Deaths in December 2006
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[[Deaths in 2006]] : [[Deaths in December 2005|←]] - [[Deaths in January 2006|January]] - [[Deaths in February 2006|February]] - [[Deaths in March 2006|March]] - [[Deaths in April 2006|April]] - [[Deaths in May 2006|May]] - [[Deaths in June 2006|June]] - [[Deaths in July 2006|July]] - [[Deaths in August 2006|August]] - [[Deaths in September 2006|September]] - [[Deaths in October 2006|October]] - [[Deaths in November 2006|November]] - December- [[Deaths in January 2007|→]]<br/>
The following is a list of notable deaths in [[December 2006]].
===[[December 31|31]]===
*[[Marv Breeding]], 72, [[United States|American]] [[Major League Baseball]] player ([[Baltimore Orioles|Orioles]], [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]]). [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/breedma01.shtml]
*[[Lida Hensley]], 81, [[United States|American]] president of [[Universal Life Church]]. [http://www.ulcseminary.org/announcements.php]
*[[Ya'akov Hodorov]], 79, [[Israel]]i [[association football|football]] [[goalkeeper]], [[stroke]]. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467633737&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull]
*[[Seymour Martin Lipset]], 84, [[United States|American]] [[sociologist]], [[stroke]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/obituaries/04lipset.html]
*[[Liese Prokop]], 65, [[Austria]]n athlete and [[Interior minister|Minister of the Interior]] (2004–2006), [[aortic dissection]]. [http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/166930]
===[[December 30|30]]===
*[[Frank Campanella]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[character actor]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/03/america/NA_GEN_US_Obit_Frank_Campanella.php]
*[[Mitzi Cunliffe]], 88, [[United States|American]] [[sculptor]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,2011198,00.html]
*[[Saddam Hussein]], 69, [[Iraq]]i [[President of Iraq|President]] (1979–2003), [[Capital punishment|execution]] by [[hanging]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6218485.stm]
*[[Antony Lambton]], 84, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] government [[Minister (government)|minister]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6221733.stm]
*[[Michel Plasse]], 58, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[ice hockey]] player, [[cardiac arrest]]. [http://www2.canoe.com/sports/nouvelles/archives/2006/12/20061231-084001.html] (French)
*[[Gerald Washington]], 57, [[United States|American]] [[mayor]]-elect of [[Westlake, Louisiana]], [[suicide]] by [[gunshot]]. [http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-01-02-mayor-killed_x.htm]
===[[December 29|29]]===
*[[Harald Bredesen]], 88, [[United States|American]] [[Lutheran]] [[pastor]] and advocate of [[Glossolalia|speaking in tongues]], injuries following a fall. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/30/america/NA_GEN_US_Obit_Bredesen.php]
*[[Bud Delp]], 74, [[United States|American]] [[horse trainer|racehorse trainer]] inducted into the [[Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/30/AR2006123000965.html]
*[[Johnny Gibson]], 101, [[United States|American]] [[400 meter hurdles]] world record holder (1927–1928). [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/sports/othersports/01gibson.html]
*[[Charlie Tyra]], 71, [[United States|American]] [[basketball]] player, [[heart failure]]. [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2715510]
===[[December 28|28]]===
*[[Jamal Karimi-Rad]], 50, [[Iran]]ian [[Ministry of Justice (Iran)|Minister of Justice]], [[car accident]]. [http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=48467&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs]
*[[Mandy Mitchell-Innes]], 92, [[United Kingdom|British]] oldest living [[test cricket]]er for [[England cricket team|England]], [[natural causes]]. [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/274447.html]
*[[Jack Myers]], 93, [[United States|American]] [[biologist]] and science [[contributing editor]] (''[[Highlights for Children]]''), [[bladder cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/06/obituaries/06myers.html]
*[[Jared Nathan]], 21, [[United States|American]] [[actor]] (''[[ZOOM]]''), [[car accident]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/29/AR2006122901139.html]
*[[Gershon Shaked]], 77, [[Israel]]i [[author]] and professor of [[Hebrew Literature]]. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/807062.html]
===[[December 27|27]]===
*[[Richard Dean]], 50, [[United States|American]] [[model (person)|model]], [[photographer]] and [[presenter|television host]] (''Cover Shot''), [[pancreatic cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/16/AR2007011601561.html]
*[[Pierre Delanoë]], 88, [[France|French]] [[lyricist]], [[cardiac arrest]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/27/europe/EU_GEN_France_Obit_Delanoe.php]
*[[Scotty Glacken]], 62, [[United States|American]] [[Georgetown University]] [[American football|football]] coach (1970–1992). [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/18/AR2007011801910_pf.html]
*[[Itche Goldberg]], 102, [[Poland|Polish]]-born [[United States|American]] [[writer]] and [[Yiddish language]] [[preservationist]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/03/obituaries/03goldberg.html]
*[[Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley]], 83, [[United Kingdom|British]] newspaper executive, chairman of the [[Board of Governors of the BBC]] (1986–1996). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6211719.stm]
===[[December 26|26]]===
*[[Robert Boehm]], 92, [[United States|American]] [[lawyer]] and chairman of the [[Center for Constitutional Rights]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/nyregion/31boehm.html]
*[[Chris Brown (baseball)|Chris Brown]], 45, [[United States|American]] [[Major League Baseball|baseball]] player, complications from [[Burn (injury)|burns]]. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4428783.html]
*[[Gerald Ford]], 93, [[United States|American]] [[President of the United States|President]] (1974–1977). [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/26/AR2006122601257.html]
*[[Ivar Formo]], 55, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[cross-country skiing|cross-country skier]] and [[Olympic Games]] champion, [[drowning]]. [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article1582190.ece]
*[[John Heath-Stubbs]], 88, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[poet]] and [[translation|translator]], [[lung cancer]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6210471.stm]
*[[Martin David Kruskal]], 81, [[United States|American]] [[mathematician]] ([[Princeton University]]), [[stroke]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/13/obituaries/13kruskal.html?n=Top/News/Science/Topics/Mathematics]
*[[Fernand Nault]], 85, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[ballet]] [[dancer]] and [[artistic director]], [[Parkinson's disease]]. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E4DF1630F933A05751C1A9609C8B63]
===[[December 25|25]]===
*[[James Brown]], 73, [[United States|American]] [[soul music|soul]] [[singer]] and [[bandleader]], [[heart failure]] related to [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/26/arts/music/26brown.html]
*[[John Butcher (British politician)|John Butcher]], 60, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] (1979–1997), [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6214829.stm]
*[[Robert Cotton (Australian politician)|Sir Robert Cotton]], 91, [[Australia]]n [[politician]] and [[List of Australian Ambassadors to the United States|ambassador to the United States]] (1982–1985, 1991–1994). [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20989310-29277,00.html]
*[[Ingerid Vardund]], 79, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[actor|actress]]. [http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=146848] (Norwegian)
===[[December 24|24]]===
*[[Braguinha (composer)|Braguinha]], 99, [[Brazil]]ian [[composer]], [[multiple organ failure]]. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9506EFDF1F31F93BA15751C1A9609C8B63]
*[[Kenneth Sivertsen]], 45, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[folk singer]], [[comedian]] and [[poet]], [[brain trauma]]. [http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=179926] (Norwegian)
*[[Frank Stanton]], 98, [[United States|American]] president of [[CBS]] (1946–1971). [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/26/business/media/26stanton.html?ex=1324789200&en=77bd81bf3e1f5e87&ei=5090]
===[[December 23|23]]===
*[[Sol Carter]], 98, [[United States|American]] [[baseball]] player. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48682-2005Mar18.html]
*[[Charlie Drake]], 81, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedian]], [[actor]] and [[singer]] (''My Boomerang Won't Come Back''), [[stroke]]-related illness. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6207585.stm]
*[[Wilma Dykeman]], 86, [[United States|American]] [[author]] and [[journalist]], complications after [[hip fracture]]. [http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=5854886&nav=0RYv]
*[[Dutch Mason]], 68, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[blues]] [[musician]], complications from [[diabetes]]. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061224/dutch_mason_061224/20061224?hub=Canada]
*[[Bo Mya]], 79, [[Burma|Burmese]] [[rebellion|rebel]] leader, complications of [[heart disease]] and [[diabetes]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/24/asia/AS_GEN_Myanmar_Obit_Bo_Mya.php]
*[[Rosina Raisbeck]], 90, [[Australia]]n [[soprano]] [[singer]]. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2175032.ece]
