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In the year 2006
812 Notable deaths
Peter Ladefoged
British phonetician (1925–2006).
Born September 17th, 1925 in London Borough of Sutton.
Died January 24th, 2006 at 80 years old in London (stroke).
Paul Avrich
American historian (1931-2006).
Born August 4th, 1931 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died February 16th, 2006 at 74 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Melvin Schwartz
American experimental physicist (1932-2006).
Born November 2nd, 1932 in New York City.
Died August 28th, 2006 at 73 years old in Twin Falls (Parkinson's disease, hepatitis). [ref]
Martin David Kruskal
American mathematician (1925-2006).
Born September 28th, 1925 in New York City.
Died December 26th, 2006 at 81 years old in Princeton (stroke). [ref]
Arnold Newman
American photographer (1918–2006).
Born March 3rd, 1918 in New York City.
Died June 6th, 2006 at 88 years old in New York City (stroke). [ref]
Jean-François Revel
French writer and philosopher (1924–2006).
Born January 19th, 1924 in Marseille.
Died April 30th, 2006 at 82 years old in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre. [ref]
Irving Kaplansky
Canadian mathematician.
Born March 22nd, 1917 in Toronto.
Died June 25th, 2006 at 89 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Neroli Fairhall
New zealand paralympic archer.
Born August 26th, 1944 in Christchurch.
Died June 11th, 2006 at 61 years old in Wellington.
Sivuca
Brazilian musician.
Born May 26th, 1930 in Paraíba.
Died December 14th, 2006 at 76 years old in João Pessoa (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Jean-Christophe Lafaille
French mountaineer.
Born March 31st, 1965 in Gap. [ref]
Died January 27th, 2006 at 40 years old in Makalu.
Deaths 361 to 370 of 812
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