List of Famous people who died at 66

Leroy Anderson was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, of which many were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. John Williams described him as "one of the great American masters of light orchestral music."

Stathis Damianakos is considered one of the most prominent researchers in the fields of agriculture, ethnological and cultural sociology in Greece. Among his most known works are the "Sociology of Rebetiko" and "Paradosi antarsias kai laikos politismos". Damianakos was a Marxist sociologist and was professor at the University Paris X. In 2002 he was invited as a guest professor in the University of Crete in Rethymnon. Little before he was found dead in his apartment in Paris, he had expressed his wish to continue teaching in Crete. In May 2005 a conference to his memory was held in Athens.

Yukihiko Ikeda was a Japanese bureaucrat and the Liberal Democratic Party politician who served as foreign minister. He was in office from 11 January 1996 to 11 September 1997. Ikeda was known to be "Mr. No" in the political life.

Arrigo Benedetti, was an Italian journalist and writer. He also was the editor of important news magazines: Oggi (1939–1941), L'Europeo (1945–54), L'Espresso (1955–63), and Il Mondo (1969–72). Born as Giulio, he changed his name to Arrigo in 1933.

Raymond Forni was a French Socialist politician.

Albert Husson was a French playwright and theatre director.

Teodor Majkowicz was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch in Poland. He was the first Eparchial Bishop of the new created Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Wrocław-Gdańsk bishop from 1996 to 1998.

Dorothy Alison was an Australian stage, film and television actress.