*[[Robert Stafford]], 93, [[United States|American]] [[List of Governors of Vermont|governor of Vermont]] (1959–1961) and [[United States Senate|senator]] (1971–1989), [[natural causes]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/23/AR2006122300305_pf.html]
*[[Marilyn Waltz]], 75, [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] and [[Playboy]] [[Model (person)|model]]. [http://gate.yamabay.com/yamabay/info.aspx?n=Marilyn+Waltz&x=y]
===[[December 22|22]]===
*[[Richard Boston]], 67, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[journalist]] and [[author]], [[illness]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2521825,00.html]
*[[Sam Chapman]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[Sportsperson|athlete]], [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://marinij.com/marin/ci_4903281]
*[[Ervin Lázár]], 70, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[writer]], Kossuth Prize winner, [[lung failure]]. [http://www.hirtv.hu/?tPath=/kultura/&article_hid=130840] (Hungarian)
*[[Dennis Linde]], 63, [[United States|American]] [[songwriter]] ("[[Burning Love]]", "[[Goodbye Earl]]"), [[idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/arts/01linde.html]
*[[Elena Mukhina]], 46, [[Russia]]n [[gymnast]], complications of [[quadriplegia]]. [http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1071240]
*[[Phillip Pine]], 86, [[United States|American]] [[actor]]. [http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0683984/]
*[[Thomas Shoyama]], 90, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[politician]], [[heart failure]] and [[Parkinson's disease]]. [http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=3b5c00f6-d97e-418f-b820-065fbd075ca7&k=40747]
*[[Galina Ustvolskaya]], 87, [[Russia]]n [[composer]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.therestisnoise.com/2006/12/galina_ustvolsk.html]
===[[December 21|21]]===
*[[Scobie Breasley]], 92, [[Australia]]n [[jockey]], [[stroke]]. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Jockey-Scobie-Breasley-dead-at-92/2006/12/21/1166290671024.html]
*[[Rogério Oliveira da Costa]], 30, [[Brazil]]ian-born [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonian]] [[association football|football]] player, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=492814.html]
*[[Lois Hall]], 80, [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and [[stroke]]. [http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/08/lois-hall-dead-at-80/]
*[[Colin Mair]], 86, [[United Kingdom|British]] rector of [[Kelvinside Academy]]. [http://www.edinburghacademy.org.uk/news/070130.htm]
*[[Saparmurat Niyazov]], 66, [[Turkmenistan|Turkmen]] [[Communist Party of Turkmenistan|Communist party secretary]] (1985–1991), [[President of Turkmenistan|president]] (1990–2006), [[cardiac arrest]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6198983.stm]
*[[Philippa Pearce]], 86, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[children's author]], [[stroke]]. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2097792.ece]
*[[Karl Strauss]], 94, [[Germany|German]]-born [[brewmaster]] for [[Pabst Brewing Company|Pabst]] and [[Karl Strauss Brewing Company]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/obituaries/20061222-9999-1b22strauss.html]
*[[Sydney Wooderson]], 92, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[lawyer]] and [[Athletics (track and field)|track athlete]], world record holder for [[World record progression for the mile run|mile run]] (1937–1942), [[kidney failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/sports/othersports/02wooderson.html]
===[[December 20|20]]===
*[[Yukio Aoshima]], 74, [[Japan]]ese [[comedian]] and Governor of [[Tokyo]] (1995–99), [[myelodysplastic syndrome]]. [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061220-083148-2040r]
*[[Elkan Blout]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[biochemist]] at [[Harvard University]] and the [[Polaroid Corporation]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/09/science/10blout.html]
*[[Anne Rogers Clark]], 77, [[United States|American]] [[Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show]] judge, [[kidney failure]] associated with [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/23/sports/othersports/23clark.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin]
*[[Ma Ji]], 72, [[China|Chinese]] [[xiangsheng]] [[actor]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/20/asia/AS_GEN_China_Obit_Ma_Ji.php]
*[[Tadayuki Nakashima]], 35, [[Japan]]ese [[comedian]], member of duo ''[[Cunning (owarai)|Cunning]]'', [[pneumonia]] and complications from [[leukemia]]. [http://www.souzouzone.jp/blog/2006/12/35.php]
*[[Piergiorgio Welby]], 60, [[Italy|Italian]] [[poet]] and [[euthanasia]] advocate, removal of [[life support]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/world/europe/22italy.html?_r=1&em&ex=1166936400&en=7564d7fd97f76905&ei=5087]
===[[December 19|19]]===
