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The following is a list of notable deaths in 2006. Links to other years follow.
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- Frank Johnson, 63, British journalist, editor of The Spectator (1995-1999), cancer. [1]
- Clay Regazzoni, 67, Swiss Formula One racing driver (1970-1980), car accident [2]
- Anton Balasingham, 69, senior negotiator for Sri Lankan LTTE, cancer. [3][4]
- Ahmet Ertegun, 83, co-founder of Atlantic Records, head injury at a Rolling Stones concert. [5] [6]
- John Hamilton, 84, British politician and Leader of Liverpool City Council (1983-86), lung disease. [7]
- Robert Long, 63, Dutch singer, cancer. [8] (Dutch)
- Richard Carlson, 45, author (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff), heart attack. [9]
- Loyola de Palacio, 56, Spanish Vice-President of the European Commission, cancer. [10]
- Lamar Hunt, 74, American owner of Kansas City Chiefs who coined the term Super Bowl, complications from prostate cancer. [11] [12]
- Jan L. Shephard, bankruptcy lawyer from Corpus Christi, TX, suicide (self-inflicted gun shot wound).
- Paul Arizin, 78, American Basketball Hall of Famer (Philadelphia Warriors), died in his sleep. [13]
- Peter Boyle, 71, American actor (Young Frankenstein, Everybody Loves Raymond), multiple myeloma. [14]
- Kenny Davern, 71, American jazz clarinetist, heart attack. [15] [16]
- Cor van der Hart, 78, Dutch footballer, natural causes. [17]
- Oscar Klein, 76, Austrian-born jazz trumpeter, heart attack. [18]
- Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy, 68, Tamil militant leader in Sri Lankan civil war, illness. [19]
- Ellis Rubin, 81, Miami attorney and author, cancer. [20] [21]
- Raymond P. Shafer, 89, former Governor of Pennsylvania, complications from congestive heart failure. [22] [23]
- Alan Shugart, 76, pioneer of the disk drive and co-founder of Seagate Technology, complications from heart surgery. [24]
- Elizabeth Bolden, 116, oldest verified person in the world at the time of her death. [25] [26]
- Bob Bronzan, 87, American football coach (San Jose State University, Philadelphia Eagles), congestive heart failure and kidney failure. [27]
- Kenneth Cummins, 106, British veteran of the First World War, old age. [28]
- Homer Ledford, 79, bluegrass music legend, guitar and dulcimer luthier, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [29]
- Lo Tak Shing, 71, Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, stroke. [30] [31]
- Dr. Mario Llerena, 93, Cuban intellectual and author, former Castro supporter turned critic, natural causes. [32]
- Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo, 88, Archbishop of Palermo (1970–1996), natural causes. [33]
- Augusto Pinochet, 91, ex-president of Chile, complications from heart attack. [34]
- Alberto D'Aguanno, 42, Italian Mediaset TV sport journalist, complications from a illness. [35] [36] (Italian)
- Georgia Gibbs, 87, American singer ("Kiss of Fire") known for her work on Your Hit Parade, leukemia. [37] [38]
- Ralph Gomberg, 85, former principal oboist at the Boston Symphony, primary lateral sclerosis. [39]
- Fred Marsden, 66, British drummer for Gerry & the Pacemakers, cancer. [40][41]
- Martin Nodell, 91, American comic book and advertising artist, creator of the Golden Age Green Lantern, natural causes. [42]
- Francesco Rosetta, 84, Italian football player, cancer. [43] (Italian)
- Ernie Fladell, 81, founder of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, complications following a heart attack. [44]
- Raúl Marciel Pérez, activist for indigenous peoples of Mexico, shot. [45]
- Martha Tilton, 91, American jazz and swing singer with Benny Goodman, natural causes. [46] [47]
- José Uribe, 47, Dominican baseball shortstop, mostly with the San Francisco Giants (1984–93), car accident. [48]
- Lyuben Berov, 81, Bulgarian prime minister (1992–94), cancer. [49]
- Kevin Berry, 61, Australian gold medal winner in the 200m butterfly at the 1964 Summer Olympics, brain tumour. [50]
- Moses Hardy, 113, oldest known man in the United States and last African-American veteran of World War I, natural causes. [51] [52]
- J. B. Hunt, Sr., 79, American trucking executive and founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., head injuries from a fall. [53] [54]
- Kim Hyung-chil, 47, South Korean equestrian at the 2006 Asian Games, crushed by falling horse. [55] [56].
