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In the year 2006
747 Notable deaths
Blagoje Vidinić
Macedonian footballer.
Born November 11th, 1934 in Skopje. [ref]
Died December 29th, 2006 at 72 years old in Strasbourg.
Erik Bergman
Finnish composer (1911-2006).
Born November 24th, 1911 in Nykarleby. [ref]
Died April 24th, 2006 at 94 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
In Tam
Prime minister of cambodia (1922-2006).
Born September 22nd, 1922 in Stueng Trang District.
Died April 1st, 2006 at 83 years old in Chandler. [ref]
Arthur Hertzberg
American rabbi and historian.
Born June 9th, 1921 in Lubaczów. [ref]
Died April 17th, 2006 at 84 years old in Westwood (heart failure). [ref]
Nicholas Shackleton
British geologist (1937-2006).
Born June 23rd, 1937 in Chelsea. [ref]
Died January 24th, 2006 at 68 years old in Cambridge (leukemia). [ref]
Konstantin Beskov
Russian footballer (1920-2006).
Born November 18th, 1920 in Moscow.
Died May 6th, 2006 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Eloy de la Iglesia
Spanish film director.
Born January 1st, 1944 in Zarautz. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 2006 at 62 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Jenny Gröllmann
German actress.
Born February 5th, 1947 in Hamburg.
Died August 9th, 2006 at 59 years old in Berlin (breast cancer).
Gerhard Thyben
German world war ii fighter pilot.
Born February 24th, 1922 in Kiel.
Died September 4th, 2006 at 84 years old in Cali.
Jan Christiaan Heunis
South african politician (1927-2006).
Born April 20th, 1927 in Uniondale.
Died January 27th, 2006 at 78 years old in Somerset West.
Deaths 461 to 470 of 747
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci