page_title: 2006
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 2006 / Deaths / February
caption_attribution_description: Betty Friedan, American feminist and writer.
context_page_description: 2006 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2006th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 6th year of the 3rd millennium, the 6th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade.
  2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification and the International Asperger's Year.
context_section_description: February 3 – Al Lewis, American actor (b. 1923)
  February 4 – Betty Friedan, American feminist, activist, and writer (b. 1921)
  February 8 – Akira Ifukube, Japanese classical music/film composer (b. 1914)
  February 10 – J Dilla, American music producer (b. 1974)
  February 12 – Peter Benchley, American writer (b. 1940)
  February 13
  Andreas Katsulas, American actor (b. 1946)
  P. F. Strawson, English philosopher (b. 1919)
  February 15 – Sun Yun-suan, 10th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1913)
  February 18 – Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa, 5th Prime Minister of Sudan (b. 1919)
  February 21 – Mirko Marjanović, 63rd Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1937)
  February 22
  S. Rajaratnam, Singaporean politician, 1st Senior Minister of Singapore (b. 1915)
  Said Mohamed Djohar, 2-Time President of the Comoros (b. 1919)
  February 23 – Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
  February 24
  Octavia E. Butler, American author and writer (b. 1947)
  Don Knotts, American actor and comedian (b. 1924)
  Dennis Weaver, American actor (b. 1924)
  February 25 – Darren McGavin, American actor (b. 1922)
  February 28 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
caption: Betty Friedan
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