Notable people who died in 2006

So we lost Ford and Brown in the ast ldays. Who else left? Who do you want to say 'so long and thanks' to?

Thanks Ed for all!
Ed Bradley, Newscaster
Not just any 65-year-old TV newsman could have gotten away with the gold earring. But with a distinguished reporting stint in Vietnam, another at the White House and 19 Emmys behind him, Ed Bradley earned the right to wear anything he liked.

Bradley, who died Nov. 9 of leukemia, will be remembered best for his 25 years on CBS' "60 Minutes," where some of his finest moments included "Caitlin's World," a touching piece about the battle for the future of a deaf child; "Lena," a deliciously flirtatious session with singer Lena Horne; and the only broadcast interview ever granted by Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
Sports Figures
Goodbye Red!
Oct. 28: Red Auerbach, 89, Hall of Fame coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships in the 1950s and 1960s. Auerbach won 938 games with the Celtics and was the winningest coach in NBA history until Lenny Wilkens overtook him in the 1994-95 season. As general manager, the straight-talking Auerbach, who celebrated victories wit[/quote]h a postgame cigar, was also the architect of Celtics teams that won seven more titles in the 1970s and 1980s.
AP: A roll call of the remarkable people who died this year

Makes you feel older doesn't it?

Kevin, 2, cause of death physical abuse by druggie foster father leading to a broken leg with sepsis combined with scandalous neglect and inactivity of Social Services.

For us Aussies.. Steve Irwin and Peter Brooke

Michael Mepham, the man responsible for the popularity of sudoku in the West. He died suddenly on Thursday at 62. He was previously a supplier of crossword puzzles to a couple newspapers. He computerised the production of crosswords and also made a number of advancements in judging the rating of sudoku puzzles.

woof.

Surprised none of the musicos picked up on Tom McManamon from the Pogues dying this month from liver failure.

Charlie Drake, beloved by the German sense of humour, also passed on in December.

None can match the legend of Barney Pfife who was nipped in the bud earlier this year.

Wilson Pickett
Ivor Cutler
Jack Wild
Peter Osgood
Gene Pitney
Desmond Dekker
Freddie Garrity
Syd Barrett

and

Raymond Baxter, who I hadn't even notice slip away.

No one here gets out alive.

Rudi Carrell, Dutch showmaster and entertainer who could look back on five decades of comedy and entertainment in Germany. Only an intelligent person can make comedy look that easy.

Then there are always these guys and gals and these guys and gals (and kids)...

Animator Joe Barbera died of natural causes on Dec. 18th at the "fannnn-riffic" age of 95.

New to the list (a warning about global warming )...
Ivar Formo, 55, slips through the ice...

Marmaduke Hussey (longest serving BBC chairman)

Shelley Winters (actress)

Aaron Spelling (TV impressario)