I know we have lost one of our own this year, but here are some others who have also passed away during 2006:
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Joseph Barbera 18th December 95 Animator (Scooby Doo etc)
Fred Marsden 9th December 66 Drummer - Gerry & the Pacemakers
Alan Freeman 27th November 79 Radio DJ
Robert Altman 21st November 81 Film Director
Milton Friedman 16th November 94 Economist
Desert Orchid 13th November 27 Racehorse
Gerald Levert 10th November 40 R&B Singer
Jack Palance 10th November 87 Actor
Bobby Shearer 5th November 74 Footballer
William Styron 1st November 81 Writer
Paul Hunter 9th October 27 Snooker player
Raymond Baxter 15th September 84 TV Presenter - Tomorrow's World
Steve Irwin 4th September 44 TV Presenter - The Crocodile Hunter
Syd Barrett 7th July 60 Musician - Pink Floyd
Fred Trueman 1st July 75 England Cricketer
Aaron Spelling 23rd June 83 TV producer
Earl Woods 3rd May 74 Father of Tiger Woods
John McGahern 30th March 71 Author
Lynne Perrie 24th March 75 Actress - Ivy Tilsley, Coronation Street
Jimmy Johnstone 12th March 61 Footballer - Celtic
Dana Reeve 6th March 44 Singer / Wife of Christopher Reeve
Peter Osgood 1st March 59 Footballer - Chelsea
Dennis Weaver 24th February 81 Actor
Peter Benchley 11th February 65 Author - Jaws
Sir Frederick (Freddie) Laker 9th February 83 Entrepreneur / Airline Tycoon
Ron Greenwood 9th February 84 former England manager
Coretta Scott King 31st January 78 Civil rights campaigner
Chris Penn 24th January 40 Actor
Shelley Winters 14th January 83 Actress
Anthony (Tony) Banks 8th January 62 Ex-Labour MP