*[[Jack Burnley]], 95, [[United States|American]] [[cartoonist]] and [[illustrator]], [[natural causes]]. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PBPB&p_theme=pbpb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=116F6B759C5520C8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM]
*[[Maj-Britt Nilsson]], 82, [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]] (''[[Summer Interlude]]'', ''[[Secrets of Women]]''). [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/21/arts/21nilsson.html]
*[[Akhtar Mohammad Osmani]], [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] [[Taliban]] commander, [[airstrike]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/23/AR2006122300214.html]
*[[Elisabeth Rivers-Bulkeley]], 82, [[Austria]]n-born [[United Kingdom|British]] first female member of the [[London Stock Exchange]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=MMTK3QU0WIA4LQFIQMGSFGGAVCBQWIV0?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/01/16/db1601.xml]
===[[December 18|18]]===
*[[Abdul Amir al-Jamri]], 67, [[Bahrain]]i [[Shia Islam|Shiite]] [[cleric]], [[heart failure]] and [[kidney failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/obituaries/21jamri.html]
*[[Joseph Barbera]], 95, [[United States|American]] [[cartoonist]], co-founder of [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/121906dnentbarberaobit.1e1b331.html]
*[[Ruth Bernhard]], 101, [[United States|American]] [[photographer]], [[natural causes]]. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E5DA1031F932A15751C1A9609C8B63]
*[[Denis Carter, Baron Carter]], 74, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Chief Whip]] in the [[House of Lords]] (1997–2002), [[cancer]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/12/20/db2002.xml]
*[[Mike Dickin]], 63, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[talkSPORT]] radio [[presenter]], [[car accident]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/6194773.stm]
*[[Scott Mateer]], 46, [[United States|American]] [[Grammy]]-nominated [[songwriter]] and [[DJ]], complications of [[diabetes]] and [[high blood pressure]]. [http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650216258,00.html]
*[[Mavor Moore]], 87, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[writer]], [[actor]], [[radio producer|radio]] and [[television producer]], [[illness]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/12/21/mavor-moore.html]
*[[Mollie Orshansky]], 91, [[United States|American]] [[statistician]] and [[economist]], [[cardiac arrest]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/us/17orshansky.html]
*[[Daniel Pinkham]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[composer]], [[natural causes]]. [http://today.newenglandconservatory.edu/nec_today/article/258]
===[[December 17|17]]===
*[[Joe Gill]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[comic book]] [[writer]]. [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29306314_ITM]
*[[Kyoko Kishida]], 76, [[Japan]]ese [[actor|actress]], [[respiratory failure]] caused by [[brain tumour]]. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B01EFDF1F31F93BA15751C1A9609C8B63]
*[[Esko Nikkari]], 68, [[Finland|Finnish]] [[actor]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.iltasanomat.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/uutinen.asp?id=1287447] (Finnish)
*[[Larry Sherry]], 71, [[United States|American]] [[pitcher]] ([[Los Angeles Dodgers]]), [[World Series MVP Award|MVP]] of the 1959 [[World Series]], [[cancer]]. [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/12/18/sports/s154431S50.DTL]
===[[December 16|16]]===
*[[Don Jardine]], 66, [[Canada|Canadian]] professional [[wrestler]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and [[leukemia]]. [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/12/17/2841875.html]
*[[Chicho Jesurun]], 59, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[baseball]] player and coach from the [[Netherlands Antilles]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.nos.nl/nos/artikelen/2006/12/art000001C7221B6A1A8433.html] (Dutch)
*[[Goce Nikolovski]], 59, [[Macedonia]]n [[singer]], [[suicide]]. [http://mkmuzika.blogspot.com/2006/12/legendary-singer-goce-nikolovski-found.html]
*[[Taliep Petersen]], [[South Africa]]n [[theatre]] impresario, shot. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/17/africa/AF_GEN_South_Africa_Crime.php]
*[[John Rae (educator)|John Rae]], 75, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[educator]] and [[writer]], [[Headmaster]] of [[Westminster School]] (1970-1986). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/12/19/db1902.xml]
*[[Pnina Salzman]], 84, [[Israel]]i [[pianist]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=801973&contrassID=1&subContrassID=7]
*[[Cecil Travis]], 93, [[United States|American]] [[baseball]] player, [[natural causes]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR2006122101657_2.html]
