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Music Deaths of

Deaths in 2006

Name	Dates	Age	Cause of Death
BRYAN HARVEY = AMERICAN = = Singer and Guitarist = member of House of Freaks	Born: BRYAN TABER HARVEY 27 April 1956 Richmond, Virginia, USA | Died: 1 January 2006 Richmond, Virginia, USA	49	Murdered
ALEX ST. CLAIR = AMERICAN = = Musician = member of Captain Beefheart	Born: ALEXIS CLAIR SNOUFFER 14 September 1941 | Died: 5 January 2006 Lancaster, California, USA	64	Heart Attack
LOU RAWLS = AMERICAN = = Recording Artist, Voice Actor, = = Songwriter, and Record Producer =	Born: LOUIS ALLEN RAWLS 1 December 1933 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 6 January 2006 Los Angeles, California, USA	72	Cancer of both Lungs and Brain
MARK SPOON = GERMAN = = Disc Jockey, Musician and Record Producer =	Born: MARKUS LÖFFEL 27 November 1966 Frankfurt, GERMANY | Died: 11 January 2006 Berlin, GERMANY	39	Heart Attack
WILSON PICKETT = AMERICAN = = R&B, Soul and Rock and Roll Singer and Songwriter =	Born: 18 March 1941 Prattville, Alabama, USA | Died: 19 January 2006 Reston, Virginia, USA	64	Heart Attack
GENE McFADDEN = AMERICAN = = Singer, Songwriter and Producer	Born: 28 January 1949 Olanta, South Carolina, USA | Died: 27 January 2006 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	56	Liver and Lung Cancer
THOMAS "PIG CHAMPION" ROBERTS = AMERICAN = = Guitarist = member of Poison Idea	Born: THOMAS ROBERTS 4 November 1958 Portland, Oregon, USA | Died: 30 January 2006 Portland, Oregon, USA	47
ROMANO MUSSOLINI = ITALIAN = = Jazz Pianist, Painter and Film Producer =	Born: 26 September 1927 Villa Carpena, Forlì (Emilia-Romagna), ITALY | Died: 3 February 2006 Rome, ITALY	78
J DILLA = AMERICAN = = Rapper and Hip Hop Producer =	Born: JAMES DEWITT YANCEY 7 February 1974 Detroit, Michigan, USA | Died: 10 February 2006 Los Angeles, California, USA	32	Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
ANNA MARLY = RUSSIAN-born FRENCH = = Singer-Songwriter =	Born: ANNA YURIEVNA BETULINSKAYA 30 October 1917 Leningrad Oblast, RUSSIA | Died: 16 February 2006 Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA	88
BILLY COWSILL = AMERICAN = = singer, musician, songwriter and producer = member of The Cowsills	Born: WILLIAM JOSEPH COWSILL, Jr. 9 January 1948 Middletown, Rhode Island, USA | Died: 18 February 2006 Calgary, Alberta, CANADA	52
ANTHONY BURGER = AMERICAN = = Pianist and Singer =	Born: ANTHONY JOHN BURGER 5 June 1961 Cleveland, Tennessee, USA | Died: 22 February 2006 Miami, Florida, USA	44	Heart Attack
ALI FARKA TOURÉ = MALIAN = = Singer and Multi-Instrumentalist =	Born: ALI IBRAHIM TOURÉ 31 October 1939 Timbuktu, MALI | Died: 6 March 2006 Bamako, MALI	66	Bone Cancer
ANNA MOFFO = AMERICAN = = Opera Singer, Television Personality, = = and award-winning Dramatic Actress =	Born: 27 June 1932 Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 9 March 2006 New York City, USA	73	Stroke
PÍO LEYVA = CUBAN = = Singer = member of The Buena Vista Social Club	Born: WILFREDO LEIVA PASCUAL 5 May 1917 Morón, CUBA | Died: 22 March 2006 Havana, CUBA	88	Heart Attack
CINDY WALKER = AMERICAN = = Songwriter, Country Music Singer and Dancer =	Born: 20 July 1918 Mart, Texas, USA | Died: 23 March 2006 Mexia, Texas, USA	87
BUCK OWENS = AMERICAN = = Musician, Singer, Songwriter = band leader of The Buckaroos	Born: ALVIS EDGAR OWENS Jr. 12 August 1929 Sherman, Texas, USA | Died: 25 March 2006 Bakersfield, California, USA	76	Heart Attack
