TV's Cr42y Year of Death

Did one of your fave TV characters die in '06? Chances are pretty good since the telly killed off people in unprecedented numbers. And viewers noticed — tv squad, ew, pop candy and many others, I'm sure.

Well, I've been keeping track this year. I may have missed a few, but I recorded 42 significant deaths in 2006. (OK. I'll be honest. I searched until I found 42 because I've been looking for an excuse to use cr42y in the title of a list.)

Instead of playing favorites, I just present you with a list by date of death. These TV characters died in 2006 (with links to iTunes for some):

• David Palmer (1/15/2006, ''24'')
  
• Michelle Dessler (1/15/2006, ''24'')
  
• Jonathan Kent (1/26/2006, ''Smallville'')
  
• Edgar Stiles (3/6/2006, ''24'')
  
• Dana Fairbanks (3/12/2006, ''The L Word'')
  
• Eugene Pontecorvo (3/12/2006, ''The Sopranos'')
  
• Raymond Curto (3/12/2006, ''The Sopranos'')
  
• Harry Swinton (3/13/2006, ''24'')
  
• Lynn McGill (3/13/2006, ''24'')
  
• Tony Almeida (3/13/2006, ''24'')
  
• Curtis 'Lem' Lemanski (3/21/2006, ''The Shield'')
  
• Aunt Dottie (4/2/2006, ''The Sopranos'')
  
• Leo McGarry (4/9/2006, ''The West Wing'')
  
• Ana-Lucia Cortez (5/3/2006, ''Lost'')
  
• Andrea Moreno (5/5/2006, ''Ghost Whisperer'')
  
• Aaron Echolls (5/9/2006, ''Veronica Mars'')
  
• Cassidy 'Beaver' Casabalancas (5/9/2006, ''Veronica Mars'')
  
• Libby (5/10/2006, ''Lost'')
  
• Michael Gallant (5/11/2006, ''ER'')
  
• Denny Duquette (5/15/2006, ''Grey's Anatomy)
  
• Doc (5/15/2006, ''Grey's Anatomy)
  
• Alexandra Borgia (5/17/2006, ''Law & Order'')
  
• Marissa Cooper (5/18/2006, ''The O.C.'')
  
• Jack Chase (5/19/2006, ''Close to Home'')
  
• Vito Spatafore (5/21/2006, ''The Sopranos'')
  
• Irina Derevko (5/22/2006, ''Alias'')
  
• Jonathan 'Jack' Donahue Bristow (5/22/2006, ''Alias'')
  
• Beck McKaye (6/25/2006, ''Whistler'')
  
• Johnny Gavin (8/15/2006, ''Rescue Me'')
  
• Veronica Donovan (8/21/2006, ''Prison Break'')
  
• John Abruzzi (9/11/2006, ''Prison Break'')
  
• John Winchester (9/28/2006, ''Supernatural'')
  
• David 'Tweener' Apolskis (10/2/2006, ''Prison Break'')
  
• FBI Agent Graham Kelton (10/2/2006, ''Vanished'')
  
• Ellen Tigh (10/20/2006, ''Battlestar Galactica'')
  
• Mr. Eko (11/1/2006, ''Lost'')
  
• Carolyn Bigsby (11/5/2006, ''Desperate Housewives'')
  
• Nora Huntington (11/5/2006, ''Desperate Housewives'')
  
• Charlene 'Charlie' Andrews (11/13/2006, ''Heroes'')
  
• Aldo Burrows (11/20/2006, ''Prison Break'')
  
• Eden McCain (12/4/2006, ''Heroes'')
  
• Capt. Louanne 'Kat' Katraine (12/8/2006, ''Battlestar Galactica'')

Starting today I've added TV deaths to the list of TV events (births, weddings) that I memorialize daily at the top of the near-right sidebar.