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In the year 2006
747 Notable deaths
Gérard Brach
French screenwriter and film director.
Born July 23rd, 1927 in Montrouge. [ref]
Died September 9th, 2006 at 79 years old in Paris (lung cancer). [ref]
Rosemarie Said Zahlan
Historian.
Born August 20th, 1937 in Cairo.
Died May 10th, 2006 at 68 years old
Alan Kotok
American computer scientist.
Born November 9th, 1941 in Philadelphia.
Died May 26th, 2006 at 64 years old in Cambridge (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ibrahim Kodra
Father of albanian contemporary art (1918-2006).
Born April 22nd, 1918 in Ishëm. [ref]
Died February 7th, 2006 at 87 years old in Milan. [ref]
Raul Cortez
Brazilian actor (1932-2006).
Born August 28th, 1932 in São Paulo.
Died July 18th, 2006 at 73 years old in São Paulo (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Bill Skate
Prime minister of papua new guinea (1953-2006).
Born September 26th, 1953 in Port Moresby.
Died January 3rd, 2006 at 52 years old in Brisbane (stroke). [ref]
Frank Beyer
German film director (1932-2006).
Born May 26th, 1932 in Nobitz. [ref]
Died October 1st, 2006 at 74 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Stanford J. Shaw
American historian.
Born May 5th, 1930 in Saint Paul.
Died December 16th, 2006 at 76 years old in Ankara.
Bruno Lauzi
Italian recording artist, singer and songwriter.
Born August 8th, 1937 in Asmara. [ref]
Died October 24th, 2006 at 69 years old in Peschiera Borromeo (liver cancer). [ref]
Joseph Hill
Singer and songwriter for the reggae group culture (1949-2006).
Born January 22nd, 1949 in Linstead. [ref]
Died August 19th, 2006 at 57 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Deaths 411 to 420 of 747
You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman