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In the year 2006
787 Notable deaths
Jean-François Revel
French writer and philosopher.
Born January 19th, 1924 in Marseille. [ref]
Died April 30th, 2006 at 82 years old in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre. [ref]
Jean-Christophe Lafaille
French mountaineer.
Born March 31st, 1965 in Gap. [ref]
Died January 27th, 2006 at 40 years old in Makalu.
Hamza El Din
Egyptian musician.
Born July 10th, 1929 in Toshka.
Died May 22nd, 2006 at 76 years old in Berkeley (surgical complications). [ref]
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]
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Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman