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The following is a list of notable deaths in [[January 2006]]. Links to other months and years follow.
==[[January 2006]]==
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=== [[January 30|30]] ===
*[[Wendy Wasserstein]], 55, [[United States|American]] playwright, [[lymphoma]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060130/ap_en_ot/obit_wasserstein]

=== [[January 29|29]] ===
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*[[Nam June Paik]], 73, [[South Korea]]n-born [[United States|American]] artist, particularly known for his [[video art]], [[natural causes]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060130/wl_asia_afp/afpentertainmentusarts_060130180816], [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11098552/]

=== [[January 28|28]] ===
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*[[Arthur Bloom]], 63, [[CBS]] television news director, [[cancer]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/29/bloom.obit.ap/index.html]
*[[Beth Fallon]], 64, columnist for the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' and ''[[New York Post]]''. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/30/nyregion/30fallon.html]
*[[Yitzchak Kaduri|Yitzhak Kadouri]] ''zekher tsadiq livrakhah'', 110 (estimated), [[Israeli]] [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[rabbi]] and leading [[Kabbalah|kabbalist]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=2&cid=1137605934489&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull], [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/675824.html]
*[[Victor Mishcon, Baron Mishcon|Victor Mishcon]], 90, [[United Kingdom|British]] lawyer and politician.
*[[Ludovic Spiess]], 68, [[Romania]]n tenor, heart attack. [http://www.hotnews.ro/articol_41665-S-a-mai-stins-o-voce.-Tenorul-Ludovic-Spiess-a-murit.htm]

=== [[January 27|27]] ===
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*[[Marvin Bieghler]], 58, [[United States|American]] convicted [[murderer]], executed in [[Indiana]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/01/27/indiana.execution.ap/index.html]
*[[Stoffer van der Bijl]], 61, [[architect]], designed the renovated [[Bourtange]] [[star fort]], [[cardiac arrest]] during [[ice skating]] marathon.
*[[Carol Mircea Grigore Lambrino]], 85, prince of [[Romania]] [http://www.jurnalul.ro/articol_45034/an_innocent_had_gone.html]
*[[Christopher Lloyd (gardener)|Christopher Lloyd]], 84, [[gardening]] writer. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1697689,00.html]
*[[Gene McFadden]], 56, [[singer]] and [[songwriter]], [[cancer]].
*[[Johannes Rau]], 75, [[President of Germany]] (Bundespräsident) from [[1999]] - [[2004]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060127/wl_nm/germany_rau_dc_4]

=== [[January 26|26]] ===
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*Dr [[John Dunwoody]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], 76, former [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Member of Parliament]], effects of an accident. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4655976.stm]
*[[Tom Hooper (sculptor)]], 79, [[Canada|Canadian]] sculptor.
*[[Morris Silverman]], 93, philanthropist, founder of the [[Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/28/nyregion/28silverman.html]

=== [[January 25|25]] ===
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*[[Dunbar W. Bostwick]], 98, harness racing trainer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/28/sports/othersports/28BOSTWICK.html]
*[[Richard W. Couper]], 83, former President of the [[New York Public Library]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/27/nyregion/27couper.html]
*Sir [[John James Cowperthwaite]], 90, [[Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)|Financial Secretary of Hong Kong]] from [[1961]] - [[1971]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/25/db2501.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/01/25/ixportal.html]
*[[Marion Dudley]], 33, [[United States|American]] convicted [[murderer]], executed in [[Texas]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060126/ap_on_re_us/texas_execution]
*[[Luther Green]], 59, former [[NBA]] player, [[lung cancer]].
*[[John F. Kerin]], professor, [[reproduction|reproductive]] scientist, [[gynocologist]], farm accident.
*[[Anna Malle]], 38, [[United States|American]] adult film actress, car accident. [http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/jan/27/012710399.html]
*[[Jim Murray (photographer)]], 76, news photographer, photographed aftermath of the [[JFK assassination]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/obituaries/stories/DN-murrayob_28met.ART.East.Edition2.22d6a47d.html]
*[[Sudharmono]], 78, [[List of Vice Presidents of Indonesia|Vice President of Indonesia]] from [[1988]] - [[1993]].
*[[Allan Temko]], 81, [[Pulitzer Prize for Criticism|Pulitzer Prize]]-winning architecture critic for the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/27/arts/design/27temko.html]

=== [[January 24|24]] ===
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*[[Zaki Badawi]], 84, [[Islam]]ic religious leader in [[United Kingdom|Britain]].
*[[Jack Fiske]], 88, [[boxing]] journalist, [[International Boxing Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]]. [http://www.ibhof.com/jackfiske.html]
*[[William B. Graham]], 94, CEO of health care company [[Baxter International]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/27/obituaries/27graham.html]
*[[Schafik Handal]], 75, former Presidential candidate and leader of [[El Salvador]]'s main political opposition party, the [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front|FMLN]]. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24205455.htm]
*[[Peter Ladefoged]], 80, [[Phonetics|phonetician]].
*[[Carlos Martínez (baseball player)|Carlos (Café) Martínez]], 41, former [[MLB]] player.
*[[Fayard Nicholas]], 91, [[African-American]] dancer, elder of the renowned [[Nicholas Brothers]], [[pneumonia]] and complications of a [[stroke]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/arts/26nicholas.html] [http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/25/obit.fayardnicholas.ap/index.html]
*[[Chris Penn]], 40, [[United States|American]] [[actor]], brother of [[Sean Penn]], natural causes. [http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1538153]
*[[Henry Zapruder]], 67, [[United States|American]] tax lawyer who helped establish [[Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts]] programs, son of [[Abraham Zapruder]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/26/AR2006012602234.html]

=== [[January 23|23]] ===
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*[[Ernie Baron]], 65, [[Philippines|Filipino]] radio/TV host and [[meteorologist]], myocardial infection brought about by [[diabetes]].
*[[Andrea Bronfman]], 60, philanthropist and wife of [[Charles Bronfman]], hit by car. [http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1138081585114670.xml&coll=1]
*[[Savino Guglielmetti]], 94, [[Italy|Italian]] gymnast, 1928 Olympics winner and oldest surviving Olympic champion
*[[Abu Ahmed Hassouna]], 44, [[Fatah]] party leader in the [[West Bank]], assassinated by Fatah members. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060124/ap_on_re_mi_ea/palestinian_elections_11;_ylt=AiVT0BkMlJwZSCYzXVZZqx8UvioA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl]
*[[Olga Marie Mikalsen]], 91, [[Norway|Norwegian]] singer.
*[[Bill Rice]], 74, American artist [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/arts/design/29rice.html]
*[[Virginia Smith]], 94, former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States Representative]] from [[Nebraska]] ([[1975]] - [[1991]]).
*[[David Weber (musician)|David Weber]], 92, clarinetist [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/arts/26weber.html]
*[[Michael Wharton]], 92, [[United Kingdom|British]] humorist ("Peter Simple").

=== [[January 22|22]] ===
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*[[Janette Carter]], 82, last living member of the [[Carter Family]] country music group
* [[Alec Coxon]], 90,Yorkshire and England cricketer [http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/0200sport/0400cricket/tm_objectid=16622567&method=full&siteid=50060&headline=all-rounder-alec-coxon-dies-at-90-name_page.html]
*[[Rick van der Linden]], 59, keyboardist of symphonic rock group [[Ekseption]], complications of a stroke
*[[Joan Maynard (preservationist)|Joan Maynard]], 77, preservationist [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/nyregion/24maynard.html]
*[[Nellie Y. McKay]], ?, African-American literary critic [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/28/national/28mckay.html]
*[[William Rubin]], 78, director of the department of painting and sculpture at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/arts/24rubin.html]

=== [[January 21|21]] ===
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*[[Michael Chan, Baron Chan]], 65, British [[Paediatrics|paediatrician]] and the second [[Peerage|peer]] of Chinese origin.
*[[Ibrahim Rugova]], 61, [[President of Kosovo]], lung cancer.
*[[River Thames Whale]], approximately 11, dehydration

===[[January 20|20]]===
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*[[Andrei Iordan]], 71, former prime minister of [[Kyrgyzstan]]
*[[David Maust]], 51, serial killer, heart failure after a botched [[suicide]] attempt [http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2006/01/21/news/top_news/82cedeef5cb71aff862570fd00044ffa.txt]
*[[Chris McKinstry]], 38, an independent researcher in [[artificial intelligence]], committed suicide
*[[Johannes Mikkel]], Estonian art collector (98)
*[[Richard LaMont "Monte" Mitzelfelt]], 36, [[New Mexico]] [[Supercomputing Challenge]] judge, heart failure.
*[[Rose Bouziane Nader]], 99, President of the [[Shafeek Nader Trust for the Community Interest]], mother of US Presidential candidate [[Ralph Nader]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/nyregion/25nader.html]
*[[Pio Taofinu'u]], 82, [[Samoa]]n [[Roman Catholic]] cardinal

