Deaths in February 2006
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The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2006.
Deaths in 2006
The following is a list of notable deaths in 2006. Names are listed under the date of death and not the date it was announced. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name....
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Deaths in December 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2005.31*Enrico Di Giuseppe, 73, American operatic tenor, cancer....
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Deaths in January 2006
Deaths in 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2006.- 31 :...
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Deaths in March 2006
Deaths in 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2006.-31:*George L...
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Deaths in April 2006
Deaths in 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2006.-30:* Jay Bernstein, 69, American Hollywood publicist....
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Deaths in May 2006
Deaths in 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2006.- 31 :...
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Deaths in June 2006
Deaths in 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2006.-30:*Dieter Froese, 68, East Prussian-born artist....
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Deaths in July 2006
Deaths in 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2006.- 31 :...
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Deaths in August 2006
Deaths in 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2006.-31:...
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Deaths in September 2006
Deaths in 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2006. See Deaths in 2006 for other months.-30:...
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Deaths in October 2006
Deaths in 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2006. See Deaths in 2006 for other months.-31:...
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Deaths in November 2006
Deaths in 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2006.-30:...
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Deaths in December 2006
Deaths in 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2006.-31:...
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Deaths in January 2007
Deaths in 2007 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2007.-31:...
The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2006.
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- James Ronald "Bunkie" BlackburnBunkie BlackburnJames Ronald "Bunkie" Blackburn was a NASCAR racecar driver.-Career:Blackburn's father owned and operated the Fayetteville, North Carolina racetrack....
, 69, NASCARNASCARThe National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
driver http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10839 - Owen ChamberlainOwen ChamberlainOwen Chamberlain was an American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his discovery, with collaborator Emilio Segrè, of antiprotons, a sub-atomic antiparticle.-Biography:...
, 85, particle physicistParticle physicsParticle physics is a branch of physics that studies the existence and interactions of particles that are the constituents of what is usually referred to as matter or radiation. In current understanding, particles are excitations of quantum fields and interact following their dynamics...
, co-discoverer of the antiprotonAntiprotonThe antiproton is the antiparticle of the proton. Antiprotons are stable, but they are typically short-lived since any collision with a proton will cause both particles to be annihilated in a burst of energy....
, winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in PhysicsNobel Prize in PhysicsThe Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and...
. Complications from Parkinson's DiseaseParkinson's diseaseParkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system...
.http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060306/sc_afp/ussciencephysicsnobel_060306172714 - Travis ClaridgeTravis ClaridgeTravis Claridge was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he played for the Atlanta Falcons between 2000 and 2003 and for the Carolina Panthers in 2004....
, 27, American footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player with the Atlanta FalconsAtlanta FalconsThe Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Carolina PanthersCarolina PanthersThe Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion...
and Hamilton Tiger-CatsHamilton Tiger-CatsThe Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...
, pneumoniaPneumoniaPneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
. http://www.columbian.com/sports/localNews/03292006news16758.cfm - Hugh McCartneyHugh McCartneyHugh McCartney was a Scottish Labour politician. Born in Glasgow, McCartney studied at John Street senior secondary school and at the Royal Technical College in Glasgow. He joined the Independent Labour Party's Guild of Youth at the age of 14 and began a textile apprenticeship. He joined the...
, 86, former Labour PartyLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
MP. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2066718,00.html
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- Alice BakerAlice BakerAlice Baker was a British World War I service veteran. She died at the age of 107. She was the last known female British World War I veteran in the UK. The last female veteran in the world was Gladys Powers, who died in 2008.-References:*...
, 107, last surviving British woman to serve in the First World War, member of the Royal Flying CorpsRoyal Flying CorpsThe Royal Flying Corps was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. During the early part of the war, the RFC's responsibilities were centred on support of the British Army, via artillery co-operation and photographic reconnaissance...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED03%20Mar%202006%2020%3A25%3A19%3A470 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/norfolk/4781342.stm - Ferenc BeneFerenc BeneFerenc Bene was a Hungarian football player of Újpesti Dózsa, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He was the top scorer of the tournament .Bene was born in Balatonújlak...
, 61, HungarianHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
football (soccer)Football (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player, fall. - Otis ChandlerOtis ChandlerOtis Chandler was the publisher of the Los Angeles Times between 1960 and 1980, leading a large expansion of the newspaper and its ambitions...
, 78, former publisher of the Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, Lewy body disease. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aWbxG_gqmI8A&refer=ushttp://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2006/02/28/otis_chandler_78_transformed_la_times_into_leading_paper/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/28/obituaries/28chandler.html?ex=1298782800&en=418b087af329012c&ei=5090 - Fahd Faraj al-JuwairFahd Faraj al-JuwairFahd Faraj al-Juwair was a high ranking member of al-Qaeda who was the highest member of that organization in Saudi Arabia at the point of his death....
, 36, Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
n alleged head of al-QaedaAl-QaedaAl-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
in the Arabian peninsula, killed in foiled bombing attempt. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4759742.stm - Milton KatimsMilton KatimsMilton Katims was an American violist and conductor. He was music director of the Seattle Symphony for 22 years . In that time he added more than 75 works, made recordings, premiered new pieces and led the orchestra on several tours. He expanded the orchestra's series of family and suburban...
, 96, long-time conductor and leader of the Seattle SymphonySeattle SymphonyThe Seattle Symphony is an American orchestra based in Seattle, Washington. Since 1998, the orchestra is resident at Benaroya Hall. The orchestra's season runs from September through July, and serves as the pit orchestra for most productions of the Seattle Opera in addition to its own concerts... - Tsakani MhingaTsakani MhingaTsakani "TK" Mhinga was a SAMA award-winning South African R&B and kwaito artist who went by the stage name of TK...
, 27, South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n R&B singer, drug overdoseDrug overdoseThe term drug overdose describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced...
. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4758248.stm - William MustoWilliam MustoWilliam V. Musto , also known as Billy Musto or "Bill Musto", was the Mayor of Union City, New Jersey, from 1962 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1982. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1947 to 1966 and in the New Jersey Senate from 1966 to 1982...
, 88, former mayor of Union City, New JerseyUnion City, New JerseyUnion City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. According to the 2010 United States Census the city had a total population of 66,455. All of the city is on land, an area of...
, convicted of racketeering http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/01/nyregion/01musto.html - Robert Lee Scott, Jr.Robert Lee Scott, Jr.Robert Lee Scott Jr. was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force. Scott is best known for his autobiography God is My Co-Pilot about his exploits in World War II with the Flying Tigers and the United States Army Air Forces in China and Burma...
, 97, retired United States Air ForceUnited States Air ForceThe United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
brigadier generalBrigadier GeneralBrigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...
and fighter ace, author (God is My Co-PilotGod is My Co-PilotGod Is My Co-Pilot may refer to:*God is My Co-Pilot a book by Gen. Robert Lee Scott Jr., USAF *God is My Co-Pilot a 1945 film based on the above book*God Is My Co-Pilot a band from New York City...
). http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/28/national/28scott.html - Linda SmithLinda Smith (comedian)Linda Helen Smith was a British stand-up comic and comedy writer. She appeared regularly on Radio 4 panel games, and was voted "Wittiest Living Person" by listeners in 2002...
, 48, British comedian, ovarian cancer. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4759968.stm
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- Georgina BattiscombeGeorgina BattiscombeGeorgina Battiscombe was a British biographer, specialising mainly in lives from the Victorian era....
, 100, author & biographer http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2064880,00.html - Bill CardosoBill CardosoWilliam Joseph "Bill" Cardoso was an American journalist who was well-known for coining the term "gonzo journalism".Cardoso was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and raised in Somerville, Massachusetts...
, 68, American writer and editor, coined the term "gonzoGonzo journalismGonzo journalism is a style of journalism that is written without claims of objectivity, often including the reporter as part of the story via a first-person narrative. The word "gonzo" is believed to be first used in 1970 to describe an article by Hunter S. Thompson, who later popularized the style...
", heart failure. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/16/national/16cardoso.html - Sir Hans SingerHans SingerSir Hans Wolfgang Singer was a development economist best known for the Singer-Prebisch thesis, which states that the terms of trade move against producers of primary products. He is one of the primary figures of heterodox economics.-Biography:Singer was born in Elberfeld, Germany in 1910...
, 95, German-born British economist, helped create the World Food Program and the United Nations Development Program. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/business/26singer.html
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- Jeff BarnesJeff BarnesJeff Barnes is a retired National Football League linebacker who played for the Los Angeles and Oakland Raiders from 1977 to 1987. He wore #56....
, 50, professional wrestling announcer, died after falling off a cliff while hiking. - Dr. Robin Coombs, 84, British immunologist, developed Coombs Antibody testCoombs testCoombs test refers to two clinical blood tests used in immunohematology and immunology...
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article349469.ece - Kenneth Deane, 45, CanadianCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
police officer convicted in Ipperwash shooting, automobile accident. http://torontosun.com/News/Canada/2006/02/27/1464680-sun.html - Thomas KoppelThomas KoppelThomas Koppel was a versatile Danish classical music and avant-garde popular composer and musician.His father, Herman David Koppel , a composer and pianist of Jewish origin, fled the Nazis with his family in 1943. Thomas was born in a refugee camp in Sweden...