*[[Larry Zox]], 69, [[United States|American]] [[artist]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/obituaries/20zox.html]
===[[December 15|15]]===
*[[Federico Crescentini]], 24, [[San Marino]] [[association football|football]] player, [[drowning]]. [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=525682.html]
*[[Frank Johnson (journalist)|Frank Johnson]], 63, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[journalist]], editor of ''[[The Spectator]]'' (1995–1999), [[cancer]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=A1USSYIDNDXF5QFIQMGCFFWAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2006/12/15/ufrankobit.xml]
*[[Clay Regazzoni]], 67, [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Formula One]] racing driver (1970–1980), [[car accident]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/15/sports/world.php]
*[[Mary Stolz]], 86, [[United States|American]] young adult [[novel]]ist (''Belling the Tiger'', ''The Noonday Friends''), [[natural causes]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/22/books/22stolz.html]
*[[Matt Zunic]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[basketball]] player. [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2007/01/27/matthew_zunic_87_coached_basketball_at_bu_and_umass/]
===[[December 14|14]]===
*[[Anton Balasingham]], 69, [[Sri Lanka]]n [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|LTTE]] senior negotiator, [[cholangiocarcinoma]]. [http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=20610] [http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=20366]
*[[John Bridge]], 91, [[United Kingdom|British]] recipient of the [[George Cross]] and [[George Medal]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2510885,00.html]
*[[Ahmet Ertegün]], 83, [[United States|American]] co-founder of [[Atlantic Records]], [[head injury]] from a fall at a [[Rolling Stones]] concert. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/15/arts/music/15ertegun.html]
*[[Michael Jonas Evans]], 57, [[United States|American]] [[actor]] best known as [[Lionel Jefferson]] on the television series ''[[The Jeffersons]]'', [[Esophageal cancer|throat cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/23/obituaries/23evans.html?ex=1324530000&en=f89800d82...]
*[[Kate Fleming]], 41, [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]], [[audio book]] [[producer]] and [[narrator]], [[drowning]]. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003480664_stormdead16m.html]
*[[John Hamilton (Liverpool)|John Hamilton]], 84, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[politician]] and leader of [[Liverpool City Council]] (1983–1986), [[lung disease]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6179637.stm]
*[[Robert Long (singer)|Robert Long]], 63, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[singer]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.nu.nl/news/917019/61/Zanger_Robert_Long_overleden.html] (Dutch)
*[[Sivuca]], 76, [[Brazil]]ian [[accordion]]ist and [[composer]], [[cancer]]. [http://kees.multiply.com/journal/item/63]
===[[December 13|13]]===
*[[Henry Beachell]], 100, [[United States|American]] [[agriculture|agriculturalist]] and recipient of the 1996 [[World Food Prize]]. [http://www.worldfoodprize.org/laureates/Past/1996.htm#beachell]
*[[Eileen Caddy]], 89, [[United Kingdom|British]] co-founder of the [[Findhorn Foundation]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/12/19/db1901.xml]
*[[Richard Carlson (author)|Richard Carlson]], 45, [[United States|American]] [[author]] (''Don't Sweat the Small Stuff''), [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/obituaries/17carlson.html?n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FSubjects%2FB%2FBook%20Trade]
*[[Loyola de Palacio]], 56, [[Spain|Spanish]] Vice-President of the [[European Commission]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.eupolitix.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/borrell-leads-tribute-to-loyola-de-palacio/]
*[[Ángel Nieves Díaz]], 55, [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] [[murder]]er, [[lethal injection]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6185007.stm]
*[[Homesick James]], 96, [[United States|American]] [[blues]] [[music]]ian, [[natural causes]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1999713,00.html]
*[[Lamar Hunt]], 74, [[United States|American]] owner of [[Kansas City Chiefs]], coiner of term "[[Super Bowl]]", complications of [[prostate cancer]]. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/121406dnmethuntobit.90f04cf.html]
*[[Bernard Kleiman]], 78, [[United States|American]] general counsel to the [[United Steelworkers of America]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/16/obituaries/16kleiman.html]
*[[Charles Peter McColough]], 84, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Xerox Corporation]], [[cardiac arrest]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/technology/18mccolough.html]
