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December 31
Gerald R. Ford, 93 - Thirty-eighth president; the only president
never to be elected to national office.
Saddam Hussein, 69 — Former Iraqi dictator.
December 24
Sen. Robert Stafford, 93 — Former U.S. senator from Vermont;
champion of education.
December 17 Year-in-Reuiew
Lamar Hunt, 74 — Football pioneer; coined the term "Super Bo
December 10
Jeane Kirkpatrick, 80 — The first female U.S. ambassador to the
United Nations.
November 19
Milton Friedman, 94 — Nobel Prize-winning economist; advo
cated individual freedom and less government.
Bo Schembechler, 77 — Michigan's legendary football coach.
November 12
Ed Bradley, 65 — 60 Minutes correspondent; one of the first black
journalists on network television.
October 29
Arnold "Red" Auerbach, 89 — Legendary NBA coach; coached the
Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships.
Jane Wyatt, 96 — Actress; Margaret Anderson in "Father Knows
Roct"
September 17
Ann Richards, 73 — Former governor of Texas.
September 10
Members of the Inter Steve Irwin, 44 — Wildlife conservationist; "The Crocodile Hunter."
national Astronomic Union July 16
vote on a resolution for Red Buttons, 87 — Comedian and Oscar-wining actor.
planet definition August July 9
24, 2006 in Prague. Pluto Kenneth Lay, 64 — Founder of Enron; convicted of defrauding
lost its seven-decade investors of $65 billion.
status as the ninth and June 25
outermost planet of the Aaron Spelling, 83 — Television producer; the most prolific pro
solar system, the world's ducer in the history of television.
top astronomical body May 14
decided. A.M. Rosenthal, 84 — Pulitzer Prize New York Times former editor
Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images April 2
Casper Weinberger, 88 — Former Secretary of Defense; oversaw
Britain's Prime Minister the largest military buildup in peacetimeJiistory.
Tony Blair and his wife February 26
Cherie visit after his Don Knotts, 81 — Actor; Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith
speech to the Labour Party Show."
conference in Manchester, Curt Gowdy, 86 — Sportscaster; called 7 Super Bowls, 10 World
UK on September 26, Series and 7 Olympics.
2006. It was his last February 12
speech as leader after Norman Shumway, 83 — Heart surgeon; performed the first suc
telling the party earlier cessful heart transplant in US.
month that he will be February 5
stepping down within a Coretta Scott King, 78 — Wife of civil rights icon.
year. January 8
Acaba Press/Andrew Parsons Lou Rawls, 72 — Singer; started a telethon that raised almost $350
million for the United Negro College Fund.
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