ROCÍO DÚRCAL = SPANISH = = Singer and Actress =	Born: MARÍA DE LOS ÁNGELES DE LAS HERAS ORTIZ 4 October 1944 Madrid, SPAIN | Died: 25 March 2006 Torrelodones, Autonomous Community of Madrid, SPAIN	61	Uterine Cancer
NIKKI SUDDEN = ENGLISH = = Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist =	Born: ADRIAN NICHOLAS GODFREY 19 July 1956 London, England, UK | Died: 26 March 2006 New York City, New York, USA	49	Heart Attack
JACKIE McLEAN = AMERICAN = = Jazz Alto Saxophonist, Composer, Bandleader, and Educator =	Born: JOHN LENWOOD McLEAN 17 May 1931 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 31 March 2006 Hartford, Connecticut, USA	74	After a long illness
GENE PITNEY = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter, Musician, and Sound Engineer =	Born: GENE FRANCIS ALAN PITNEY 17 February 1940 Hartford, Connecticut, USA | Died: 5 April 2006 Cardiff, WALES	66	Heart Attack
JUNE POINTER = AMERICAN = = Pop/R&B Singer = a founding member of The Pointer Sisters	Born: JUNE ANTOINETTE POINTER 30 November 1953 Oakland, California, USA | Died: 11 April 2006 Los Angeles, California, USA	52	Cancer
PROOF = AMERICAN = = Rapper and Actor = member of 5 Elementz Funky Cowboys Promatic Goon Sqwad D12	Born: DeSHAUN DUPREE HOLTON 2 October 1973 Detroit, Michigan, USA | Died: 11 April 2006 Detroit, Michigan, USA	32	Shot
ERIK BERGMAN = FINNISH = = Composer of Classical Music =	Born: ERIK VALDEMAR BERGMAN 24 November 1911 Nykarleby, FINLAND | Died: 24 April 2006 Helsinki, FINLAND	94
BONNIE OWENS = AMERICAN = = Country Music Singer =	Born: BONNIE CAMPBELL 1 October 1929 Blanchard, Oklahoma, USA | Died: 24 April 2006	76
BEN-ZION ORGAD = ISRAELI = = Composer =	Born: 21 August 1926 Gelsenkirchen, GERMANY | Died: 28 April 2006 Tel Aviv, ISRAEL	79	Cancer
BIG HAWK = AMERICAN = = Rapper = member of Screwed Up Click	Born: JOHN EDWARD HAWKINS 15 November 1969 Houston, Texas, USA | Died: 1 May 2006 Houston, Texas, USA	36	Shot
NAUSHAD = INDIAN = = Musician, Composer, Music director, = = Film producer, Writer, Poet, and Producer =	Born: NAUSHAD ALI 25 December 1919 Lucknow, INDIA | Died: 5 May 2006 Mumbai, INDIA	86
GRANT McLENNAN = AUSTRALIAN = = Alternative Rock Singer-Songwriter-Guitarist = co-founder of The Go Betweens	Born: GRANT WILLIAM McLENNAN 12 February 1958 Rockhampton, Queensland, AUSTRALIA | Died: 6 May 2006 Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA	48	Heart Attack
STEVE BENDER = GERMAN = = Singer = member of Dschinghis Khan The Poor Things	Born: 2 November 1946 Mainz, GERMANY | Died: 7 May 2006 Munich, GERMANY	59	Cancer
SORAYA = COLOMBIAN-AMERICAN = = Singer/Songwriter, Guitarist, Arranger and Record Producer =	Born: SORAYA RAQUEL LAMILLA CUEVAS 11 March 1969 Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA | Died: 10 May 2006	37	Breast Cancer
JOHN HICKS = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist, Composer, and Arranger =	Born: JOHN JOSEPHUS HICKS, Jr. 21 December 1941 Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Died: 10 May 2006 New York City, New York, USA	64	Internal Bleeding
JOHNNIE WILDER = AMERICAN = = Singer = co-founder and lead vocalist of the international R&B/funk group Heatwave	Born: JOHNNIE JAMES WILDER Jr. 3 July 1949 | Died: 13 May 2006 Dayton, Ohio, USA	56	Complications of his Paralysis
