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In the year 2006
747 Notable deaths
Marc Hodler
Swiss ioc member.
Born October 26th, 1918 in Bern. [ref]
Died October 18th, 2006 at 87 years old in Bern (stroke).
Angelica Rozeanu
Romanian table tennis player.
Born October 15th, 1921 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died February 21st, 2006 at 84 years old in Haifa (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Charles E. Brady Jr.
American astronaut.
Born August 12th, 1951 in Pinehurst.
Died July 23rd, 2006 at 54 years old in Orcas (exsanguination). [ref]
Eric Namesnik
American swimmer.
Born August 7th, 1970 in Pittsburgh.
Died January 11th, 2006 at 35 years old in Ypsilanti (traffic collision).
Sydney Wooderson
British middle distance runner (1914-2006).
Born August 30th, 1914 in Camberwell.
Died December 21st, 2006 at 92 years old in Dorset (kidney failure). [ref]
Markus Fierz
Swiss physicist (1912-2006).
Born June 20th, 1912 in Basel.
Died June 20th, 2006 at 94 years old in Küsnacht.
Aron Gurevich
Russian historian (1924-2006).
Born June 12th, 1924 in Moscow.
Died August 5th, 2006 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Valentine Telegdi
American physicist.
Born January 11th, 1922 in Budapest.
Died April 8th, 2006 at 84 years old in Pasadena.
Petre M. Andreevski
Macedonian writer.
Born June 25th, 1934 in Demir Hisar.
Died September 25th, 2006 at 72 years old in Skopje.
Deaths 491 to 500 of 747
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