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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2006. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.


January 2006


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Frank Cary Frank T. Cary (December 14, 1920 – January 1, 2006) was an American executive and businessman. Cary served as the Chairman of IBM from 1973 to 1983 and CEO from 1973 to 1981. Early life and education Frank Taylor Cary was born on December 1 ...
, 85, American businessman, chairman of IBM (1973–1981), natural causes. *
Mapita Cortés Mapita Cortés (August 4, 1939 – January 1, 2006 born Maria del Pilar Mercado Cordero in 1939 in the Santurce barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico – died in Mexico City), was a Puerto Rican actress of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico. ...
, 66, Puerto Rican actress, cancer. *
Bryan Harvey Bryan Stanley Harvey (born June 2, 1963) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to for the California Angels of the American League and the Florida Marlins of the National Lea ...
, 49, American musician ''(
House of Freaks House of Freaks was a two-man band formed in Richmond, Virginia in the mid-1980s. Bryan Harvey played guitar and sang, and Johnny Hott played percussion. The band managed to achieve a remarkably full sound, mostly because of Hott's inventive dr ...
)'', murdered. *
Dawn Lake Dawn Alice Lake (20 January 1927 – 1 January 2006) was an Australian television comedian, singer, entertainer, and actor whose career spanned more than 50 years. She was particularly associated in show business with her husband Bobby Limb. ...
, 78, Australian entertainer, widow of Bobby Limb. * John Latham, 84, Zambian artist, natural causes. *
Paul Lindblad Paul Aaron Lindblad (August 9, 1941 – January 1, 2006) was an American Major League Baseball left-handed middle-relief pitcher. During his career, he pitched primarily for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics. At the time of his retirement in 1 ...
, 64, American baseball player (
Oakland Athletics The Oakland Athletics (often referred to as the A's) are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The te ...
), Alzheimer's disease. *
Dragan Lukić Dragan Lukić ( sr-cyr, Драган Лукић; 30 November 1928 – 1 January 2006) was a Serbian children's writer. Biography He was born in Belgrade. His mother's name was Tomanija, and his father, Aleksandar, was a pressman, so he acquired ...
, 77, Serbian writer, after long illness. * Harry Magdoff, 92, American socialist and editor, natural causes. *
Charles O. Porter Charles Orlando Porter (April 4, 1919 – January 1, 2006) was an American lawyer, World War II veteran, and politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He served in the United States House of Representatives for two terms from 1957 to 1961. Early ...
, 86, American politician, representative from Oregon (1957–1961), Alzheimer's disease. *
Gideon Rodan Gideon Alfred Rodan (June 14, 1934 – January 1, 2006) was a Romanian-born United States, American biochemist and Doctor of Medicine. Formative years Rodan was born in Bucharest, Romania on June 14, 1934. He completed his doctor of medicine ...
, 71, American biochemist, cancer. *
Hubert Schoemaker Hubert Jacob Paul Schoemaker (March 23, 1950 – January 1, 2006) was a Dutch biotechnologist. He was a co-founder and the president of one of America's first biotechnology companies, Centocor, which was founded in 1979 for the commercialisi ...
, 55, Dutch chemist, co-founder of
Centocor Janssen Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Beerse, Belgium, and wholly-owned by Johnson & Johnson. It was founded in 1953 by Paul Janssen. In 1961, Janssen Pharmaceuticals was purchased by New Jersey-based American ...
, brain cancer. *
Charles Steen Charles Augustus Steen (December 1, 1919 – January 1, 2006) was a geologist who made and lost a fortune after discovering a rich uranium deposit in Utah during the uranium boom of the early 1950s. Early years Charlie Steen was born in 1919 ...
, 86, American geologist and businessman.


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* Frank Butler, 89, British sports journalist. * Raul Davila, 74, Puerto Rican actor and television producer, heart attack. * Ofelia Fox, 82, Cuban nightclub owner ''( Tropicana Club)'', cancer. * Osa Massen, 91,
Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...
actress. * Klemens Mielczarek, 85, Polish actor. * Michael S. Smith, 59, American jazz drummer. * Francis Steinmetz, 91, Dutch author and Colditz Castle escapee. *
Frank Wilkinson Frank Wilkinson (August 16, 1914 – January 2, 2006) was an American civil liberties activist who served as Executive Director of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation and the First Amendment Foundation (both predecessors to the ...
, 91, American
civil liberties Civil liberties are guarantees and freedoms that governments commit not to abridge, either by constitution, legislation, or judicial interpretation, without due process. Though the scope of the term differs between countries, civil liberties may ...
activist Activism (or Advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good. Forms of activism range fro ...
, natural causes. *
John Wojtowicz John Stanley Joseph Wojtowicz (March 9, 1945January 2, 2006) was an American bank robber whose story inspired the 1975 film ''Dog Day Afternoon''. Early life Wojtowicz was the son of a Polish father and an Italian-American mother (nee Terry Bass ...
, 60, American
bankrobber "Bankrobber" is a song by English punk rock band The Clash. The song was not released on any of their studio albums, instead appearing on their compilation ''Black Market Clash''. Upon its 1980 release as a single (initially available in the UK ...
, cancer. *
John Woodnutt John Edward Arthur Woodnutt (3 March 1924 – 2 January 2006) was an English character actor, often cast in villainous roles. Early life and education The younger son of Harold Frederick Woodnutt and brother of the Conservative MP Mark Woodnutt ...
, 81, British actor. *
Lidia Wysocka Lidia Wysocka (June 24, 1916 – January 2, 2006) was a Polish stage, film and voice actress, singer, cabaret performer and creative director, theatre director and costume designer, editorialist. Filmography In 1934 she dubbed Madeleine Carroll ...
, 89,
Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
actress.


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* Urbano Lazzaro, 81, Italian resistance fighter, capture of
Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...
. * Steve Rogers, 51, Australian rugby league player, apparent suicide. * Sir William Skate, 52, Papua New Guinean politician, prime minister (1997–1999), stroke. * Bruce Wilson, 64, Australian journalist, cancer.


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John Hahn-Petersen John Hahn-Petersen (4 November 1930 in Frederiksberg – 4 January 2006) was a Danish theatre, TV and movie actor. He made his debut in 1955 and starred in a number of productions, including ''Matador'', ''Landsbyen'', and ''Taxa''. In 2006 he h ...
, 75, Danish actor, heart attack. *
Sophie Heathcote Sophie Heathcote (25 December 1970 – 4 January 2006) was an Australian actor, known for her role in film Reckless Kelly and for her regular television serial roles, including '' A Country Practice'', '' Water Rats'' and ''Grass Roots'' Bio ...
, 33, Australian actress (''
A Country Practice ''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera which broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 5 November 1993, airing at 7:30 pm on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Altogether, 14 seasons and 1,058 episodes were p ...
''). *
Milton Himmelfarb Milton Himmelfarb (October 21, 1918 – January 4, 2006) was an American sociographer of the American Jewish community. Himmelfarb worked for four decades at the American Jewish Committee where he was director of information and research ser ...
, 87, American essayist. * Stan Hunt, 76, American cartoonist. *
Irving Layton Irving Peter Layton, OC (March 12, 1912 – January 4, 2006) was a Romanian-born Canadian poet. He was known for his "tell it like it is" style which won him a wide following, but also made him enemies. As T. Jacobs notes in his biography (2001) ...
, 93, Canadian poet, complications from Alzheimer's disease. * Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, 62, Emirati emir, Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, heart attack. *
Gretl Schörg Gretl Schörg (17 January 1914 – 4 January 2006) was an Austrian operatic soprano and actress. She was particularly known for her performances in operettas. Her signature roles included Dodo in ''Wedding Night in Paradise'', Josepha Vogelhuber ...
, 91, Austrian actress. *
Lourdes Van-Dúnem Maria de Lourdes Pereira dos Santos Van-Dúnem (29 April 1935 – 4 January 2006) was an Angolan singer. Usually called Lourdes Van-Dúnem, she was born in Luanda, and rose to stardom in the 1960s with the group Ngola Ritmos. She recorded her fir ...
, 70, Angolan singer, typhoid fever. *
Nel van Vliet Petronella "Nel" van Vliet (17 January 1926 – 4 January 2006) was a breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands. She won gold medals in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1947 European Aquatics Championships and 1948 Summer Olympics. In 197 ...
, 79, Dutch swimmer.


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Rod Dedeaux Raoul Martial "Rod" Dedeaux (February 17, 1914 – January 5, 2006) was an American college baseball coach who compiled what is widely recognized as among the greatest records of any coach in the sport's Amateur baseball in the United States, amat ...
, 91, American college baseball coach, complications from a stroke. * William H. G. FitzGerald, 96, American investor, philanthropist and diplomat, ambassador to Ireland, aortic aneurysm. *
Keizo Miura was a Japanese people, Japanese skiing, skier. He was a skiing teacher and photographer of mountain landscapes. He was notable for his fitness and outdoor-sport undertakings at advanced age; at 77 he was the oldest person to climb Kilimanjaro and ...
, 101, Japanese skier. * Lord Merlyn-Rees, 85, Welsh-born politician, former British Home Secretary, following a number of falls. *
Ken Mosdell Kenneth "Kenny" Mosdell (July 13, 1922 – January 5, 2006) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. Mosdell played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1941 to 1942, and 1944 to 1959, with the Brooklyn Americans, Montreal Canadiens, ...
, 83, Canadian ice hockey player ( Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks). * Mark Roberts, 84, American actor ('' Gilda'', ''
Dan August ''Dan August'' is an American drama series that aired on ABC from September 23, 1970, to April 8, 1971. Burt Reynolds played the title character. Reruns of the series aired in prime time on CBS from May to October 1973 and from April to June 197 ...
'', '' Black Arrow''). * Simon Shanks, 34, American football player (
Arizona Cardinals The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division, and play t ...
), shot. *
Rachel Squire Rachel Anne Squire (13 July 1954 – 5 January 2006) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunfermline West in Scotland from 1992 general election to 2005, and then for Dunfermline and West Fife from 2005 ...
, 51, British Labour Member of Parliament for
Dunfermline and West Fife Dunfermline and West Fife is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election from all of the old Dunfermline West and parts of the old Dunfermlin ...
, stroke. *
Alex St. Clair Alex St. Clair (born Alexis Clair Snouffer; September 14, 1941 – c. January 5, 2006) was an American musician. Twice guitarist for Captain Beefheart, St. Clair was a contemporary of Frank Zappa and Beefheart at Antelope Valley High School i ...
, 64, American musician (
Captain Beefheart Don Van Vliet (; born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. Conducting a rotating ensemble known as Th ...
). *
Vajramuni Sadananda Sagar (11 May 1944 – 5 January 2006), better known by his stage name Vajramuni, was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada films. He portrayed negative characters during most of his career and was considered one of Kannada cinema's ...
, 62, Indian actor.


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Allaire du Pont Allaire du Pont (May 4, 1913 – January 6, 2006) was an American sportswoman and a member of the prominent French-American Du Pont family of chemical manufacturers who is most remembered as the owner of the Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fam ...
, 92, American thoroughbred enthusiast, owner of Kelso, natural causes. * Roshan Khan, 76, Pakistani squash player, complications from a heart attack and coma. *
Józef Milik Józef Tadeusz Milik (Seroczyn, Poland, 24 March 1922 – Paris, 6 January 2006) was a Polish biblical scholar and a Catholic priest, researcher of the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) through the deserts of Judea/Jordan, and translator and editor of the B ...
, 83, Polish Catholic priest and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar. * Comandanta Ramona, 47, Mexican
Tzotzil The Tzotzil are an indigenous Maya people of the central Chiapas highlands in southern Mexico. As cited by Alfredo López Austin (1997), p. 133, 148 and following. As of 2000, they numbered about 298,000. The municipalities with the largest Tzo ...
Zapatista rebel leader and women's rights advocate, kidney disease and tuberculosis. *
Lou Rawls Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American record producer, singer, composer and actor. Rawls released more than 60 albums, sold more than 40 million records, and had numerous charting singles, most notably his s ...
, 72, American jazz and blues singer, lung and brain cancer. *
Hugh Thompson, Jr. Hugh Clowers Thompson Jr. (April 15, 1943 – January 6, 2006) was a United States Army Major, and a former warrant officer in the 123rd Aviation Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Division. He is credited with ending the Mỹ Lai Massacre of the S ...
, 62, Vietnamese War helicopter pilot who helped stop the My Lai Massacre, removed from life support. * Stanley Roger Tupper, 84, American politician, former Republican United States Representative from Maine from 1961 to 1967. *
Gábor Zavadszky Gábor Zavadszky (10 September 1974 – 7 January 2006) was a Hungarian footballer. Club career Zavadszky was a midfielder and first played for MTK Hungária FC and Ferencvárosi Torna Club in his hometown Budapest. In early 2005 he joined A ...
, 31, Hungarian footballer (soccer player), probably pulmonary embolism.


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Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar Lieutenant-General Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar (1947 – January 6, 2006) was a Brazilian soldier. He was born in Bagé in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. He served for 39 years in the Brazilian Army and eventually rose to the rank of L ...
, 58, Brazilian soldier, head of the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti, suicide. * Heinrich Harrer, 93, Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer and author. * Alf McMichael, 78, Northern Irish footballer. *
Jim Zulevic Jim Zulevic (February 20, 1965 – January 7, 2006) was an American actor, improvisational comedian, television writer, and radio host. He died suddenly, most likely due to a heart attack, at age 40. Early life Zulevic, of Scottish and Cro ...
, 40, American actor ('' The Specials''), heart attack.


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Tony Banks, Baron Stratford Anthony Louis Banks, Baron Stratford (8 April 1942 – 8 January 2006) was a British politician who served as Minister for Sport from 1997 to 1999. A member of the Labour Party, he was a member of Parliament from 1983 to 2005 and subsequentl ...
, 62, British politician and peer, former British Minister for Sport, stroke and cerebral hemorrhage. *
Elson Becerra Elson Evelio Becerra Vaca (26 April 1978 – 8 January 2006) was a Colombian footballer. Club career Born in Cartagena, Becerra began playing football with Deportes Tolima's youth academy. He joined the senior squad at age 17, helping the ...
, 27, Colombian football player, shot. *
Alex Elmsley Alex Elmsley (2 March 1929 – 8 January 2006) was a Scottish magician and computer programmer. He was notable for his invention of the ''Ghost Count'' or '' Elmsley Count'', creating mathematical card tricks, and for publishing on the mathemati ...
, 76, English magician, heart attack. * Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Hanover, 90, German aristocrat, educator and Olympian. *
James Robert Hightower James Robert Hightower (7 May 19158 January 2006) was an American sinologist. He was a professor of Chinese at Harvard University who specialized in the translation of Chinese literature. Although he spent his youth in Colorado, Hightower lived m ...
, 90, American sinologist. *
Katherine Peden Katherine Graham Peden (January 2, 1926 – January 8, 2006) was the first woman appointed as the Commissioner of Commerce in Kentucky. Peden was engaged in economic growth policy-making at the national and state levels during the 1960s and 70s. S ...
, 80, American politician. * David Rosenbaum, 63, American journalist, '' The New York Times'' reporter, head injury during mugging. *
Gloria Root Gloria Root (May 28, 1948 – January 8, 2006) was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the December 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. Biography Education Root started her higher education at the Univer ...
, 57, American model and businesswoman, cancer. *
Mimmo Rotella Domenico "Mimmo" Rotella (Catanzaro, 7 October 1918 – Milan, 8 January 2006) was an Italian artist considered an important figure in post-war European art. Best known for his works of décollage and psychogeographics, made from torn advert ...
, 87, Italian artist, illness. *
Raatbek Sanatbayev Raatbek Sanatbayev (7 May 1969 – 8 January 2006 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) was a Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman Sport wrestling, wrestler who competed in the Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg, Me ...
, 36,
Kyrgyz Kyrgyz, Kirghiz or Kyrgyzstani may refer to: * Someone or something related to Kyrgyzstan *Kyrgyz people *Kyrgyz national games *Kyrgyz language *Kyrgyz culture *Kyrgyz cuisine *Yenisei Kirghiz *The Fuyü Gïrgïs language in Northeastern China ...
Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler and candidate for National Olympic Committee president, shot. * José Luis Sánchez, 31, Argentine football (soccer) player, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.


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* Andy Caldecott, 41, Australian Dakar Rally motorcycle rider, fatal neck injury sustained in an accident in Mauritania. *
Patricia Hitt Patricia Reilly Hitt (January 24, 1918 – January 9, 2006) was the Assistant Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973. Hitt was born in Taft, California but grew up in Whittier, California, atten ...
, 87, American Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Nixon, natural causes. *
Selwyn Hughes Selwyn Hughes (27 April 1928 – 9 January 2006) was a Welsh Christian minister best known for writing the daily devotional '' Every Day with Jesus''. He founded the Christian ministry Crusade for World Revival (CWR) and wrote over fifty Christian ...
, 77, British fundamentalist evangelical who founded
Crusade for World Revival Selwyn Hughes (27 April 1928 – 9 January 2006) was a Welsh Christian minister best known for writing the daily devotional '' Every Day with Jesus''. He founded the Christian ministry Crusade for World Revival (CWR) and wrote over fifty Christian ...
. * Mikk Mikiver, 68, Estonian stage director and actor. *
W. Cleon Skousen Willard Cleon Skousen (; January 20, 1913 – January 9, 2006) was an American Conservatism in the United States, conservative author with the John Birch Society and a faith-based conspiracy theorist. A notable anti-communist and suppor ...
, 92, American conservative author, BYU professor and prominent Latter-day Saint author and lecturer. *
Gordon Smith Gordon Smith may refer to: In politics *Gordon H. Smith (born 1952), former U.S. Senator from Oregon, and current Area Authority for the LDS Church * Gordon Elsworth Smith (1918–2005), Canadian politician * Gordon Smith (academic) (1927–2009), ...
, 55, Canadian inventor. * Jack Snow, 62, American NFL player and radio announcer, complications from a staph infection. * Don Stewart, 70, American actor ('' The Guiding Light''), lung cancer.


