Deaths in 2006

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

Please place names under the date the person died, not the date the death was announced. Please keep names under each date in alphabetical order. 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 substantiates their notability.

June 2006

19

Andrew William "Nicky" Barr, 90, Australian rugby union player and World War II fighter pilot [1]
Chakufwa Chihana, 67, veteran Malawi opposition figure who ran unsuccessfully for President losing to Bakili Muluzi, brain tumour. [2]
Michael Dornheim, 51, award-winning journalist with Aviation Week, car crash. [3]
Viola Elder, 81, mother of "Republitarian" U.S. radio host Larry Elder, frequent guest on his show; nicknamed "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court." [4]
Wes Hill, 76, Niagara River expert. [5]
Clifford Hocking, 74, Australian entrepreneur [6]
György Ligeti, 83, composer of the opera Le Grand Macabre; some of his music was also used on 2001: A Space Odyssey. [7]
José Leite Lopes, 87, Brazilian physicist. [8]
Evan Settle, 93, former University of Kentucky basketballer. [9]
Frank Streeter, 88, American philanthropist and book collector. [10]
Mel Streeter, 75, architect and University of Oregon basketball player, amyloidosis. [11]
Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, 82, billionaire Canadian media mogul and art collector. [12]
Nijiro Tokuda, 111, oldest man in Japan [13]
Paul Xanthos, 85, tennis coach at Pierce College for three decades winning 23 Conference titles, died in his sleep. [14]

11

Michael Bartosh, 28, Mac OS X Server expert, injuries from a fall. [15]
James Cameron, 92, founder of America's Black Holocaust Museum, lymphoma. [16]
Pierre Clerdent, 97, Belgian politician (Liège), and holder of the Grand-Croix de la Légion d'honneur. [17]
Neroli Fairhall MBE, 61, New Zealand paraplegic archer and Olympic competitor. [18]
Tim Hildebrandt, 67, American artist. [19]
William Hundley, 80, American lawyer. [20]
Mike Quarry, 55, light heavyweight boxer who challenged Bob Foster for the title, pugilistic dementia. [21]
Major Bruce Shand, 89, father of Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, and father-in-law of Charles, Prince of Wales. [22]
Daniel Steiner, 72, American president of the New England Conservatory, lung disease. [23] [24]
John Udeh, 50, prolific writer on development issues and former Federal Commissioner representing Enugu State 1999-2003. [25]
George Washington, 76, American boxing trainer. [26]

10

Qadi Abdul Karim Abdullah Al-Arashi, 72, former President of North Yemen. [27]
Hubertus Czernin, 50, Austrian journalist who helped return paintings looted by the Nazis. [28] [29]
Moe Drabowsky, 70, Polish-born American Major League Baseball player, multiple myeloma. [30]
German Goldenshteyn, 71, Bessarabian-born clarinetist and klezmer musician. [31]
Wulff-Dieter Heintz, 76, German astronomer at Swarthmore College. [32]
Kenneth Jack AM MBE, 81, Australian artist. [33]
Charles Johnson, 96, Negro League baseballer for the Chicago American Giants, complications of prostate cancer. [34]
Philip Merrill, 72, publisher and diplomat, sailing accident. [35]
Ruddy Thomas, 54, Jamaican singer, heart attack. [36]

9

Kinga Freespirit Choszcz, Polish author (Led By Destiny: Hitchhiking Around the World), cerebral malaria. [37]
Drafi Deutscher, 60, German singer. [de]
Michael Forrestall, 73, Canadian senator, died following hospitalization for breathing problems. [38]
Patricia Janus, 74, American poet, mixed-media artist, hospital chaplain, hospice nurse, heart attack brought on by liver cancer.
Gloria Jones, 78, American socialite, widow of James Jones and mother of Kaylie Jones. [39]
Mary Lutz, 55, director of competitive riding for the physically challenged at the United States Equestrian Federation. [40]
Enzo Siciliano, 72, Italian writer, diabetes mellitus. [41]
Vern Williams, 76, Bluegrass mandolin player and singer.[42]

8

Audrey Campbell, actress best known for playing "Olga" in an infamous sexploitation film trilogy, 76 [43]
Jake Copass, 86, American cowboy poet. [44]
Robert Donner, 75, American character actor probably best known for playing Exidor on Mork and Mindy. [45]
Jack Jackson (nom de plume Jaxon), 65, American comic book artist and co-founder of Rip Off Press. [46]
Abouna Matta El Meskeen, 87, Spiritual Father of St. Macarius' Monastery in the Wilderness of Scetis, Egypt. [47]
Terry McCann, 74, 1960 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and helped found USA Wrestling. [48]
John C. Roberts, 72, founder of Australian construction company Multiplex. [49]
Jamal Abu Samhadana, leader of PA / Hamas forces in Gaza Strip and PRC terrorist leader [50]
Talcott Seelye, 84, former United States ambassador to Tunisia (1972-6) and Syria (1978-81). [51]
Sir Peter Smithers, 92, British politician, MP for Winchester 1950-64, junior Minister 1962-64 and Secretary General of the Council of Europe 1964-69. [52]

7

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, 39, self-proclaimed leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, US military strike. [53]
Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman, spiritual adviser for Al-Qaeda in Iraq, US military strike. [54]
Betty Beale, 94, Washington, District of Columbia society columnist. [55]
Carl Dengler, 91, blind Rochester, New York bandleader and percussionist. [56]
Joseph Dorfman, 65, Russian-Israeli composer of new music and a Shostakovich scholar.[57]
Dr. Morton Kligerman, 88, American cancer researcher and professor of oncology and radiology. [58]
Scott Palmer, 38, bassist for the reggae band John Brown's Body, cancer of the gall bladder. [59]
Ingo Preminger, 95, Hollywood talent agent and producer (M*A*S*H), brother of Otto Preminger. [60] [61]
Howard Rosenstone, 68, American theatrical agent. [62]
John Tenta (aka Earthquake), 42, Canadian professional wrestler for the World Wrestling Federation, bladder cancer. [63]

6

Professor Leslie Alcock, 81, pioneer of Dark Age archaeology, led the team that excavated Cadbury Castle. [64]
Scobey Hartley, 74, Alberta oilman, heart attack [65]
Frank Lanza, 74, Chairman and CEO of L-3 Communications following surgery. [66]
Arnold Newman, 88, American photographer who pioneered "environmental portraiture". [67] [68].
Billy Preston, 59, American musician ("You Are So Beautiful", "Nothing from Nothing") known for his work with the Beatles, malignant hypertension leading to kidney failure. [69]
Hilton Ruiz, 54, American jazz pianist, injuries from a fall. [70] [71]
Léon Weil, 109, French World War I veteran. [72]

5

Ray Cale, 83, Dual international for Wales in rugby union and rugby league. [73] [74]
Frederick Franck, 97, Dutch artist, author, and dentist. [75]
Eric Gregg, 55, American former Major League Baseball umpire, stroke. [76] [77][78]
Wayne Hage, 69, American cattle rancher who sued the US National Forest Service over grazing rights. [79]
Caleb Hammond, 90, American president of C. S. Hammond & Company mapmakers. [80]
Carlene Lewis, 51, American lawyer who sued Merck over the drug Vioxx. [81]
Henri Magne, 53, French rally co-driver (navigator) [82] [83]
Robert Ross, 86, leader of the Muscular Dystrophy Association for 44 years and persuaded Jerry Lewis to undertake a yearly telethon to raise money for muscular dystrophy, complications of broken hip. [84]