, 61, DanishDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
musician and composer from the band Savage Rose. http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.iasp?PageID=440462 - Darren McGavinDarren McGavinDarren McGavin was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal in the film A Christmas Story of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity that he never realizes his son overhears...
, 83, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor (Kolchak: The Night StalkerKolchak: The Night StalkerKolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974-1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter — Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin — who investigates mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly ones law...
, A Christmas StoryA Christmas StoryA Christmas Story is a 1983 American Christmas comedy film based on the short stories and semi-fictional anecdotes of author and raconteur Jean Shepherd, including material from his books In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, and Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories. It was directed by Bob Clark...
), natural causes. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Obit-McGavin.html http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/pmupdate/s_427852.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/arts/television/27mcgavin.html?ex=1298696400&en=44bc2169ac9c1346&ei=5090 - Henry M. MorrisHenry M. MorrisHenry Madison Morris was an American young earth creationist and Christian apologist. He was one of the founders of the Creation Research Society and the Institute for Creation Research...
, 87, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
young earth creationistYoung Earth creationismYoung Earth creationism is the religious belief that Heavens, Earth, and all life on Earth were created by direct acts of the Abrahamic God during a relatively short period, sometime between 5,700 and 10,000 years ago...
leader, complications of strokeStrokeA stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-morris3mar03,1,7064329.story?coll=la-news-obituaries&ctrack=1&cset=true http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4555044&nav=0nqx - Tsegaye Gabre-MedhinTsegaye Gabre-MedhinTsegaye Gabre-Medhin was Poet Laureate of Ethiopia, as well as a poet, playwright, essayist, and art director.-Biography:...
, 69, Poet LaureatePoet LaureateA poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events...
of EthiopiaEthiopiaEthiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
, kidney disease. http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/ethiopia_hero_3347.jsphttp://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1766092,00.html - Imette St. GuillenImette St. GuillenImette Carmella St. Guillen was an American graduate student of Venezuelan and French Canadian descent who was brutally raped and murdered. She was studying criminal justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City at the time of her death...
24, Hispanic John Jay College of Criminal JusticeJohn Jay College of Criminal JusticeThe John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a senior college of the City University of New York in Midtown Manhattan, New York City and is the only liberal arts college with a criminal justice and forensic focus in the United States. The college offers programs in Forensic Science and Forensic...
Student. RapeRapeRape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...
MurderMurderMurder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide... - Charlie WaymanCharlie WaymanCharles Wayman was an English footballer.Wayman, who was born in Chilton, Bishop Auckland, was a prolific centre-forward in the first decade after the Second World War. Newcastle United signed him from Spennymoor United in September 1941, while he was working as a miner at Chilton Colliery...
, 83, EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
footballer, during the 1940s and 1950s, following a long illness http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article348899.ece
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- Octavia Butler, 58, science fictionScience fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
author and MacArthur FoundationMacArthur FoundationThe John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is one of the largest private foundations in the United States. Based in Chicago but supporting non-profit organizations that work in 60 countries, MacArthur has awarded more than US$4 billion since its inception in 1978...
Fellow, head injury. http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=webbutlerobit26&date=20060226&query=%22Octavia+Butler%22 - Don KnottsDon KnottsJesse Donald "Don" Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards...
, 81, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor (The Andy Griffith ShowThe Andy Griffith ShowThe Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3, 1960, and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays a widowed sheriff in the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina...
, Three's CompanyThree's CompanyThree's Company is an American sitcom that aired from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984, on ABC. It is based on the British sitcom, Man About the House....
), complications from pneumoniaPneumoniaPneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
and Lung CancerLung cancerLung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/arts/television/26knotts.html?ex=1298610000&en=d30d65e9aa9aabda&ei=5090 http://www.suntimes.com/output/entertainment/xknotts25.html - John MartinJohn Martin (Canadian broadcaster)John Martin was a Canadian broadcaster, credited with "almost single-handedly" creating music television in Canada.-Early life and career:...
, 58, Canadian broadcaster, throat cancer. http://www.chartattack.com/news/40529/the-new-musicmuchmusic-mastermind-succumbs-to-cancer - Andrew SherrattAndrew SherrattAndrew Sherratt was an English archaeologist, one of the most influential of his generation.Sherratt was born in Oldham, Lancashire on 8th May 1946. From 1965, he studied archaeology and anthropology at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, completing his degree in 1968. He received his Ph.D...
, 59, British archaeologist at the University of SheffieldUniversity of SheffieldThe University of Sheffield is a research university based in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the original 'red brick' universities and is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities...
, heart failure. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/20/international/europe/20sherratt.html - Denis Twitchett, 80, Gordon Wu Professor of Chinese Studies, Princeton UniversityPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
1980-94, creator of the 15 volume The Cambridge History of ChinaThe Cambridge History of ChinaThe Cambridge History of China is an ongoing series of books published by Cambridge University Press covering the early and modern history of China. It has been described as "the largest and most comprehensive history of China in the English language"....
, poor health. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/30/books/30twitchett.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2085897_2,00.html - Dennis WeaverDennis WeaverWilliam Dennis Weaver was an American actor, best known for his work in television, including roles on Gunsmoke, as Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama McCloud, and the 1971 TV movie Duel....
, 81, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor (GunsmokeGunsmokeGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West....
, McCloud), complications from cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/27/obit.weaver.ap/index.htmlhttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/television/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002075529http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/28/arts/28weaver.html?ex=1298782800&en=236064e72fdcd37b&ei=5090
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- Giuseppe AmiciGiuseppe AmiciGiuseppe Amici was a Sammarinese politician.At the age of 25 he was elected to the Grand and General Council and remained its member till 2001. Amici was Captain Regent with Germano De Biagi from October 1979 to April 1980 and with Marino Bollini from October 1984 to April 1985. He was a member of...
, 67, former Captain Regent of San MarinoSan MarinoSan Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino , is a state situated on the Italian Peninsula on the eastern side of the Apennine Mountains. It is an enclave surrounded by Italy. Its size is just over with an estimated population of over 30,000. Its capital is the City of San Marino... - Frederick BuschFrederick BuschFrederick Busch was an American writer. Busch was a master of the short story and one of America’s most prolific writers of fiction long and short....
, 64, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
author, heart attack. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/25/books/25busch.html - Luna LeopoldLuna LeopoldLuna Bergere Leopold was a leading U.S. geomorphologist and hydrologist, and son of Aldo Leopold. He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1936; an M.S. in Physics-Meteorology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1944; and a Ph.D...
, 90, American ecologist and author http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/20/national/20leopold.html - Machteld MellinkMachteld MellinkMachteld Johanna Mellink was an archaeologist who studied Near Eastern cultures and history....
, 88, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
-born American archaeologist of sites in AnatoliaAnatoliaAnatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/06/obituaries/06mellink.html - Dr. Robert W. MillerRobert W. MillerRobert Warren Miller is a millionaire, entrepreneur, co-founder of DFS , and sailing champion.-Education & Business Interests:...
, 84, American epidemiologist with the US National Cancer InstituteNational Cancer InstituteThe National Cancer Institute is part of the National Institutes of Health , which is one of 11 agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NCI coordinates the U.S...
, studied HiroshimaHiroshimais the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...
and Nagasaki bombings http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/29/national/29miller.html - Diane ShaletDiane ShaletDiane Shalet was an American Broadway and television character actress. She was perhaps best known for her recurring role as Ms. Hawkins in the drama Matlock. Also, she made a guest appearance on The Monkees' TV show in the season two episode "The Fairy Tale," as The Fairy of The Locket . Ms...
, 71, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress and author http://www.legacy.com/nytimes/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=16891077 - Reverend Earl StallingsEarl StallingsThe Reverend Earl Stallings was an American Baptist minister and activist in the U.S. civil rights movement.Earl Stallings was born March 20, 1916 in Durham, North Carolina. He died when he was 89 in his retirement home in Lakeland, Florida on February 23...
, 89, Baptist pastor praised by Martin Luther King in the Letter from Birmingham JailLetter from Birmingham JailThe Letter from Birmingham Jail or Letter from Birmingham City Jail, also known as The Negro Is Your Brother, is an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King, Jr., an American civil rights leader...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/04/national/04STALLINGS.html - Telmo ZarraonaindíaTelmo ZarraonaindíaTelmo Zarraonandia Montoya , popularly known as Zarra, was a Spanish Basque football player for Athletic Bilbao from 1940 to 1955....
, 85, SpanishSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
football (soccer) player, heart attack. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=398430.htmlhttp://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1140692422432&call_pageid=1044529386722&col=1044529386490
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- Atwar BahjatAtwar BahjatAtwar Bahjat was an Iraqi journalist and reporter for al-Arabiya television who was abducted and murdered while covering a story. She had previously worked for al-Jazeera...
