Famous People Who Died in 2006

Deaths 1 - 200 of 723

Shelley Winters

Jan 14 Shelley Winters [Schrift], American actress (Lolita, A Place in the Sun, A Patch of Blue & Poseidon Adventure), dies of heart failure at 85

Jan 14 Henri Colpi, French film editor and director (b. 1921)
Jan 14 Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939)
Jan 14 Mark Philo, English footballer (b. 1984)
Jan 15 Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, dies at 79
Jan 16 Stanley Biber, American physician, pioneer of transgender surgery, (b. 1923)
Jan 17 Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (b. 1930)
Jan 17 Pierre Grondin, French Canadian cardiac surgeon (b. 1925)
Jan 18 Jan Twardowski, Polish poet (b. 1915)
Jan 19 Anthony "Tony" Franciosa [Papaleo], American actor (Career, Ben-Hur, Jeff-Name of the Game), dies at 77
Jan 19 Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1933)
Jan 19 Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricket all-rounder, captain (NZ 12 Tests @ 31.22, 16 wickets), dies at 84

Wilson Pickett

Jan 19 Wilson Pickett, American R&B singer (Funky Broadway), dies of a heart attack at 64

Jan 21 Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovar nationalist writer and President of Kosovo (1992-2006), dies at 61
Jan 21 Bedanand Jha, Nepalese politician
Jan 23 Chris McKinstry, Canadian scientist (b. 1967)
Jan 23 Virginia D. Smith, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska), dies at 94
Jan 24 Fayard Nicholas, American tap dancer, one-half of The Nicholas Brothers and actor (The Five Heartbeats), dies of pneumonia and complications from a stroke at 91
Jan 24 Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician
Jan 24 Chris Penn, American actor (The Wild Life), dies at 40
Jan 26 Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani opposition leader and Pashtun nationalist (b. 1917)
Jan 26 Len Carlson, Canadian actor (b. 1937)
Jan 26 Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (b. 1920)
Jan 27 Johannes Rau, 8th President of Germany (b. 1931)
Jan 27 Gene McFadden, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer (McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now), dies of cancer at 57
Jan 27 Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer best known for his solo self-rescue on Annapurna with a broken arm, presumed dead at 40
Jan 28 Yitzchak Kaduri, rabbi (b. around 1900)
Jan 28 Henry McGee, British actor and comedian (No, That's Me Over Here!, The Benny Hill Show), dies at 77
Jan 30 Coretta Scott King, American activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr., dies of ovarian cancer at 78
Jan 30 Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright (The Heidi Chronicles), dies of cancer at 55
Jan 31 Moira Shearer, Scottish actress (The Red Shoes) and ballerina, dies at 80
Feb 1 Dick Bass, American NFL running back (Pro Bowl 1962, 63, 66; LA Rams), dies at 68
Feb 1 Bryce Harland, New Zealand diplomat, dies at 74
Feb 3 Al Lewis [Alexander Meister], American actor (The Munsters, Used Cars), dies at 82
Feb 3 Lou Jones, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x400m relay 1956), dies at 74

Betty Friedan

Feb 4 Betty Friedan, American writer and feminist (The Feminine Mystique), dies of congestive heart failure at 85

Feb 4 Myron Waldman, American animator (Fleischer Studio), dies at 97
Feb 5 Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress and comedian (La criada malcriada), dies at 78

Feb 5 Franklin Cover, American actor (Tom-The Jeffersons), dies at 77
Feb 6 Pedro Gonzales-Gonzalez, American actor (Rio Bravo), dies at 80
Feb 7 Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (b. 1914)
Feb 7 Shujauddin Butt, Pakistani cricketer (batted in 19 Tests for Pakistan 1954-62), dies at 75
Feb 8 Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (b. 1945)
Feb 8 Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer, best known for his film scores in the Godzilla films, dies at 91
Feb 9 Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (b. 1922)
Feb 9 Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
Feb 9 Ron Greenwood CBE, English soccer defender (Brentford) and manager (West Ham Utd 1961-74; FA Cup 1964, European Cup Winners' Cup 1965; England 1977-82), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 84
Feb 10 J Dilla, American rapper/producer (b. 1974)
Feb 10 Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (Fred Couples, Jay Haas, Craig Stadler, Lanny Wadkins, Steve Elkington), dies from pneumonia at 58
Feb 11 Jockey Shabalala, South African singer (b. 1943)