CHEIKHA RIMITTI = ALGERIAN = = Singer =	Born: SAADIA EL GHIZANIA 8 May 1923 Tessala, ALGERIA | Died: 15 May 2006 Paris, FRANCE	83	Heart Attack
ANDY CAPPS = AMERICAN = = Drummer = member of Built to Spill	Born: | Died: 18 May 2006	37
FREDDIE GARRITY = ENGLISH = = Singer and Actor = frontman of Freddie & The Dreamers	Born: FREDERICK GARRITY 14 November 1940 Crumpsall, Manchester, ENGLAND | Died: 19 May 2006 Bangor, NORTH WALES	69	Emphysema
IAN COPELAND = AMERICAN = = Music Promoter =	Born: IAN ADIE COPELAND 25 April 1949 Rif Dimashq near Damascus, SYRIA | Died: 23 May 2006 Beverly Hills, California, USA	57	Melanoma
DESMOND DEKKER = JAMAICAN = = Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae Singer-Songwriter and Musician =	Born: DESMOND ADOLPHUS DACRES 16 July 1942 Saint Andrew Parish, JAMAICA | Died: 25 May 2006 Thornton Heath, Greater London, ENGLAND	64	Heart Attack
ROCÍO JURADO = SPANISH = = Singer and Actress =	Born: MARÍA DEL ROCÍO TRINIDAD MOHEDANO JURADO 18 September 1944 Chipiona, Andalucia, SPAIN | Died: 1 June 2006 Alcobendas, Madrid, SPAIN	61	Pancreas Cancer
VINCE WELNICK = AMERICAN = = Keyboardist = member of The Tubes The Grateful Dead Missing Man Formation Mickey Hart Band RatDog Todd Rundgren Second Sight =	Born: 21 February 1951 Phoenix, Arizona, USA | Died: 2 June 2006 Sonoma County, California, USA	55	Committed Suicide by cutting his own throat
JOHNNY GRANDE = AMERICAN = = Keyboardist = member of Bill Haley & His Comets	Born: JOHN A. GRANDE 14 January 1930 South Philadelphia, USA | Died: 3 June 2006	76
BILLY PRESTON = AMERICAN = = Musician, Songwriter, Producer =	Born: WILLIAM EVERETT PRESTON 9 September 1946 in Houston, Texas, USA | Died: 6 June 2006 Scottsdale, Arizona, USA	59	Pericarditis
HILTON RUIZ = AMERICAN of PUERTO RICAN descent = = Jazz Pianist =	Born: 29 May 1952 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 6 June 2006 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	54	Injuries from fall in street
GYÖRGY LIGETI = HUNGARIAN = = Composer =	Born: GYÖRGY SÁNDOR LIGETI 28 May 1923 Transylvania, ROMANIA | Died: 12 June 2006 Vienna, AUSTRIA	83
CLAYDES CHARLES SMITH = AMERICAN = = Musician = co-founder and lead guitarist of Kool and the Gang	Born: 6 September 1948 Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA | Died: 20 June 2006 Maplewood, Essex County, New Jersey, USA	57
EILEEN BARTON = AMERICAN = = Singer =	Born: 24 November 1924 Brooklyn, New York, USA | Died: 27 June 2006 West Hollywood, California, USA	76	Ovarian Cancer
LORRAINE HUNT LIEBERSON = AMERICAN = = Mezzo-Soprano =	Born: 1 March 1954 San Francisco, California | Died: 3 July 2006 Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	52	Breast Cancer
SMILIN' JACK SMITH = AMERICAN = = Singer (Crooner), Radio Host and Actor =	Born: JACK WARD SMITH 16 November 1913 Seattle, Washington, USA | Died: 3 July 2006 Westlake Village, California, USA	92
SYD BARRETT = ENGLISH = = Singer = original founding member of Pink Floyd	Born: ROGER KEITH BARRETT 6 January 1946 Cambridge, ENGLAND | Died: 7 July 2006 Cambridge, ENGLAND	60	Died of complications arising from diabetes
MÍCHEÁL Ó DOMHNAILL = IRISH = = Singer, Guitarist, Composer, and Producer = member of The Bothy Band	Born: MÍCHEÁL SEOSAMH Ó DOMHNAILL 7 October 1951 Kells, County Meath, IRELAND | Died: 7 July 2006 Dundrum, Dublin, IRELAND	54	Fall at his home
