References are numbered in [brackets], which are listed here. A number after the dot gives the page in the source.

Last updated: 2008 August 9.

2006 July 1 Death of Ryutaro Hashimoto, 53rd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1937). [27] Death of Fred Trueman, English cricketer (born 1931). [27] July 3 Death of Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (born 1941). [27] July 5 Death of Gert Fredriksson, Swedish kayaker (born 1919). [27] Death of Kenneth Lay, American businessman (born 1942). [27] July 6 Death of Kasey Rogers, American actress, author, and biker (born 1925). [27] July 7 Death of Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author, and broadcaster (born 1914). [27] Death of Rudi Carrell, Dutch entertainer (born 1934). [27] Death of Syd Barrett, English singer, songwriter, and guitarist (born 1946). [27] July 8 Death of June Allyson, American actress (born 1917). [27] Death of Catherine Leroy, French photographer (born 1945). [27] July 10 Death of Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (born 1965). [27] July 11 Death of Ross M. Lence, American political scientist (born 1943). [27] Death of John Spencer, British snooker player (born 1935). [27] July 13 Death of Red Buttons, American actor and comedian (born 1919). [27] July 16 Death of Bob Orton, American wrestler (born 1929). [27] July 17 Death of Mickey Spillane, American writer (born 1918). [27] July 18 Death of Raul Cortez, Brazilian actor (born 1931). [27] July 19 Death of Jack Warden, American actor (born 1920). [27] July 20 Death of Lim Kim San, Singapore politician (born 1916). [27] Death of Ted Grant, British politician (born 1913). [27] July 21 Death of Ta Mok, Cambodian military leader (born 1926). [27] Death of Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-born actor (born 1933). [27] July 22 Death of José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (born 1965). [27] Death of Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Italian-born Brazilian actor and playwright (born 1934). [27] July 25 Death of Hani Mohsin, Malaysian actor (born 1965). [27] July 28 Death of David Gemmell, British author (born 1948). [27] July 30 Death of Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (born 1921). [27] August 2 Death of Luisel Ramos, Uruguayan model (born 1984). [27] August 3 Death of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-born soprano (born 1915). [27] Death of Arthur Lee, American musician (born 1945). [27] August 9 Death of James van Allen, American physicist (born 1914). [27] August 11 Death of Mike Douglas, American entertainer (born 1925). [27] August 13 Death of Tony Jay, English-born actor (born 1933). [27] Death of Payao Poontarat, Thai boxer (born 1957). [27] August 14 Bruno Kirby dies. [5] August 15 Death of Te Atairangi Kaahu, Maori queen (born 1931). [27] Death of Faas Wilkes, former Dutch football player (born 1923). [27] August 16 Death of Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (born 1912). [27] August 20 Death of Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (born 1911). [27] August 21 Death of Bismillah Khan, Indian musician (born 1916). [27] Death of S. Yizhar, Israeli writer (born 1916). [27] August 23 In Austria, Natascha Kampusch manages to escape after being kidnapped eight years ago by Wolfgang Priklopil who locked her up in his cellar. Priklopil commits suicide by throwing himself in front of a train. [27] Death of Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (born 1928). [27] August 26 Death of Rainer Barzel, German politician (born 1924). [27] Death of Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer (born 1926). [27] August 27 Death of Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian filmmaker (born 1922). [27] August 30 Death of Glenn Ford, Canadian actor (born 1916). [27] Death of Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911). [27] September 1 Death of György Faludy, Hungarian poet, at age 95 (born 1910). [27] [133.96] September 2 Death of Charlie Williams, British comedian (born 1927). [27] Death of Bob Mathias, American athlete (born 1930). [27] Death of Willi Ninja, American dancer and choreographer (born 1961). [27] September 4 Death of Steve Irwin, Australian environmentalist and television personality (born 1962). [27] Death of Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (born 1942). [27] Death of Colin Thiele, Australian author and educator (born 1920). [27] September 7 Death of Robert Earl Jones, American stage and film actor (born (1910). [27] September 8 Death of Hilda Bernstein, English-born author, artist, and activist (born 1915). [27] Death of Peter Brock, Australian race car driver (born 1945). [27] September 9 Death of Richard Burmer, American composer and electronic musician (born 1955). [27] Death of William B. Ziff, Jr., American publishing executive (born 1930). [27] September 10 Death of Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, King of Tonga (born 1918). [27] September 11 Death of Joachim Fest, German historian and journalist (born 1926). [27] Death of Johannes Bob van Benthem, Dutch lawyer (born 1921). [27] September 13 Death of Ann Richards, Governor of Texas, USA (born 1933). [27] September 14 Death of Elizabeth Choy, Singapore World War II hero (born 1910). [27] Death of Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-born actor and bodybuilder (born 1926). [27] September 15 Death of Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist (born 1929). [27] Death of Abe Saffron, Australian nightclub owner and property developer (born 1920). [27] September 16 Death of Rob Levin, American computer programmer (born 1955). [27] September 17 Death of Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite, sister of John F. Kennedy (born 1924). [27] Death of Dorothy C. Stratton, Director of the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (born 1899). [27] September 19 Death of Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (born 1950). [27] September 20 Death of Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (born 1932). [27] Death of John W. Peterson, American composer (born 1921). [27] September 23 Death of Malcolm Arnold, English composer (born 1921). [27] Death of Aladár Pege, Hungarian musician (born 1939). [27] September 24 Death of Tetsuro Tamba, Japanese actor (born 1922). [27] September 26 Death of Byron Nelson, American golfer (born 1912). [27] Death of Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American propagandist for Japan in World War II (born 1916). [27] September 29 Death of Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (born 1915). [27] Death of Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian musician (born 1976). [27] October 6 Death of Buck O'Neil, American Negro League baseball player (born 1911). [27] Death of Wilson Tucker, American writer (born 1914). [27] October 7 Death of Anna Politkovskaya, American-born Russian journalist (born 1958). [27] October 8 Death of Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (racing accident) (born 1975). [27] October 9 Death of Paul Hunter, British snooker player (born 1978). [27] Ray Noorda dies, at age 82. [4] October 10 Death of Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (born 1932). [27] October 11 New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle is killed (born 1972), along with his flight instructor, when his plane crashes into a building in New York City's Upper East Side. [27] October 14 Death of Freddy Fender, American singer (born 1937). [27] October 16 Death of Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (born 1921). [27] Death of Valentín Paniagua, President of Peru (born 1936). [27] October 18 Death of Anna Russell, British-born comedian and music satirist (born 1911). [27] October 21 Death of Sandy West, drummer for The Runaways (born 1959). [27] October 24 Death of Enolia McMillan, First female president of the NAACP (born 1904). [27] October 28 Death of Red Auerbach, American basketball coach and official (born 1917). [27] Death of Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (born 1955). [27] October 29 Death of Silas Simmons, at age 111 in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Simmons was the oldest baseball player who ever lived, playing in the Negro Leagues for 17 years for the Homestead Grays, New York Lincoln Giants, and Cuban All-Stars. [56] October 31 Death of Pieter Willem Botha, former State President of South Africa (born 1916). [27] November 1 Death of Adrienne Shelly, American actress and director (born 1966). [27] Death of William Styron, American writer (born 1925). [27] November 2 Death of Adrien Douady, French mathematician (born 1935). [27] Death of Wally Foreman, Australian sports commentator (born 1948). [27] November 3 Death of Paul Mauriat, French musician (born 1925). [27] November 4 Death of Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician (born 1915). [27] Death of Sergi López Segú, Spanish footballer (born 1967). [27] November 5 Death of Mustafa Bülent Ecevit, Turkish politician, poet, writer and journalist (born 1925). [27] Death of Samuel Bowers, American Ku Klux Klansman and convicted killer (born 1924). [27] November 7 Death of Bryan Pata, American college football player (born 1984). [27] November 8 Death of Basil Poledouris, American composer (born 1945). [27] November 9 Death of Ed Bradley, American journalist (born 1941). [5] [27] November 10 Death of Gerald Levert, American singer (born 