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In the year 2006
746 Notable deaths
Lilia Prado
Mexican actress (1928-2006).
Born March 30th, 1928 in Sahuayo Municipality. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 2006 at 78 years old in Mexico City (kidney failure). [ref]
Michael Gilbert
Author.
Born July 17th, 1912 in Lincolnshire. [ref]
Died February 8th, 2006 at 93 years old in Kent. [ref]
Irving Kaplansky
Canadian mathematician.
Born March 22nd, 1917 in Toronto.
Died June 25th, 2006 at 89 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Shohei Imamura
Japanese film director (1926-2006).
Born September 15th, 1926 in Tokyo.
Died May 30th, 2006 at 79 years old in Tokyo (liver cancer). [ref]
W. Montgomery Watt
Scottish historian and orientalist (1909–2006).
Born March 14th, 1909 in Ceres.
Died October 24th, 2006 at 97 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Arthur Hill
Canadian actor (1922-2006).
Born August 1st, 1922 in Melfort. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 2006 at 84 years old in Los Angeles (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Philippa Pearce
English children's writer.
Born January 22nd, 1920 in Cambridgeshire, Great Shelford.
Died December 21st, 2006 at 86 years old in Durham (stroke). [ref]
Robert Bruce Merrifield
American biochemist.
Born July 15th, 1921 in Fort Worth.
Died May 14th, 2006 at 84 years old in Cresskill.
Sarah Caldwell
American opera conductor, impresario, and stage director (1924-2006).
Born March 6th, 1924 in Maryville. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 2006 at 82 years old in Portland. [ref]
Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
Ethiopian writer (1936-2006).
Born August 17th, 1936 in Ethiopia.
Died February 25th, 2006 at 69 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Deaths 351 to 360 of 746
Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan