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In the year 2006
747 Notable deaths
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz
Polish chess player.
Born January 15th, 1963 in Riga.
Died July 14th, 2006 at 43 years old in Baltimore. [ref]
Kōmei Abe
Japanese composer.
Born September 1st, 1911 in Hiroshima.
Died December 25th, 2006 at 95 years old in Tokyo.
Ya'akov Hodorov
Israeli footballer (1927-2006).
Born June 16th, 1927 in Rishon LeZion.
Died December 31st, 2006 at 79 years old in Jerusalem (stroke). [ref]
Liese Prokop
Austrian pentathlete (1941-2006).
Born March 27th, 1941 in Vienna.
Died December 31st, 2006 at 65 years old in St. Pölten (cardiovascular disease, aortic dissection).
Lars Gyllensten
Swedish physician and writer.
Born November 12th, 1921 in Oscar Parish. [ref]
Died May 25th, 2006 at 84 years old in Oscar Parish. [ref]
Eugène Martin
French racing driver (1915-2006).
Born March 24th, 1915 in Suresnes. [ref]
Died October 12th, 2006 at 91 years old in Aytré. [ref]
Ervin Lázár
Hungarian writer.
Born May 5th, 1936 in Budapest. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 2006 at 70 years old in Budapest (respiratory failure). [ref]
Ken Jones
Welsh sprinter and rugby union footballer (1921-2006).
Born December 30th, 1921 in Blaenavon.
Died April 18th, 2006 at 84 years old in Newport. [ref]
Teresa Ciepły
Polish sprinter and hurdler.
Born October 19th, 1937 in Brodnia Górna.
Died March 8th, 2006 at 68 years old in Bydgoszcz. [ref]
Anatoliy Puzach
Ukrainian footballer (1941-2006).
Born June 3rd, 1941 in Krasny Kut.
Died March 19th, 2006 at 64 years old in Kyiv.
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan