Those We Lost in 2006

From the Detroit Free Press
December 29, 2006

JANUARY

Lou Rawls, 72, singer, Jan. 6
Shelley Winters, 85, Oscar-winning actress, Jan. 14
Thomas A. Murphy, 90, General Motors CEO in 1970s, Jan. 18
Wilson Pickett, 64, singer, Jan. 19
Coretta Scott King, 78, civil rights leader, Jan. 30

FEBRUARY

Betty Friedan, 85, author of "The Feminine Mystique," Feb. 4
Dennis Weaver, 81, actor, Feb. 24
Don Knotts, 81, actor, Feb. 24
Darren McGavin, 83, actor, Feb. 25

MARCH

Dana Reeve, 44, actress, March 6
Gordon Parks, 93, photographer and director, March 7
Slobodan Milosevic, 64, deposed Yugoslav leader, March 11
Maureen Stapleton, 80, actress, March 13
Oleg Cassini, 92, fashion designer, March 17
Buck Owens, 76, singer, March 25
Caspar W. Weinberger, 88, former defense secretary, March 28

APRIL

Gene Pitney, 66, singer, April 5
June Pointer, 52, singer, April 11
The Rev. William Sloane Coffin, 81, peace activist, April 12
John Kenneth Galbraith, 97, economist, April 29

MAY

Louis Rukeyser, 73, business commentator, May 2
Earl Woods, 74, Tiger Woods' father, May 3
Lillian Asplund, 99, last Titanic survivor with memories of sinking, May 6
Lloyd Bentsen, 85, former Texas senator, U.S. treasury secretary, May 23

JUNE

Billy Preston, 59, musician, June 6
James Cameron, 92, founded America's Black Holocaust Museum, June 11
Aaron Spelling, 83. TV producer, June 23
Patsy Ramsey, 49, JonBenet's mother, June 24

JULY

Jan Murray, 89. TV host, July 2
Kenneth Lay, 64, disgraced Enron founder, July 5
Ralph Ginzburg, 76, magazine publisher, July 6
Syd Barrett, 60, musician, July 7
June Allyson, 88, actress, July 8
Red Buttons, 87, actor, July 13
Mickey Spillane, 88, mystery writer, July 17
Jack Warden, 85, actor, July 19

AUGUST

James A. Van Allen, 91, physicist, Aug. 9
Mike Douglas, 81, TV host, Aug. 11
Maynard Ferguson, 78, jazz trumpeter, Aug. 23
Glenn Ford, 90, actor, Aug. 30

SEPTEMBER

Steve Irwin, 44, TV wildlife expert, Sept. 4
Ann Richards, 73, former Texas governor, Sept. 13

OCTOBER

Freddy Fender, 69, singer, Oct. 14
Gerry Studds, 69, Congress' first openly gay member, Oct. 14
Jane Wyatt, 96, actress, Oct. 20

NOVEMBER

William Styron, 81, novelist, Nov. 1
Ed Bradley, 65, TV journalist, Nov. 9
Jack Palance, 87, actor, Nov. 10
Milton Friedman, 94, economist, Nov. 16
Robert Altman, 81, film director, Nov. 20

DECEMBER

Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, 80, former UN ambassador, Dec. 7
Moses Hardy, 113, second oldest man and last black U.S. veteran of World War I, Dec. 7
Augusto Pinochet, 91, ex-Chilean dictator, Dec. 10
Peter Boyle, 71, actor, Dec. 12
James Brown, singer, Dec. 25
Gerald R. Ford, former U.S. president, Dec. 26