Deaths in 2006

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

Please place names under the date the person died, not the date the death was announced. Please keep names under each date in alphabetical order. Review Wikipedia notability guidelines before adding a listing. If the deceased does not have a Wikipedia article, consider adding a link to a source about the deceased which substantiates their notability.

July 2006

10

Rudi Carrell, 71, Dutch television personality, lung cancer. [1]

9

8

Eric Bedford, 78, former member of the Wran Government ministry 1976-1985 in New South Wales. [2]
Franco Belgiorno-Nettis, 91, founder of Transfield Holdings Australia's largest engineering and construction firm, died after a fall. [3]
Ana María Campoy, 80, Argentine actress, pneumonia [4].
Catherine Leroy, 60, French photojournalist known for her coverage of the Vietnam War in Life and other publications, cancer. [5]
Raja Rao, 97, Indian novelist (Kanthapura). [6]
Gatis Vilcins, ??, Latvian rally driver, died after rally crash. [7]

7

Luis Barragan, 34, president of 1-800-Mattress, drowned. [8] [9]
Irene Buri-Nelson, 84, first female member of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Hall of Fame, car crash. [10]
Reinhold Carlson, 100, former mayor of Des Moines, Iowa and Iowa State Senator. [11]
Rudi Carrell, 71, Dutch-born TV entertainer most active in Germany, lung cancer [12]
Sabine Dünser, 29, singer of Elis (band), died of a cerebral hemorrhage. [13]
Elias Hrawi, 79, former President of Lebanon (1989-98), cancer. [14]
Shana Leaupepe, 21, New Mexico State University American football player, drive-by shooting. [15]
Dolores Lescure, 89, former chair of the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation and former mayor of Staunton, Virginia. [16]
John Money, 84, sex researcher, Parkinson's disease. [17]
Eric Schopler, 79, psychologist known for his pioneering work in autism treatment, cancer. [18]
Frank P. Zeidler, 93, Mayor of Milwaukee 1948-1960 and last Socialist Party of America mayor of a major city, died in his sleep. [19]

6

Poul Andersen, 84, Danish-born publisher of Bien, the only weekly Danish newspaper in the US, Alzheimer's disease. [20]
Juan de Ávalos, 94, Spanish sculptor, heart attack [21].
Teddy Craft, 22, U.S. college football player for Georgia Southern, motorcycle accident [22]
Ralph Ginzburg, 76, U.S. publisher who fought two First Amendment battles during the 1960s, multiple myeloma, [23]
Al Hodge (rock musician) was a guitarist and songwriter who has had success with Rock N Roll Mercenaries a song that was recorded by Meat Loaf and John Parr in 1986. [24]
John Manos, 83, US and Ohio judge for 43 years. [25]
Juan Pablo Rebella, 32, Uruguayan film director, suicide. [26], [27]
Kasey Rogers, 79, American actress (Bewitched) and motocross racer, stroke. ^{[citation needed]}
Tom Weir, 91, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster. [28] [29]

5

Barbara Albright, 51, prolific U.S. author of food and knitting books, brain tumor. [30]
Lucien Crump, Jr, 71, Philadelphia artist and art gallery owner, cancer. [31]
Lou Dantzler, 69, founder of Challengers Boys & Girls Club in Los Angeles, stroke. [32]
Gert Fredriksson, 86, Swedish canoeist and Sweden's most successful Olympian, cancer. [33]
Lewis Glucksman, 80, former head of U.S.-based financial giant Lehman Brothers. [34]
Hans Gmoser, 73, Austrian-born founder heli-skiing business. [35]
Kevin Herlihy, 58, New Zealand softball pitcher played in two teams that won world titles and inaugural member of the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame, heart attack. [36]
Kenneth Lay, 64, former CEO of U.S. energy firm Enron, later convicted of fraud, heart attack. [37]
Don Lusher, 82, British jazz trombonist and band leader. [38]
Paul Nelson, 69, rock critic who worked for Rolling Stone and who signed the New York Dolls while working for Mercury Records. [39]
Amzie Strickland, 87, American actress [40]
Tongan Prince Tu'ipelehake, 56, and Princess Kaimana, 46, car crash in Menlo Park, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. [41][42][43]

4

John Hinde, 92, Australian film reviewer and journalist. [44]
Bobby Joe Mason, 70, member of the Harlem Globetrotters for 15 years and member of the Bradley University team of the century, cardiac arrest. [45]
Dorothy Hayden Truscott, 80, American world champion bridge player and author. [46]