- Jeane Kirkpatrick, 80, former American U.N. ambassador, congestive heart failure. [57] [58]
- Jay McShann, 90, African-American blues/swing pianist, bandleader and singer. natural causes. [59] [60]
- Ben Ruffin, 64, Chair of the UNC Board of Governors, political advisor; heart attack. [61]
- Khan Akhmedov, 70, former Prime Minister of Turkmenistan (1989-92), heart attack. [62]
- Darren "Wiz" Brown, 44, British musician and lead singer of Mega City Four, stroke. [63]
- Russell Buchanan, 106, United States World War I veteran, stroke. [64]
- Andy Dill, 39, gay porn actor and movie producer, meningitis. [65]
- Andra Franklin, 47, American former NFL player with the Miami Dolphins, congestive heart failure. [66]
- Leon Mandelbaum, 86, American founder of Mandee and Annie Sez clothing chains, natural causes. [67]
- Mavis Pugh, 92, British Actress in You Rang M'Lord?, natural causes. [68]
- Robert Rosenblum, 79, American art historian, curator, and author, colon cancer. [69]
- Peter Blake, 86, German-born American architect, author, editor, and curator, complications from a respiratory infection. [70]
- David Bronstein, 82, Ukrainian-born chess grandmaster and writer, champion of USSR, natural causes. [71] [72]
- Eric Cox, 83, Australian rugby league player, referee and administrator, pneumonia and stroke. [73]
- Michael Gilden, 42, actor (NCIS, Return of the Jedi), apparent suicide. [74] [75]
- Michael A. Guido, 52, six-term mayor of Dearborn, Michigan and president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, cancer. [76]
- Gernot Jurtin, 51, Austrian football player, cancer. [77]
- Yvonne Scarlett-Golden, 80, first black female mayor of Daytona Beach, Florida, cancer. [78]
- Van Smith, 61, American costume and makeup designer, heart attack. [79]
- Shahdan Zahari, 33, Malaysian striker for Pahang FA (1993–1996), complications from paralysis. [80]
- Sir Peter Gadsden, 77, Lord Mayor of London 1979-80, sudden death. [81]
- Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 84, Burkinabé politician, natural causes. [82]
- James Kim, 35, American CNET editor, exposure and hypothermia. [83] [84] [85]
- Wolfram Kistner, 83, South African theologian and anti-apartheid activist, natural causes. [86]
- Ronnie Lippin, 59, American publicist and manager, worked with Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson and Prince, breast cancer. [87]
- Arthur Shimkin, 84, American Grammy Award-winning producer of children's records, bladder cancer. [88]
- Len Sutton, 81, American former Indianapolis 500 racing driver, cancer. [89]
- Eleanor Thomas Elliott, 80, American advocate for women's rights and chair of the board of Barnard College, car accident. [90]
- Craig Hinton, 42, British science fiction author, heart attack.
- Dave Mount, 59, Drummer for 70s Glam Rock band Mud.
- Logan Whitehurst, 29, American singer/songwriter (The Velvet Teen), brain cancer. [92][93]
- Bob Berry, 80, English test cricket player, natural causes. [94]
- Kari Edwards, 52, American poet, artist and gender activist, heart failure. [95]
- Kurt Lipstein, 97, German-born British academic, Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Cambridge, natural causes. [96]
- Herbie Nayokpuk, 77, Iditarod dog-sled racer, complications from stroke. [97]
- George Tindall, 85, American historian and author, complications of diabetes. [98]
- Mariska Veres, 59, Dutch singer of Shocking Blue, hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970 with "Venus", cancer. [99] [100] (Dutch)
- Kurt Wasserfallen, 59, Swiss politician, member of the Swiss National Council, cancer. [101], [102] (German)
- Dwayne Wilcox, 66, American drag racer during the 1950s and 1960s, renal failure brought on by diabetes. [103]
- Claude Jade, 58, French actress (Baisers Volés, L'Amour en Fuite, Topaz), metastatic eye cancer. [104] [105]
- Sid Raymond, 97, American character actor and voice of Baby Huey, complications of a stroke. [106]
- Ali Khan Samsudin, 48, "Snake King" of Malaysia, venomous snakebite. [107]
- Edi Sudrajat, 68, former Indonesian defense minister, respiratory failure. [108]
- Rosie Lee Tompkins, 70, African-American quiltmaker, cancer. [109]
See Deaths in July 2006.
See Deaths in June 2006.
See Deaths in May 2006.
See Deaths in April 2006.
See Deaths in March 2006.
External links
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For earlier deaths, see Deaths in 2005, Deaths in 2004, Deaths in 2003, Deaths in 2002, Deaths in 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, ...