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* Ira B. Black, 64, American neuroscientist, founder of the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey, infection related to a tumor. * Dave Brown, 52, American NFL player, heart attack. * Elliot Forbes, 88, American conductor, musicologist, Harvard University professor and Beethoven scholar. *
Sidney Frank Sidney E. Frank (October 2, 1919 – January 10, 2006) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He became a billionaire through his promotion of Grey Goose vodka and Jägermeister. Early life, family, education Frank was born to a Jewish ...
, 86, American businessman and philanthropist, heart failure. * Alethea Hayter, 94, British writer. * Dennis Marks, 73, American animation writer-producer. * John Sinibaldi, 92, American Olympic cyclist.


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* Bernard Dafney, 37, American football player, heart attack. * Eric Namesnik, 35, American Olympic swimmer, injuries from a car crash. * Mark Spoon, 39, German DJ, prominent figure in trance music and member of ( Jam & Spoon), heart attack. * Mabel Sine Wadsworth, 95, American birth control activist and women's health educator.


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William Matthew Byrne, Jr. William Matthew Byrne Jr. (September 3, 1930 – January 14, 2006) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Education and career Born in Los Angeles, California, Byrne recei ...
, 75, American federal judge, presiding judge in the trial of
Daniel Ellsberg Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7, 1931) is an American political activist, and former United States military analyst. While employed by the RAND Corporation, Ellsberg precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the ''Pent ...
, pulmonary fibrosis. * Brendan Cauldwell, 83, Irish actor, died in sleep. * Eldon Dedini, 84, American cartoonist, esophageal cancer. * Shaikh Faisal bin Hamad Al Khalifa, 14, Bahraini prince, injuries from a car crash. *
Günther Landgraf Günther Landgraf (14 September 1928 in Kryry – 12 January 2006 in Dresden) was a German physicist and, from 1990 till 1994, President of Technische Universität Dresden. Günther Landgraf was born in Kryry, in Bohemia (now Czech Republic). H ...
, 77, German physicist and former president of Technische Universität Dresden. * Stewart Linder, 74, American Oscar-winning film editor. * Anne Meacham, 80, American actress (''
Suddenly, Last Summer ''Suddenly Last Summer'' is a one-act play by Tennessee Williams, written in New York in 1957. It opened off Broadway on January 7, 1958, as part of a double bill with another of Williams' one-acts, '' Something Unspoken'' (written in London i ...
'', '' Another World'', '' Lilith''). *
Meinrad Schütter Meinrad Schütter (21 September 1910 – 12 January 2006) was a Swiss composer. He studied with Willy Burkhard during World War II and with Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theori ...
, 95, Swiss composer.


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Raúl Anguiano José Raúl Anguiano Valadez (February 26, 1915 – January 13, 2006) was a notable Mexican painter of the 20th century, part of the “second generation” of Mexican muralists which continued the tradition of Diego Rivera, José Clemente Or ...
, 90, Mexican engraver and painter. * Gordon Atkinson, 83, Canadian broadcaster and politician. *
Richard Dalitz Richard Henry Dalitz, FRS (28 February 1925 – 13 January 2006) was an Australian physicist known for his work in particle physics. Education and early life Born in the town of Dimboola, Victoria, Dalitz studied physics and mathematics at Me ...
, 80, Australian physicist, expert in exotic particles, studied quarks. *
Frank Fixaris Frank Fixaris (May 6, 1934 in Torrington, Connecticut – January 13, 2006 in Falmouth, Maine) was an American sportscaster, anchor, reporter, and disc jockey, spending the majority of his career at WGME-TVbr>in Portland, Maine, Portland, Maine. ...
, 71, American sportscaster, house fire. *
Ron Jessie Ron Ray Jessie (February 4, 1948 – January 13, 2006) was an American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Bills. His best season came in 1976 with the Los Angeles Rams, ...
, 57, American NFL wide receiver, heart attack. *
Marc Potvin Marc Potvin (January 29, 1967 – January 13, 2006) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 121 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1990 and 1996. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1990 to 1998, was mainly s ...
, 38, Canadian NHL player, found dead in his hotel room in Michigan, suicide. *
Joan Root Joan Root (18 January 1936 – 13 January 2006) was a Kenyan conservationist, ecological activist and Oscar-nominated filmmaker. With her film-maker husband, Alan Root she made a series of acclaimed wildlife films. The couple divorced in 1981 and ...
, 69, American wildlife conservationist, shot to death.


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Henri Colpi Henri Colpi (; 15 July 1921 – 14 January 2006) was a French film editor and film director. Early life Colpi graduated from the IDHEC in 1947. During 1950 to 1960, he edited films for such notable French New Wave directors as Agnès Varda and G ...
, 84, Swiss film director and cinematographer. * Jim Gary, 66, American sculptor, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage. * Conrad Hendricks, 27, South African professional football player, car crash. *
Bubba Morton Wycliffe Nathaniel "Bubba" Morton (December 13, 1931 – January 14, 2006) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers (1961–1963), Milwaukee Braves (1963) and California Angels (1966–1969). He bat ...
, 74, American baseball player and coach. *
Mark Philo Mark William Philo (5 October 1984 – 14 January 2006) was an English professional footballer. He spent his whole professional career at Wycombe Wanderers making 19 first-team appearances. He died on 14 January 2006 following a road traffic co ...
, 21, English professional football player, injuries from a car crash. *
Bob Weinstock Bob Weinstock (October 2, 1928 – January 14, 2006) was an American record producer best known for his label Prestige Records, established in 1949, which was responsible for many significant jazz recordings during his more than two decades op ...
, 77, American record producer, founded independent jazz record label
Prestige Records Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City which issued recordings in the mainstream, bop, and cool jazz idioms. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz music ...
, complications of diabetes. * Shelley Winters, 85, American actress (''
The Diary of Anne Frank ''The Diary of a Young Girl'', also known as ''The Diary of Anne Frank'', is a book of the writings from the Dutch-language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherl ...
'', ''
Lolita ''Lolita'' is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a middle-aged literature professor under the pseudonym Humbert Humber ...
'', '' The Poseidon Adventure''), Oscar winner (
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...
,
1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
), heart failure.