===[[December 12|12]]===
*[[Paul Arizin]], 78, [[United States|American]] [[basketball]] player ([[Golden State Warriors|Philadelphia Warriors]]). [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2696462]
*[[Peter Boyle]], 71, [[United States|American]] [[actor]] (''[[Young Frankenstein]]'', ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''), [[multiple myeloma]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/13/AR2006121301492.html]
*[[Kenny Davern]], 71, [[United States|American]] [[jazz]] [[clarinet]]ist, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/obituaries/14davern.html]
*[[Cor van der Hart]], 78, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Association football|footballer]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=490448.html]
*[[Oscar Klein]], 76, [[Austria]]n-born [[jazz]] [[trumpet]]er, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/12/13/entertainment/e070524S77.DTL]
*[[Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy]], 68, [[Sri Lanka]]n [[Tamil militant]] [[Sri Lankan civil war|civil war]] leader, [[illness]]. [http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=20593]
*[[Ellis Rubin]], 81, [[United States|American]] [[attorney]] and [[author]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16176492/]
*[[Raymond P. Shafer]], 89, [[United States|American]] [[Governor of Pennsylvania]] (1967–1971), complications from [[heart failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/obituaries/14shafer.html]
*[[Alan Shugart]], 76, [[United States|American]] [[disk drive]] pioneer, co-founder of [[Seagate Technology]], complications from [[heart surgery]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/15/obituaries/15shugart.html]
*[[Charles Stourton, 26th Baron Mowbray]], 83, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Whip (politics)|whip]] in the [[House of Lords]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2086703.ece]
===[[December 11|11]]===
*[[Elizabeth Bolden]], 116, [[United States|American]] [[oldest people|oldest verified person]] in the world (2006), [[natural causes]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/11/america/NA_GEN_US_Obit_Oldest_Person.php]
*[[Kenneth Cummins]], 106, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Veterans of the First World War who died in 2006|veteran of the First World War]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=NC4EJID0GXQ4NQFIQMGSFGGAVCBQWIV0?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/12/12/db1201.xml]
*[[Tom Gregory]], 79, [[United States|American]] [[television]] [[news anchor]] and [[announcer]], [[heart disease]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/16/arts/television/16gregory.html]
*[[Homer Ledford]], 79, [[United States|American]] [[bluegrass music]]ian, [[guitar]] and [[Appalachian dulcimer|dulcimer]] [[luthier]], [[cerebrovascular accident|stroke]]. [http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/4889326.html]
*[[Walter Ward (singer)|Walter Ward]], 66, [[United States|American]] lead singer of [[The Olympics (band)|The Olympics]], unspecified [[illness]]. [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28951326_ITM]
===[[December 10|10]]===
*[[Samuel Goldberg]], 106, [[United States|American]] last [[World War I]] [[veteran]] in [[Rhode Island]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/9251]
*[[Mario Llerena]], 93, [[Cuba]]n intellectual, [[author]] and former [[Fidel Castro|Castro]] supporter turned critic, [[natural causes]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/12/world/americas/12llerena.html]
*[[Salvatore Pappalardo]], 88, [[Italy|Italian]] [[Archbishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo|Palermo]] (1970–1996), [[natural causes]]. [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20906575-5005961,00.html]
*[[Augusto Pinochet]], 91, [[Chile]]an [[List of presidents of Chile|president]] (1973–1990), complications from [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/10/world/main2244102.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_2244102]
===[[December 9|9]]===
*[[Koula Agagiotou]], 91, [[Greece|Greek]] [[actor|actress]] (''[[To Retire]]''), [[natural causes]]. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012821/bio]
*[[Peter Derow]], 62, [[United States|American]] classical [[scholar]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2091824.ece]
*[[Georgia Gibbs]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[singer]] ("[[Kiss of Fire]]") known for her work on ''[[Your Hit Parade]]'', [[leukemia]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/12/obituaries/12gibbs.html]
*[[Ralph Gomberg]], 85, [[United States|American]] principal [[oboe|oboist]] at the [[Boston Symphony]], [[primary lateral sclerosis]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/12/obituaries/12gomberg.html]
