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In the year 2006
747 Notable deaths
Duygu Asena
Turkish journalist, author, women's rights activist (1946-2006).
Born April 19th, 1946 in Istanbul.
Died July 30th, 2006 at 60 years old in Istanbul (brain cancer). [ref]
Jürgen Thorwald
German writer (1915-2006).
Born October 26th, 1915 in Solingen.
Died April 4th, 2006 at 90 years old in Lugano. [ref]
Gert Fredriksson
Swedish canoeist.
Born November 21st, 1919 in Nyköping.
Died July 5th, 2006 at 86 years old in Nyköping (cancer). [ref]
Maj-Britt Nilsson
Swedish actress, b. 1924.
Born December 11th, 1924 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died December 19th, 2006 at 82 years old in Grasse. [ref]
Daniel Schmid
Swiss film and theater director.
Born December 26th, 1941 in Flims. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2006 at 64 years old in Flims (cancer). [ref]
Östen Warnerbring
Swedish schlager singer.
Born November 22nd, 1934 in Malmö.
Died January 18th, 2006 at 71 years old in San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
Nelson S. Bond
American writer.
Born November 23rd, 1908 in Scranton.
Died November 6th, 2006 at 97 years old in Roanoke. [ref]
Yitzhak Ben-Aharon
Israeli politician.
Born July 17th, 1906 in Bosanci, Bukovina. [ref]
Died May 19th, 2006 at 99 years old in Israel. [ref]
John Crank
British mathematician (1916-2006).
Born February 6th, 1916 in Lancashire.
Died October 3rd, 2006 at 90 years old
Andrey Petrov
Soviet and russian composer (1930-2006).
Born September 2nd, 1930 in Leningrad. [ref]
Died February 15th, 2006 at 75 years old in Saint Petersburg (stroke). [ref]
Deaths 481 to 490 of 747
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