===[[January 19|19]]===
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*[[Jovanka Bach]], 69, playwright-physician
*[[Gary Downie]], [[South Africa]]n [[psychotherapy|psychotherapist]] and [[television]] production manager (''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Star Cops]]''), [[cancer]]. [http://www.rtforum.co.uk/read.php?id=138803]
*[[Anthony Franciosa]], 77, [[United States|American]] actor, third husband of [[Shelley Winters]], [[stroke]]. [http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2006/01/20/ap2465153.html]
* [[Tom Nugent]], 92, football coach, member of the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/21/sports/ncaafootball/21nugent.html]
*[[Wilson Pickett]], 64, [[United States|American]] soul singer, [[heart attack]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/20/arts/music/20pickett.html]
*[[Geoff Rabone]], 84, [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] cricketer.
*[[Franz Seitz]], 85, [[Germany|German]] film director
*[[Jos Staatsen]], 62, mayor of [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]] ([[1985]]-[[1991]]), head of the Professional Football section of the [[Royal Netherlands Football Association]] ([[1993]]-[[1997]])
*[[Fred van der Werff]], 90, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] retail entrepreneur, founder of the eponymous supermarket chain (founded in [[1931]], sold and disbanded in [[1982]])

===[[January 18|18]]===
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*[[Garth Jones]], 88, [[AP]] newsman, [[pneumonia]]
*[[Norman McCabe]], 94, animator and director, famous for ''Tokio Jokio'' and ''The Ducktators'' shorts from his [[Termite Terrace]] tenure at [[Warner Bros.]] [http://www.einsiders.com/features/columns/jan06obituaries.php]
*[[Thomas Murphy (GM)|Thomas Murphy]], 90, former CEO of [[General Motors]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/business/19murphy.html]
*[[Anton Rupert]], 89, [[South Africa]]n businessman, [[philanthropist]] and founding member of [[WWF|World Wildlife Fund]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3072774]
*[[Jan Twardowski]], 90, [[Poland|Polish]] priest and poet

===[[January 17|17]]===
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*[[Clarence Ray Allen]], 76, [[United States|American]] convicted murderer, executed in [[California]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4617902.stm]
*[[Wallace Mercer]], 59, former chairman of [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.]], [[cancer]]. [http://sport.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=83372006]
*[[Giles Worsley]], 44, British architectural historian and journalist, nephew of the [[Duchess of Kent]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/01/19/db1901.xml]

===[[January 16|16]]===
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*[[Stanley Biber]], 82, [[United States|American]] physician and pioneer in [[sex reassignment surgery]], complications of [[pneumonia]].
*[[Arthur T. von Mehren]], 83, professor at [[Harvard Law School]], expert in international law [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/national/29mehren.html]

===[[January 15|15]]===
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*[[Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]], 79, [[Emir]] of [[Kuwait]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/international/middleeast/16emir.html][http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/15/AR2006011501058.html]
* [[Glyn Berry]], 59, [[Wales|Welsh]]-born [[Canadian]] diplomat in [[Afghanistan]]
*[[Hilma Contreras]], 92, [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] writer.
* [[Edward N. Hall]], 91, [[U.S. Air Force]] rocket expert, father of the Minuteman [[intercontinental ballistic missile]] program [http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-me-hall18jan18,0,4976069.story][http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/18/national/18hall.html]

===[[January 14|14]]===
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*[[Henri Colpi]], 84, [[Switzerland|Swiss]] film director and [[cinematographer]]
*[[Jacques Faizant]], 87, French cartoonist (''[[Le Figaro]]'') [http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2006/01/14/71173.html]
*[[Jim Gary]], 66, American sculptor [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/arts/design/19gary.html]
*[[David Ingle]], 72, American neuroscientist and experimental psychologist, pneumonia
*[[Richard Johnson (publisher)|Richard Johnson]], 75, Publisher of the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/obituaries/17johnson.html]
* [[Mullah Khaksar]], former Taliban minister who sided with the United States, killed by gunmen [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4613468.stm][http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/14/AR2006011400983.html]
*[[Mark Philo]], 21, [[England|English]] professional [[football (soccer)|football]] player, injuries from a car crash. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/soccer/01/14/bc.eu.spt.soc.wycombe.player.ap/]
* [[Bob Weinstock]], 77, founded independent [[jazz]] record label Prestige, complications of [[diabetes]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/arts/16weinstock.html]
*[[Shelley Winters]], 85, American actress, [[heart disease|heart failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/movies/15winters.html][http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/14/AR2006011400648.html][http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/14/AR2006011401166.html]