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* Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 79, Kuwaiti Emir, brain hemorrhage. *
Glyn Berry Glyn Raymond Berry (June 14, 1946 – January 15, 2006) was a Canadians, Canadian diplomat killed by a suicide attack, suicide car bombing attack in Afghanistan. He was the first Canadian diplomat to be killed while on duty in Afghanistan. Two othe ...
, 59, Welsh-born Canadian diplomat in Afghanistan. * Hilma Contreras, 95, Dominican writer. *
Edward N. Hall Edward Nathaniel Hall (4 August 1914 – 15 January 2006) was a leading missile development engineer working for the United States and its allies in World War II and the late 20th century. He is known as the father of the Minuteman interc ...
, 91, U.S. Air Force rocket expert, father of the Minuteman
intercontinental ballistic missile An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than , primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads). Conventional, chemical, and biological weapons c ...
program. * Gregory Kimble, 88, American psychologist. * William Post, 66, American lottery winner. *
George Worth George Vitéz Worth (born György Woittitz; April 1, 1915 – January 15, 2006) was a Hungarian-born American sabre Olympic medalist fencer. Early and personal life Worth was born György Woittitz in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish. Because ...
, 90, American Olympic fencer.


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* Stanley Biber, 82, American physician and pioneer in sex reassignment surgery, complications of pneumonia. *
Rebiha Khebtani Rebiha Khebtani (7 May 1926 – 16 January 2006) was a French Algerian politician who served in the National Assembly of France from 1958 until 1962. A member of the party, she represented the Sétif constituency. Khebtani's position as a Muslim ...
, 79, French Algerian politician, MP. * Jan Mark, 62, British children's writer,
meningitis Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges. The most common symptoms are fever, headache, and neck stiffness. Other symptoms include confusion or ...
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Richard P. McCormick Richard Patrick McCormick (December 24, 1916 – January 16, 2006) was a historian, former university professor of history, administrator, professor emeritus at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and president of the New Jer ...
, 89, American historian, professor at Rutgers University. * Willie Smith, 66, American baseball player, heart attack.


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Clarence Ray Allen Clarence Ray Allen (January 16, 1930 – January 17, 2006) was an American criminal and proxy murder, proxy killer who was executed in 2006 at the age of 76 by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison in California for the murders of three pe ...
, 76, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection. *
Harold R. Collier Harold Reginald Collier (December 12, 1915 – January 17, 2006) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois. Collier was born and raised in Lansing, Michigan. He attended and graduated from Morton Colle ...
, 90, American politician, former Republican United States Representative from Illinois from 1957 to 1975. *
Wallace Mercer Alexander Wallace Mercer (4 June 1946 – 17 January 2006) was chairman of the Scottish football club Heart of Midlothian from 1981 to 1994. Hearts Mercer became chairman on 25 May 1981 when he bought a controlling interest in Hearts for £265,00 ...
, 59, British businessman, former chairman of
Heart of Midlothian F.C. Heart of Midlothian Football Club, commonly known as Hearts, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Professional Football League. Hearts, the oldest and most successful football club in the S ...
, cancer. *
Giles Worsley Giles Arthington Worsley (22 March 1961 – 17 January 2006) was an English architectural historian, author, editor, journalist and critic, specialising in British country houses. He was the second son of Sir Marcus Worsley of Hovingham Hall, a ...
, 44, British architectural historian and journalist, nephew of the Katharine, Duchess of Kent, cancer.


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* Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida, 81, Portuguese politician. *
Norman McCabe Norman McCabe (February 10, 1911 – January 17, 2006) was an English-born American animator who enjoyed a long career that lasted into the 1990s. Early career McCabe was born in England and raised in the United States. He soon developed a ...
, 94, American animator and director, famous for ''Tokio Jokio'' and ''The Ducktators'' shorts from his
Termite Terrace Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. was an American animation studio, serving as the in-house animation division of Warner Bros. during the Golden Age of American animation. One of the most successful animation studios in American media history, it wa ...
tenure at Warner Bros. * Thomas Murphy, 90, American former CEO of
General Motors The General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and ...
. * Anton Rupert, 89, South African businessman, philanthropist and founding member of World Wide Fund for Nature, natural causes. *
Stjepan Steiner Stjepan Steiner (16 October 1915 – 18 January 2006) was a Croatian physician, cardiologist, Major general in the Yugoslav People's Army and personal physician of Josip Broz Tito. Early life and family Steiner was born into a middle class J ...
, 90, Croatian physician, doctor to
Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (; sh-Cyrl, Тито, links=no, ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various positions from 1943 until his deat ...
. *
Jan Twardowski Jan Jakub Twardowski (1 June 1915 – 18 January 2006) was a Polish poet and Catholic priest. He was a chief Polish representative of contemporary religious lyrics. He wrote short, simple poems, humorous, which often included colloquialisms. He ...
, 90, Polish priest and poet.


