Gerhard Amanshauser (78) Austrian writer known for his novels, satires, and essays. Amanshauser was known for his suspicion of all political systems and never forgave his parents' generation for supporting the Nazis. He died in Salzburg, Austria on September 2, 2006.

Ed Benedict (94) animator who designed many famous TV cartoon characters, including Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear, and Huckleberry Hound, for the Hanna-Barbera studio in the '50s and '60s. Benedict died in Auburn, California on August 28, 2006.

Gyorgy Faludy (96) Hungarian poet, a legend of resistance to the rise of Nazism and communism. The poet played a role in Hungary's 1956 anti-Communist uprising. Faludy died in Budapest, Hungary on September 1, 2006.

Burt Goldblatt (82) prolific designer of moody jazz LP album covers for artists like Herbie Mann, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, and Charles Mingus. Goldblatt's cool-jazz style encompassed black-and-white portraits and studio photographs, inspired by film noir, and gritty street scenes, often abstractly overlaid with flat colors, evoking a sense of urban night life. He died of congestive heart failure in Boston, Massachusettes on August 30, 2006.

Gerald Green (84) author of The Last Angry Man (1956), a book that told the story of a heroic doctor who worked in New York City slums. It was made into a 1959 movie starring Paul Muni. Green was a former TV writer, director, and producer at NBC-TV in its early days. He died of pneumonia in Norwalk, Connecticut on August 29, 2006.

Naguib Mahfouz (94) first Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature for his novels depicting Egyptian life in ancient Cairo. Mahfouz was accused of blasphemy by an Islamic militant and survived a stabbing attack in 1994. He died of a head injury after a fall in Cairo, Egypt on August 30, 2006.

Charles Aug (68) retired real estate executive who helped to create a specialty in the commercial brokerage business—marketing storefront space. Until he retired in 2005, Aug was chairman of Garrick-Aug Associates, a store-leasing company. He died of heart complications precipitated by amyloidosis, a rare bone marrow disease, in Boston, Massachusetts on September 1, 2006.

Dr. Robert J. Gorlin (83) oral pathologist who helped to write a definitive medical reference work on the causes of facial malformations. Gorlin trained as a dentist before moving into pathology and later into genetic research. He died of lymphoma in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 29, 2006.

Robin Guild (67) cofounder with his second wife of the Designers Guild interior design company who wrote the Victorian house-owner’s bible, The Complete Victorian House Book (1989). Guild was widely respected as a design consultant, with a clientele that included Sir Mick Jagger and actress Joan Collins. He died in England on August 27, 2006.

Dorothy Harmsen (91) cofounder with her late husband of the Jolly Rancher Candy Company, maker of tangy, slowly dissolving bricks of fruit-flavored candy, and owner of one of the nation's largest private collections of art of the American West. Harmsen died of a heart attack in Denver, Colorado on August 29, 2006.

Dr. Olga Jonasson (72) woman surgeon who broke gender barriers in a male-dominated medical specialty. A surgery professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Jonasson was a pioneer in organ transplantation. She died in Chicago, Illinois on August 30, 2006.

Leslie Kaul (48) former executive chef of Daily Soup, a chain of Manhattan soup bars, who helped to make it trendy for New Yorkers to savor a bowl of tomato cheddar, clam chowder, or Jamaican pumpkin soup as a meal in itself. Kaul wrote The Daily Soup Cookbook (1999), a compilation of about 200 recipes that brought soups both plain and fancy into the kitchens of ordinary cooks. She died of cancer in Brooklyn, New York on August 27, 2006.

Bill McNutt Jr. (81) business executive who transformed Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas, famous for its fruitcakes, into a global business over more than 30 years as company president. It became one of the largest food-by-mail companies in the world. McNutt died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Corsicana on September 1, 2006.

Dr. A. James Rowan (71) noted expert on epilepsy who studied the disease in the elderly and helped to investigate more effective medications to prevent seizures. Rowan died of lung cancer in New York City on August 27, 2006.

Melvin Schwartz (73) former Stanford University professor who won a Nobel Prize in physics and founded a pioneering Internet company, Digital Pathways, that designed computer security systems. Schwartz died of Parkinson's disease in Twin Falls, Idaho on August 28, 2006.

David M. Simmons (90) Simmons spent almost 40 years managing Lockheed Air Terminal, now known as Bob Hope Airport, for a Lockheed subsidiary and oversaw the airport's sale in 1978 to the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority. He died at the scene from injuries suffered in an automobile collision in Beverly Hills, California on September 2, 2006.

