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)