JUNE ALLYSON = AMERICAN = = Actress, Singer and Dancer =	Born: ELEANOR GEISMAN 7 October 1917 The Bronx, New York, USA | Died: 8 July 2006 Ojai, California, USA	88	Respiratory Failure and Bronchitis
MILAN B. WILLIAMS = AMERICAN = = Keyboardist = founding member of The Commodores	Born: 28 March 1948 Okolona, Mississippi, USA | Died: 9 July 2006 Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA	58	Cancer
MALACHI THOMPSON = AMERICAN = = Avant-Garde Jazz Trumpeter =	Born: MALACHI RICHARD THOMPSON 21 August 1949 Princeton, Kentucky, USA | Died: 16 July 2006 Chicago, Illinois, USA	56	T-cell lymphoma (cancer)
JOHN G. BLOWERS, Jr. = AMERICAN = = Swing Era Drummer =	Born: 21 April 1911 Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA | Died: 17 July 2006	95
JESSIE MAE HEMPHILL = AMERICAN = = Electric Guitarist, Songwriter, and Vocalist = = specializing in the North Mississippi hill country blues traditions =	Born: 18 October 1923 near Como and Senatobia, Mississippi, USA | Died: 22 July 2006 Memphis, Tennessee, USA	82	After complications from an ulcer
BOBBY PATERSON = SCOTTISH = = Bassist = member of Love & Money	Born: ROBERT ARMSTRONG PATERSON 1956 Carntyne, Glasgow, SCOTLAND | Died: 23 July 2006 Glasgow, SCOTLAND	50
RUFUS HARLEY Jr. = AMERICAN = = Jazz Bagpiper =	Born: 20 May 1936 near Raleigh, North Carolina, USA | Died: 1 August 2006 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	70	Prostate Cancer
ARTHUR LEE = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter = frontman of Love	Born: ARTHUR TAYLOR PORTER 7 March 1945 Memphis, Tennessee, USA | Died: 3 August 2006 Memphis, Tennessee, USA	61	Acute Myeloid Leukemia
ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF = GERMAN = = Operatic Soprano =	Born: OLGA MARIA ELISABETH FRIEDERIKE SCHWARZKOPF 9 December 1915 Jarotschin, Prussia, GERMANY (now POLAND) | Died: 3 August 2006 Schruns, AUSTRIA	90
JON NÖDTVEIDT = SWEDISH = = Singer = member of Dissection	Born: JON ANDREAS NÖDTVEIDT 28 June 1975 Strömstad, SWEDEN | Died: 13 August 2006 Hässelby, SWEDEN	31	Suicide, self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a circle of lit candles
LI'L WALLY = AMERICAN = = Polka Musician and songwriter =	Born: WALTER JAGIELLO 1 August 1930 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 17 August 2006 Florida, USA	76
JOSEPH HILL = JAMAICAN = = Singer = lead singer of roots reggae group Culture	Born: 22 January 1949 Linstead, St. Catherine, JAMAICA | Died: 19 August 2006 Berlin, GERMANY	57	After collapsing following a performance
BRUCE GARY = AMERICAN = = Drummer = member of The Knack	Born: BRUCE DAVID GARY 7 April 1951 Burbank, California, USA | Died: 22 August 2006 Tarzana, California, USA	55	Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
MAYNARD FERGUSON = CANADIAN = = Jazz Trumpet Player =	Born: WALTER MAYNARD FERGUSON 4 May 1928 Verdun, Quebec, CANADA | Died: 23 August 2006 Ventura, California, USA	78	Kidney and Liver Failure brought on by an abdominal infection
JOHN WEINZWEIG = CANADIAN = = Composer of Classical Music =	Born: JACOB WEINZWEIG 11 March 1913 Toronto, CANADA | Died: 24 August 2006	93
JESSE PINTADO = MEXICAN-AMERICAN = = Guitarist = member of Napalm Death {1989-2004} Terrorizer {1986-1988} Lock Up {1998-2006} Brujeria {2000-2000}	Born: JESUS ERNESTO PINTADO ANDRADE 12 July 1969 Sonora, MEXICO | Died: 27 August 2006 Ridderkerk, NETHERLANDS	37	Liver Failure
