheydt. [ref]
Died October 6th, 2006 at 89 years old in Munich. [ref]
Loredana Nusciak
Italian actress (1942-2006).
Died July 12th, 2006 at 64 years old in Trieste (cancer).
Duke Jordan
American musician.
Born April 1st, 1922 in New York City. [ref]
Died August 8th, 2006 at 84 years old in Copenhagen. [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]
Galina Ustvolskaya
Russian composer (1919-2006).
Born June 17th, 1919 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 2006 at 87 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Martha Tilton
American singer.
Born November 14th, 1915 in Corpus Christi. [ref]
Died December 8th, 2006 at 91 years old in Brentwood (disease). [ref]
William Diehl
American writer (1924-2006).
Born December 4th, 1924 in Jamaica. [ref]
Died November 24th, 2006 at 81 years old in Atlanta. [ref]
Alexander Zinoviev
Russian writer.
Born October 29th, 1922 in Chukhlomskoy Uyezd.
Died May 10th, 2006 at 83 years old in Moscow (brain cancer).
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer.
Born January 12th, 1916 in Muskogee. [ref]
Died December 7th, 2006 at 90 years old in Kansas City. [ref]
Edward J. King
Governor of massachusetts (1925-2006).
Born May 11th, 1925 in Chelsea.
Died September 18th, 2006 at 81 years old in Burlington (surgical complications). [ref]
Deaths 311 to 320 of 746
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