*[[Johnny Hutch]], 93, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[acrobat]] and [[comedian]] (''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''), [[natural causes]]. [http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=-world-s-greatest-acrobat--dies-at-93&method=full&objectid=18273339&siteid=109975-name_page.html]
*[[Andrei Lomakin]], 42, [[Russia]]n [[ice hockey]] player, gold medallist at [[1988 Winter Olympics]], long illness. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E0DA1630F932A05751C1A9609C8B63]
*[[Martin Nodell]], 91, [[United States|American]] [[comic book]] and advertising [[artist]], creator of the [[The Golden Age (comics)|Golden Age]] [[Green Lantern]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/13/arts/13nodell.html]
*[[Tremayne Rodd, 3rd Baron Rennell]], 71, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[rugby union]] player for [[Scotland rugby union team|Scotland]]. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2097794.ece]
===[[December 8|8]]===
*[[Colin Figures|Sir Colin Figures]], 81, [[United Kingdom|British]] head of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] (1982–1985), [[natural causes]]. [http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2505424,00.html]
*[[Martha Tilton]], 91, [[United States|American]] [[jazz]] and [[Swing (genre)|swing]] [[singer]] with [[Benny Goodman]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/13/arts/13tilton.html]
*[[José Uribe]], 47, [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] [[baseball]] shortstop (1984–1993), [[car accident]]. [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/12/08/sports/s091136S05.DTL]
===[[December 7|7]]===
*[[Lyuben Berov]], 81, [[Bulgaria]]n [[List of Prime Ministers of Bulgaria|prime minister]] (1992–1994), [[cancer]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/07/europe/EU_GEN_Bulgaria_Berov_Obit.php]
*[[Kevin Berry]], 61, [[Australia]]n gold medal winner in the 200m butterfly at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]], [[brain tumour]]. [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20891355-2722,00.html]
*[[Desmond Briscoe]], 81, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Sound Engineering|sound engineer]] and founder of the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1974877,00.html]
*[[Moses Hardy]], 113, [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]], oldest known American man, last [[African American]] [[World War I|WWI]] veteran, [[natural causes]]. [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20061208-1309-obit-hardy.html]
*[[J. B. Hunt]], 79, [[United States|American]] [[trucking]] executive, founder of [[J.B. Hunt Transport Services]], head injuries from a fall. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/08/AR2006120801566.html]
*[[Kim Hyung-chil]], 47, [[South Korea]]n [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] at the [[2006 Asian Games]], crushed by falling horse. [http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Athlete_dies_at_Games_South_Korean__12072006.html]
*[[Jeane Kirkpatrick]], 80, [[United States|American]] [[United Nations]] [[ambassador]] (1981–1985), [[heart failure]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/08/america/web.1208obits.php?page=2]
*[[Jay McShann]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[blues]] and [[swing (genre)|swing]] [[pianist]], [[bandleader]] and [[singer]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/09/arts/music/09mcshann.html]
===[[December 6|6]]===
*[[Han Ahmedow]], 70, [[Turkmenistan|Turkmen]] [[Prime Minister]] (1989–1992), [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/12/43CB23F9-33BC-4E51-AC95-7E26172380DC.html]
* [[Darren Brown (musician)|Darren Brown]], 44, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[musician]] and lead [[singer]] ([[Mega City Four]]), [[stroke]]. [http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=WENN000020061208e2c80008e]
*[[Russell Buchanan]], 106, [[United States|American]] [[World War I]] [[Surviving veterans of World War I|veteran]], [[stroke]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/07/america/NA_GEN_US_Obit_WWI_Veteran.php]
* [[Hugo Cores]], 69, [[Uruguay]]an [[historian]], [[labor leader]] and [[politician]], [[Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay|Deputy]] (1990–1994), [[stroke]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/jan/12/guardianobituaries.obituaries1]
*[[Samuel Devons]], 92, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[physicist]] and science [[historian]] at [[Columbia University]], [[heart failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/nyregion/17devons.html]
*[[Andy Dill]], 39, [[United States|American]] [[actor]] and [[film producer]], [[meningitis]]. [http://cockringcasanova.xlogz.com/2006/12/08/]
*[[Andra Franklin]], 47, [[United States|American]] [[American football|football]] player ([[Miami Dolphins]]), [[heart failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/09/sports/football/09franklin.html?pagewanted=all]
