In the year 1996
750 Notable deaths
Marcia Davenport
American author and music critic.
Born June 9th, 1903 in New York City.
Died January 16th, 1996 at 92 years old in Monterey.
Tim Gullikson
Us tennis player (1951–1996).
Born September 8th, 1951 in La Crosse.
Died May 3rd, 1996 at 44 years old in Boca Raton (brain cancer).
Ai Qing
Chinese poet (1910-1996).
Born March 27th, 1910 in Jinhua.
Died May 5th, 1996 at 86 years old in Beijing.
George Mackay Brown
Poet (1921–1996).
Born October 17th, 1921 in Stromness.
Died April 13th, 1996 at 74 years old in Stromness. [ref]
John Williamson
American basketball player (1951-1996).
Born November 10th, 1951 in New Haven.
Died November 30th, 1996 at 45 years old in New Haven (kidney failure).
Chen Jingrun
Chinese mathematician (1933-1996).
Born May 22nd, 1933 in Fuzhou.
Died March 19th, 1996 at 62 years old in Beijing (pneumonia).
Ernest Manning
Canadian politician (1908-1996).
Born September 20th, 1908 in Carnduff.
Died February 19th, 1996 at 87 years old in Calgary.
Roger Tory Peterson
American naturalist, ornithologist and writer (1908–1996).
Born August 28th, 1908 in Jamestown.
Died July 28th, 1996 at 87 years old in Old Lyme.
Laura La Plante
American actress (1904-1996).
Born November 1st, 1904 in St. Louis.
Died October 15th, 1996 at 91 years old in Woodland Hills (Alzheimer's disease).
Donald T. Campbell
American social scientist (1916–1996).
Born November 20th, 1916 in Grass Lake. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1996 at 79 years old in Bethlehem. [ref]
David Tudor
American pianist and composer (1926–1996).
Born January 20th, 1926 in Philadelphia.
Died August 13th, 1996 at 70 years old in New York City.
Evelyn Hooker
American psychologist (1907-1996).
Born September 2nd, 1907 in North Platte.
Died November 18th, 1996 at 89 years old in Santa Monica.
Alex Manoogian
American businessman (1901-1996).
Born June 28th, 1901 in Smyrna.
Died July 10th, 1996 at 95 years old in Detroit.
Rio Reiser
German rock musician (1950–1996).
Born January 9th, 1950 in West Berlin.
Died August 20th, 1996 at 46 years old
Bill Doggett
American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist (1916-1996).
Born February 16th, 1916 in Philadelphia.
Died November 13th, 1996 at 80 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
John Alton
American cinematographer of austrian-hungarian origin (1901-1996).
Born October 5th, 1901 in Sopron.
Died June 2nd, 1996 at 94 years old in Santa Monica.
Bob Flanagan
American writer, poet, musician, performance artist, and comic (1952–1996).
Born December 26th, 1952 in New York City.
Died January 4th, 1996 at 43 years old in Long Beach (cystic fibrosis).
Frank Kurtz
Diver and air force officer.
Born September 9th, 1911 in Davenport.
Died October 31st, 1996 at 85 years old in North Hollywood (falling from height).
Alexander D'Arcy
Actor (1908–1996).
Born August 10th, 1908 in Cairo.
Died April 20th, 1996 at 87 years old in Los Angeles.
Herbert Brownell
American lawyer and politician (1904–1996).
Born February 20th, 1904 in Nemaha County.
Died May 1st, 1996 at 92 years old in New York City (cancer).
Hans Blumenberg
German philosopher (1920–1996).
Born July 13th, 1920 in Lübeck.
Died March 28th, 1996 at 75 years old in Altenberge.
Pandro S. Berman
American film producer (1905-1996).
Born March 28th, 1905 in Pittsburgh. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1996 at 91 years old in Beverly Hills (heart failure).
Emile Habibi
Palestinian-arab-israeli writer and politician (1922-1996).
Born January 28th, 1922 in Haifa. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1996 at 74 years old in Nazareth (cancer).
May Ayim
German poet (1960–1996).
Born May 3rd, 1960 in Hamburg.
Died August 9th, 1996 at 36 years old in Berlin (falling).
Meyer Schapiro
American historian of art (1904–1996).
Born September 23rd, 1904 in Šiauliai.
Died March 3rd, 1996 at 91 years old in New York City.
Deaths 276 to 300 of 750
Death and pain are windows to great insight if you have the strength to look through them. James Pierce