Patrick Smith (58) board member of Habitat for Humanity International who in recent years led the group that has been active in Gulf Coast rebuilding efforts since Hurricane Katrina devastated the area in 2005. Smith was just rebuilding projects in India following the 2004 tsunami. He was one of the 49 passengers killed on Comair Flight 5191 air crash in Lexington, Kentucky on August 27, 2006.

Bill Stumpf (70) industrial designer, a pioneer in ergonomic seating who cocreated the iconic Aeron office chair (pictured), an innovative and striking piece of furniture that quickly became part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Stumpf died after abdominal surgery in Zeeland, Michigan on August 30, 2006.

J. S. Holliday (82) author of a masterly history of California's Gold Rush based on journals and letters of the era uncovered during 30 years of painstaking research. Holliday died of pulmonary fibrosis in Carmel, California on August 31, 2006.

Ronald Mansbridge (100) British-born publisher who, in the late '40s, established the first American branch of Cambridge University Press. During Mansbridge's tenure, the press expanded its paperback publishing program and published the New English Bible, a modern translation issued jointly with Oxford University Press starting in the '60s. Mansbridge died in Weston, Connecticut on September 1, 2006.

Dennis C. Spellmann (70) college president who in 17 years helped to transform 800-student Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Missouri into 15,000-student Lindenwood University. Spellmann took over Lindenwood in 1989 when the college was on the verge of closing, with declining enrollment and endowment of less than $1 million. He died of cancer in St. Charles on August 30, 2006.

Derek ("Blaster") Bates (83) British demolition expert and "Wall of Death" stunt rider who later forged a career as a raconteur of risqué, politically incorrect, and side-splitting scatalogical stories. As an after-dinner speaker in the '70s, Bates's tall (but true) tales of explosive mishaps received a rapturous reception. He died in Crewe, England on September 1, 2006.

Jon Dough (43) pornographic actor who appeared in nearly 1,100 heterosexual porn movies. Dough had directed 71 titles (1985-2006). He was married to porn stars Deidre Holland and Monique DeMoan. He committed suicide in Chatsworth, California on August 27, 2006.

Richard Egues (82) Cuban musician whose distinctive flute playing and catchy songwriting left an indelible imprint on the island's dance music during the cha-cha craze of the '50s. Eges died of a brain lesion in Havana, Cuba on September 1, 2006.

Trigo Figueroa (27) son of multiple Latin Grammy Award-winning hit singer and songwriter Joan Sebastian, second-oldest of Sebastian's seven children, who helped form his father's management crew and accompanied the superstar wherever he toured. Figueroa was shot to death outside the stadium where his father performed at a contest in Alton, Texas on August 28, 2006.

Glenn Ford (90) Canadian-born US actor who played strong, thoughtful protagonists in films such as The Blackboard Jungle, Gilda, and The Big Heat. Ford played Clark Kent’s adoptive father in the first Superman (1978) movie starring Christopher Reeve in the title role. Ford died in Beverly Hills, California on August 30, 2006.

Margaret Hubble (91) mainstay of British radio broadcasting for some 30 years, becoming best known in the '50s as a presenter of Woman's Hour. In 1943 Hubble was the first female announcer to be heard on the Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. She died on August 30, 2006.

Dick ("Huggy Boy") Hugg (78) pioneering rhythm-and-blues disk jockey whose career spanned 50 years in Los Angeles radio. Hugg was credited with exposing white teenagers to Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard. He died of internal hemorrhaging in Long Beach, California on August 30, 2006.

Igor Kio (62) popular Russian magician briefly (nine days) married to the daughter of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Kio often performed more shows annually than there are days in the year. He died in Moscow, Russia on August 30, 2006.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee (83) Bollywood filmmaker who stood apart with his touching stories about India's teeming middle class. Mukherjee made over 40 Hindi films and was regarded as a trend-setting Bollywood director. He died of kidney failure in Mumbai, India on August 27, 2006.

Willi Ninja (45) star of the documentary Paris Is Burning, considered the godfather of the dance art form voguing, who inspired Madonna's "Vogue" music video. Ninja was a self-taught performer who stitched together a patchwork of a career that extended into the worlds of dance, fashion, and music. He died of AIDS-related illnesses in New York City on September 2, 2006.

Lionel Pickering (74) British pioneer of free local newspapers. A former sports reporter, Pickering spotted the potential of advertising-driven free papers (shoppers) during a sojourn in Australia in the early '60s and launched his own first title, the Derby Trader, from the back bedroom of his mother's house. He died of cancer in Derbyshire, England on September 2, 2006.

Dewey Redman (75) expansive and poetic tenor saxophonist and bandleader at the aesthetic frontiers of jazz since the '60s. Redman died of liver failure in Brooklyn, New York on September 2, 2006.