, 30, IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
i journalist for al-Arabiya, abducted and killed in IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/13946213.htmhttp://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=832270 - Anthony BurgerAnthony BurgerAnthony John Burger was an American musician and singer, most closely associated with Southern Gospel music.-Early life:...
, 44, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
gospel musicGospel musicGospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
pianist, collapsed during performance. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060224/ap_en_mu/obit_burger - Said Mohamed DjoharSaid Mohamed DjoharSaid Mohammed Djohar was a Comorian politician who served as President of the Comoros during the 1990s.-Climb to power:...
, 87, former President of ComorosComorosThe Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar...
. http://za.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-02-23T110437Z_01_BAN339822_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-COMOROS-PRESIDENT-20060223.XMLhttp://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=419710 - Hilde DominHilde DominHilde Domin , whose real name was Hilde Palm , was a German lyric poet and writer. She was amongst the most important German-language poets of her time.-Biography:...
, 96, GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
poet and writer. http://books.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1731974,00.html - Donelson HoopesDonelson HoopesDonelson Farquhar Hoopes was an American curator of painting. His 1964 exhibition The Private World of John Singer Sargent at the Corcoran Gallery of Art is credited with restoring the reputation of Sargent, a realist who had fallen out of favor following Impressionism.-References:* "Donelson...
, 73, American curator http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/21/arts/21hoopes.html - Edward NalbandianEdward NalbandianEdward G. Nalbandian was the owner of Zachary All Clothing, a store he opened in the 1950s at 5467 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California...
, 78, owner of Zachary All Clothing in Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, Alzheimer's disease. http://www.legacy.com/latimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=16836233 - Flossie Page, 112, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
supercentenarianSupercentenarianA supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
, oldest person from Kansas. http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/02/24/obit.oldest.woman.ap/ - Sinnathamby RajaratnamSinnathamby RajaratnamSinnathamby Rajaratnam, better known as "S. Rajaratnam", , was a Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore from 1980–85, and a long-serving Minister and member of the Cabinet from 1959-88. He is regarded as one of the founding fathers of independent Singapore as it achieved self-government in 1959 and...
, 90, former Second Deputy Prime Minister of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, heart failure. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/print/194463/1/.html - Bill TungBill TungBill Tung Biu was a Hong Kong actor and horse racing commentator. Tung started off as a horse jockey with his family racing horse stable. He was then recruited to become a horse racing commentator. Due to his fame, he was invited to act in many movies from 1949 to 1996, many of them with Jackie...
, 72, Hong Kong actor, horse racing commentator. http://www.filmbuffonline.com/InRemembrance/BillTungPiu.htm - Richard WawroRichard WawroRichard Wawro was a Scottish artist notable for his landscapes in wax oil crayon. He was an autistic savant.-Life:...
, 52, autistic savant internationally recognized artist, cancer. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/11/db1102.xml
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- Gennadiy AygiGennadiy AygiGennadiy Nikolaevich Aygi was a Chuvash poet and a translator. His poetry is written both in Chuvash and in Russian.He was born in the village of Shaimurzino , Chuvashia and started writing poetry in the Chuvash language in 1958....
, 71, RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n author and poet who wrote in the Chuvash languageChuvash languageChuvash is a Turkic language spoken in central Russia, primarily in the Chuvash Republic and adjacent areas. It is the only surviving member of the Oghur branch of Turkic languages....
. http://www.regnum.ru/english/594381.html - Theodore DraperTheodore DraperTheodore H. "Ted" Draper was an American historian and political writer. Draper is best known for the 14 books which he completed during his life, including work regarded as seminal on the formative period of the American Communist Party, the Cuban Revolution, and the Iran-Contra Affair...
, 93, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
historian and political commentator. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/national/22DRAPER.html?ex=1298264400&en=02fae410a9cf122b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss - Mirko MarjanovicMirko MarjanovicMirko Marjanović was a former Prime Minister of Serbia and a high-ranking official in Slobodan Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia .-Biography:Marjanović was born into a large working-class family with 7 children...
, 68, prime minister of SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
from 1994 to 2000. http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?&nav_category=12&nav_id=33904&order=priority&style=headlines - Angelica RozeanuAngelica RozeanuAngelica Rozeanu was a Romanian table tennis player of Jewish origin, and one of the most successful female table tennis players in the history of the sport.-Table tennis career:...
, 84, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n-born table tennisTable tennisTable tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
world champion, cirrhosisCirrhosisCirrhosis is a consequence of chronic liver disease characterized by replacement of liver tissue by fibrosis, scar tissue and regenerative nodules , leading to loss of liver function...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/24/sports/othersports/24rozeanu.html - Stefan TerlezkiStefan TerlezkiStefan Terlezki, CBE, was a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Cardiff West from 1983 to 1987. Terlezki was born in Oleshiv, a village near the town of Tlumach in what is now western Ukraine but was then part of Poland...
, 78, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Member of Parliament 1983-1987.http://politics.guardian.co.uk/politicsobituaries/story/0,,1720307,00.html
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- Lou GishLou GishLou Gish was an English stage, film and television actress. She was born as Louise Curram in 1967, the elder daughter of the actor Roland Curram and the actress Sheila Gish. Her partner at her death was Nicholas Rowe. She acted with her sister Kay Curram in King Lear at the Chichester Festival...
, 35, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
stage, film and television actress, cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. http://www.whatsonstage.com/dl/page.php?page=greenroom&story=E8821140450355 - Curt GowdyCurt GowdyCurtis Edward "Curt" Gowdy was an American sportscaster, well known as the longtime "voice" of the Boston Red Sox and for his coverage of many nationally-televised sporting events, primarily for NBC Sports in the 1960s and 1970s.-Early years:The son of a manager for the Union Pacific railroad,...
, 86, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
sports broadcaster, leukemiaLeukemiaLeukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...
. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2337202http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/more/02/20/gowdy.obit.ap/index.htmlhttp://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-02-20-gowdy-obit_x.htm - Paul MarcinkusPaul MarcinkusPaul Casimir Marcinkus was an American archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was best known for his tenure as President of the Vatican Bank from 1971 through 1989.-Early life:...
, 84, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
CatholicCatholicThe word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
archbishopArchbishopAn archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
, President of Vatican BankVatican BankThe Institute for Works of Religion , commonly known as the Vatican Bank, is a privately held institute located inside Vatican City run by a professional bank CEO who reports directly to a committee of cardinals, and ultimately to the Pope...
and Pro-President of Vatican City State. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-060221marcinkus,1,2376577.story?coll=chi-news-hed - Lucjan WolanowskiLucjan WolanowskiLucjan Wilhelm Wolanowski , pseudonyms: Wilk; Waldemar Mruczkowski; W. Lucjański; ; lu; Lu; ; WOL., Polish journalist, writer and traveller....
, 86, Polish journalist, writer and traveller. http://www.wolanowski.com
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- Ken Keuffel, 82, American college football coach, prostate cancer. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/23/sports/ncaafootball/23keuffell.html
- Erna LazarusErna LazarusErna Lazarus was a screen and television writer from the 1930s through the 1960s.Lazarus, born in Boston, Massachusetts, was one of the founding members of the Screen Writers Guild...
, 102, American screenwriter. http://www.gatago.com/alt/obituaries/6253129.html
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- Richard BrightRichard Bright (actor)Richard James Bright was an American actor best known for his role as Al Neri in the The Godfather films.-Early life & work:...
, 68, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
movie and television actor, pedestrian accident. http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/62127.htm - Bill Hartley, 75, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n political activist and trade unionist. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/socialist-stalwart-hartley-dies-75/2006/02/18/1140151851318.html - Laurel HesterLaurel HesterLt. Laurel Hester was a New Jersey police officer who rose to national attention with her deathbed appeal for the extension of pension benefits to domestic partners....
, 49, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
gay rights activist, lung cancerLung cancerLung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
. http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060218/NEWS/60218014 - Charles LeonardCharles LeonardCharles Frederick Leonard Jr. was an American pentathlete and Major General during the Vietnam War.Leonard won the silver medal in the 1936 Olympic Pentathlon....
, 92, US Army Major General and Olympic sharpshooter http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/sports/othersports/02leonard.html - Tom SellersTom SellersThomas J. Sellers, Jr. was a newspaper reporter for the Columbus Ledger and Sunday Ledger-Enquirer in Columbus, Georgia who won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1955 for exposing a corrupt government in Phenix City, Alabama.Sellers was raised in Alabama, attending Lee County High School in...
, 83, American newspaper reporter and 1955 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winner, heart attack. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/politics/13961964.htm
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- Ray BarrettoRay BarrettoRay Barretto was a Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican jazz musician.-Early years:Barretto was born in New York City of Puerto Rican descent...
, 76, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-born Latin jazzLatin jazzLatin jazz is the general term given to jazz with Latin American rhythms.The three main categories of Latin Jazz are Brazilian, Cuban and Puerto Rican:# Brazilian Latin Jazz includes bossa nova...
percussionist and bandleader, heart failure. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/18/arts/music/18barretto.html?_r=1&oref=sloginhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/17/AR2006021700849.html - Sybille BedfordSybille BedfordSybille Bedford, OBE was a German-born English writer. Many of her works are partly autobiographical. Julia Neuberger proclaimed her "the finest woman writer of the 20th century" while Bruce Chatwin saw her as "one of the most dazzling practitioners of modern English prose".-Early life:She was...
