# Deaths in 2006

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaths-in-2006/386128>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 30, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaths-in-2006/386128 "2006-12-30T18:10:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaths-in-2006/386128/1 "2006-12-30T18:10:30Z")

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So, it’s probably time, once again, to add up all of the celebs and prominent individuals who have passed this year. My own list-feel free to add:  
-Saddam Hussein  
-Gerald Ford  
-James Brown  
-Ed Bradley  
-Shelley Winters  
-Buck O’Neil  
-Joseph Barbera  
-Peter Boyle  
-Augusto Pinochet  
-Martha Tilton  
-Jeane Kirkpatrick  
-Robert Altman  
-Jack Palance  
-Jane Wyatt  
-Ann Richards  
-Steve Irwin  
-Mickey Spillane  
-Red Buttons  
-June Allyson  
-Ken Lay  
-Aaron Spelling  
-Gene Pitney  
-Caspar Weinberger  
-Slobodan Milosevic  
-Dana Reeve  
-Betty Friedan  
-Al Lewis  
-Coretta Scott King  
-Wilson Pickett

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**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaths-in-2006/386128/2 "2006-12-30T18:28:57Z")

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[IMDb list of 2006 deaths](http://www.imdb.com/DiedInYear?year=2006&nav=/Sections/Years/2006/include-deaths); not updated yet with some of the last few days (Ford, Hussein).

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaths-in-2006/386128/3 "2006-12-30T18:32:17Z")

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Milton Friedman, John Kenneth Galbraith, [Robert Brooks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Brooks), P.W. Botha, Syd Barrett, [Shing Sang-Ok](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Sang-Ok), and [Igor Sergeyev](http://www.economist.com/obituary/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8313704).

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaths-in-2006/386128/4 "2006-12-31T03:02:23Z")

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And [my list](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=401906), which shot straight to the bottom of the Unread Posts quicksand pit.