PIP PYLE = ENGLISH-born = = Drummer = member of Hatfield and the North National Health Gong	Born: PHILIP PYLE 4 April 1950 Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND | Died: 28 August 2006 Paris, FRANCE	56
EVA KNARDAHL = NORWEGIAN = = Classical Pianist =	Born: EVA KNARDAHL FREIWALD 10 May 1927 NORWAY | Died: 3 September 2006 Oslo, NORWAY	79
ASTRID VARNAY = SWEDISH-born AMERICAN of HUNGARIAN descent = = Operatic Soprano =	Born: IBOLYKA ASTRID MARIA VARNAY 25 April 1918 Stockholm, SWEDEN | Died: 4 September 2006 Munich, GERMANY	88
BENNIE SMITH = AMERICAN = = Blues Musician =	Born: 5 October 1933 St. Louis, Missouri, USA | Died: 10 September 2006 St. Louis, Missouri, USA	72	As a complication to lung cancer, Smith suffered a heart attack at his home on 9 September 2006
LOU RICHARDS = AMERICAN = = Guitarist = member of Hatebreed	Born: 12 October 1970 Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA | Died: 13 September 2006	35	Committed Suicide
NORMAN BROOKS = CANADIAN = = Singer =	Born: NORMAN JOSEPH ARIE 19 August 1928 Montreal, CANADA | Died: 14 September 2006 Montreal, CANADA	78	Emphysema
DANNY FLORES aka CHUCK RIO = MEXICAN-AMERICAN = = Rock and Roll Saxophonist = member of The Champs	Born: DANIEL FLORES 11 July 1929 Santa Paula, California, USA | Died: 19 September 2006 Huntington Beach, California, USA	77	Complications of Pneumonia
ARMIN JORDAN = SWISS = = Conductor =	Born: 9 April 1932 Lucerne, SWITZERLAND | Died: 20 September 2006 Zürich, SWITZERLAND	74
BOZ BURRELL = ENGLISH = = Bass Guitarist = member of Bad Company King Crimson	Born: RAYMOND BURRELL 1 August 1946 Holbeach, Lincolnshire, ENGLAND | Died: 21 September 2006 Marbella, SPAIN	60	Heart Attack
MALCOLM ARNOLD = ENGLISH = = Composer =	Born: MALCOLM HENRY ARNOLD 21 October 1921 Northampton, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND | Died: 23 September 2006 Norwich, ENGLAND	84	After suffering from a chest infection
ISABEL BIGLEY = AMERICAN = = Singer and Actress =	Born: ISABEL MARGARET BIGLEY 23 February 1926 Bronx, New York, USA | Died: 30 September 2006 Los Angeles, California, USA	80	Pulmonary disease
FREDDY FENDER = AMERICAN = = Singer =	Born: BALDEMAR GARZA HUERTA 4 June 1937 San Benito, Texas, USA | Died: 14 October 2006 Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	69	Lung Cancer
ANNA RUSSELL = ENGLISH-CANADIAN = = Singer and Comedienne =	Born: ANNA CLAUDIA RUSSELL-BROWN 27 December 1911 Maida Vale, London, ENGLAND | Died: 18 October 2006 Rosedale, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA	94
SANDY WEST = AMERICAN = = Musician, Singer, Songwriter and Drummer = founding member of The Runaways	Born: SANDRA SUE PESAVENTO 10 July 1959 Long Beach, California, USA | Died: 21 October 2006 San Dimas, California, USA	47	Brain Tumour
LEBO MATHOSA = SOUTH AFRICAN = = Singer =	Born: 16 July 1977 Daveyton, a small town just outside Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA | Died: 23 October 2006 Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA	29	Car Accident
LEONID HAMBRO = AMERICAN = = Pianist and Composer =	Born: 26 June 1920 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 23 October 2006 New York City, USA	86
ROGÉRIO DUPRAT = BRAZILIAN = = Composer and Musician =	Born: 7 February 1932 Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL | Died: 26 October 2006 São Paulo, BRAZIL	74	Cancer