, 94, GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
-born BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
novelist and memoirist. http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article346535.ece - Paul CarrPaul Carr (actor)Paul Carr was an character actor who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Carr acted for some fifty years in television, film, and on-stage.-Beginnings:...
, 72, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
TV and movie actor, lung cancerLung cancerLung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
. http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/15432.html - Bill CowsillBill CowsillWilliam "Bill" Cowsill, Jr., also known as Billy, was an American singer best known as lead singer and guitarist of The Cowsills who had three top 10 singles in the late 1960s.-The Cowsills:...
, 58, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer, lead of The CowsillsThe CowsillsThe Cowsills are an American singing group from Newport, Rhode Island. They specialized in harmonies and the ability to sing and play music at an early age. The band was formed in the spring of 1965 by brothers Bill, Bob, and Barry, then shortly thereafter added John...
, emphysemaEmphysemaEmphysema is a long-term, progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes shortness of breath. In people with emphysema, the tissues necessary to support the physical shape and function of the lungs are destroyed. It is included in a group of diseases called chronic obstructive pulmonary...
and other ailments. http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4523001&nav=1VGmhttp://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/02/19/billycowsill-obit.html - Harold HunterHarold Hunter__notoc__Harold Atkins Hunter was an American professional skateboarder and actor. He was best known on screen for his part in Larry Clark's 1995 film Kids, playing the role of Harold....
, 31, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
pro skateboarder, in movie KidsKids (film)Kids is a 1995 drama film written by Harmony Korine and directed by Larry Clark.The film features Chloë Sevigny, Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Harold Hunter, and Rosario Dawson, all of them in their debut performances...
, suspected drug overdose. http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/entertainment/s_425357.html - Bob LewisBob Lewis (horse racing)Robert B. "Bob" Lewis was an American businessman who owned a number of champion Thoroughbred racehorses during the 1990s and 2000s.- Life and career :...
, 81, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
race horse owner, congestive heart failureCongestive heart failureHeart failure often called congestive heart failure is generally defined as the inability of the heart to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the needs of the body. Heart failure can cause a number of symptoms including shortness of breath, leg swelling, and exercise intolerance. The condition...
. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/13898316.htm - Jorge Pinto MendonçaJorge Pinto MendonçaJorge Pinto de Mendonça was a Brazilian footballer most famous during 1970s and 1980s, playing in a striker role.-Career:...
, 51, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian football (soccer)Football (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
. http://oglobo.globo.com/online/esportes/plantao/2006/02/17/191887757.asp - Yevgeny Samoilov, 94, Russian actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0759963/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxrdz0xfHE9U2Ftb2lsb3Z8ZnQ9MXxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8Y289MXxodG1sPTF8bm09MQ__;fc=3;ft=20;fm=1#actor1930
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- Paul AvrichPaul AvrichPaul Avrich was a professor and historian. He taught at Queens College, City University of New York, for most of his life and was vital in preserving the history of the anarchist movement in Russia and the United States....
, 74, American professor and historian of anarchismAnarchismAnarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...
, Alzheimer's disease. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/24/nyregion/24avrich.html - Benno BessonBenno BessonBenno Besson was a Swiss actor and director. He had great success as director at Volksbühne Berlin, Deutsches Theater and Berliner Ensemble in East-Berlin, where he went by an invitation of Bertolt Brecht in 1949...
, 83, Swiss stage director. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/25/theater/25besson.html - Johnny GrungeJohnny GrungeMichael "Mike" Durham was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Johnny Grunge...
, 39, American pro wrestler, sleep apneaSleep apneaSleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by abnormal pauses in breathing or instances of abnormally low breathing, during sleep. Each pause in breathing, called an apnea, can last from a few seconds to minutes, and may occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour. Similarly, each abnormally low...
complications. http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/other/obituary.htm - Sid FellerSid FellerSidney "Sid" Feller was an American conductor and arranger, best known for his work with Ray Charles. He worked with Charles on hundreds of songs including Georgia on My Mind and worked as Charles' conductor while on tour...
, 89, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
music arranger, conductor and record producer. http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/114016942474770.xml&coll=2 - Susie GibsonSusie GibsonSusie Elizabeth Gibson née Potts was an American supercentenarian and the third-oldest person in the world at the time of her death. She currently ranks as one of the 25 oldest validated persons of all time. Moreover, Susie was older than several 'world's oldest persons'...
, 115, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
supercentenarianSupercentenarianA supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
, heart failure. http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4517878&nav=0RdE - Dennis KirklandDennis KirklandDennis Kirkland was a British television producer and director who was best known for his long association with comedian Benny Hill....
, 63, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
television producerTelevision producerThe primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
and directorTelevision directorA television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
, after a short illness. http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article347351.ece - Ernie StautnerErnie Stautner-References:* * *-External links:*...
, 80, BavariaBavariaBavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
n-born AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Pro Football Hall of FamePro Football Hall of FameThe Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...
r, Alzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/sports/football/17stautner.html
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- Barbara GuestBarbara GuestBarbara Guest née Barbara Ann Pinson was an American poet and prose stylist. Guest first gained recognition as a member of the first generation New York School of poetry....
, 85, American poet of the New York SchoolNew York SchoolThe New York School was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1950s, 1960s in New York City...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/04/books/04guest.html - Anna MarlyAnna MarlyAnna Marly , , was a Russian born French singer-songwriter. She is best remembered as the composer of the Chant des Partisans, a protest song that was used as the ersatz anthem of the Free French Forces during World War II; the popularity of the Chant des Partisans was such that it was proposed as...
, 88, RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n-born songwriter, France's "Troubadour of the Resistance." http://www.adn.com/front/story/7452515p-7362724c.html - Andrei PetrovAndrei PetrovAndrey Pavlovich Petrov was a Russian and Soviet composer. Andrey Petrov is known for his music for films such as I Step Through Moscow, Beware of the Car, and Office Romance.-Life:...
, 75, RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n composer. http://arts.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1130367.php/Russian_composer_Andrei_Petrov_dead_at_75 - Robert E. Rich, Sr.Robert E. Rich, Sr.Robert E. Rich Sr. was a food-processing pioneer who, in 1945, invented the first non-dairy whipped topping made from soybeans that could be frozen. He founded Rich Products Corporation which had sales of $2.5 billion on more than 2,300 products in 2005, the year before he died at age 92...
, 92, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
businessman, creator of first nondairy whipped topping. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/business/17richOBT.html - Sun Yun-suanSun Yun-suanSun Yun-suan was a Chinese engineer and politician. As minister of economic affairs from 1969 to 1978 and Premier of the Republic of China from 1978 to 1984, he was credited for overseeing the transformation of Taiwan from being a mainly agricultural economy to an export powerhouse.-Early life...
, 93, former Premier of Republic of ChinaRepublic of ChinaThe Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
, myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-sun17feb17,0,2477768.story?coll=la-news-obituaries - Josip VrhovecJosip VrhovecJosip Vrhovec was a Croatian / Yugoslav communist politician, best known for serving as Yugoslav Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1978 and 1982 and the Chairman of the League of Communists of Croatia from July 1982 to May 1984.-Biography:Born in Zagreb on 9 February 1926, Vrhovec...
, 79, former foreign minister of YugoslaviaYugoslaviaYugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
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- RabbiRabbiIn Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
Yehuda ChitrikYehuda ChitrikRabbi Yehuda Chitrik was an author and Mashpia in the Chabad Hasidic community in Brooklyn, New York.-Early life:...
, 106, Lubavitch storyteller. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/16/nyregion/16CHITRIK.html - Darry CowlDarry CowlDarry Cowl, born André Darricau, was a French actor and musician. He won a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2004 for his role as a concierge in Pas sur la bouche , which proved to be his last appearance.He was born in Vittel, and came to prominence when he was cast by Sacha...
, 80, FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
actor and pianist, lung cancerLung cancerLung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
. http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060214-104408-3928r - Shoshana Damari, 83, "Queen of IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i song," pneumoniaPneumoniaPneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/arts/music/15damari.html - Joel Dorius, 87, American professor of literature, bone marrowBone marrowBone marrow is the flexible tissue found in the interior of bones. In humans, bone marrow in large bones produces new blood cells. On average, bone marrow constitutes 4% of the total body mass of humans; in adults weighing 65 kg , bone marrow accounts for approximately 2.6 kg...
cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/20/obituaries/20dorius.html - Michael G. FitzgeraldMichael G. FitzgeraldMichael G. Fitzgerald a native of El Dorado, Arkansas, was a film historian and author.His best known work was 1977's Universal Pictures: A Panoramic History in Words, Pictures, and Filmographies , which chronicled the history of the studio.He also co-authored two books with Boyd Magers, Western...