Mary Lee Robb Cline (80) radio actress best known for her role as Marjorie, Gildy's niece, on the program The Great Gildersleeve. As Mary Lee Robb, she made her radio debut in 1947 on the Lum & Abner program. A small part in a 1948 episode of The Great Gildersleeve, a spinoff of Fibber McGee & Molly, led to Cline's full-time role as Marjorie, which she played until '54. She died of heart failure in Palm Springs, California on August 28, 2006.

("Jumpin'") Gene Simmons (69) rockabilly musician and songwriter who worked for more than 50 years in show business, performing for the first time in a backup band for Elvis Presley during an appearance in Tupelo, Mississippi. Simmons had a top 20 hit in 1964 with the bouncy "Haunted House." He died in Tupelo on August 29, 2006.

Charlie Williams (77) first black comedian in Britain to achieve nationwide fame on TV. Williams often poked fun at his color and racial issues and was renowned for his catch-phrase, “me old flower.’’ He died of dementia and Parkinson’s disease in Yorkshire, England on September 2, 2006.

Don Chipp (81) colorful politician who founded one of Australia's most influential minor parties, the Australian Democrats, in 1977. Chipp died of Parkinson's disease, one week after his 81st birthday, in Melbourne, Australia on August 28, 2006.

Nellie Connally (87) former Texas first lady who was riding in President John F. Kennedy's limousine when he was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The widow of former Texas Gov. John Connally, Nellie Connally was the last living person to be on that fateful Dallas drive. She died in Austin, Texas on September 1, 2006.

Guy Gabaldon (80) former US Marine private in World War II who used extraordinary grit and a smattering of Japanese phrases to capture more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers single-handedly in the battle for Saipan. Gabaldon died of heart disease in Old Town, Florida on August 31, 2006.

Brig. Gen. Robert F. McDermott (86) retired US Air Force officer, a former Air Force Academy dean who later became chairman of the insurance giant United Services Automobile Association and a leading advocate for auto safety. McDermott died of a stroke in San Antonio, Texas on August 28, 2006.

Warren Mitofsky (71) survey researcher who pioneered the use of exit polls to cover elections in the US and internationally and helped to develop the sampling method used in most modern telephone polling. Mitofsky died of an aortic aneurysm in New York City on September 1, 2006.

Hector Monro (83) Scottish former Conservative Member of Parliament from Dumfries for 33 years. Monro's publicly displayed anguish over the Lockerbie disaster in his constituency, in 1988, made an indelible impression on political friends and foes alike. He died in Dumfries, Scotland on August 30, 2006.

Bob O'Connor (61) mayor of Pittsburgh who learned he had a rare form of brain cancer only seven months into his term. O'Connor pledged to restore Pittsburgh's financial stability after succeeding Tom Murphy, whose 12-year tenure saw the city sink to near bankruptcy. He died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 1, 2006.

William F. Quinn (87) Hawaii's first governor (1957-62), first appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, then elected after Hawaii gained statehood. Quinn's tenure included such crises as a sugar workers' strike in 1958 and a tsunami in '60. He died on Oahu, Hawaii on August 28, 2006.

Gerald M. Condon (75) Santa Monica lawyer who cowrote a popular book about estate planning. Condon used the experiences gathered in 35 years of family inheritance planning in the book Beyond the Grave: The Right Way & the Wrong Way of Leaving Money to Your Children (& Others) (1995), written with his son Jeffrey. He died of lymphoma in Santa Monica, California on August 31, 2006.

Lord Robin Cooke (80) New Zealand's former Appeal Court president and one of a handful of New Zealanders honored with a British life peerage. Made a British peer in 1996, Cooke retired from the New Zealand bench in '95 after 23 years as a senior judge and 10 as president of the Appeal Court. He died in Wellington, New Zealand on August 30, 2006.

Rev. Mark Corts (68) former Baptist State Convention president. Corts was senior pastor for nearly 40 years of Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he died of congestive heart failure on August 29, 2006.

Maria Esther de Capovilla (116) woman considered the oldest person on Earth by the Guinness Book of World Records. Born on September 14, 1889, the same year as Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler, DeCapovilla was married the year the US entered World War I—1917—and widowed in '49. She died of pneumonia in Guayaquil, Ecuador on August 27, 2006.

Mex Rodman Frates (98) prominent Oklahoma City philanthropist and civic leader. Frates helped to establish the United Way and became the first president of the Junior League in Oklahoma City in 1933. She died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on August 30, 2006.

Derrick Frazier (29) man convicted in the slayings of a south Texas mother and her teenage son at their home in 1997. Betsy Nutt (41) was shot twice in the head; her son Cody (15) was shot four times, including two shots to the head. Frazier was executed in Huntsville, Texas on August 31, 2006.

