In the year 1996
689 Notable deaths
Hans Blumenberg
German philosopher.
Born July 13th, 1920 in Lübeck. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1996 at 75 years old in Altenberge. [ref]
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).
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).
May Ayim
German poet.
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.
Emile Habibi
Palestinian-israeli writer and politician (1922-1996).
Born August 29th, 1922 in Haifa. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1996 at 73 years old in Nazareth (cancer). [ref]
Burne Hogarth
American cartoonist (1911-1996).
Born December 25th, 1911 in Chicago.
Died January 28th, 1996 at 84 years old in Paris.
Geoffrey Wilkinson
British nobel laureate in chemistry.
Born July 14th, 1921 in Todmorden.
Died September 26th, 1996 at 75 years old in London. [ref]
George Boolos
Philosopher and mathematical logician (1940-1996).
Born September 4th, 1940 in New York City.
Died May 27th, 1996 at 55 years old in Cambridge.
Duke Christian Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German noble (1912-1996).
Born September 29th, 1912 in Ludwigslust.
Died July 18th, 1996 at 83 years old in Gut Hemmelmark.
Georges Duby
French historian (1919–1996).
Born October 7th, 1919 in 10th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 3rd, 1996 at 77 years old in Le Tholonet.
Evelyn Laye
Actress (1900-1996).
Born July 10th, 1900 in Bloomsbury.
Died February 17th, 1996 at 95 years old in London (respiratory failure). [ref]
Garrett Birkhoff
American mathematician (1911–1996).
Born January 19th, 1911 in Princeton.
Died November 22nd, 1996 at 85 years old in Water Mill.
Lucille Teasdale-Corti
Canadian medical doctor and surgeon who worked in uganda (1929–1996).
Born January 30th, 1929 in Montreal. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1996 at 67 years old in Besana in Brianza (death from AIDS-related complications).
Bartel Leendert van der Waerden
Dutch mathematician and historian of mathematics (1903–1996).
Born February 2nd, 1903 in Amsterdam.
Died January 12th, 1996 at 92 years old in Zurich.
Ryōtarō Shiba
Japanese writer.
Born August 7th, 1923 in Osaka.
Died February 12th, 1996 at 72 years old in Osaka. [ref]
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).
Hernán Siles Zuazo
President of bolivia variously in the 20th century.
Born March 21st, 1914 in La Paz.
Died August 6th, 1996 at 82 years old in Montevideo.
Sorley MacLean
Scottish poet (1911–1996).
Born October 26th, 1911 in Isle of Raasay.
Died November 24th, 1996 at 85 years old in Inner Hebrides.
Phillip Reed
American actor (1908–1996).
Born March 25th, 1908 in New York City.
Died December 7th, 1996 at 88 years old in Los Angeles.
Sergey Kuryokhin
Russian musician (1954–1996).
Born June 16th, 1954 in Murmansk.
Died July 9th, 1996 at 42 years old in Saint Petersburg (heart cancer).
Ali Hatami
Iranian film director.
Born August 19th, 1944 in Tehran.
Died December 7th, 1996 at 52 years old in Tehran (pancreatic cancer).
Alejandro Agustín Lanusse
38th president of the argentine republic (1918-1996).
Born August 28th, 1918 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1996 at 77 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
José Toribio Merino
Chilean politician and admiral (1915–1996).
Born December 14th, 1915 in La Serena.
Died August 30th, 1996 at 80 years old in Viña del Mar.
Bob Shaw
Irish science fiction writer.
Born December 31st, 1931 in Belfast.
Died February 12th, 1996 at 64 years old in Manchester (cancer).
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No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut