Walter Allner (97) Bauhaus-trained graphic designer and art director of Fortune magazine (1962-74) who introduced a European Modernist typographic sensibility to American magazine design. Allner personally created 79 covers for Fortune. He died in New York City on July 21, 2006.

David Skramstad (74) former two-term mayor of Olympia, Washington who turned from careers in the military, politics, and business to a retirement passion for mystery writing. Skramstad died of heart failure in Tucson, Arizona on July 17, 2006.

Mickey Spillane (88) macho mystery writer who wowed millions of readers with the shoot-'em-up sex and violence of gumshoe Mike Hammer. In the '80s, Spillane appeared in a string of Miller Lite beer commercials. He died in Murrells Inlet, SC, where he had lived for 50 years, on July 17, 2006.

Peter Townsend (86) influential British editor of magazines devoted to contemporary art. Townsend cofounded the newsprint art magazine Art Monthly in 1976 and launched an Australian version of it, Art Monthly Australia, in '87. He died in London, England on July 21, 2006.

Robert H. Brooks (69) chairman of Hooters of America Inc. who made his fortune selling chicken wings served by scantily clad waitresses. Brooks was found dead at his home in Myrtle Beach, Sourth Carolina on July 16, 2006.

Keith R. deVries (69) archaeologist and authority on the excavation of Gordion, the ancient Turkish city (about 55 miles southwest of Ankara) once ruled by King Midas of the golden touch. DeVries died of cancer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 16, 2006.

George W. Wetherill (80) planetary scientist whose studies of the age of Earth's rocks led to theories explaining how free-wheeling bodies in space can coalesce to create new planets. Wetherill was a researcher at the Carnegie Institution of Washington. He died of heart failure in Washington, DC on July 19, 2006.

Win Wilson (63) one of the founders of Wilson Daniels Ltd., the Napa Valley wine importing firm that is the American source of some of the most famous wines of France and Italy. Wilson died of esophageal cancer in St. Helena, California on July 16, 2006.

Guillermo Hernandez (66) Spanish professor at the University of California at Los Angeles, a leading authority on the corrido—a Mexican ballad tradition that dates back more than two centuries, and an expert on Chicano literature. Hernandez was found dead of a heart attack in his hotel room during a field trip while leading a UCLA summer program in Puebla, Mexico, in Mexico City on July 16, 2006.

Ian Horsbrugh (64) former British principal of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (1988-2002), during which time the conservatory's international reputation was firmly established. Horsbrugh died in London, England on July 22, 2006.

Eli Katz (77) noted Yiddish scholar, translator, and professor whose refusal to answer questions about his political affiliations and beliefs led to his dismissal from the University of California at Berkeley in 1964 and ignited a fight over academic freedom. Katz was reinstated two years later. He died after a third stroke in Berkeley, California on July 22, 2006.

T. Eston Marchant (85) longtime South Carolina adjutant general and board president of the University of South Carolina. In 1998, Marchant and his wife gave the university $500,000 for scholarships in the business and law schools. Marchant died in Columbia, South Carolina on July 19, 2006.

Brittany Allsopp (17) actress, singer, and bassist for the Plymouth, Massachusetts-based heavy metal bands Idol Worship and ColdREAD. Allsopp recently finished her junior year at Plymouth South High School, where she was president of My Turn Inc., a state organization. She died of injuries suffered in a car accident in Plymouth, Massachusetts on July 17, 2006.

Heather Bratton (19) fashion model recently featured on the cover of Italian Vogue. Bratton had also appeared during the summer on runways in Milan and Paris modeling for Prada, Gucci, Burberry, and Chanel. She was killed in a fiery three-car crash on the New Jersey Turnpike on her way to Newark International Airport on July 22, 2006.

Robert Cornthwaite (89) US character actor whose more than 50-year career in theater, films, and TV included roles in classic thrillers and thrilling classics. Cornthwaite was a familiar screen face whose name was known only to film buffs. He died in Woodland Hills, California on July 20, 2006.

Raul Cortez (73) Brazilian actor who had worked on TV and in theater and movies such as Desesperato (1968), Beto Rockfeller (1970), Pecado Sem Nome (1978), Vera (1987), and A Grande Arte (1991). Cortez had also recently appeared in the TV miniseries JK. He died of pancreatic cancer in Sao Paulo, Brazil on July 18, 2006.

Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (71) Italian-born actor and playwright renowned for his stage and TV work in Brazil. Guarnieri wrote nearly 30 plays and acted in several feature films and TV soap operas and miniseries. He died of renal failure in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he had been hospitalized since June 2 with chronic renal insufficiency, on July 22, 2006.

Jessie Mae Hemphill (71) blues musician whose award-winning career lasted decades and was heavily influenced by her upbringing in rural Mississippi. Hemphill lived in Memphis for 20 years and played the clubs on the city's famous Beale Street before finding an international audience. A week after being hospitalized, she died of complications from an infection that may have resulted from an ulcer, in Memphis, Tennessee on July 22, 2006.

Henry Hewes (89) longtime theater critic for the now-defunct Saturday Review and an editor of the Best Plays annual. Hewes died in New York City on July 18, 2006.

Makoto ("Mako") Iwamatsu (72) Japan-born actor who used his Oscar nomination for the film The Sand Pebbles (1966) to push for better roles for Asian-American actors. In an acting career that spanned more than 40 years, Mako was a familiar face in film and TV, sometimes playing roles that stereotyped Asians. He died of esophageal cancer in Somis, California on July 21, 2006.

Sam Myers (70) musician best known as a blues singer and harmonica player. Myers was diagnosed with cancer in February 2005 and had been unable to perform with his band, The Rockets. He died of throat cancer in Dallas, Texas on July 17, 2006.

Dika Newlin (82) composer and musicologist who as a child prodigy studied the then-radical 12-tone method of composition with Arnold Schoenberg. In her dotage, Newlin later veered into punk rock, performing with a band called Apocowlypso in Richmond, Va., where she was known as a quirky elfin figure with a thatch of hair dyed wild colors. She died of complications from a broken arm in Richmond, Virginia on July 22, 2006.

Gerard Oury (87) film director, a cultural icon of France whose decades-old comedies remain hits today. Oury's top hits include the movie The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973). The director died in Saint-Tropez, France on July 18, 2006.

Harold R. Scott Jr. (70) award-winning Broadway director who in 1973 became the first black artistic director of a regional American theater—the Cincinnati Playhouse. Scott died in Newark, New Jersey on July 16, 2006.

Malachi Thompson (56) leading trumpeter on Chicago’s experimental jazz scene. Doctors told Thompson in 1989 that he had a year to live after being diagnosed with T-cell lymphoma. He later said the diagnosis transformed his music. He died after a lengthy battle with cancer in Chicago, Illinois on July 16, 2006.

Jack Warden (85) Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated character actor who played gruff cops, coaches, and soldiers in a career that spanned 50 years. Warden was best known for starring alongside Warren Beatty in Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait. He died in New York City on July 19, 2006.

J. Madison Wright Morris (21) former child actress and model. Wright Morris had a heart transplant in 2000, after an X-ray revealed she had an enlarged heart, and was diagnosed with restrictive cardiomyopathy. She died the day after returning from her honeymoon, of a heart attack in Lexington, Kentucky on July 21, 2006.

Ted Grant (93) founding father and undisputed driving force behind Militant Tendency, the revolutionary Trotskyist group that infiltrated and almost destroyed the British Labour Party during the '80s. Grant died in Romford, England on July 20, 2006.

Kevin Hughes (53) former British Labour Member of Parliament who had roots on the hard Left of the party but became an unstinting supporter of Prime Minister Tony Blair. Suffering from a variant of motor neuron disease, Hughes relinquished his seat in 2005. He died in Doncaster, England on July 16, 2006.

Thomas Manton (73) Queens, New York Democrat chairman, a former seven-term US congressman (D-NY) who for years wielded his influence to shape New York City's political landscape. Manton died of prostate cancer in Washington, DC on July 22, 2006.

Robert C. Mardian (82) former assistant US Attorney General whose conviction in the Watergate coverup conspiracy was overturned on appeal. Mardian died of lung cancer in San Clemente, California on July 17, 2006.

Ta Mok (80) Cambodian officer known as "The Butcher" for his brutality as military chief of the Communist Khmer Rouge. Ta Mok had been in government custody since 1999. He died in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where he was being treated for high blood pressure, tuberculosis, and respiratory complications, on July 20, 2006.

Win Rockefeller (57) lieutenant governor of Arkansas and great-grandson of John D. Rockefeller Sr., an unassuming billionaire who inherited his father's (former Arkansas Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller) philanthropic spirit and hoped to serve as Arkansas governor as his father had. The younger Rockefeller abandoned his gubernatorial campaign after being diagnosed in July 2005 with a myeloproliferative disorder that can lead to leukemia. Two bone-marrow transplants failed to cure his illness. He died in Little Rock, Arkansas on July 16, 2006.

Lim Kim San (89) former cabinet minister best known for providing low-cost housing for thousands of Singaporeans in the '60s. As chairman of the Housing & Development Board (HDB) in 1960, Lim oversaw the building of 26,000 low-cost public apartments, improving the housing conditions of thousands of people previously living in slums because of the housing shortage. He died of pneumonia in Singapore on July 20, 2006.

James E. West (55) former mayor of Spokane, Washington (2003-05), involved in a sex scandal in 2005 in which he was accused of sexually abusing two young boys in the '70s and '80s when he was a sheriff's deputy and Boy Scout leader. West was later recalled during a special election in December 2005. He died of colon cancer in Spokane, Washington on July 22, 2006.

Robert Anderson (40) child sex offender, executed for abducting and killing 5-year-old Audra Reeves in 1992. Anderson’s was the 16th execution of the year in Texas. He was dispatched in Huntsville, Texas on July 20, 2006.

Mauriceo Brown (31) Texas gang member executed for the shooting death of a man during a robbery attempt in the driveway of the victim's San Antonio home in 1996. Brown confessed to the slaying of Michael LaHood (25) when he and three others were arrested about an hour after the shooting. He was executed in Huntsville, Texas on July 19, 2006.

Ruth Eckerd (84) patron of the arts and widow of Florida drugstore millionaire Jack Eckerd (d. 2004 at 91). Ruth Eckerd died of cancer in Highlands, North Carolina on July 18, 2006.

Robert E. Guilford (73) lawyer who specialized in aviation disaster cases. Guilford was an experienced pilot with more than 4,000 hours in the air. He was killed when the vintage fighter jet he was flying crashed and exploded during an air show in Hillsboro, Oregon on July 16, 2006.

Brandon Hedrick (27) Virginia man convicted of the 1997 murder of 23-year-old Lisa Crider, who was abducted, robbed, raped, and shot in the face. Hedrick was executed by electric chair in Jarratt, Virginia on July 20, 2006.

Fr. Elmer Heindl (96) one of the most highly decorated chaplains in World War II. A Catholic priest who enlisted in the Army as a chaplain in 1942, Heindl won a Silver Star and a Bronze Star for ministering to war wounded while under Japanese fire in both the Philippines and the Solomon Islands, besides other decorations. He had been in a hospital burn unit since March when he fell in a shower and suffered burns while lying in hot water for an unknown period of time. He died in Rochester, New York on July 17, 2006.

Harry Olivieri (90) last of two brothers credited with inventing the Philly cheesesteak sandwich in 1933. Olivieri's older brother Pat died in 1970. Harry died of heart failure in Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniia on July 20, 2006.

Ted Stone (72) Baptist minister known for his walks across America to promote the Gospel. On his fourth trek, Stone died of cardiovascular disease after falling unconscious on his way to a speaking engagement in Nashville, Tennessee on July 16, 2006.

Galen Fiss (75) captain of the Cleveland Browns' last championship football team and former early teammate in other sports of Dean Smith (basketball) and Roger Maris (baseball). Fiss died of cardiac arrest in Overland Park, Kansas on July 17, 2006.

Bud Furillo (80) leading sports journalist in southern California whose career spanned half a century. Furillo was nicknamed "The Steamer" because of his colorful and popular newspaper column, "The Steam Room." He died in his sleep in Ojai, California on July 17, 2006.

Keith LeClair (40) second-winningest baseball coach in East Carolina University history. LeClair coached the Pirates to four straight NCAA tournaments before stepping down in 2002 when he started feeling the effects of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease. He died in Greenville, North Carolina on July 17, 2006.

("Big") John Mazmanian (80) legendary racer and car builder who towered (6 feet 5) over the "gasser wars" era of southern California drag racing. In the '60s and '70s, Mazmanian's name was a household word throughout the area, thanks to frequent radio advertising promoting the "gasser" and "funny car" competitions, a fixture every weekend at local drag strips. He died of leukemia in Mission Viejo, California on July 21, 2006.

Bob McCausland (90) cartoonist and illustrator known for his "Hairbreadth Husky" sports cartoons during 33 years at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. McCausland died after collapsing at the Chateau St. Michelle Winery in the suburb of Woodinville, Washington, northeast of Seattle, as he and his wife, Ruth, walked to a concert stage with temperatures in the 90s, on July 21, 2006.