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In the year 2006
787 Notable deaths
Richard Dalitz
Australian physicist.
Born February 28th, 1925 in Dimboola.
Died January 13th, 2006 at 80 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Jesús Rollán
Spanish water polo player.
Born April 4th, 1968 in Madrid.
Died March 11th, 2006 at 37 years old in La Garriga (falling).
Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos
Portuguese writer (1923-2006).
Born August 9th, 1923 in Lisbon. [ref]
Died November 26th, 2006 at 83 years old in Lisbon (cancer). [ref]
Mirko Sandić
Serbian water polo player.
Born May 9th, 1942 in Belgrade.
Died December 24th, 2006 at 64 years old in Belgrade.
Bob Mark
Australian tennis player.
Born November 28th, 1937 in Albury.
Died July 21st, 2006 at 68 years old in South Africa.
Francis Girod
French film director, actor, screenwriter (1944–2006).
Born October 9th, 1944 in Semblançay.
Died November 19th, 2006 at 62 years old in Bordeaux (myocardial infarction).
John Weinzweig
Canadian composer.
Born March 11th, 1913 in Toronto. [ref]
Died August 24th, 2006 at 93 years old in Toronto. [ref]
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]
Deaths 571 to 580 of 787
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