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In the year 2006
747 Notable deaths
Zsuzsa Körmöczy
Hungarian female tennis player.
Born August 25th, 1924 in Budapest, Pély. [ref]
Died September 16th, 2006 at 82 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Sofia Muratova
Gymnast (1929-2006).
Born July 13th, 1929 in Saint Petersburg.
Died September 25th, 2006 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Angelo d'Arrigo
Italian aviator.
Born April 3rd, 1961 in Catania.
Died March 26th, 2006 at 44 years old in Comiso. [ref]
Benno Besson
Swiss theatre director and actor (1922-2006).
Born November 4th, 1922 in Yverdon-les-Bains. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 2006 at 83 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Radomir Kovačević
Judoka.
Born March 20th, 1954 in Drvar.
Died June 14th, 2006 at 52 years old in Belgrade (cancer).
Robert Gernhardt
German artist (1937-2006).
Born December 13th, 1937 in Tallinn. [ref]
Died June 30th, 2006 at 68 years old in Frankfurt am Main (cancer). [ref]
Gianfrancesco Guarnieri
Brazilian actor (1934-2006).
Born August 6th, 1934 in Milan. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 2006 at 71 years old in São Paulo (kidney failure). [ref]
Lars Korvald
27th prime minister of norway.
Born April 29th, 1916 in Mjøndalen.
Died July 4th, 2006 at 90 years old in Mjøndalen.
Adam Schaff
Polish philosopher.
Born March 10th, 1913 in Lviv. [ref]
Died November 12th, 2006 at 93 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Kevin Berry
Australian swimmer, olympic gold medallist, former world record holder (1945-2006).
Born April 10th, 1945 in Sydney.
Died December 7th, 2006 at 61 years old in Sydney (brain cancer). [ref]
Deaths 511 to 520 of 747
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