1966). [27] Death of Jack Palance, American actor (born 1919). [27] November 11 Death of Belinda Emmett, Australian actress and singer (born 1974). [27] November 15 Death of Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian fashion model (born 1985). [27] November 16 Death of Milton Friedman, American economist, proponent of global capitalism, Nobel Prize laureate, at age 94 (born 1912). [5] [27] [46.6] Art Donovan dies. [5] November 17 Death of Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (born 1927). [27] Death of Bo Schembechler, American football coach (born 1929). [27] Death of Ruth Brown, American singer (born 1928). [27] November 20 Death of Robert Altman, American film director (born 1925). [27] Death of Andre Waters, American football player (born 1962). [27] November 21 Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanon's Minister of Industry, is assassinated in Beirut. [27] Death of Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese politician (born 1972). [27] November 22 Death of John Allan Cameron, Canadian musician (born 1938). [27] November 23 Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian KGB agent, is killed by Polonium-210 in a London sushi bar. [27] Death of Philippe Noiret, French actor (born 1930). [27] Death of Anita O'Day, American singer (born 1919). [27] Death of Willie Pep, American boxer (born 1922). [27] November 24 Death of Walter Booker, American jazz bassist (born 1933). [27] Death of Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer and songwriter (born 1950). [27] November 25 Death of Leo Chiosso, Italian poet (born 1920). [27] Death of Valentin Elizalde, Mexican singer (born 1979). [27] Death of Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner, American actress, journalist and publisher (born 1916). [27] November 26 Death of Dave Cockrum, American comic book artist (born 1943). [27] November 27 Death of Alan Freeman, Australian-born broadcaster and disc jockey (born 1927). [5] [27] December 3 Death of James Kim, American television personality (born 1971). [27] Death of Logan Whitehurst, American comedy singer (born 1977). [27] Death of Craig Hinton, British novelist (born 1964). [27] December 5 Death of David Bronstein, Soviet Union chess grandmaster (born 1924). [27] December 7 Death of Jeane Kirkpatrick, American political theorist and U.N. ambassador (born 1926). [27] Death of J. B. Hunt, American trucking magnate (born 1927). [27] December 8 Death of Jose Uribe, Dominican Major League Baseball player (born 1959). [27] December 10 Death of Augusto Pinochet, Chilean dictator (born 1915). [27] December 12 Death of Paul Arizin, American basketball player (born 1928). [27] Death of Peter Boyle, American actor (born 1935). [27] Death of Raymond P. Shafer, 38th Governor of Pennsylvania (born 1917). [27] December 13 Death of Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (born 1932). [27] Death of "Homesick" James Williamson, American blues musician (born 1910). [27] Death of Federico Crescentini, Sanmarinese football player (born 1982). [27] The Chinese River Dolphin or Baiji becomes extinct. [27] December 14 Death of Ahmet Ertegün, Turkish record executive (born 1923). [27] Death of Mike Evans, American actor (born 1949). [27] December 15 Death of Clay Regazzoni, Swiss race car driver (born 1939). [27] December 16 Death of Don Jardine, Canadian professional wrestler (born 1940). [27] December 18 Death of Joseph Barbera, American animator (born 1911). [27] December 20 Death of Ma Ji, Chinese actor (born 1934). [27] December 21 Saparmurat Niyazov, the dictator of Turkmenistan dies unexpectedly, sparking world concern over a possible power vacuum and instability in this energy-rich country. [27] December 22 Death of Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (born 1960). [27] December 23 Death of Robert Stafford, American politician (born 1913). [27] Death of Dutch Mason, Canadian blues musician (born 1938). [27] Death of Marilyn Waltz, American actress, model & Playboy playmate (born 1931). [27] December 24 Death of Braguinha, Brazilian songwriter (born 1907). [27] Death of Charlie Drake, English comedian (born 1925). [27] Death of Frank Stanton, American television executive (born 1908). [27] Death of Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian musician, composer, poet and comedian (born 1961). [27] December 25 Death of James Brown, American singer (born 1933). [5] [27] December 26 Death of Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States (born 1913). [27] Death of Chris Brown, U.S. baseball player (born 1961). [27] December 30 Saddam Hussein, former Iraq president, is executed in Baghdad. [27] Death of Antony Lambton, Viscount Lambton, British politician (born 1922). [27]