, 55, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film historian and author. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-passings16.1feb16,0,6400983.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california - Lynden David HallLynden David HallLynden David Hall was a singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer.- Life and career :Born in Wandsworth, South London, he won the 'best newcomer' accolade at the 1998 MOBO Awards....
, 31, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
soul singer, Hodgkin's lymphomaHodgkin's lymphomaHodgkin's lymphoma, previously known as Hodgkin's disease, is a type of lymphoma, which is a cancer originating from white blood cells called lymphocytes...
. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds29168.html] - Benjamin Matthews, 72, bass-baritoneBass-baritoneA bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing three Wagnerian roles: the Dutchman in Der fliegende...
opera singer, co-founder of Opera EbonyOpera EbonyOpera Ebony is an African-American opera company.Performances of Mozart in Harlem to African-American Heritage concerts in Iceland. Gershwin in Moscow to Duke Ellington in the Caribbean. Benjamin Matthews, Sister Mary Elise S.B.S. and Wayne Sanders founded Opera Ebony in 1973...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/03/arts/music/03matthews.html - Don PaarlbergDon PaarlbergDonald "Don" Paarlberg was a farmer, author, professor of agricultural economics, and a coordinator of the Food for Peace program.-Education:...
, 94, American agricultural economics adviser to three U.S. Presidents. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/20/national/20paarlberg.html - Robert Taylor Sr., 89, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
businessman, miniature golfMiniature golfMiniature golf, or minigolf, is a miniature version of the sport of golf. While the international sports organization World Minigolf Sport Federation prefers to use the name "minigolf", the general public in different countries has also many other names for the game: miniature golf, mini-golf,...
pioneer. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--obit-taylor0216feb16,0,176144.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork - Putte WickmanPutte WickmanPutte Wickman was one of the world's leading jazz clarinetists.He was born Hans Olof Wickman in Falun, and grew up in Borlänge, Sweden, where his parents hoped he would become a lawyer. He nagged them to allow him to go to high school in Stockholm...
, 81, SwedishSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
jazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
orchestra leader and clarinetClarinetThe clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
ist, cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
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- John Brooke-LittleJohn Brooke-LittleJohn Philip Rudolph Dominic Derek Aloysius Mary Brooke-Little, CVO, KStJ, FSA, FSG, FHS, FHG , FRHSC , FHSNZ, KM, GCGCO was an influential and popular British writer on heraldic subjects and a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London...
, 78, EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
author and officer of armsOfficer of armsAn officer of arms is a person appointed by a sovereign or state with authority to perform one or more of the following functions:*to control and initiate armorial matters*to arrange and participate in ceremonies of state...
. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/16/db1601.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/02/16/ixportal.html - Ilan HalimiIlan HalimiIlan Halimi was a young French Jewish man kidnapped on 21 January 2006 by a gang called "the Gang of Barbarians" and subsequently tortured, over a period of three weeks, resulting in his death...
, French Jew murdered by a gang from BanlieueBanlieueIn francophone areas, banlieues are the "outskirts" of a city: the zone around a city that is under the city's rule.Banlieues are translated as "suburbs", as these are also residential areas on the outer edge of a city, but the connotations of the term "banlieue" in France can be different from...
. Possibly anti-Semitic murder. - Andreas KatsulasAndreas KatsulasAndrew "Andreas" Katsulas was a Greek-American actor known for his roles as Ambassador G'Kar in the science fiction television series Babylon 5, as the one-armed villain Sykes in the film The Fugitive , and as the Romulan Commander Tomalak on Star Trek: The Next Generation...
, 59, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor, lung cancerLung cancerLung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
. http://www.andreaskatsulas.com/index.htm - Alan M. LevinAlan Levin (filmmaker)Alan Levin was an American filmmaker and journalist best known for making documentaries on the Public Broadcasting Service and Home Box Office networks. Three of his documentaries won Emmy Awards....
, 79, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
documentary filmmaker. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/arts/television/17levin.html - Edna LewisEdna LewisEdna Lewis was an African-American chef and author best known for her books on traditional Southern cuisine.-Early life and career:...
, 89, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
author of cookbooks on Southern U.S. cuisine. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/14/national/14lewis.html - Altynbek Sarsenbayev, 43, former KazakhstanKazakhstanKazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
cabinet minister, assassinatedAssassinationTo carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4709580.stmhttp://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/14/content_4178422.htm - Sir Peter StrawsonP. F. StrawsonSir Peter Frederick Strawson FBA was an English philosopher. He was the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford from 1968 to 1987. Before that he was appointed as a college lecturer at University College, Oxford in 1947 and became a tutorial fellow the...
, 86, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
philosopher. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2040505,00.html - Joseph UjlakiJoseph UjlakiJoseph Ujlaki was a French footballer of Hungarian descent, one of the best strikers in Division 1 in the 1950s and 1960s.-Titles:* Division 1 in 1956 with OGC Nice....
, 76, HungarianHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
-born FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
football player. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=394176.html - Wang XuanWang XuanWang Xuan , born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, innovator of the Chinese printing industry, was an academician at both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering...
, 70, ChineseChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
academic and IT expert. http://english.people.com.cn/200602/20/eng20060220_244102.html - Bettie Wilson, 115, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
supercentenarianSupercentenarianA supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
, complications from congestive heart failureCongestive heart failureHeart failure often called congestive heart failure is generally defined as the inability of the heart to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the needs of the body. Heart failure can cause a number of symptoms including shortness of breath, leg swelling, and exercise intolerance. The condition...
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- Henri GuédonHenri GuédonHenri Guédon was a Martiniquan percussionist. His first band was called La Contesta and he organised it when he was 20. He was awarded a Maracas d'or the first year the awards ran...
, 61, FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
percussionist. http://sunoflatinmusic.blogspot.com/2007/06/henri-guedon-early-latin-boogaloo.html - Geordie HormelGeordie HormelGeorge "Geordie" Hormel was the son of Jay Catherwood Hormel and grandson of George A. Hormel. He was a musician and recording studio proprietor....
, 77, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
musician and studio owner, heir to the Hormel Foods fortune. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0213hormel0213.html - Juan Sánchez-Navarro y PeónJuan Sánchez-Navarro y PeónJuan Sánchez-Navarro y Peón was a Mexican businessman, lawyer, philosopher, philanthropist, journalist and professor. During his lifetime, he led various national business organizations and was a main co-founder of Mexico's National Action Party PAN...
, 92, MexicanMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
entrepreneur and co-founder of National Action PartyNational Action Party (Mexico)The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...
. - Ken HartKen HartKen Hart was an American World War II pilot, publisher, composer, actor, editor, lobbyist, writer, disc jockey and campaign manager...
, 88, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
composer, playwright, US veteran, lobbyist, journalist, World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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- Peter BenchleyPeter BenchleyPeter Bradford Benchley was an American author, best known for his novel Jaws and its subsequent film adaptation, the latter co-written by Benchley and directed by Steven Spielberg...
, 65, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
author best known for JawsJaws (novel)Jaws is a 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It tells the story of a great white shark that preys upon a small resort town, and the voyage of three men to kill it....
, pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary fibrosisPulmonary fibrosis is the formation or development of excess fibrous connective tissue in the lungs. It is also described as "scarring of the lung".-Symptoms:Symptoms of pulmonary fibrosis are mainly:...
. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3654200.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4707576.stm - Peggy Cripps AppiahPeggy CrippsEnid Margaret "Peggy" Appiah, MBE was a British children's author, philanthropist and socialite. She was the daughter of the Right Honourable Sir Stafford Cripps and Isobel, the Honourable Lady Cripps, and the wife of Ghanaian lawyer and political activist Nana Joe Appiah.-Early life:Enid...
, 84, British-Ghanaian children's author. http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1724260,00.html - Ken FletcherKen FletcherKenneth Norman Fletcher was an Australian tennis player who won numerous doubles and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles....
, 65, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n tennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player, cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. http://www.newsday.com/sports/tennis/sns-ap-ten-obit-fletcher,0,2744878.story?coll=ny-tennis-print - Jackie "Mr. TV" PalloJackie PalloJackie "Mr TV" Pallo was an English professional wrestler, a star of British televised wrestling in its 1960s and 1970s heyday, when the sport had a regular 40-minute slot before the Saturday afternoon football results on ITV.Even before the publication of his 1985 autobiography "You...
, 79, British professional wrestler, cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4714948.stm - Harry ScheinHarry ScheinHarry Schein was an Austrian born Swedish writer and a major figure in Swedish culture. Schein was a founder of the Swedish Film Institute and acted as its first Managing Director from 1963 to 1978....
, 81, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n-born founder of Swedish Film InstituteSwedish Film InstituteThe Swedish Film Institute was founded in 1963 to support and develop the Swedish film industry. The institute is housed in the Filmhuset building located in Gärdet, Östermalm in Stockholm...
, author and columnist. http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=3035&date=20060212 - Jockey ShabalalaJockey ShabalalaJockey Shabalala was a member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a South African choral group founded and still led by his brother Joseph....
, 62, South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n singer with Ladysmith Black MambazoLadysmith Black MambazoLadysmith Black Mambazo is a male choral group from South Africa that sings in the vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube. They rose to worldwide prominence as a result of singing with Paul Simon on his album, Graceland and have won multiple awards, including three Grammy Awards...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/arts/15shabalala.html - Thomas A. SpragensThomas A. SpragensThomas A. Spragens was a figure in American higher education and served as president of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky from 1957 to 1981....
, 88, figure in American higher education, former President of Centre CollegeCentre CollegeCentre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, USA, a community of approximately 16,000 in Boyle County south of Lexington, KY. Centre is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution. Centre was founded by Presbyterian leaders, with whom it maintains a loose...
. http://www.centre.edu/web/news/2006/spragens1_06.htmlhttp://www.amnews.com/public_html/?module=displaystory&story_id=19462&format=html - Harry VinesHarry VinesHarry Doyle Vines was a prominent member of the wheelchair basketball community, winning national and international championships.-Biography:...
, 67, American wheelchair basketball coach
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- John BellusoJohn BellusoJohn Belluso was an American playwright best known for his works focusing on the lives of disabled people.He also directed a writing program for disabled people....
, 36, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
playwright, Engleman-Camurdrie syndrome. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/theater/15BELLUSO.html - Jill Fraser, 59, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
theatre director, cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/arts/22fraser.html http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/2-14-2006-88979.asp - Dick HarmonDick HarmonDick Harmon was one of America's top golf instructors with clients including Fred Couples, Jay Haas, Craig Stadler, Lanny Wadkins, Steve Elkington and 2009 U.S. Open winner Lucas Glover....
, 58, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
golfer and golf instructor. http://www.pga.com/news/pganews/pgamedianewsletter/harmon021506.cfm - Knut-Olaf HausteinKnut-Olaf HausteinKnut-Olaf Haustein was a German physician best known for his work studying the effects of tobacco smoking.-References:...
, 71, GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
physicianPhysicianA physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
. - John Prentice, 79, ScottishScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
football player and manager. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/4701398.stm - Norman ShumwayNorman ShumwayNorman Edward Shumway was a pioneer of heart surgery at Stanford University.-Early life:Shumway was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan...
, 83, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
surgeon performed first U.S. heart transplant, lung cancerLung cancerLung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060211/NEWS12/602110379/-1/BUSINESS07 - Peter SmithPeter Smith (union leader)Peter Smith CBE was general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in the United Kingdom from 1988 to 2002...
, 65, British trade union leader, oesophageal cancer - Juan SorianoJuan SorianoJuan Soriano was a Mexican painter and sculptor.Soriano, son of Rafael Rodríguez Soriano and Amalia Montoya Navarro, was born in Guadalajara and displayed his first painting at age 14...
, 85, MexicanMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
painter and sculptor. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-passings13.2feb13,0,5024722.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california - André StrappeAndré StrappeAndré Strappe was a French footballer who played striker, and later served as a manager....
, 77, FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
football player. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=394176.html - James YanceyJ DillaJames Dewitt Yancey , better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan...
, aka J Dilla, 32, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
hip hopHip hop musicHip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
record producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and MC, lupus nephritisLupus nephritisLupus nephritis is an inflammation of the kidney caused by systemic lupus erythematosus , a disease of the immune system. Apart from the kidneys, SLE can also damage the skin, joints, nervous system and virtually any organ or system in the body....
. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/14/arts/music/14dilla.html
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- Phil Brown, 89, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor, best known for playing "Uncle Owen" Lars in Star WarsStar Wars Episode IV: A New HopeStar Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, originally released as Star Wars, is a 1977 American epic space opera film, written and directed by George Lucas. It is the first of six films released in the Star Wars saga: two subsequent films complete the original trilogy, while a prequel trilogy completes the...
. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/new_jersey/13892221.htm - Ibolya CsákIbolya CsákIbolya Csák was a Hungarian athlete.-Career:She was best known as the winner of the women's high jump at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. She won a gold medal in the European Championships in Athletics in 1938 in unusual circumstances...
, 91, HungarianHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
athlete, 1936 Olympic gold medalist1936 Summer OlympicsThe 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
in women's high jumpHigh jumpThe high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/10/AR2006021000562.html - Sir Freddie LakerFreddie LakerSir Frederick Alfred Laker was a British airline entrepreneur, best known for founding Laker Airways in 1966, which went bankrupt in 1982...
, 83, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
entrepreneur, founder of Laker AirwaysLaker AirwaysLaker Airways was a wholly private, British independentindependent from government-owned corporations airline founded by Sir Freddie Laker in 1966. It originally was a charter airline flying passengers and cargo worldwide...
. http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-02-09T234113Z_01_N09277160_RTRUKOC_0_UK-LAKER.xml&archived=False - NadiraNadira (actress)-References:* Rediff.com* -External links:* . Audio podcast by Eric Molinsky discussing Nadira and other Jewish women in Indian cinema...
, 75, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n BollywoodBollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actress. http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=fullnews&id=7058 - Laurie ZLaurie ZLaurie Zeluck Carter was an American pianist and electronic musician who recorded under the name Laurie Z. Her music is described as a blend of classical, jazz and contemporary instrumental.-Discography:Laurie Z...
, American musician, lung cancerLung cancerLung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
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- Larry BlackLarry BlackLarry Jeffery Black was an American athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay and silver medal in the 200 m at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....
, 54, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
track and field medalist at 1972 Summer Olympics1972 Summer OlympicsThe 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
, aneurysmAneurysmAn aneurysm or aneurism is a localized, blood-filled balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel. Aneurysms can commonly occur in arteries at the base of the brain and an aortic aneurysm occurs in the main artery carrying blood from the left ventricle of the heart...
. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-passings11.2feb11,0,3845070.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california - Elton DeanElton DeanElton Dean was an English jazz musician who performed on alto saxophone, saxello and occasionally keyboard....
, 60, EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
jazz saxophonist, heart and liver related problems. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/14/db1403.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/02/14/ixportal.html - Michael GilbertMichael GilbertMichael Francis Gilbert, CBE was a British writer of both fictional mysteries and thrillers who wrote as Michael Gilbert.-Life and work:...
, 93, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
mystery author and lawyer. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/books/15gilbert.html - Ron Greenwood, 84, British football manager, England national team, West Ham UnitedWest Ham United F.C.West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
. http://www.thisisessex.co.uk/essex/echo/sport/SPORT6.html - Akira IfukubeAkira Ifukubewas a Japanese composer of classical music and film scores, perhaps best known for his work on the soundtracks of the Godzilla movies by Toho.-Biography:...
, 91, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese film composer, best known for GodzillaGodzillais a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games,...
film series. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4697022.stm - Mart KenneyMart KenneyHerbert Martin "Mart" Kenney was a Canadian jazz musician and bandleader whose big band Mart Kenney and His Western Gentlemen was Canada's premier dance band during the 1930s and 1940s.-Musical career:...
, 95, "Canada's Big Band King," bandleader/musician, complications from a fall.http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=f693e404-6c48-4471-8268-ccb1a639df34&k=20753 - Gigi ParrishGigi ParrishGigi Parrish was an American film actress.Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts as Katherine Gertrude McElroy, and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. Her mother died in 1918, and McElroy and her siblings were put up for adoption. After adoption by a wealthy family, she and her step-siblings were tutored...
later known as Katherine Weld, 92, American actress http://www.coastlinepilot.com/news/story/38886p-57818c.html - Kuljeet RandhawaKuljeet RandhawaKuljeet Randhawa was an Indian actress and model. The former Gladrags model was best known for her role in the Kohinoor-series. Randhawa was born on 1 January 1976 in Ranigangh in West Bengal...
, 30, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n television actress, suicideSuicideSuicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
. http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7B9A2F1497-BE4B-4688-A850-F13A4C3586C9%7D&CATEGORYNAME=National1
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- Glenn Lee Benner IIGlenn Lee Benner IIGlenn Lee Benner II was a convicted murderer, executed by the State of Ohio.-Murders:On August 6, 1985, Benner abducted 26-year-old Cynthia Sedgwick in the woods surrounding the Blossom Music Center in Summit County, where she had attended a concert...
, 43, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection. http://www.truelifecrimes.com/glenn_benner.html - George MillayGeorge MillayGeorge Millay was a United States businessman, founder of SeaWorld and the Wet 'n Wild water parks.In 1958, Millay and two partners that included David Tallichet, formed Speciality Restaurants Corporation, a destination-restaurant business. Their first location was a Polynesian-themed Reef in Long...
, 76, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
businessman and founder of SeaWorldSeaWorldSeaWorld is a United States chain of marine mammal parks, oceanariums, and animal theme parks owned by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. The parks feature captive orca, sea lion, and dolphin shows and zoological displays featuring various other marine animals. There are operations in Orlando,...
, lung cancer. http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2006/02/06/daily18.html - Max RosennMax RosennMax Rosenn was a United States federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1970 to 2006....