George Johnson (112) considered the oldest living Californian and the last surviving veteran of World War I residing in the state. Johnson was the only living Californian known to be a "supercentenarian"—age 110 or older. He died of pneumonia in Richmond, California on August 30, 2006.

James Patrick Malicoat (31) Oklahoma man convicted of killing his 13-month-old daughter in 1997. In his final words Malicoat expressed remorse for the beating death of Tessa Leadford. The child suffered abdominal bleeding, broken ribs, bite marks, and extensive bruising. Malicoat was executed in McAlester, Oklahoma on August 31, 2006.

Luciano Mendes de Almeida (75) Brazilian archbishop, an avid human rights defender. Mendes de Almeida worked closely with the government to try to promote projects defending the human rights of the country's poor. He had been hospitalized since July 17 and died of liver cancer in Sao Paulo, Brazil on August 27, 2006.

Mel A. Sachs (60) celebrity defense attorney, for decades a colorful fixture of New York City courts, known not only for his famous clients but also for his trademark bow ties, grandiose trial oratory, and penchant for performing magic tricks before juries. Sachs died of pancreatic cancer in New York City on August 30, 2006.

Jawn A. Sandifer (92) former New York State judge who as a young lawyer argued a civil rights case before the US Supreme Court, a precedent for the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. In 1950 Sandifer was one of two staff lawyers for the NAACP who successfully argued Henderson v. United States. The Court ruled that railroads that operate across state lines may not bar passengers from eating in dining cars because of their race. Sandifer died in Sarasota, Florida on September 1, 2006.

Lord David Strathcarron (82) probably the only member of the British House of Lords to enjoy a parallel career as a motorcycling journalist. Strathcarron used his seat in the House of Lords to support and promote motorcycling and to defend it against anyone—including government bodies—who tried to impose unnecessary laws on the biking fraternity. He died of a heart attack as he left a London restaurant on August 31, 2006.

Albert Wagner (82) folk artist whose work with discarded bowling balls, traffic cones, hub caps, and other items filled his home. Wagner’s paintings and sculptures depict personal stories and Bible scenes and include the themes of racial tolerance and redemption through self-reliance. He died of apparent heart failure in Cleveland, Ohioon September 1, 2006.

Bernard J. Wohl (76) relentless advocate for the poor, the homeless, and the forgotten elderly of New York City and for 26 years leader of Goddard Riverside Community Center on the Upper West Side, one of the city's largest private social service agencies. Wohl died of a blood infection in New York City on August 31, 2006.

Tommy Chesbro (66) athlete who wrestled for Oklahoma State before leading his alma mater to an NCAA championship as a coach. In his second season at the OSU helm, Chesbro guided the Cowboys to their 27th national title and was named national coach of the year. He suffered a heart attack and died in Stillwater, Oklahoma on September 1, 2006.

Tom Delaney (95) Britain's oldest licensed race driver who competed in the same car, on and off, for more than 70 years. Delaney made his racing debut as a young man in the 1930 Tourist Trophy at the wheel of a Lea-Francis Hyper (pictured above), which he kept insured until his death in England on August 31, 2006.

Bob Mathias (75) winner of the gold medal in the Olympic Decathlon in 1948 at age 17. Mathias did it again in 1952 and later served four terms in Congress. He died of cancer in Fresno, California on September 2, 2006.

DeForrest ("Moe") Most (89) unofficial ringmaster of the impromptu shows at Santa Monica's Muscle Beach ('30s-'50s), a gymnast who had a talent for persuading teenagers and tourists—and the occasional celebrity—that they too could join in. It was a circus under the sky where future fitness gurus formed human pyramids and amateur acrobats sailed through the air in front of thousands of spectators. Moe Most died of heart failure in Santa Monica, California on September 2, 2006.

David Nicholson (67) two-time British champion racehorse trainer after a successful career as a jockey. Nicholson rode more than 600 winners in a 20-year career starting in 1951. He complained of chest pains and died of an apparent heart attack in London, England on August 27, 2006.

Silverio Perez (91) legendary matador considered one of the greatest bullfighters of Mexico's Golden Age of toreros. Perez started his career in 1931 after a bull killed his brother, the famed Carmelo Perez, during a fight in Spain. Silverio Perez died of pneumonia in Pentecostes, east of Mexico City, on September 2, 2006.

("Broadway") Charlie Wagner (93) former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (1938-42) who worked for the organization in several capacities for 70 years. Wagner was found dead of an apparent heart attack in the passenger seat of his car in the parking lot at FirstEnergy Stadium in Reading, Pennsylvania on August 31, 2006.