Sunday, December 31, 2006

Those that left us in 2006 - June

JUNE:

Perry Richardson Bass, 91. Texan billionaire, one of last links to colorful era of oil wildcatters. June 1.

Frank Spencer, 87. FBI agent who helped investigate 1963 Birmingham church bombing. June 2.

Billy Preston, 59. Exuberant keyboardist and singer ("Nothing From Nothing"); played with the Beatles. June 6. Heart infection; kidney failure.

Arnold Newman, 88. Photographer who revealed the souls of artists, politicians. June 6.

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, 39. Leader of al-Qaida in Iraq; masterminding suicide bombings, beheadings. June 7. U.S. air strike.

James Cameron, 92. Survived an attempted lynching, founded America's Black Holocaust Museum. June 11.

Kenneth Thomson, 82. Canada's richest man. June 12.

Charles Haughey, 80. Four-term Irish prime minister; career haunted by ethical questions. June 13.

Vincent Sherman, 99. Hollywood filmmaker ("The Adventures of Don Juan.") June 18.

Evelyn Dubrow, 95. Longtime advocate for labor, women's rights garment workers union lobbyist. June 20.

Aaron Spelling, 83. TV impresario whose stylish shows ("Beverly Hills 90210") were wildly popular. June 23.

Patsy Ramsey, 49. Was thrust into spotlight by unsolved slaying of her daughter JonBenet. June 24. Cancer.

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