JASON DiEMILIO = AMERICAN = = Guitarist = organiser of the project The Azusa Plane	Born: 1970 Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 1 November 2006 New York City, USA	36	Suicide
BUDDY KILLEN = AMERICAN = = Record Producer and Founder of Dial Records =	Born: WILLIAM DOYCE KILLEN 13 November 1932 Florence, Alabama, USA | Died: 1 November 2006 Nashville, Tennessee, USA	73	Pancreatic Cancer
SILVIO VARVISO = SWISS = = Conductor =	Born: 26 February 1924 Zürich, SWITZERLAND | Died: 1 November 2006 Antwerp, BELGIUM	82
PAUL MAURIAT = FRENCH = = Orchestra Leader, Conductor and Composer =	Born: 4 March 1925 Marseille, FRANCE | Died: 3 November 2006 Perpignan, FRANCE	81
JANCE GARFAT = AMERICAN = = Bassist = member of Dr Hook {1972-1985}	Born: ROBERT JANCE GARFAT 3 March 1944 California, USA | Died: 6 November 2006 San Francisco, California, USA	62	Motorcycle Accident
BASIL POLEDOURIS = GREEK-AMERICAN = = Film Composer =	Born: BASIL KONSTANTINE POLEDOURIS 21 August 1945 Kansas City, Missouri, USA | Died: 8 November 2006 Los Angeles, California, USA	61	Cancer
GERALD LEVERT = AMERICAN = = Singer–Songwriter, Producer and Actor =	Born: GERALD EDWARD LEVERT 13 July 1966 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 10 November 2006 Cleveland, Ohio, USA	40	Heart Attack
RUTH BROWN = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter and Actress =	Born: RUTH ALSTON WESTON 12 January 1928 Portsmouth, Virginia, USA | Died: 17 November 2006 Henderson, Nevada, USA	78	Complications following a heart attack and stroke she suffered after surgery in the previous month
ROBERT LOCKWOOD, Jr. = AMERICAN = = Blues Guitarist =	Born: 27 March 1915 Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, USA | Died: 21 November 2006 Cleveland, Ohio, USA	91	Having suffered a Cerebral Aneurysm and a Stroke
JOHN ALLAN CAMERON = CANADIAN = = Folk Musician =	Born: 16 December 1938 Inverness County, Nova Scotia, CANADA | Died: 22 November 2006 Toronto, Ontario, CANADA	67	Myelodysplastic Syndrome (Cancer)
BETTY COMDEN = AMERICAN = = Actress, Librettist, Lyricist, Screenwriter = = Lyricist partner of Adolph Green =	Born: BASYA COHEN 3 May 1917 Brooklyn, New York, USA | Died: 23 November 2006 New York City, New York, USA	89	Heart Failure following an undisclosed illness of several months
ANITA O'DAY = AMERICAN = = Jazz singer =	Born: ANITA BELLE COLTON 18 October 1919 Kansas City, Missouri, USA | Died: 23 November 2006 Los Angeles, California, USA	87	Cardiac Arrest
JUICE LESKINEN = FINNISH = = Singer-Songwriter =	Born: JUHANI JUICE LESKINEN 19 February 1950 Juankoski, FINLAND | Died: 24 November 2006 Tampere, FINLAND	56	After suffering from Renal Insufficiency, Cirrhosis and Diabetes
VALENTÍN ELIZALDE = MEXICAN = = Banda Singer-Songwriter =	Born: VALENTÍN ELIZALDE VALENCIA 1 February 1979 Navojoa, Sonora, MEXICO | Died: 25 November 2006 Reynosa, Tamaulipas, MEXICO	27	Automobile Accident
ALAN 'FLUFF' FREEMAN = AUSTRALIAN-born BRITISH = = Radio 1 DJ = = "Pick of the Pops" presenter {1961-2000}	Born: ALAN LESLIE FREEMAN 6 July 1927 Melbourne, Australia | Died: 27 November 2006 Twickenham, England	79
SHIRLEY WALKER = AMERICAN = = Film and Television Composer and Conductor =	Born: SHIRLEY ANNE ROGERS 10 April 1945 Napa, California, USA | Died: 30 November 2006 Reno, Nevada, USA	61	Complications from a Stroke