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* Gábor Agárdy, 83, Hungarian actor ('' The Round-Up'', '' Mattie the Goose-boy''). * Gary Downie, South African psychotherapist and television production manager (''
Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
'', ''
Star Cops ''Star Cops'' is a British science fiction television drama series first broadcast on BBC2 in 1987. It was devised by Chris Boucher, a writer who had previously worked on the science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' and ''Blake's 7'' ...
''), cancer. * Anthony Franciosa, 77, American actor, third husband of Shelley Winters, stroke. * Tom Nugent, 92, American football coach, member of the
College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and interactive attraction devoted to college football. The National Football Foundation (NFF) founded the Hall in 1951 to immortalize the players and coaches of college football that were vote ...
, congestive heart failure. * Wilson Pickett, 64, American soul singer, heart attack. *
Awn Alsharif Qasim Awn Al-Sharif Qasim ( ar, عون الشريف قاسم ) (June 16, 1933 – January 19, 2006) was a prolific Sudanese writer, encyclopedist, a prominent scholar, a powerful community leader, a man of charity and one of Sudan's leading experts on ...
, 73, Sudanese writer, educator and Islamic scholar. * Geoff Rabone, 84, New Zealand cricketer. *
Franz Seitz Franz Seitz may refer to: * Franz Seitz Sr. (1887–1952), German film director * Franz Seitz Jr. (1921–2006), German film producer See also * Franz von Seitz Franz von Seitz, born Franz Seitz (31 December 1817 – 13 April 1883) was ...
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Elmer Otto Friday Elmer Otto Friday Jr. (February 23, 1924 – January 20, 2006) was an American judge and politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Florida Senate, representing the 24th and 34th districts. Friday was born Polk County, Florida, he is ...
, 81, American politician. * Andrei Iordan, 71, Kyrgyz politician, former prime minister of Kyrgyzstan. * David Maust, 51, American convicted serial killer, heart failure after a botched suicide attempt. *
Dave Lepard David Roberto Hellman (28 May 1980 – 13 January 2006), known by his stage name Dave Lepard, was a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of glam metal band Crashdïet. Career He formed the band Crashd ...
, 25, Swedish musician ( Crashdïet), suicide. * Rose Nader, 99, Lebanese-born president of the Shafeek Nader Trust for the Community Interest, heart failure. *
Pio Taofinu'u Pio may refer to: Places * Pio Lake, Italy * Pio Island, Solomon Islands * Pio Point, Bird Island, south Atlantic Ocean People * Pio (given name) * Pio (surname) * Pio (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer * Pio (footballer, born 1988), B ...
, 82, Samoan Roman Catholic cardinal. * Leslie Wilson, 80, British Olympic cyclist.


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Michael Chan, Baron Chan Michael Chew Koon Chan, Baron Chan (; 6 March 1940 – 21 January 2006) was a Singaporean-born British physician and life peer who sat in the House of Lords between 2001 and 2006. Early life and education Chan was born in Singapore on 6 Ma ...
, 65, British paediatrician, second peer of Chinese origin. * John James Cowperthwaite, 90, British civil servant, Financial Secretary of Hong Kong (1961–1971). *
Robert Knudson Robert Knudson (September 29, 1925 – January 21, 2006) was an American sound engineer. He won three Academy Awards for Best Sound and was nominated for seven more in the same category. He worked on more than 100 films between 1963 and 199 ...
, 80, American sound engineer ('' Cabaret'', '' The Exorcist'', ''
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (or simply ''E.T.'') is a 1982 American science fiction film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Melissa Mathison. It tells the story of Elliott, a boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, d ...
''), Oscar winner (
1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
,
1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
,
1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
), supranuclear palsy. * Ibrahim Rugova, 61, Kosovan politician, President of Kosovo, lung cancer.


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* Janette Carter, 82, American last living member of the Carter Family country music group. *
Alec Coxon Alexander Coxon (18 January 1916 – 22 January 2006) was an English cricketer who played for Yorkshire. He also played one Test match for England in 1948. Life and career Coxon was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. World War II delayed Coxon's ...
, 90, English cricketer, Yorkshire and England player. *
Sherman Ferguson Sherman Eugene Ferguson (October 31, 1944 – January 22, 2006) was an American jazz drummer. For a time he was a member of the jazz trio Heard Ranier Ferguson. Background Ferguson once said that when people asked him what he did, he wouldn't ...
, 61, American jazz drummer. * Aydın Güven Gürkan, 65, Turkish academic and politician (chairman of SHP). * Nellie Y. McKay, 67, African-American literary critic, colon cancer.


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Ernie Baron Ernesto J. Baron (August 15, 1940 – January 23, 2006), professionally known as Ka Ernie Baron, was a Filipino broadcaster and inventor. He spent more than 40 years in the field of broadcasting. He was best known as the weather presenter in th ...
, 65, Filipino radio/TV host and meteorologist, heart attack brought about by diabetes. *
Andrea Bronfman Andrea Brett Morrison Bronfman (May 30, 1945 – January 23, 2006) was a philanthropist and wife of billionaire Charles Bronfman, who was once co-chairman of Seagram's Co. Personal life She was born Andrea Brett Morrison in 1945 to a British Jew ...
, 60, American philanthropist and wife of Charles Bronfman, hit by car. *
Savino Guglielmetti Savino Guglielmetti (26 November 1911 – 23 January 2006) was an Italian gymnast. He competed at the 1932, 1936 and 1948 Olympics and won two gold medals in 1932. Biography A taxi ran over Guglielmetti when he was a child, but he escaped unhar ...
, 94, Italian gymnast, 1928 Olympic gold-medalist and oldest surviving Olympic champion. *
Samuel W. Koster Samuel William Koster (December 29, 1919 – January 23, 2006) was a career officer in the United States Army. He attained the rank of major general, and was most notable for his service as commander of the Americal Division and Superintendent of ...
, 86, United States Army officer, highest ranking United States Army officer charged in My Lai massacre, renal cancer. * Chris McKinstry, 38, Canadian independent researcher in artificial intelligence, suicide. *
Joseph M. Newman Joseph M. Newman (August 17, 1909 – January 23, 2006) was an American film director most famous for his 1955 film ''This Island Earth''. His credits include episodes of ''The Twilight Zone'' and ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour''. He was nomin ...
, 96, American film director/producer, '' This Island Earth''. *
Bill Rice Wilburn Steven Rice (born April 19, 1939 in Datto, Arkansas) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Rice charted six singles between 1971 and 1978, including the Top 40 hit "Travelin' Minstrel Man", but is better known for his songw ...
, 74, American artist. * Virginia Smith, 94, American politician, former Republican United States Representative from Nebraska (1975–1991). *
Michael Wharton Michael Wharton (19 April 1913 – 23 January 2006) was a British newspaper columnist who wrote under the pseudonym Peter Simple in the British ''Daily Telegraph''. He began work on the "Way of the World" column with illustrator Michael ffolk ...
, 92, British humorist ("Peter Simple").


