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In the year 2006
742 Notable deaths
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
American socialite (1924-2006); younger sister of john f. kennedy.
Born May 6th, 1924 in Brookline.
Died September 17th, 2006 at 82 years old in Manhattan (pneumonia). [ref]
Elena Mukhina
Russian artistic gymnast.
Born June 1st, 1960 in Moscow.
Died December 22nd, 2006 at 46 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Dr. Rajkumar
Indian kannada film actor, singer (1929–2006).
Born April 24th, 1929 in Kingdom of Mysore. [ref]
Died April 12th, 2006 at 76 years old in Bengaluru (myocardial infarction).
John Wojtowicz
American bank robber.
Born March 9th, 1945 in New York City.
Died January 2nd, 2006 at 60 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
Lou Rawls
American record producer (1933-2006).
Born December 1st, 1935 in Chicago. [ref]
Died January 6th, 2006 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer, brain cancer). [ref]
Gene Pitney
American recording artist; singer and songwriter.
Born February 17th, 1941 in Hartford. [ref]
Died April 5th, 2006 at 65 years old in Cardiff (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Gerald Levert
American r&b singer (1966-2006).
Born July 13th, 1966 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died November 10th, 2006 at 40 years old in Cleveland (myocardial infarction, poisoning). [ref]
Pramod Mahajan
Indian politician (1949-2006).
Born October 30th, 1949 in Mahbubnagar.
Died May 3rd, 2006 at 56 years old in Mumbai.
Kirby Puckett
American baseball player.
Born March 14th, 1960 in Chicago.
Died March 6th, 2006 at 45 years old in Phoenix (stroke). [ref]
Saparmurat Niyazov
Turkmen president (1991-2006).
Born February 19th, 1940 in Gypjak. [ref]
Died December 21st, 2006 at 66 years old in Ashgabat (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 742
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