, 96, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1970-2006. http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/13813764.htm - Mitchell RupeMitchell RupeMitchell Rupe was a convicted murderer who died of liver disease in the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington. Rupe was convicted for aggravated murder for fatally shooting two bank tellers in Olympia, Washington during a bank robbery in 1981...
, 51, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
convicted murderer ruled too heavy to be hanged, liver disease. http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/02/08/fat.inmate.ap/index.html - Alan ShalleckAlan ShalleckAlan J. Shalleck was an American writer and producer for children's programming on television, most known for his work on later Curious George books and the 1980s television shorts....
, 76, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
TV writer, director (Curious George animated films), murderMurderMurder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
ed. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/09/arts/09shalleck.html
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- John Brightman, Baron BrightmanJohn Brightman, Baron BrightmanJohn Anson Brightman, Baron Brightman was an English Chancery barrister and judge, ultimately of the House of Lords.-Early life and career:...
, 94, UKUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
lawyer and former Lord of Appeal. - Mario CondelloMario CondelloMario Condello was an Italian-Australian organized crime figure. Condello, once a lawyer, was a member of the Carlton Crew, who is believed to have been a money launderer for Melbourne's Calabrian mafia...
, 53, Australian lawyer and gangland criminal. - Pedro Gonzalez-GonzalezPedro Gonzalez-GonzalezPedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez was an American character actor best known for his appearances in a number of John Wayne movies....
, 80, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
comedian and actor, cancer. http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/stories/MYSA021606.01B.Obit_Gonzalez_Gonzalez.17f788b7.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/arts/television/17gonzalez.html - Stella Ross-CraigStella Ross-CraigStella Ross-Craig was an Anglo-Scottish illustrator best known as a prolific illustrator of native flora.- Early life and career :...
, 99, one of the most prodigious of British flora illustratorIllustratorAn Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
s. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/09/db0902.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/02/09/ixportal.html - Esther SandovalEsther SandovalEsther Sandoval was an actress and a pioneer in Puerto Rico's television.-Early years:Sandoval was born Esther Maria Gonzalez in Ponce where she received her primary and secondary education...
, 78, Puerto RicanPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
actress. http://groups.google.com.nf/group/alt.obituaries/browse_thread/thread/4da03c154b1efaa0/e2850fcabe868cb9?hl=en#e2850fcabe868cb9 - Karin StruckKarin StruckKarin Struck was a German author. She won the "Rauriser Literature Prize" and the "Andreas Gryphius Prize." She had generally been seen as a writer of women's literature and to the Left. However in 1991 and 1992 she expressed her opposition to abortion and regret at having had one...
, 58, GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
writer, cancer. - Kouji Totani, 57, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese voice actor, heart failure.
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- Roland S. Boreham Jr.Roland S. Boreham Jr.Roland Stanford "Bud" Boreham was an American businessman best known for building Baldor Electric in Fort Smith, Arkansas into an international corporation....
, 81, American businessman, former CEO of Baldor Electric Co. http://www.manufacturing.net/article/CA6305925.html - Norma CandalNorma CandalNorma Candal , was an actress and comedian who was best known for her role as "Petunia".-Early years:Candal was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico and lived with her family in the Fajardo Sugar Co. sugar plantation where her father was an accountant...
, 75, Puerto RicanPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
comedienne, actress and drama teacher, head injury. http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:GFrOgnO8JRoJ:www.prwow.com/html/fullstory_detail_new.asp%3FSORT%3D20+%22Norma+Candal%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=28&client=firefox-a - Franklin CoverFranklin CoverFranklin Edward Cover was an American actor most noted for starring on the sitcom The Jeffersons. His character, Tom Willis, was half of one of the first interracial marriages to be seen on prime-time television....
, 77, American TV and movie actor, pneumonia. http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/10/obit.cover.ap/index.html - Herbert FischerHerbert FischerHerbert Fischer is an East German slalom canoer who competed in the 1970s. He finished 18th in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:*...
, 91, GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
diplomat. - Reuven FrankReuven FrankReuven Frank was an American broadcast news pioneer.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Israel Reuven Frank earned a bachelor's degree at City College of New York and a graduate degree in journalism from Columbia University...
, 85, American TV journalism pioneer and former NBC NewsNBC NewsNBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
president, complications from pneumonia. http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/entertainment/columnists/aaron_barnhart/13841095.htm - Peter PhilpPeter PhilpDenis Alfred Peter Philp , was a Welsh dramatist and antiques expert, best known for his television series, Collectors' Club....
, 85, British dramatist and antiques expert. - Jack TaylorJack Taylor (heavyweight man)Jack Taylor was the fattest man in Great Britain.He weighed and had to wear specially made trousers of waist. He became all but a recluse, spending his days simply eating and watching videos, and venturing outside exclusively for hospital appointments...
, 60, one of the heaviest men in BritainUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2026981,00.html - Carl Vogel, 84, GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
art collector.
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- George T. DavisGeorge T. DavisGeorge Thomas Davis was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Early life and education:George Davis was born in Sandwich, Massachusetts...
, 98, American criminal defense lawyer http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/national/19DAVIS.html - Friedrich Engel, 97, GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, former NaziNazismNazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
SS officer. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-passings15.4feb15,0,6990808.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california - Betty FriedanBetty FriedanBetty Friedan was an American writer, activist, and feminist.A leading figure in the Women's Movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the "second wave" of American feminism in the twentieth century...
, 85, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
feminist and writer, congestive heart failure. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/national/05friedan.html?ex=1296795600&en=30472e5004a66ea3&ei=5090http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Obit-Friedan.html - William Augustus Jones Jr.William Augustus Jones Jr.Reverend William Augustus Jones Jr. was an African American minister and civil rights leader.Born in Louisville, Kentucky. He graduated with honors in sociology from the University of Kentucky, though he could not play basketball because blacks were then barred from the team.He went on to earn a...
, 71, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Civil RightsCivil rightsCivil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
pioneer. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/nyregion/08jones.html - Barbara W. LeydenBarbara W. LeydenBarbara W. Leyden was an American palynologist and paleoecologist.Leyden earned her Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1982. She conducted her research and taught at University of South Florida and frequently wrote about climate change in the late Pleistocene era in the western hemisphere.- External...
, 56, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
palynologist and paleoecologistPaleoecologyPaleoecology uses data from fossils and subfossils to reconstruct the ecosystems of the past. It involves the study of fossil organisms and their associated remains, including their life cycle, living interactions, natural environment, and manner of death and burial to reconstruct the...
. - Joe McGuffJoe McGuffJoseph T. McGuff was an American journalist, author, and newspaper editor.Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he attended Marquette University and served briefly in the United States Army before being discharged due to asthma. After first working for the Tulsa World, he joined the staff of The Kansas City...
, 79, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
sportswriter and newspaper editor, amyotrophic lateral sclerosisAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis , also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a form of motor neuron disease caused by the degeneration of upper and lower neurons, located in the ventral horn of the spinal cord and the cortical neurons that provide their efferent input...
(Lou GehrigLou GehrigHenry Louis "Lou" Gehrig , nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year baseball career for the New York Yankees . Gehrig set several major league records. He holds the record for most career grand slams...
's Disease). http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10707 - Elena Carter RichardsonElena Carter RichardsonElena Carter Richardson was an American ballerina and dance instructor.Born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico, she trained at the Academia de Ballet de Coyoacán, going on to be a principal dancer at Compania Nacional de Danza, and with Ballet Classico 70.Richardson later joined Dance Theatre of...
, 55, MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
-born principal dancer and teacher, cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. - Myron WaldmanMyron WaldmanMyron Waldman was an American animator, best known for his work at Fleischer Studio.Waldman was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was a graduate of the Pratt Institute, where he majored in Art. He started his first career work in 1930 at Fleischer Studio...
, 97, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
animatorAnimatorAn animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
for Betty BoopBetty BoopBetty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick. She originally appeared in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. She has also been featured in...
and SupermanSupermanSuperman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
cartoons, congestive heart failure. http://www.nytimes.com/pages/obituaries/index.html
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- Ustad Qawwal Bahauddin, 71 or 72, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n-PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i QawwaliQawwaliQawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia, particularly in the Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan, Hyderabad, Delhi, and other parts of northern India...
singer. - Walerian BorowczykWalerian BorowczykWalerian Borowczyk was a Polish film director. He directed 40 films between 1946 and 1988. His career as a film director was mainly in France.-Biography:...
, 82, Polish-born surrealistSurrealismSurrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
filmmaker http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/05/nyregion/05borowczyk.html, heart failure http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=5563 - Jean ByronJean ByronJean Byron was an American film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for the role of Natalie Lane, Patty Lane's mother in The Patty Duke Show.-Early life and career:...
, 80, American actress, infection following hip replacement surgery. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-passings15.2feb15,0,6204374.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california - Ernie ClementsErnie ClementsErnest J "Ernie" Clements was an English road racing cyclist, frame builder and cycle shop owner .- Biography :...