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Zaki Badawi Sheikh Mohammed Aboulkhair Zaki Badawi ( ar, الشيخ محمد أبو الخير زكي بدوي), KBE, GCFO (14 January 1922 – 24 January 2006) was a prominent Egyptian Islamic scholar, community activist, and promoter of interfaith-dialo ...
, 84, Egyptian Islamic scholar, Islamic religious leader in Britain. * Schafik Handal, 75, Salvadoran politician, former presidential candidate and leader of El Salvador's main political opposition party, the FMLN, heart attack. * Kiki Heck, 81, Dutch Olympic dive

* Peter Ladefoged, 80, American phonetician, stroke. * Carlos (Café) Martínez, 40, Venezuelan corner infielder, former MLB player, complications from a long illness. *
Fayard Nicholas Fayard Antonio Nicholas (October 20, 1914 – January 24, 2006) was an American choreographer, dancer and actor. He and his younger brother Harold Nicholas made up the Nicholas Brothers tap dance Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by u ...
, 91, American dancer, elder of the renowned Nicholas Brothers, pneumonia and complications of a stroke. * Chris Penn, 40, American actor ('' Footloose'', '' Reservoir Dogs'', '' The Funeral''), heart disease. * Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 68, British geologist, leukaemia.


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Robin Coombs Robert Royston Amos Coombs FRS FRCPath FRCP (9 January 1921 – 25 January 2006) was a British immunologist, co-discoverer of the Coombs test (1945) used for detecting antibodies in various clinical scenarios, such as Rh disease and bloo ...
, 84, British immunologist, developed Coombs Antibody test *
Marion Dudley The Brownstone Lane murders were the mass murders of four people at a residence on Brownstone Lane in Houston, Texas. On June 20, 1992, three men tied up six people and shot all of them in the head execution-style. Four of the six victims died ...
, 33, American convicted murderer, executed in Texas. *
Luther Green Luther Green (November 13, 1946 – January 25, 2006) was an American basketball player. Born in New York City, Green played college basketball at Long Island University and was selected by the Cincinnati Royals in the third round of the 1969 NBA ...
, 59, American NBA player, lung cancer. * John F. Kerin, Australian professor, reproductive scientist and gynaecologist, farm accident. *
Anna Malle The ''AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') Hall of Fame has honored people for their work in the adult entertainment industry since 1995.Herbert Schilder, 77, American dental surgeon, improved root canal procedures,
Lewy body disease Lewy body dementias are two similar and common subtypes of dementia—dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD). Both are characterized by changes in thinking, movement, behavior, and mood. The two conditions have sim ...
. *
Sudharmono Sudharmono ( EVO: Soedharmono; 12 March 1927 – 25 January 2006), also known by his nickname, Pak Dar, was an Indonesian politician and army officer, who served as the 5th Vice President of Indonesia, under the New Order regime of president S ...
, 78, Indonesian politician and lieutenant general, vice president of Indonesia from 1988 to 1993, pneumonia. * Allan Temko, 81, American architectural critic and writer, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic for the '' San Francisco Chronicle'', brief illness.


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* Len Carlson, 68, Canadian voice actor ('' The Raccoons'', '' Rolie Polie Olie'', '' Atomic Betty''), heart attack. *
John Dunwoody John Elliot Orr Dunwoody CBE (3 June 1929 – 26 January 2006) was a British Labour politician. Dunwoody was educated at St Paul's School, then trained as a doctor at King's College London, and Westminster Hospital Medical School. A surgeon, ...
, 76, British Member of Parliament, effects of an accident. *
Morris Silverman Morris Silverman (1894–1972) was a Conservative rabbi as well as a writer. Biography Silverman was born on November 19, 1894 in Newburgh, New York, the son of Lena (Friedland) and Simon Silverman, who were Russian Jewish immigrants. He edite ...
, 93, American philanthropist, founder of the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research. *
Dave Tatsuno Dave Tatsuno (born Masaharu Tatsuno August 18, 1913 – January 26, 2006, in California) was a Japanese American businessman who documented life in his family's internment camp during World War II. His footage was later compiled into the film ...
, 92, Japanese American businessman, documented the Topaz Japanese internment camp in his film ''
Topaz Topaz is a silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine with the chemical formula Al Si O( F, OH). It is used as a gemstone in jewelry and other adornments. Common topaz in its natural state is colorless, though trace element impurities can mak ...
''. * Khan Wali Khan, 89, Pakistani politician, prominent opposition Leader and prominent Pashtun leader, heart attack.


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Maurice Colclough Maurice John Colclough (2 September 1953 – 27 January 2006) was an international rugby union player. He was selected for the 1980 British Lions tour to South Africa and the 1983 British Lions tour to New Zealand, playing in all four inte ...
, 52, English Rugby Union player, brain tumour. *
Tana Hoban Tana Hoban (February 20, 1917 – January 27, 2006) was an American photographer and creator of children's books, including many picture books without any words. Early life and education Tana Hoban was born in Philadelphia to Jeanette (Dim ...
, 88, American photographer of children, author of over 110 children's books. *
Phyllis King Phyllis April King is a British poet. She appears and reads her material on Ivor Cutler's albums ''Dandruff'', ''Velvet Donkey'' and ''Jammy Smears''. King designed some of the Ivor Cutler album covers, and has published poetry and children's b ...
, 100, British Wimbledon winner. *
Carol Lambrino Mircea Grigore Carol Hohenzollern (born Mircea Grigore Carol Lambrino; 8 January 1920 – 27 January 2006), also known as Prince Mircea Grigore Carol al României (anglicised as: of Romania) according to his amended Romanian birth certificat ...
, 86, Romanian Prince, elder son of
King Carol II of Romania Carol II (4 April 1953) was King of Romania from 8 June 1930 until his forced abdication on 6 September 1940. The eldest son of Ferdinand I, he became crown prince upon the death of his grand-uncle, King Carol I in 1914. He was the first of t ...
. * Christopher Lloyd, 84, British gardening writer, stroke. * Gene McFadden, 56, American singer and songwriter, cancer. *
Victor Mishcon, Baron Mishcon Victor Mishcon, Baron Mishcon, QC, DL (14 August 1915 – 27 January 2006) was a leading British solicitor and a Labour politician. His firm acted for Diana, Princess of Wales in her divorce. The Mishcon Lectures were established at Unive ...
, 90, British solicitor and politician. *
Johannes Rau Johannes Rau (; 16 January 193127 January 2006) was a German politician (SPD). He was the president of Germany from 1 July 1999 until 30 June 2004 and the minister president of North Rhine-Westphalia from 20 September 1978 to 9 June 1998. In the ...
, 75, German politician, President of Germany (Bundespräsident) from 1999 to 2004.