MARISKA VERES = DUTCH = = Singer = member of Shocking Blue	Born: MARIA ELISABETH ENDER 1 October 1947 The Hague, NETHERLANDS | Died: 2 December 2006 The Hague, NETHERLANDS	59	Gall Bladder Cancer
WIZ = ENGLISH = = Musician, Songwriter, Vocalist = lead-singer and guitarist of Mega City Four	Born: DARREN MARK BROWN 18 January 1962 London, ENGLAND | Died: 6 December 2006 Tooting, South London, ENGLAND	44	Stroke
MARTHA TILTON = AMERICAN = = Big Band Singer and Actress =	Born: MARTHA ELLEN TILTON 14 November 1915 Corpus Christi, Texas, USA | Died: 8 December 2006 Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA	91
GEORGIA GIBBS = AMERICAN = = Singer =	Born: FRIEDA LIPSCHITZ 17 August 1919 Worcester, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 9 December 2006 New York City, New York, USA	87
FREDDIE MARSDEN = ENGLISH = = Drummer = member of Gerry & The Pacemakers	Born: FREDRICK JOHN MARSDEN 23 November 1940 Toxteth, Liverpool, ENGLAND | Died: 9 December 2006 Southport, ENGLAND	66
HOMER C. LEDFORD = AMERICAN = = Instrument Maker and Bluegrass Musician =	Born: 26 September 1927 Alpine, Tennessee, USA | Died: 11 December 2006 Winchester, Kentucky, USA	79	Stroke
ROBERT LONG = DUTCH = = Singer and TV Presenter =	Born: JAN GERRIT BOB AREND LEVERMAN 22 October 1943 Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS | Died: 13 December 2006 Antwerp, BELGIUM	63	Cancer
AHMET ERTEGÜN = TURKISH-AMERICAN = = Record Label Executive, Record Producer, Songwriter, Composer, = = Philanthropist, Co-Founder of Atlantic Records =	Born: 31 July 1923 Istanbul, TURKEY | Died: 14 December 2006 New York City, New York, USA	83	Tripped and fell, striking his head on the concrete floor. He was immediately rushed to the hospital after the fall. Although Ertegun was initially in stable condition, he soon took a turn for the worse
PNINA SALZMAN = ISRAELI = = Classical Pianist and Piano Pedagogue =	Born: 24 February 1922 Tel Aviv, MANDATE PALESTINE | Died: 16 December 2006 Tel Aviv, ISRAEL	84
DENIS PAYTON = ENGLISH = = Musician = tenor & baritone saxophone, guitar and harmonica in The Dave Clark Five	Born: DENIS ARCHIBALD WEST PAYTON 11 August 1943 Walthamstow, North London, ENGLAND | Died: 17 December 2006 Bournemouth, Dorset, ENGLAND	63	Cancer
SCOTT MATEER = AMERICAN = = Songwriter and Disk Jockey =	Born: ROGER "SCOTT" MATEER 23 October 1960 Jackson, Mississippi, USA | Died: 18 December 2006	46
DANIEL PINKHAM = AMERICAN = = Composer, Organist, and Harpsichordist =	Born: DANIEL ROGERS PINKHAM, Jr. 5 June 1923 Lynn, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 18 December 2006 Natick, Massachusetts, USA	83	Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
DENNIS LINDE = AMERICAN = = Singer and Songwriter = = "Burnin' Love", "John Deere Green" and others =	Born: 18 March 1943 Abilene, Texas, USA | Died: 22 December 2006 Nashville, Tennessee, USA	63	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
JAMES BROWN = AMERICAN = = Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Dancer, and Bandleader	Born: JAMES JOSEPH BROWN 3 May 1933 Barnwell, South Carolina, USA | Died: 25 December 2006 Atlanta, Georgia, USA	73	Died of Heart Failure caused by Pneumonia
PIERRE DELANOË = FRENCH = = Songwriter/Lyricist =	Born: PIERRE CHARLES MARCEL NAPOLEON LEROYER 16 December 1918 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 27 December 2006 Poissy, FRANCE	88	Cardiac Arrest