Peter Benchley

Feb 11 Peter Benchley, American author, dies at 65

Feb 11 Jackie Pallo, English professional wrestler, dies at 79
Feb 13 Andreas Katsulas, Greek-American actor (b. 1946)
Feb 13 Peter Frederick Strawson, British philosopher (b. 1919)
Feb 14 Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1923)
Feb 14 Lynden David Hall, British singer (b. 1974)
Feb 14 Darry Cowl, French musician and actor, dies at 80
Feb 16 Johnny Grunge, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
Feb 16 Ernie Stautner, German-American football player, dies at 80
Feb 17 Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican American congo drummer (El Watusi), dies at 76
Feb 17 Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills), dies at 58
Feb 18 Richard Bright, American actor (Al Neri-Godfather), dies at 68
Feb 20 Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (ABC), dies at 86
Feb 20 Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (b. 1920)
Feb 20 Curt Gowdry, American sportscaster, author (Ford C. Frick Award, Pete Rozelle Award, lifetime achievement Emmy 1992), dies from leukemia at 86
Feb 21 Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World Champ 1950-55), dies at 84
Feb 22 Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (b. 1961)
Feb 22 Hilde Domin [Hilde Palm], German writer and poet, dies at 96

Feb 23 Benno Besson, Swiss actor and director (Der Arzt wider Willen), dies at 83
Feb 23 Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
Feb 24 Octavia Butler, American author and MacArthur Foundation Fellow (b. 1947)
Feb 24 Don Knotts, American actor (Andy Griffth Show, 3's Company), died of lung cancer at 81
Feb 24 John Martin, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1947)
Feb 24 Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (b. 1925)
Feb 24 Dennis Weaver, American actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered), dies at 81
Feb 25 Darren McGavin [Richardson], American actor (Murphy Brown, The Night Stalker, A Christmas Story), dies of cardiovascular disease at 83
Feb 25 Charlie Wayman, English footballer (b. 1922)
Feb 27 Otis Chandler, American newspaper publisher (b. 1927)
Feb 27 Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American General and Air Force pilot, dies at 97
Feb 27 Linda Smith, British comedian (b. 1958)
Feb 28 Owen Chamberlain, American physicist (antiproton, Nobel-1959), dies at 85
Mar 1 Harry Browne, American politician and author, dies at 72
Mar 1 Johnny Jackson, American drummer (The Jackson 5), dies at 54
Mar 1 Peter Osgood, English soccer striker (4 caps; Chelsea, Southampton), dies from a heart attack at 59
Mar 1 Jack Wild, British actor (Oliver!, H.R. Pufnstuf), dies of tongue and throat cancer at 53
Mar 2 Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (b. 1909)
Mar 3 Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (b. 1923)
Mar 3 William Herskovic, Holocaust hero and philanthropist (b. 1914)
Mar 4 John Reynolds Gardiner, American engineer (b. 1944)
Mar 4 Dave Rose, American artist (b. 1910)
Mar 4 Edgar Valter, Estonian illustrator/cartoonist (b. 1929)
Mar 4 Roman Ogaza, Polish footballer (b. 1952)
Mar 4 Jan Felderhof, Dutch violinist and composer, dies at 98

Richard Kuklinski

Mar 5 Richard Kuklinski, American Mafia hit man, dies at 70

Mar 6 Anne Braden, American civil rights activist, journalist, and educator, dies at 81

Kirby Puckett

Mar 6 Kirby Puckett, American MLB player (Minnesota Twins), dies of a stroke at 45

Mar 6 Dana Reeve, American actress, wife of Christopher Reeve and activist (Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation), dies of lung cancer at 44
Mar 6 King Floyd, American soul singer-songwriter (Groove Me), dies of complications of a stroke and diabetes at 61

Mar 7 Ali Farka Touré, Malian musician, dies at 66
Mar 7 Gordon Parks, photographer (b. 1912)
Mar 7 John Junkin, British actor and scriptwriter (A Hard Day's Night), dies at 76
Mar 7 Ansen [Nancy Ann] Dibble, Dutch sci-fi author (Summerfair), dies at 63
Mar 8 Brian Barratt-Boyes, New Zealand heart surgeon (b. 1924)
Mar 9 John Profumo, British cabinet minister (Profumo scandal), dies at 91
Mar 9 Geir Ivarsøy, Norwegian programmer, co-founder of Opera Software ASA (b. 1957)
Mar 9 Dennis Brookes, English cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 & 7), dies at 90
Mar 10 Anna Moffo, American soprano (Adventurers), dies at 73
Mar 11 Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931)

Slobodan Milošević

Mar 11 Slobodan Milošević, President of Serbia (1991-97) and Yugoslavia (1997-2000), dies at 64