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Peter Isola Peter Joseph Isola, OBE, GMH (Gibraltar, 1929 – 28 January 2006 ), was a Gibraltarian politician and lawyer. He succeeded Maurice Xiberras as leader of the Democratic Party for a British Gibraltar (DPBG). Early life and career Isola was b ...
, 76, Gibraltarian politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Gibraltar (1956–1984). *
Yitzchak Kaduri Yitzhak Kaduri (, ar, إسحاق كدوري), also spelled Kadouri, Kadourie, Kedourie; "Yitzhak" ( – 28 January 2006), was a renowned Mizrahi Haredi rabbi and kabbalist who devoted his life to Torah study and prayer on behalf of the Jewish ...
, 106, Iraqi-born renowned Sephardic Orthodox rabbi and kabbalist. * Henry McGee, 76, British actor. * Sauli Rytky, 87, Finnish cross-country skier and Olympic medalist.


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Andrew Gonzalez Brother Andrew Benjamin Gonzalez, F.S.C. (29 February 1940 – 29 January 2006) was a Filipino linguist, writer, educator, and a De La Salle Brother. He served as president of De La Salle University from 1979 to 1991 and from 1994 to 1998. Fro ...
, 65, Filipino linguist and educator, complications from diabetes. *
Lau Mulder Laurens ("Lau") Siebrand Mulder (7 July 1927 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies – 29 January 2006 in Uithoorn) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 19 ...
, 78, Dutch field hockey player and Olympic medalist. * Nam June Paik, 73, South Korean-born American artist, particularly noted for his video art, natural causes. *
George Psychoundakis George Psychoundakis BEM ( el, Γεώργιος Ψυχουντάκης, 3 November 1920 – 29 January 2006) was a member of the Greek Resistance on Crete during the Second World War and after the war an author. Following the German invasion, ...
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* Stew Albert, 66, American 1960s anti-establishment activist, co-founder of the Yippies, liver cancer. *
Paul Clinton Paul Clinton (1953 – January 30, 2006) was an American film critic. He served as CNN.com film critic for 20 years. He was the co-founder of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA). Clinton was born in Columbus, Ohio and attended Ohio St ...
, 53, American CNN film critic, founder of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA). * Seth Fisher, 33, American comic book artist ('' Green Lantern: Willworld''), fall. *
Arnold Graffi Arnold Graffi (19 June 1910 – 30 January 2006) was a pioneering German doctor in the area of experimental cancer research. Graffi was born in the Saxon town of Bistritz (Bistrița) in Transylvania, then part of Austria-Hungary. He studied ...
, 95, German Researcher for oncology, long illness. * Coretta Scott King, 78, American civil rights leader, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., ovarian cancer. *
Otto Lang :''see also Otto Lang (film producer) and Otto Lang (actor)'' Otto Emil Lang, (born May 14, 1932) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician. Life and career Lang was born in Handel, Saskatchewan. In 1961, he was appointed Dean of Law at the U ...
, 98, Bosnian-born American film producer and ski mogul, heart disease. * Irving Rosenwater, 73, English statistician and author. * Wendy Wasserstein, 55, American playwright, lymphoma.


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Owen Abrahams Owen Lindsay Abrahams (25 July 1933 – 31 January 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the VFL. Abrahams' football career did not start well after he was rejected by Fitzroy's thirds team, but he moved to the a ...
, 72, Australian rules footballer, serious illness. * Ruairi Brugha, 88, Irish Fianna Fáil politician, son of
Cathal Brugha Cathal Brugha (; born Charles William St John Burgess; 18 July 1874 – 7 July 1922) was an Irish republican politician who served as Minister for Defence from 1919 to 1922, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann in January 1919, the first presiden ...
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Henry S. Coleman Henry Simmons Coleman (April 20, 1926 – January 31, 2006) was an Americans, American educational administrator who was serving as acting dean of Columbia College, Columbia University when he was held hostage in an office for a day by the Stu ...
, 79, American educational administrator, dean at Columbia University. *
Boris Kostelanetz Boris Kostelanetz (16 June 1911 – 31 January 2006) was a leading tax lawyer. Childhood Boris Kostelanetz born in St. Petersburg, Russia on June 16, 1911, to a wealthy Jewish family. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Boris and his fami ...
, 94, Russian-born American tax lawyer. * George Koval, 92, Soviet intelligence agent. * Paul Regina, 49, American actor ('' Brothers'', ''
Joe & Valerie ''Joe & Valerie'' is an American sitcom starring Paul Regina and Char Fontane as the title characters that aired on NBC in two parts: four half-hour segments from April 24 to May 10, 1978, and three half-hour segments from January 5 to January 19, ...
'', ''
L.A. Law ''L.A. Law'' is an American legal drama television series that ran for eight seasons on NBC, from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it centers on the partners, associates and staff of a Los ...
''), liver cancer. * Jason Sears, 38, American punk rock singer ( Rich Kids on LSD), complications from drug abuse. *
Moira Shearer Moira Shearer King, Lady Kennedy (17 January 1926 – 31 January 2006), was an internationally renowned Scottish ballet, ballet dancer and actress. She was famous for her performances in Powell and Pressburger's ''The Red Shoes (1948 film), Th ...
, 80, British ballerina, actress, and newspaper columnist, married to Sir Ludovic Kennedy, natural causes.


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