List of Famous people who died at 66

Herb Brooks

First Name Herb
Last Name Brooks
Born on August 5, 1937
Died on August 11, 2003 (aged 66)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Herbert Paul Brooks Jr. was an American ice hockey player and coach.

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Melody Patterson

First Name Melody
Born on April 16, 1949
Died on August 20, 2015 (aged 66)

Melody Patricia Patterson was an American actress known for her role as Wrangler Jane in the 1960s television series F Troop and for her role as Ellie in the horror film Blood and Lace (1971).

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Éric Tabarly

Éric Marcel Guy Tabarly
First Name Éric
Last Name Tabarly
Born on July 24, 1931
Died on June 12, 1998 (aged 66)

Éric Marcel Guy Tabarly was a French Navy officer and yachtsman. He was a member of the Yacht Club de France.

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Wilhelm Zahn

First Name Wilhelm
Last Name Zahn
Born on July 29, 1910
Died on November 14, 1976 (aged 66)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Wilhelm Zahn was a German Kriegsmarine officer during the Second World War. He was U-boat First Watch Officer, then became U-boat commander and was finally promoted to Korvettenkapitän on 1 April 1943. As commander of U-56 he was able to avoid detection by the destroyers surrounding HMS Nelson and came in close proximity to the British flagship, launching three torpedoes against her whilst she was carrying Winston Churchill and the high military command of the British Navy. Following that incident he became widely known as the "Man who almost killed Churchill" amongst the U-boat submariner corps. He was one of the commanding officers during the sinking of MV Wilhelm Gustloff which has been described as "Adolf Hitler's Titanic".

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Roxie Roker

First Name Roxie
Born on August 28, 1929
Died on December 2, 1995 (aged 66)

Roxie Albertha Roker was an American actress who portrayed Helen Willis on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons (1975–1985), half of the first interracial couple to be shown on regular prime time television. Roker is the mother of rock musician Lenny Kravitz and the grandmother of actress Zoë Kravitz.

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Kay Hagan

Janet Kay Ruthven
First Name Kay
Last Name Hagan
Born on May 26, 1953
Died on October 28, 2019 (aged 66)

Kay Ruthven Hagan was an American lawyer, banking executive, and politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the North Carolina Senate from 1999 to 2009. By defeating Republican Elizabeth Dole in the 2008 election, she became the first woman to defeat an incumbent woman in a U.S. Senate election. She ran for reelection in 2014 but lost to Republican Thom Tillis, Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, in a close race.

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Ronaldo Bôscoli

Ronaldo Fernando Esquerdo e Bôscoli
First Name Ronaldo
Last Name Bôscoli
Born on October 28, 1928
Died on November 18, 1994 (aged 66)

Ronaldo Fernando Esquerdo Bôscoli, usually known as Ronaldo Bôscoli, or just Bôscoli was a Brazilian composer, songwriter, record producer and journalist.

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El Santo

Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta
First Name El
Last Name Santo
Born on September 23, 1917
Died on February 5, 1984 (aged 66)

Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, more widely known as El Santo, or in English The Saint, was a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk hero. El Santo is one of the most famous and iconic Mexican luchadores, and has been referred to as one of "the greatest legends in Mexican sports". His wrestling career spanned nearly five decades, during which he became a folk hero and a symbol of justice for the common man through his appearances in lucha films and comic books telling fictionalized stories of El Santo fighting for justice. He starred or co-starred in at least 52 movies between 1958 and 1982.

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Bubba Smith

First Name Bubba
Born on February 28, 1945
Died on August 3, 2011 (aged 66)
Height 201 cm | 6'7

Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith was an American professional football player, who starred as a defensive end in both college and the NFL before becoming an actor following his retirement from the sport.

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Renzo Montagnani

First Name Renzo
Last Name Montagnani
Born on September 11, 1930
Died on May 22, 1997 (aged 66)
Born in Italy, Piedmont

Renzo Montagnani was an Italian actor and voice actor.

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