*[[Mavis Pugh]], 92, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor|actress]] (''[[You Rang M'Lord?]]''), [[natural causes]]. [http://garybasford.tripod.com/perry_and_croft_news.htm]
*[[Robert Rosenblum]], 79, [[United States|American]] [[art historian]], [[curator]], and [[author]], [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/09/arts/design/09rose.html]
*[[William Salcer]], 82, [[Czechoslovakia]]n-born [[United States|American]] [[inventor]] and [[Holocaust]] survivor, [[leukemia]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/16/world/europe/16salcer.html]
===[[December 5|5]]===
* [[David Bronstein]], 82, [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]] and [[writer]], champion of [[USSR]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/07/crosswords/chess/07bronstein.html]
* [[Eric Cox]], 83, [[Australia]]n [[rugby league]] player, referee and administrator, [[pneumonia]] and [[stroke]]. [http://www.nswrl.com.au/article.php?id=193]
*[[Michael Gilden]], 44, [[United States|American]] [[actor]] (''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'', ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''), apparent [[suicide]]. [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29157224_ITM]
* [[Gernot Jurtin]], 51, [[Austria]]n [[Association football|football]] player, [[cancer]]. [http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=247123&src=0]
* [[Van Smith]], 61, [[United States|American]] [[costume]] and [[makeup]] [[designer]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/09/arts/09smith.html]
===[[December 4|4]]===
*[[Peter Gadsden|Sir Peter Gadsden]], 77, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Lord Mayor]] of [[London]] (1979–1980). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sir-peter-gadsden-428109.html]
*[[Joseph Ki-Zerbo]], 84, [[Burkina Faso|Burkinabé]] [[politician]], [[natural causes]]. [http://uk.news.yahoo.com/04122006/323/photo/joseph-ki-zerbo-pictured-1978.html]
*[[James Kim]], 35, [[United States|American]] [[CNET]] editor, exposure and [[hypothermia]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/07/missing.family/index.html]
*[[Len Sutton]], 81, [[United States|American]] [[Indianapolis 500]] racing driver, [[cancer]]. [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/2006-12-05-sutton-obit_x.htm]
*[[Adam Williams]], 82, [[United States|American]] [[actor]], [[lymphoma]]. [http://www.twilightzonemuseum.com/actors/memoriam/index.php]
===[[December 3|3]]===
*[[Craig Hinton]], 42, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[science fiction]] [[author]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://keithtopping.blogspot.com/2006/12/craig-hinton.html]
*[[Logan Whitehurst]], 29, [[United States|American]] [[singer]] and [[songwriter]] ([[The Velvet Teen]]), [[brain cancer]]. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2006/12/07/BAG4UMQU3E1.DTL]
===[[December 2|2]]===
*[[Bob Berry (cricketer)|Bob Berry]], 80, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[test cricket]] player, [[natural causes]]. [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/271828.html]
*[[kari Edwards|Kari Edwards]], 52, [[United States|American]] [[poet]], [[artist]] and gender [[activist]], [[heart failure]]. [http://transdada.blogspot.com/]
*[[Dave Mount]], 59, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[drum kit|drummer]] for [[glam rock]] band [[Mud (band)|Mud]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3513925.stm]
*[[Mariska Veres]], 59, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[singer]] for [[Shocking Blue]] (''[[Venus (Shocking Blue song)|Venus]]''), [[cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/obituaries/08veres.html]
===[[December 1|1]]===
*[[Claude Jade]], 58, [[France|French]] [[actor|actress]] (''[[Baisers Volés]]'', ''[[L'Amour en Fuite]]'', ''[[Topaz (1969 film)|Topaz]]''), [[metastasis|metastatic]] [[eye cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/07/movies/07jade.html]
*[[Herbert Gursky]], 76, [[United States|American]] [[astrophysicist]] for the [[Naval Research Laboratory]], [[stomach cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/obituaries/18gursky.html]
*[[Geoffrey Colin Guy]], 86, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[airman]] and [[British Empire|colonial governor]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1438302.ece]
*[[Sid Raymond]], 97, [[United States|American]] character [[actor]] and voice of [[Baby Huey]], complications of a [[stroke]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/arts/television/10raymond.html]
*[[Ali Khan Samsudin]], 48, [[Malaysia]]n "snake king", [[venom]]ous [[snakebite]]. [http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/12/2/nation/16206464&sec=nation]
[[Category:2006 deaths|*2006-12]]
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