, 83, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
road racing cyclist. http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/archive/2006/02/10/Worcestershire+Archive/7834424.Tribute_paid_to_sporting_legend/ - Kurt EmmerichKurt EmmerichKurt Emmerich was a German radio reporter. After the 1982 Soccer World Cup in Spain he was elected the best reporter of the event....
, 76, GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
radio reporter. - Frank GoodmanFrank GoodmanFrank Goodman was an American Broadway theatre publicist.Goodman began in theatre during the Great Depression, when he worked for the Federal Theater Project under the Works Projects Administration. From 1939, when he started his career, to 1961, Mr. Goodman represented more than 50 Broadway...
, 89, BroadwayBroadway theatreBroadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
press agent. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/09/arts/09goodman.html, congestive heart failure - Lou Jones, 74, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
runner. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/sports/othersports/08jones.1.html - Sonny KingSonny King (singer)Sonny King was an Italian American lounge singer.He was born as Luigi Antonio Schiavone on April 1, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the sidekick of Jimmy Durante for 28 years until Durante's death in 1980. They appeared together on the Ed Sullivan Show five times in the 1960s...
, 83, American comedian-singer, Jimmy DuranteJimmy DuranteJames Francis "Jimmy" Durante was an American singer, pianist, comedian and actor. His distinctive clipped gravelly speech, comic language butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and large nose helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s...
's sidekick, cancer. http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/feb/04/020410582.html - Duma KumaloDuma KumaloDuma Joshua Kumalo was a South African human rights activist and one of the Sharpeville Six. He was condemned to death under the 1984 law of "common purpose", which allowed a person to be convicted for having been in the vicinity of an offence, without personally committing it. In 1988, he...
, 48, one of the Sharpeville SixSharpeville SixThe Sharpeville Six were six South African protesters convicted of the murder of Deputy Mayor of Sharpeville, Kuzwayo Jacob Dlamini, and sentenced to death....
, human rights activist, film-maker and founding member of the Khulumani Support Group for victims of apartheid-related violence. http://sangonet.org.za/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3091&Itemid=1 http://www.guardian.co.uk/otherlives/story/0,,1734971,00.html - Al Lewis, 82, American actor (Grandpa Munster on The MunstersThe MunstersThe Munsters is a 1960s American family television sitcom depicting the home life of a family of monsters. It starred Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster and Yvonne De Carlo as his wife, Lily Munster. The series was a satire of both traditional monster movies and popular family entertainment of the era,...
), Green PartyGreen Party (United States)The Green Party of the United States is a nationally recognized political party which officially formed in 1991. It is a voluntary association of state green parties. Prior to national formation, many state affiliates had already formed and were recognized by other state parties...
political candidate, restaurateur, and radio host. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-02-04-al-lewis-obit_x.htm - Romano MussoliniRomano MussoliniRomano Mussolini was the fourth and youngest son of Benito Mussolini, fascist dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943...
, 78, ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
jazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
musician and painter, son of Benito MussoliniBenito MussoliniBenito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4676934.stm - Denne Petitclerc, 76, journalist, screenwriter, and friend of Ernest HemingwayErnest HemingwayErnest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/obituaries/27petitclerc.html - Johnny VaughtJohnny VaughtJohn Howard Vaught was an American college football coach at the University of Mississippi from 1947 to 1970 and again in 1973....
, 96, NCAA championship-winning University of MississippiUniversity of MississippiThe University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
football coach. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings5.3feb05,0,154279.story?coll=la-news-obituaries
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- Jill ChaifetzJill ChaifetzJill Chaifetz was an American lawyer and children's rights advocate.Chaifetz grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York and graduated from Swarthmore College in 1986. She earned a law degree from the New York University School of Law three years later.In 1992, Chaifetz founded the Legal Services...
, 41, American lawyer and executive director of the nonprofit legal group Advocates for Children of New York, ovarian cancer. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/03/nyregion/03chaifetz.html - Mizanur Rahman ChowdhuryMizanur Rahman ChowdhuryMizanur Rahman Chowdhury was a Bengali politician, most notable for serving as Prime Minister of Bangladesh from July 9, 1986, to March 27, 1988....
, 77, former prime minister of BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
. http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/02/03/d6020301055.htm - Chris DotyChris DotyChris Bourke Doty was a Canadian journalist, historian, award-winning documentary filmmaker, author and playwright, noted for his many contributions to the cultural life of his hometown of London, Ontario....
, 39, CanadianCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
documentarian and playwright, suicide. http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Opinion/Columnists/Goodden_Herman/2006/02/10/1434682.html - Guglielmo LetteriGuglielmo LetteriGuglielmo Letteri was an Italian comic book artist, best known for his work on the Tex Willer comic.- References :*...
, 80, ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
comic book artist. http://www.afnews.info/public/afnews/viewnews.pl?newsid1139300112,39147,.htm - Pat RuppPat RuppPatrick Lloyd Rupp was best known as a goaltender in the US ice hockey team in the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics....
, 63, goaltenderGoaltenderIn ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
for the 1964 and 1968 USAUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Olympic ice hockeyIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
teams, cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. http://wwmt.com/engine.pl?station=wwmt&id=23310&template=breakout_sports.html - Nicholas SwarbrickNicholas SwarbrickNicholas Joseph Swarbrick was, at age 107, the final surviving English merchant sailor of the First World War at the time of his death....
, 107, last remaining EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
merchant sailor of World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. - Sir Reginald SwartzReginald SwartzSir Reginald William Colin Swartz KBE , best known as Reg Swartz, was a Minister during the governments of Sir Robert Menzies, Harold Holt and John Gorton in Australia...
, 94, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician, Minister for Civil Aviation from 1966-1969. http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,18032937%255E421,00.html - Chris WaltonChris WaltonArthur Christopher Walton was an English cricketer.Chris Walton was born in Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana and educated at Radley and Oxford...
, 72, EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricketer. http://www.cricinfo.com, http://www.cricketarchive.com - Stephen WorobetzStephen WorobetzStephen Worobetz, OC, MC, SOM, FRCS was a Canadian physician and the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan....
, 91, CanadianCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
politician, former lieutenant governor of SaskatchewanSaskatchewanSaskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
. http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=07c2bef5-418c-4500-802a-40bbba3960c2&k=95918
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- Roy AlonRoy AlonRoy Alon was a British stuntman.Born in Otley, near Leeds, during his 36-year career he appeared in over 1,000 films including the James Bond and Superman films. His debut came in A Bridge Too Far....
, 63, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
film stuntman, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
. http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=3311&catid=4 - Dick BassDick Bass----Richard Lee Bass was an American football running back who played for the Los Angeles Rams from 1960 to 1969....
, 68, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
pro football player and radio analyst. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060204/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_obit_bass_1 - Dick BrooksDick BrooksRichard "Dick" Brooks was an American NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500...
, 63, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
NASCARNASCARThe National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
race car driver and radio broadcaster, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
. http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/02/03/dick.brooks.passes/ - Robin DonkinRobin DonkinRobin Arthur Donkin FBA was an English historian and geographer who served as a reader in Historical Geography in Cambridge University's Department of Geography in 1990...
, 75, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
historianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and geographerGeographerA geographer is a scholar whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society.Although geographers are historically known as people who make maps, map making is actually the field of study of cartography, a subset of geography...
.http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/people/donkin/ - Ernest DudleyErnest DudleyErnest Dudley was an English actor, dramatist, novelist, journalist and screenwriter.- Biography :The actor and scriptwriter Ernest Dudley was the creator of the hit BBC radio crime series Dr Morelle and also the television series The Armchair Detective...
, 97, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
novelist, journalist, screenwriter, actor, radio broadcaster. http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200berkshireheadlines/tm_objectid=16714494&method=full&siteid=50102&headline=radio-sleuth-creator-dies-aged-97-name_page.html - Carlson Gracie, Sr.Carlson GracieCarlson Gracie, Sr. was a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He was the eldest son of Carlos Gracie, founder of the system with his uncle Hélio Gracie, and learned the art from his uncle and his father. He was a member of the legendary Gracie family.- Biography :Carlson Gracie would later split...
, 72, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian martial artist, complications from kidney stones. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=3921 - Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr.Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr.Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr. was an American politician and the 12th Governor of Arizona, serving from January 1965 till January 1967...
, 86, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
politician, governor of Arizona 1965-1967. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0202goddard0202.html - Jean-Philippe MaitreJean-Philippe MaitreJean-Philippe Maitre was a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss National Council . He was elected President of the National Council for the year 2005, but resigned for 1 March 2005 due to a brain tumor....
, 56, former President of the Swiss National Council, brain tumor. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.letemps.ch/template/transmettre.asp%3Fcontenupage%3Dnlreader%26page%3Dnewsletterdisplay%26id%3D13%26NLArtID%3D5877&prev=/search%3Fq%3DJean-Philippe%2BMaitre%26hl%3Den%26hs%3Da1Z%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official - John WoollamJohn WoollamJohn Victor Woollam was a British Conservative politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby at a 1954 by-election. He served until 1964, when the seat was gained by Labour candidate Eric Ogden...
, 78, former British ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Member of Parliament. (Who's Who 2007)