2006 in The United States - Deaths

Deaths

  • January 1
    • Harry Magdoff, economist
    • Hubert Schoemaker, biotechnology pioneer
    • Gideon Rodan, scientist
  • January 4 – William Haxby, scientist
  • January 5 – Frank Cary, ex-chairman of IBM
  • January 8 – David Rosenbaum, journalist
  • January 9 – David Kruidenier, publisher
  • January 10
    • Dr. Ira Black, scientist, advocate of stem cell research
    • Elliot Forbes, Harvard University professor of music
  • January 11
    • Nixzmary Brown, murder victim (born 1998)
    • Eric Namesnik, Olympic silver medallist in swimming
  • January 12
    • Eldon Dedini, cartoonist
    • Anne Meacham, actress
  • January 15 – Edward Hall, developer of missile programs
  • January 16 – Stanley Biber, surgeon, one of the earliest to do sex change surgery
  • January 18 – Thomas Murphy, CEO of General Motors during 1970s
  • January 19
    • Wilson Pickett, soul music singer
    • Basil Worgul, biologist
  • January 23
    • David Weber, clarinetist
    • Samuel Koster, armyman
  • January 24
    • William Graham, ex-CEO of Baxter International
    • Chris Penn, actor (born 1965)
  • January 25 – Herbert Schilder, dental surgeon
  • January 28
    • Arthur Bloom, first director of 60 Minutes
    • Helmut Schulz, scientist
  • January 30 – Wendy Wasserstein, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright
  • February 3 – Lou Jones, former world record holder in 400 metres race
  • February 4 – William Jones, civil rights activist
  • February 8 – Barry Martin, dancer
  • February 10
    • Norman Shumway, cardiac surgeon, performed first successful human heart transplant
    • John Belluso, playwright
  • February 12 – Peter Benchley, author
  • February 24 - Dennis Weaver, actor (born 1924)
  • March 28
    • Jerry Brudos, imprisoned U.S. serial killer, natural causes (born 1939)
    • Charles Schepens, ophthalmologist known as "the father of retinal surgery" and a Nazi resistance movement leader (born 1912)
    • Caspar Weinberger, U.S. Secretary of Defense 1981-1987 under Reagan; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 1973-1975 under Nixon and Ford (born 1917)
  • March 29 – Don Alias, jazz percussionist (born 1939)
  • July 16 – Destiny Norton, victim of kidnapping and murder (born 2000)
  • August 6 – Marcus Fiesel, murder victim (born 2003)
  • September 13 – Ann Richards, American politician
  • December 13 – Rebecca Riley, murder victim (born 2002)

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