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april 2006
1

archie d souza, pakistani professor of islamic studies @ propaganda fides college, rome , dean of studies @ christ king seminary (pakistan)
in tam, 89, cambodian politician.

2

sir anthony beaumont-dark, 73, british politician, former conservative member of parliament.
mohammed al-maghout, 72, syrian poet , playwright.
bernard seigal, 48, american musician , essayist stage name buddy blue, co-founder of beat farmers, heart attack.
nina von stauffenberg, 92, german widow of hitler s would-be assassin.

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tom abercrombie, 75, american national geographic photographer, complications open-heart surgery.
barry bingham, jr., 72, american television , radio executive, former editor , publisher of louisville courier-journal , louisville times.
lou carrol, 83, american traveling salesman, gave checkers richard nixon.
doug coombs, 48, american extreme skier, ski accident in french alps.
ewan fenton, 76, scottish footballer.
martin gilks, 41, english musician, former drummer wonder stuff, motorcycle accident.
marshall goldberg, 88, american football player, former nfl running of chicago cardinals, complications due head injury.
albert harker, 95, american soccer player, last surviving member of 1934 fifa world cup soccer team.
genzo murakami, 96, japanese novelist.
walter ristow, 97, american map librarian @ new york public library , library of congress
sir andrew stark, 89, british diplomat, ambassador denmark (1971–1976).
ida vos, 74, dutch writer.

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mary boyce, 85, british authority on iran.
colonel fred christensen, 84, american fighter ace in world war ii.
eckhard dagge, 58, german wbc junior middleweight boxer.
denis donaldson, 55/56, british former head of sinn féin @ stormont, , british double-agent, found shot dead @ home.
gary gray, 69, american child actor of 1940s, cancer.
john de courcy ireland, 94, irish maritime historian , political activist.
john george macleod, 90, scottish physician.
jürgen thorwald, 90, german writer.
vickery turner, 61, british actress of 60 s.
canon frederick b. williams, 66, american minister of church of intercession in harlem, new york city

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alain de boissieu, 91, french general , son-in-law of charles de gaulle
j.b. fuqua, 87, american entrepreneur , philanthropist.
george savalla gomes, 90, brazilian entertainer performed carequinha clown.
allan kaprow, 78, american artist , art theorist, natural causes.
armando labra, 62, mexican economist.
archbishop pasquale macchi, 82, italian roman catholic archbishop, former private secretary pope paul vi.
abdul-salam ojeili, 88, syrian novelist.
gene pitney, 66, american singer , songwriter, heart disease.

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jim clack, 58, american nfl offensive guard, heart failure.
maggie dixon, 28, american women s basketball coach @ united states military academy, cardiac arrhythmia.
francis l. kellogg, 89, american diplomat
leslie norris, 84, welsh poet , professor @ brigham young university.
lucie anne pere-pucheu, 112, french supercentenarian.

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denise morgan, 41, lawyer & professor @ new york law school
bobbie nudie, 92, american fashion designer, wife of nudie cohn.
théogène ricard, 96, canadian politician.

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richard pearlman, 68, american theatre , opera director, director of lyric opera center american artists.
gerard reve, 82, dutch author (the evenings, fourth man), alzheimer s disease.[1]

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christian compton, 76, american jurist, justice of supreme court of virginia.
charles doe, 79, founder of ninety 9 restaurant & pub, cancer.
frank gibney, 81, american writer , journalist on asia.
billy hitchcock, 89, american major league baseball infielder, coach, manager, , scout, natural causes.
robin orr, 96, scottish classical composer , conductor
jimmy outlaw, 93, american baseball third baseman/outfielder played cincinnati reds, boston bees , detroit tigers between 1937 , 1949
georges rawiri, 74, gabonese politician, president of senate , former foreign minister.
hermann schild, 93, german cyclist, national champion (1954)
vilgot sjöman, 81, swedish film director (i curious (yellow)), complications brain haemorrhage.
natalia troitskaya, 55, russian operatic soprano

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joe faragalli, 76, canadian football league head coach saskatchewan roughriders , edmonton eskimos, unspecified illness.
bonaya godana, 54, kenyan politician, plane crash.
bishop charles henderson, 81, irish retired catholic auxiliary bishop of southwark, england, kc*hs, cancer.

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leonard dommett, 77, australian violinist , conductor.
les foote, 81, australian football hall of fame member.
deshaun holton, 32, american rapper better known proof of d-12, homicide.
siobhán o hanlon, 43, northern irish sinn féin politician, cancer.
winand osiński, 92, polish olympic runner. [2]
june pointer, 52, american singer, former member of pointer sisters, lung cancer.
shin sang-ok, 80, korean film producer, liver problems.
sergey tereshchenkov, 67, soviet olympic cyclist.
angus wells, 63, english fiction writer.

