Deaths in 2006

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The following is a list of notable deaths in 2006. Links to other years follow.

Please place names under the date the deceased died, not the date the death was announced. Please keep names under each date in alphabetical order by last name. Review Wikipedia notability guidelines before adding a listing. If the deceased does not have a Wikipedia article, consider adding a link to a source about the deceased which describes why he or she is notable.

[edit] December 2006

[edit] 12

Ellis Rubin, 81, unorthodox Miami attorney and author, cancer. [1]
Raymond P. Shafer, 89, former Governor of Pennsylvania, complications from congestive heart failure. [2]

[edit] 11

Elizabeth Bolden, 116, oldest verified person in the world at the time of her death. [3] [4]
Bob Bronzan, 87, American football coach (San Jose State University, Philadelphia Eagles), congestive heart failure and kidney failure. [5]
Kenneth Cummins, 106, British veteran of the First World War. [6]
Homer Ledford, 79, bluegrass music legend, guitar and dulcimer luthier, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [7]
Lo Tak Shing, 71, Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, stroke. [8] [9]

[edit] 10

Dr. Mario Llerena, 93, Cuban intellectual and author, former Castro supporter turned critic, natural causes. [10]
Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo, 88, Archbishop of Palermo (1970–1996), natural causes. [11]
Augusto Pinochet, 91, ex-president of Chile, complications from heart attack. [12]

[edit] 9

Alberto D'Aguanno, 42, Italian Mediaset TV sport journalist, complications from a illness. [13] [14] (Italian)
Georgia Gibbs, 87, American singer ("Kiss of Fire") known for her work on Your Hit Parade, leukemia. [15] [16]
Ralph Gomberg, 85, former principal oboist at the Boston Symphony, primary lateral sclerosis. [17]
Martin Nodell, 91, American comic book and advertising artist, creator of the Golden Age Green Lantern, natural causes. [18] [19]
Francesco Rosetta, 84, Italian football player. [20] (Italian)

[edit] 8

Ernie Fladell, 81, founder of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, complications following a heart attack. [21]
Raúl Marciel Pérez, activist for indigenous peoples of Mexico, shot. [22]
Martha Tilton, 91, American jazz and swing singer with Benny Goodman, natural causes. [23]
José Uribe, 47, Dominican baseball shortstop, mostly with the San Francisco Giants (1984–93), car accident. [24]

[edit] 7

Lyuben Berov, 81, Bulgarian prime minister (1992–94). [25]
Kevin Berry, 61, Australian gold medal winner in the 200m butterfly at the 1964 Summer Olympics, brain tumour. [26]
Moses Hardy, 113, oldest known man in the United States and last African-American veteran of World War I, natural causes. [27] [28]
J. B. Hunt, Sr., 79, American trucking executive and founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., head injuries from a fall. [29] [30]
Kim Hyung-chil, 47, South Korean equestrian at the 2006 Asian Games, crushed by falling horse. [31] [32].
Jeane Kirkpatrick, 80, former American U.N. ambassador, congestive heart failure. [33] [34]
Jay McShann, 90, African-American blues/swing pianist, bandleader and singer. [35] [36]
Ben Ruffin, 64, Chair of the UNC Board of Governors, political advisor; heart attack. [37]

[edit] 6

Khan Akhmedov, 70, former Prime Minister of Turkmenistan (1989-92), heart attack. [38]
Darren "Wiz" Brown, 44, British musician and lead singer of Mega City Four, stroke. [39]
Russell Buchanan, 106, United States World War I veteran, stroke. [40]
Andy Dill, 39, gay porn actor and movie producer, meningitis [41]
Andra Franklin, 47, American former NFL player with the Miami Dolphins, congestive heart failure. [42]
Leon Mandelbaum, 86, American founder of Mandee and Annie Sez clothing chains, natural causes. [43]
Mavis Pugh, 92, British Actress in You Rang M'Lord?. [44]
Robert Rosenblum, 79, American art historian, curator, and author, colon cancer. [45]

[edit] 5

Peter Blake, 86, German-born American architect, author, editor, and curator, complications from a respiratory infection. [46]
David Bronstein, 82, Ukrainian-born chess grandmaster and writer, champion of USSR, natural causes. [47] [48]
Eric Cox, 83, Australian rugby league player, referee and administrator, pneumonia and stroke. [49]
Michael Gilden, 42, actor (NCIS, Return of the Jedi), apparent suicide. [50] [51]
Michael A. Guido, 52, six-term mayor of Dearborn, Michigan and president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, cancer. [52]
Gernot Jurtin, 51, Austrian football player, cancer. [53]
Yvonne Scarlett-Golden, 80, first black female mayor of Daytona Beach, Florida, cancer. [54]
Van Smith, 61, American costume and makeup designer, heart attack. [55]
Shahdan Zahari, 33, Malaysian striker for Pahang FA (1993–1996), complications from paralysis. [56]

[edit] 4

Sir Peter Gadsden, 77, Lord Mayor of London 1979-80, sudden death. [57]
Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 84, Burkinabé politician, natural causes. [58]
James Kim, 35, American CNET editor, exposure and hypothermia. [59] [60] [61]
Wolfram Kistner, 83, South African theologian and anti-apartheid activist, natural causes. [62]
Ronnie Lippin, 59, American publicist and manager, worked with Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson and Prince, breast cancer. [63]
Arthur Shimkin, 84, American Grammy Award-winning producer of children's records, bladder cancer. [64]
Len Sutton, 81, American former Indianapolis 500 racing driver, cancer. [65]

[edit] 3

Eleanor Thomas Elliott, 80, American advocate for women's rights and chair of the board of Barnard College, car accident. [66]
Craig Hinton, 42, British science fiction author, heart attack. [67]
Logan Whitehurst, 29, American singer/songwriter (The Velvet Teen), brain cancer. [68][69]

[edit] 2

Bob Berry, 80, English test cricket player, natural causes. [70]
Kari Edwards, 52, American poet, artist and gender activist, heart failure. [71]
Kurt Lipstein, 97, German-born British academic, Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Cambridge, natural causes. [72]
Herbie Nayokpuk, 77, Iditarod dog-sled racer, complications from stroke. [73]
George Tindall, 85, American historian and author, complications of diabetes. [74]
Mariska Veres, 59, Dutch singer of Shocking Blue, hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970 with "Venus", cancer. [75] [76] (Dutch)
Kurt Wasserfallen, 59, Swiss politician, member of the Swiss National Council, cancer. [77], [78] (German)
Dwayne Wilcox, 66, American drag racer during the 1950s and 1960s, renal failure brought on by diabetes. [79]