Mar 12 Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (b. 1947)
Mar 13 Maureen Stapleton, American actress (Lonelyhearts, Airport, Coccoon, Plaza Suite), dies at 80
Mar 13 Robert C. Baker, Inventor of the chicken nugget (b. 1921)
Mar 13 Peter Tomarken, American game show host (Press Your Luck) (b. 1942)
Mar 13 Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish soccer forward (23 caps; Celtic FC), dies from motor neuron disease at 61
Mar 13 Arne Dørumsgaard, Norwegian composer, dies at 84
Mar 14 Ann Calvello, American roller derby queen, dies at 76
Mar 14 Lennart Meri, former president of Estonia (b. 1929)
Mar 15 George Rallis, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918)
Mar 15 Red Storey, Canadian football player and hockey referee (b. 1918)
Mar 16 David Feintuch, American sci-fi author (b. 1944)
Mar 17 Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)
Mar 17 Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (for Jackie Kennedy), dies at 92
Mar 17 Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (b. 1913)
Mar 17 Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor, dies at 50
Mar 18 Bill Beutel, American journalist (b. 1930)
Mar 18 Michael Attwell, British actor (b. 1943)
Mar 18 Dan Gibson, musician (b. 1922)
Mar 22 Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)

Mar 22 Kurt von Trojan, Australian sci-fi author (b. 1937)
Mar 23 David B. Bleak, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932)
Mar 23 Desmond Doss, American soldier and first conscientious objector Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
Mar 23 Cindy Walker, American songwriter ("Dream Baby"; "You Don't Know Me") and country singer, dies at 87
Mar 23 Sarah Caldwell, American conductor/opera director (Flagstaff), dies at 82
Mar 24 Lynne Perrie, English actress (b. 1931)
Mar 25 Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
Mar 25 Richard Fleischer, American film director (Doctor Dolittle), dies at 89
Mar 25 Buck Owens, American singer and television personality (b. 1929)
Mar 26 Anil Biswas, Indian politician (b. 1944)
Mar 26 Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975)
Mar 26 Nikki Sudden, British singer/songwriter (b. 1956)
Mar 27 Dan Curtis, American television producer and director (b. 1928)
Mar 27 Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener, dies at 80
Mar 27 Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (b. 1921)
Mar 27 Ruari McLean, British typographer (b. 1917)
Mar 27 Lyn Nofziger, American journalist and political advisor to Ronald Reagan, dies of cancer at 81
Mar 28 Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
Mar 28 Charles Schepens, American ophthalmologist (b. 1912)
Mar 28 Kevin Pro Hart, Australian artist (b. 1928)
Mar 28 Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Irish musician (b. 1922)
Mar 29 Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer (b. 1932)
Mar 29 Werner Wolf Glaser, German-Swedish composer, dies at 95
Mar 30 Red Hickey, American football coach (b. 1917)
Mar 31 Jackie McLean, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1931 or 1932)
Apr 1 In Tam, Cambodian politician (b. 1916)
Apr 2 Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, German wife of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
Apr 5 Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941)
Apr 6 Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (b. 1977)
Apr 6 Francis L. Kellogg, U.S. diplomat and prominent socialite (b. 1917)

Apr 6 Augustyn Bloch, Polish composer, dies at 76
Apr 8 Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings, Dear Guys), dies at 82
Apr 9 Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and official (b. 1916)
Apr 9 Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish writer and film director (b. 1924)
Apr 9 Robin Orr, Scottish composer, dies at 96
Apr 11 June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) (b. 1953)
Apr 11 Proof, American rapper (D12) (b. 1973)
Apr 12 Rajkumar [Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju], Indian actor and singer in Kannada cinema and cultural icon, dies at 76
Apr 12 Puggy Pearson, American poker player (b. 1929)
Apr 13 Bill Baker, American baseball player, dies at 95

Muriel Spark

Apr 13 Muriel Spark, Scottish author (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie), dies at 88

Apr 14 Mahmut Bakalli, Kosovo politician (b. 1936)
Apr 15 Louise Smith, American auto racer (tied for 2nd woman to race in top level NASCAR), dies of cancer at 89
Apr 16 Francisco Adam, Portuguese actor and model (b. 1983)
Apr 17 Henderson Forsythe, American actor (As the World Turns, Crisis at Central High), dies at 88
Apr 17 Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist, dies at 98
Apr 18 John Lyall, English soccer manager (West Ham United 1974-89; FA Cup 1980), dies from a heart attack at 66
Apr 19 Scott Crossfield, American pilot, first man to fly at Mach 2 (b. 1921)
Apr 19 Zola Levitt, Messianic Jewish preacher (b. 1938)

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