===[[January 13|13]]===
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*[[Raúl Anguiano]], 90, Mexican engraver and painter.
*[[Richard Dalitz]], 80, [[Australia]]n physicist, expert in exotic particles, studied [[quark]]s
*[[Ron Jessie]], 57, former NFL wide receiver. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2295067]
*[[Marc Potvin]], 38, former NHL player, found dead in his hotel room in Michigan, unknown reason.
*[[Joan Root]], 69, wildlife conservationist [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/international/17root.html]

===[[January 12|12]]===
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*[[William M. Byrne Jr.]], 75, presiding judge in the trial of [[Daniel Ellsberg]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/national/15byrne.html][http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/14/AR2006011401165.html]
*[[Brendan Cauldwell]], 83, Irish actor
*[[Edwin S. Cohen]], 91, American tax expert and lawyer [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/18/national/18cohen.html]
*[[Eldon Dedini]], 84, cartoonist [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/14/arts/14dedini.html]
*[[Robert Edwin Drake]], 82, [[NSA]] intelligence analyst, [[congestive heart failure]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/18/AR2006011802460.html]
*[[Shaikh Faisal bin Hamad Al Khalifa]], 15, [[Bahrain|Bahraini]] prince, injuries from a car crash
*[[Günther Landgraf]], 77, [[Germany|German]] physicist and former President of [[Dresden University of Technology]] [http://tu-dresden.de/aktuelles/news/landgraf/newsarticle_view]
*[[Anne Meacham]], 80, American stage (''[[Suddenly, Last Summer]]'') and television actress (''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'') [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/arts/17meacham.html]
*[[Meinrad Schütter]], 95, Swiss composer [http://www.espace.ch/artikel_168262.html]

===[[January 11|11]]===
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*[[Eric Namesnik]], 35, American Olympic swimmer, injuries from a car crash.
*[[Mark Spoon]], 39, [[Germany|German]] [[disc jockey|DJ]] and prominent figure in [[trance music]]; heart attack.[http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,394770,00.html]
*[[Alan Sytner]], 70, founder of the [[Cavern Club]], [[Liverpool]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1984305,00.html]

===[[January 10|10]]===
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*[[Ira B. Black]], 64, neuroscientist, founder of the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/nyregion/12black.html]
*[[Dave Brown (football player)|Dave Brown]], 52, former [[National Football League]] player, heart attack. [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/255235_brown11.html]
*[[Sergio Fedriani]], 56?, Italian artist [http://www.afnews.info/public/afnews/viewnews.pl?newsid1137078962,64806,.htm]
*[[Elliot Forbes]], 88, [[Harvard University]] professor and [[Beethoven]] scholar [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/14/arts/14forbes.html]
*[[Sidney Frank]], 86, American businessman and philanthropist [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/business/12frank.html]
*[[Alethea Hayter]], 94, [[British]] writer [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article337760.ece]
*[[Leon Lobel]], 77, butcher, author and meat expert [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/nyregion/16lobel.html]
*[[Dennis Marks]], 73, animation writer-producer [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings19.2jan19,0,3864538.story?coll=la-news-obituaries]
*[[Joseph Waksberg]], 90, survey researcher [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/national/17waksberg.html]

===[[January 9|9]]===
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* [[Andy Caldecott]], 41, [[Australia]]n [[Dakar Rally]] [[motorcycle]] rider, fatal neck injury sustained in an accident in [[Mauritania]][http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1544387.htm]
*[[Patricia Hitt]], 87, Assistant Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under President [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/national/17hitt.html]
* [[David S. Kruidenier]], 84, former publisher of the ''[[Des Moines Register]]'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/11/business/media/11kruidenier.html]
* [[Mikk Mikiver]], 68, [[Estonia]]n stage director and actor
* [[Frank Okamura]], 94, [[bonsai]] master [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/14/nyregion/14okamura.html]
* [[W. Cleon Skousen]], 92, [[BYU]] professor and prominent [[Latter-day Saint]] author and lecturer
* [[Jack Snow (football)|Jack Snow]], 62, former [[National Football League]] player and radio announcer, complications from a [[staph infection]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/11/sports/football/11snow.html]
* [[Don Stewart]], 70, actor (Michael Bauer on ''[[The Guiding Light]]'') [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/21/arts/21stewart.html]

===[[January 8|8]]===
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*[[Tony Banks, Baron Stratford]], 62, former [[United Kingdom|British]] Minister for [[Sport]], [[stroke]] and [[cerebral hemorrhage]].
*[[Elson Becerra]], 27, [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]n [[football (soccer)]] player, shot.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4597700.stm]
*[[Alex Elmsley]], 76, English magician, [[heart attack]].
*[[Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Hanover|Georg Wilhelm, Prinz von Hannover, Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg]], 90, educator and Olympian. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/01/17/db1701.xml]
*[[Stuart Quan]], 43, movie [[stunt performer]] and [[karate]] instructor, cause unknown. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/13586490.htm]
*[[David Rosenbaum]], 63, ''[[New York Times]]'' reporter, head injury during mugging [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/09/national/09rosenbaum.html]
*[[Mimmo Rotella]], 87, Italian artist [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/13/arts/design/13rotella.html]
*[[José Luis Sánchez|José Luis "Garrafa" Sanchez]], 31, [[Argentine]] football ([[soccer]]) player, from injuries sustained in a biking accident.

===[[January 7|7]]===
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*[[James Bastien]], 71, American classical [[pianist]], [[composer]], teacher, and author of a series of [[piano]] instruction books.
* [[Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar]], 58, Head of the [[United Nations|UN]] [[peacekeeping]] force in [[Haiti]], [[suicide]] [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/01/07/un.haiti.ap/index.html]
* [[Heinrich Harrer]], 93, [[Austria]]n mountaineer, sportsman, geographer and author [http://www.heute.de/ZDFheute/inhalt/0/0,3672,3267392,00.html][http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/obituaries/10harrer.html]
*[[Marshall A. Robinson]], 83, former president of the [[Russell Sage Foundation]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/13/nyregion/13ROBINSON.html]
* [[Jim Zulevic]], 40, [[United States|American]] [[actor]], heart attack.

===[[January 6|6]]===
*[[Allaire du Pont]], 92, thoroughbred enthusiast, owner of [[Kelso (horse)|Kelso]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/sports/10du-pont.html]
*[[Yoshiro Kato]], 80?, Japanese cartoonist (''[[Mappira-kun]]'') [http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/yoshiro_kato_1925_2006/]
*[[Roshan Khan]], 77, Pakistani squash player, father of [[Jahangir Khan]] complications from a [[heart attack]] and [[coma]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/squash/4590024.stm]
*[[Alf McMichael]], 77, footballer for [[Northern Ireland]] & [[Newcastle United]]
*[[Comandante Ramona]], 47, [[Tzotzil]] Indian [[Zapatista]] rebel leader and women's rights advocate, kidney disease and tuberculosis [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/obituaries/10ramona.html]
*[[Lou Rawls]], 72, jazz and blues singer, lung and brain cancer. [http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/06/D8EV971O0.html][http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/arts/music/06cnd-rawls.html?ex=1294203600&en=37f048c5aae7aa16&ei=5090][http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/arts/music/07rawls.html?ex=1294290000&en=4989727aad1ee85f&ei=5090][http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/06/AR2006010600588.html]
*[[Hugh Thompson, Jr.]], 62, [[Vietnam War]] [[helicopter]] [[aviator|pilot]] who helped stop the [[My Lai Massacre]], removed from [[life support]].[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/national/07thompson.html?ex=1294290000&en=8704597229a070d3&ei=5090][http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/06/AR2006010601911.html]
*[[Stanley Roger Tupper]], 84, former Republican US Congressman from [[Maine]] from 1961-1967
*[[John Webster (advertiser)|John Webster]], 71, [[advertising]] writer responsible for commercials such as the [[Smash Martians]], [[heart attack]]. [http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/br/article/534597/john-webster-creator-smash-martians-honey-monster-dies-age-71/]
*[[Gábor Zavadszky]], 31, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] footballer ([[soccer]] player), probably [[pulmonary embolism]]. [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=383409.html]

===[[January 5|5]]===
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*[[Ramona Bell]], 47, wife of [[Conspiracy_theory|conspiracy]] [[broadcaster]] [[Art Bell]], [[asthma attack]] [http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=5103]
*[[Rod Dedeaux]], 91, [[United States|U.S.]] college [[baseball]] coach, complications from a [[stroke]] [http://www.kcal9.com/local/local_story_005220250.html][http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/sports/baseball/07Dedeaux.html?ex=1294290000&en=3c876f8c139d0e8c&ei=5090]
*[[Sophie Heathcote]], 35, [[Australia]]n actress and founder of skin care range [[Ki]], [[aneurysm]] [http://www.theage.com.au/news/people/sophie-heathcote-dies-in-us/2006/01/05/1136387572379.html]
*[[Keizo Miura]], 101, Japanese mountaineer [http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060105p2a00m0na029000c.html]
*[[Merlyn Rees|Lord Merlyn-Rees]], 85, former British [[Home Secretary]], following a number of falls
*[[Simon Shanks]], 34, [[linebacker]] for the [[Arizona Cardinals]] in 1995, murdered by home intruder
*[[Rachel Squire]], 51, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Dunfermline and West Fife]], [[stroke]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4586808.stm]
*[[Vajramuni]], 62, [[India]]n actor

===[[January 4|4]]===
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*[[John Bierman]], 76, [[BBC]] reporter and popular historian [http://books.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,11617,1687889,00.html?gusrc=rss]
*[[Sultan Bilimkhanov]], Deputy Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, injuries sustained in [[car crash]] [http://www.regnum.ru/english/569077.html]
*[[Phyllis Gates]], 80, American ex-wife of actor [[Rock Hudson]], [[lung cancer]]
*[[John Hahn-Petersen]], 75, Danish actor, [[heart attack]] (see [http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php?id=3438699], [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hahn-Petersen])
*[[William Haxby]], 56, ocean cartographer [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/09/nyregion/09haxby.html]
*[[Milton Himmelfarb]], 87, Jewish-American essayist [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/nyregion/15himmelfarb.html]
*[[Fred K. Hoehler Jr.]], 87, founding director of the [[George Meany]] Center for Labor Studies of the [[AFL-CIO]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/national/19HOEHLER.html]
*[[Stan Hunt]], 76, American newspaper cartoonist [http://www.thepilot.com/news/010606Hunt.html]
*[[Jeune]] ([[horse racing|race horse]]), 16, winner of the [[List of Melbourne Cup winners#1972 - 2005|1994 Melbourne Cup]]
*[[Irving Layton]], [[Canadian]] poet, 93, complications from [[Alzheimer's]] disease [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/13/books/13layton.html]
*[[Maria de Lourdes Pereira dos Santos Van-Dúnem]], [[Angola]]n singer, 70,
*[[Sheikh]] [[Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum]], 62, Ruler of [[Dubai]] and [[Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates]], [[heart attack]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/04/AR2006010401988.html]
*[[Gretl Schörg]], 91, [[Germany|German]] actress of the [[1940s]] and [[1950s]]
*[[Nel van Vliet]], 79, [[The Netherlands|Dutch]] swimmer, [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 Olympic]] Champion 200m [[breaststroke]]

===[[January 3|3]]===
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*[[Robertinho do Acordeon]], 67, popular [[Brazil]]ian country musician
*[[Kasey Davis]], 20, freshman [[Kicker (American football)|kicker]] at [[Texas Christian University]], shot [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-01-03-roundup_x.htm]
*[[Urbano Lazzaro]], 81, Italian resistance fighter who captured [[Benito Mussolini]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/05/international/europe/05lazzaro.html]
*[[Caceres Monteiro]], 57, [[Portugal|Portuguese]] journalist, cancer [http://www.jornaldigital.com/noticias.php?noticia=8946]
*[[Steve Rogers (rugby league footballer)|Steve Rogers]], 51, Australian [[rugby league]] player and CEO of [[Cronulla Sharks|Cronulla]], apparent suicide.
*[[Arturo Sergi]], 79, American operatic tenor
*[[Bill Skate|Sir William Skate]], 52, former [[Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea|Prime Minister]] of [[Papua New Guinea]], stroke
*[[Bruce Wilson (journalist)|Bruce Wilson]], 64, Australian journalist, cancer [http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17726261%255E662,00.html]
*[[John Woodnutt]], 81, British actor

===[[January 2|2]]===
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*[[Severino Bottero]], 47, French olympic [[slalom]] coach, auto accident
*[[Raul Davila]], 74, [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] TV actor and producer
* [[Ofelia Fox]], 82, ran the [[Tropicana Club]] in [[Havana]], cancer ([http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/11/arts/11fox.html])
*[[Carlos Helo]], 76/77 (to be confirmed), distinguished [[Chile]]an comedian, heart attack.
*[[Philomena (actress)|Philomena]], 80, [[India]]n actress
*[[Frank Wilkinson]], 91, [[United States|American]] [[civil liberties]] activist. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/04/national/04wilkinson.html]
*[[Lidia Wysocka]], [[Poland|Polish]] actress <!-- age???? -->

===[[January 1|1]]===
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*[[Susan Bergman]], 48, American author, brain cancer, sister of [[actress]] [[Anne Heche]]
*[[Otis Carney]], 83, American author and screenwriter
*[[Frank Cary]], 85, former [[chairman]] of [[IBM]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/business/06cary.html?ex=1294203600&en=2c6e3e44b801ad4c&ei=5090][http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/05/AR2006010502308.html]
*[[Mapita Cortés]], 75, [[Mexico|Mexican]] actress
*[[Bryan Harvey (musician)|Bryan Harvey]], 49, former lead singer of [[House of Freaks]], vocalist for [[Gutterball]] murdered. [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/9101924]
*[[Dawn Lake]], 78, [[Australia]]n entertainer, widow of [[Bobby Limb]]
*[[John Latham (artist)|John Latham]], 84, internationally exhibited artist
*[[Paul Lindblad]], 64, American baseball player, [[Alzheimer's]]
*[[Dragan Lukić]], 78, [[Serbs|Serbian]] writer
*[[Harry Magdoff]], 92, prominent American socialist.
*[[Charles Porter]], 86, ex-US Congressman from [[Oregon]] from 1957-1961 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/05/AR2006010502166.html]
*[[Gideon Rodan]], 71, biomedical researcher [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/20/science/20rodan.html]
*[[Hubert Schoemaker]], 55, co-founder of biotech company [[Centocor]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/13/business/13schoemaker.html]

==External links and references==
*Obituaries on general news websites
**[http://www.legacy.com/Legacy.asp?Page=APStories Recent AP Obituaries]
**[http://www.nytimes.com/pages/obituaries/ ''The New York Times'': Obituaries]
**[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/metro/obituaries/index.html ''Washington Post'' Obituaries]
**[http://www.topix.net/news/obits Topix.net Obituaries]
**[[Google News]]: e.g. [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=obituary&num=50 ''obituary'']
**[[Yahoo]] News: e.g. [http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?sm=Yahoo%21+Search&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-web-t&p=obituaries ''obituaries'']
*Newsgroup: [http://groups.google.com/groups?group=alt.obituaries alt.obituaries]

*Specialised websites
**[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find a Grave - Millions of (US) Cemetery Records]
**[http://www.findadeath.com/ Find a Death - details on the circumstances behind the deaths of hundreds of celebrities]
**[http://www.deadpeople.info Dead People Server]
**[http://undirected.net/forum/index.php Celebrity Graveyard]
**[http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com Dead or Alive]
**[http://www.wa-wd.com Who's Alive and Who's Dead]
**[http://www.lifeinlegacy.com Life in Legacy: Week in Review]
**[http://www.blogofdeath.com The Blog of Death]
**[http://www.livejournal.com/~celebdeathtoll/ The Celebrity Death Toll Update]
**[http://www.genealogybuff.com GenealogyBuff.com Obituary Search]
**[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records]: US genealogy directory
**[http://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html Operation Iraqi Freedom - US Combat Deaths]
**[http://www.obitcentral.com Obituary Central - index to obituary search engines arranged geographically]
**[http://www.obitlinkspage.com Obituary Links Page - state-by-state directory of obituary resources]
**[http://www.lasius.narod.ru/died2005.htm Russian Obituary Links Page - The List of Death]
**[http://www.nekrolog.cz Nekrolog] (Czech necrologies)

For earlier deaths, see [[Deaths in 2005]], [[Deaths in 2004]], [[Deaths in 2003]], [[Deaths in 2002]], [[Deaths in 2001]], [[2000#Deaths|2000]], [[1999#Deaths|1999]], [[1998#Deaths|1998]], [[1997#Deaths|1997]], [[1996#Deaths|1996]], [[1995#Deaths|1995]], [[1994#Deaths|1994]]...

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