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mushin musa matwalli atwah, 41, egyptian militant, killed pakistani forces.
richard bebb, 79, british actor.
william sloane coffin, 81, american minister , peace activist, congestive heart failure.
andy duncan, 83, american basketball player.
dr. paulina kernberg, 71, chilean-born american child psychiatrist, professor @ cornell university.
kazuo kuroki, 75, japanese film director.
shekhar mehta, 60, kenyan rally driver, five-time winner of safari rally & president of fia s world rally championship commission, illness relating complications old injury.
puggy pearson, 77, american poker player.
albert e. radford, 88, american botanist, senior author of manual of vascular flora of carolinas, landmark flora north carolina , south carolina, still definitive guide, forty years after publication.
rajkumar, 76, indian actor, cardiac arrest.
william woo, 69, first asian-american editor of major american daily newspaper, st. louis post-dispatch, professor @ stanford university.

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john read, 85, british television producer , cinematographer.
dame muriel spark, 88, british novelist, (the prime of miss jean brodie).
bruce weber, 54, australian rules football executive president of port adelaide football club.
arthur winston, 100, american los angeles county metropolitan transportation authority employee, famous serving 76 years , retiring @ age 100.

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mahmut bakalli, 70, kosovo ethnic albanian politician.
a. b. a. ghani khan choudhury, 78, indian politician.
dr. tom ferguson, 62, american medical doctor , author.
miguel reale, 95, brazilian philosopher of law, heart attack.
dr. eberhardt rechtin, 80, american electrical engineer , telecommunications expert.

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raúl corrales, 81, cuban photographer
lord eliot (jago eliot), 40, english noble, epilepsy,
calum kennedy, 77, scottish traditional singer.
pavel koutecký, 49, czech documentary film maker, accidental fall.
louise smith, 89, american nascar racer, first woman inducted international motorsports hall of fame, known first lady of racing, complications cancer.

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francisco adam, 22, portuguese actor, car accident.
richard eckersley, 65, english graphic designer.
morton freedgood, 93, american author (the taking of pelham 1 2 three) under pseudonym of john godey.
brett goldin, 27, south african actor, killed head shot friend, fashion designer richard bloom, 27.
harold horwood, 82, canadian writer , former newfoundland politician, cancer.
stephen marshall, 20, american double murderer, suicide.
daniel schaefer, 70, american politician, former republican united states representative colorado served 1983-1999, cancer.
jake seamer, 92, english cricketer.

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dr. jean bernard, 98, french hematologist.
scott brazil, 50, american television producer , director (the shield), lou gehrig s disease.
peter cadbury, 88, british entrepreneur , 1 of founders of commercial tv broadcasting in uk.
elford albin cederberg, 88, american politician, former republican united states representative michigan 1953-1978 , former mayor of bay city, michigan.
henderson forsythe, 88, american actor (as world turns).
rabbi arthur hertzberg, 84, polish-born american scholar of judaism.
vaishnavi, 20, indian bollywood actress, suicide.

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bindhyabasini devi, 86, indian folk singer.
ken jones, 84, welsh rugby union player, wales , british lion rugby union player , silver medal olympiad.
john lyall, 66, british football manager west ham united f.c. , ipswich town f.c., heart attack.
grady mcwhiney, 77, american historian.
dick rockwell, 85, american cartoonist, assistant on steve canyon, nephew of norman rockwell.

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john f. cosgrove, 56, american politician, member of florida house of representatives.
scott crossfield, 84, american x-15 test pilot, plane crash.
bob dove, 85, american nfl defensive lineman , member of college football hall of fame.
ellen kuzwayo, 91, south african author, anti-apartheid activist, , member of parliament, diabetes.

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kathleen antonelli, 85, irish computer programmer, 1 of eniac original computer programmers, cancer.
cy bahakel, 87, american media magnate.
stanley hiller, jr., 81, american helicopter designer.
igor kuljerić, 68, croatian composer , conductor.
miguel zacarías nogaim, 101, mexican film director.
anna svidersky, 17, russian teenager, murdered while working @ mcdonald s, stabbed.
wolfgang unzicker, 80, german chess grandmaster.
robert wegman, 87, american businessman, chairman , former ceo of wegmans food markets, inc., philanthropist.

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sir richard bayliss, 89, british physician, physician queen (1973-1981).
jacob kovco, 25, first australian defence force serviceperson killed in iraq.
telê santana, 74, brazilian football coach, complications intestinal infection.

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henriette avram, 86, american library systems analyst, developed marc cataloging format.
ed davis, 89, american california state senator , former los angeles police chief (1969–1978).
nobby lawton, 65, english footballer, midfielder & former captain of preston north end, cancer.
jobie nutarak, 58, canadian politician, snowmoblie accident.
satyadeow sawh, 50, guyanese minister of fisheries, crops , livestock. shot masked gunmen.
ronnie sox, 67, american drag racing pioneer.
alida valli, 84, italian actress (the third man).[3]
fausto vitello, 59, american businessman , magazine publisher, founding publisher of skateboarding magazine thrasher, heart attack.

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ghafar baba, 81, malaysian former deputy prime minister.
susan browning, 65, american actress.
harvey bullock, 84, american television writer , producer (the love boat, love, american style).
wing commander johnny checketts, 94, new zealand world war ii flying ace
willie finnigan, 93, scottish footballer (hibernian f.c.)
boris fraenkel, 85, french trotskyist
barry gibbs, 73, south australian cricket official.
william gottlieb, 89, american jazz photographer.
jennifer jayne, 64, british tv , film actress ( adventures of william tell )
florence mars, 83, american civil rights activist, author of witness in philadelphia.
ian nelson, 50, english saxophone , clarinet musician, died in sleep.
david peckinpah, 54, american television producer , director, heart attack.
phil walden, 66, american founder of capricorn records, cancer.
isaac witkin, 69, south african-born american sculptor.
roger watkins, 69, english former editor-in-chief of variety magazine, cancer.

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erik bergman, 94, finnish composer
peter ellis, 58, british television director.
nasreen pervin huq, 47, bangladeshi women s activist , director of action aid, getting hit car.
grace nelsen jones, 112, american virginia s oldest person.
brian labone, 66, english footballer, everton , england player, heart attack
bonnie owens, 76, american country music singer.
jimmy sharman, 94, australian boxing troupe impresario.
sibby sisti, 85, american mlb player boston braves
steve stavro, 78, canadian grocery store magnate , former owner of toronto maple leafs, heart attack.
grand rabbi moshe teitelbaum (satmar), 91, hungarian-born hasidic rebbe, of satmar, 1 of largest hassidic jewish groups in world.

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ronald girdwood, 89, scottish physician.
joseph s. iseman, 89, american lawyer, educator , former president of bennington college, cardiac arrest
jane jacobs, 89, american-born canadian urban activist , author (the death , life of great american cities), stroke.
john kerr, 81, irish ballad singer.
peter law, 58, welsh politician, independent mp , am, brain tumor.
tabe slioor, 79, finnish socialite.

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rabbi moshe halberstam, 74, israeli rabbi, dean of tshakava yeshivah , prominent member of edah charedis rabbinical court of jerusalem.
professor yuval ne eman, 80, israeli physicist, founder of israel space agency, , former science minister.
russ swan, 42, american former major league baseball pitcher (injuries due fall)

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wacław latocha, 69, polish olympic cyclist.
pat marsden, 69, canadian sportscaster, lung cancer.
roy mogg, 77, english methodist preacher , fraternalist, announced @ 74th national convention of loyal order of moose.
strini moodley, 60, south african founding member of black consciousness movement
kay noble-bell, 65, american wrestler.
julia thorne, 61, american author , first wife of john kerry, bladder cancer.
mel tom, 64, american football player, heart failure.
alexander buel trowbridge, 76, american politician , businessman, secretary of commerce under president lyndon b. johnson 1967-1968, former president of national association of manufacturers.

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helen armstrong, 63, american concert violinist.
angel o. berrios, 69, puerto rican engineer, former mayor of caguas, heart failure
steve howe, 48, american former major league baseball pitcher, automobile accident
jan koetsier, 94, dutch composer , conductor.
ben-zion orgad, 80, israeli composer, cancer
mgg pillai, 67, malaysian journalist , political activist, heart complications

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sid barron, 88, canadian cartoonist. known biplane flying overhead trailing banner read mild, isn t it.
william l. durkin, 89, u.s. marine , businessman - best known rescuing howard hughes in 1946 plane crash, heart attack
john kenneth galbraith, 97, american economist , author (the affluent society), natural causes.
alberta nelson, 68, american actress known beach party films of 1960s.
félix siby, 64, gabonese politician , former government minister.
john trever, 90, american scholar photographed dead sea scrolls in jerusalem.
alvin s. white, 87, american test pilot

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jay bernstein, 69, american hollywood publicist.
barry driscoll, 79, british sculptor , painter, cancer.
jean-françois revel, 82, french philosopher
corinne rey-bellet, 33, swiss alpine skier, shot dead
william (bill) roberts, 105, british first world war veteran
rabbi moshe shmuel shapiro, 88, belarusian-born rosh yeshiva of yeshivas er yaakov in israel
paul spiegel, 68, german chairman of central council of german jews, natural causes.
pramoedya ananta toer, 81, indonesian writer