In the year 1996
750 Notable deaths
Beryl Burton
English racing cyclist (1937-1996).
Died May 5th, 1996 at 58 years old in Morley (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Alain Poher
French politician (1909-1996).
Born April 17th, 1909 in Ablon-sur-Seine.
Died December 9th, 1996 at 87 years old in Paris.
Jacquetta Hawkes
British archaeologist (1910-1996).
Born August 5th, 1910 in Cambridge.
Died March 18th, 1996 at 85 years old in Cheltenham.
Anna Chandy
Indian judge (1905-1996).
Born May 4th, 1905 in Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor.
Died July 20th, 1996 at 91 years old in Kerala.
Tien Soeharto
2nd first lady of indonesia (1923–1996).
Born August 23rd, 1923 in Surakarta.
Died April 28th, 1996 at 72 years old in Jakarta (heart failure).
Marcel Carné
French film director (1906 – 1996).
Born August 18th, 1906 in Paris.
Died October 31st, 1996 at 90 years old in Clamart.
Nguyen Huu Tho
Vietnamese politician (1910-1996).
Born July 10th, 1910 in Ho Chi Minh City.
Died December 24th, 1996 at 86 years old in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi.
Renato Russo
Brazilian musician (1960–1996).
Born March 27th, 1960 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died October 11th, 1996 at 36 years old in Rio de Janeiro (death from AIDS-related complications).
Jeff Krosnoff
Racecar driver (1964-1996).
Born September 24th, 1964 in Tulsa.
Died July 14th, 1996 at 31 years old in Toronto.
René Clément
French film director and screenwriter (1913–1996).
Born March 18th, 1913 in Bordeaux.
Died March 17th, 1996 at 82 years old in Monte Carlo.
John Abbott
English actor (1905-1996).
Born June 5th, 1905 in London.
Died May 24th, 1996 at 90 years old in Los Angeles.
Michel Debré
79th prime minister of france (1912-1996).
Born January 15th, 1912 in Paris.
Died August 2nd, 1996 at 84 years old in Montlouis-sur-Loire (Parkinson's disease).
Randy Stuart
American actress (1924–1996).
Born October 12th, 1924 in Iola.
Died July 20th, 1996 at 71 years old in Bakersfield (lung cancer).
Ross Hunter
American film and television producer, actor (1920-1996).
Born May 6th, 1920 in Cleveland.
Died March 10th, 1996 at 75 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Helmut Schön
German football player and manager (1915-1996).
Born September 15th, 1915 in Dresden.
Died February 23rd, 1996 at 80 years old in Wiesbaden.
Tamara Toumanova
Russian ballet dancer (1919-1996).
Born March 2nd, 1919 in Tyumen.
Died May 29th, 1996 at 77 years old in Santa Monica (disease).
Steve Tesich
Serbian-american screenwriter, playwright and novelist (1942-1996).
Born September 29th, 1942 in Užice.
Died July 1st, 1996 at 53 years old in Sydney (myocardial infarction).
Quentin Bell
British art historian, writer and painter (1910–1996).
Born August 19th, 1910 in London.
Died December 16th, 1996 at 86 years old in Firle.
Morton Gould
American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist (1913–1996).
Born December 10th, 1913 in Richmond Hill.
Died February 21st, 1996 at 82 years old in Orlando.
Jean Muir
American actress and educator (1911–1996).
Born February 13th, 1911 in Suffern.
Died July 23rd, 1996 at 85 years old in Mesa.
Mohammed al-Ghazali
Egyptian islamic scholar (1917–1996).
Born September 22nd, 1917 in Nekla El Enab.
Died March 10th, 1996 at 78 years old in Mecca.
Jordan Cronenweth
American cinematographer (1935–1996).
Born February 20th, 1935 in Los Angeles.
Died November 29th, 1996 at 61 years old in Los Angeles (Parkinson's disease).
Piet Hein
20th-century danish mathematician, inventor, designer, writer and poet (1905–1996).
Born December 16th, 1905 in Copenhagen.
Died April 18th, 1996 at 90 years old in Middelfart.
Josef Müller-Brockmann
Swiss graphic designer (1914-1996).
Born May 9th, 1914 in Rapperswil.
Died August 30th, 1996 at 82 years old in Zurich, Unterengstringen.
William Vickrey
Canadian-american professor of economics and nobel laureate (1914-1996).
Born June 21st, 1914 in Victoria.
Died October 11th, 1996 at 82 years old in New York City, Harrison (heart failure).
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner