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In the year 2006
747 Notable deaths
Johannes Willebrands
Cardinal priest.
Born September 4th, 1909 in Bovenkarspel. [ref]
Died August 2nd, 2006 at 96 years old in Denekamp. [ref]
Gennadiy Aygi
Chuvash poet, writer, and translator (1934-2006).
Born August 21st, 1934. [ref]
Died February 21st, 2006 at 71 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Ratmir Kholmov
Russian chess player.
Born May 13th, 1925 in Shenkursk.
Died February 18th, 2006 at 80 years old in Moscow.
Hubert Lampo
Flemish writer and journalist.
Born September 1st, 1920 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died July 12th, 2006 at 85 years old in Essen. [ref]
Hussein Maziq
Former prime minister of libya (1918-2006).
Born June 26th, 1918 in Jebel Akhdar.
Died May 12th, 2006 at 87 years old in Benghazi. [ref]
Ondina Valla
Italian female athlete (1916-2006).
Born May 20th, 1916 in Bologna.
Died October 16th, 2006 at 90 years old in L’Aquila.
Lou Jones
Athletics competitor.
Born January 15th, 1932 in New Rochelle.
Died February 3rd, 2006 at 74 years old in New York City. [ref]
Lyuben Berov
Bulgarian politician and economist (1925-2006).
Born October 6th, 1925 in Sofia.
Died December 7th, 2006 at 81 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Juan Pablo Rebella
Uruguayan film director (1974-2006).
Born December 3rd, 1974 in Montevideo.
Died July 6th, 2006 at 31 years old in Montevideo (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Arthur Wahl
American chemist.
Born September 8th, 1917 in Des Moines.
Died March 6th, 2006 at 88 years old in Santa Fe (pneumonia).
Deaths 521 to 530 of 747
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot