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In the year 1996
747 Notable deaths
Karl Ullrich
Ss officer.
Born December 1st, 1910 in Sarreguemines.
Died May 8th, 1996 at 85 years old in Germany.
Tadeusz Reichstein
Polish-swiss chemist (1897-1996).
Born July 20th, 1897 in Włocławek.
Died August 1st, 1996 at 99 years old in Basel. [ref]
Raphael Patai
Hungarian academic (1910–1996).
Born November 22nd, 1910 in Budapest.
Died July 20th, 1996 at 85 years old in Tucson.
Ruggero Mastroianni
Italian film editor (1929-1996).
Born November 7th, 1929 in Turin.
Died September 9th, 1996 at 66 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction).
Howard Vernon
Swiss actor (1908–1996).
Born July 15th, 1914 in Baden-Baden.
Died July 25th, 1996 at 82 years old in Issy-les-Moulineaux (disease).
Robert F. Overmyer
American astronaut (1936–1996).
Born July 14th, 1936 in Lorain.
Died March 22nd, 1996 at 59 years old in Duluth (aviation accident).
Irving Caesar
American composer and lyricist (1895–1996).
Born July 4th, 1895 in New York City.
Died December 18th, 1996 at 101 years old in New York City.
Joseph W. Barr
American politician (1918-1996).
Born January 17th, 1918 in Bicknell.
Died February 23rd, 1996 at 78 years old in Playa del Carmen.
John Krol
American catholic cardinal (1910–1996).
Born October 26th, 1910 in Cleveland.
Died March 3rd, 1996 at 85 years old in Philadelphia.
Andrey Lukanov
Bulgarian political figure (1938-1996).
Born September 26th, 1938 in Moscow. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1996 at 58 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Film director (1928-1996).
Born December 11th, 1928 in Havana.
Died April 16th, 1996 at 67 years old in Havana.
Hamlet Mkhitaryan
Armenian footballer (1962–1996).
Born September 14th, 1962 in Yerevan.
Died May 6th, 1996 at 33 years old in Yerevan (brain cancer).
Leo Joseph Suenens
Roman catholic cardinal (1904–1996).
Born July 16th, 1904 in Ixelles.
Died May 6th, 1996 at 91 years old in Brussels-Capital Region (thrombosis).
Harry Kemelman
American writer (1908-1996).
Born November 24th, 1908 in Boston.
Died December 15th, 1996 at 88 years old in Marblehead (kidney failure).
Elman Service
American anthropologist (1915-1996).
Born May 18th, 1915 in Tecumseh.
Died November 14th, 1996 at 81 years old in Santa Barbara.
Kwan Tak-hing
Hong kong actor (1905–1996).
Born June 27th, 1905 in Guangzhou.
Died June 28th, 1996 at 91 years old in Hong Kong (pancreatic cancer).
Józef Czapski
Polish artist, author, critic and polish army officer during wwii (1896-1993).
Born April 3rd, 1896 in Prague.
Died January 12th, 1996 at 99 years old in Le Mesnil-le-Roi.
Yelena Mazanik
Partisan and hero of the soviet union who assassinated wilhelm kube (1914–1996).
Born April 4th, 1914 in Paddziahciarnia.
Died April 7th, 1996 at 82 years old in Minsk.
Edward Gurney
American politician (1914–1996).
Born January 12th, 1914 in Portland.
Died May 14th, 1996 at 82 years old in Winter Park.
Jane Drew
British architect and town planner (1911–1996).
Born March 24th, 1911 in Thornton Heath.
Died July 27th, 1996 at 85 years old in Barnard Castle (cancer).
George Davis Snell
American geneticist.
Born December 19th, 1903 in Bradford.
Died June 6th, 1996 at 92 years old in Bar Harbor.
César Mendoza Durán
Chilean military (1918-1996).
Born September 11th, 1918 in Santiago.
Died September 13th, 1996 at 78 years old in Santiago (pancreatic cancer).
Edison Denisov
Soviet and russian composer (1929–1996).
Born April 6th, 1929 in Tomsk.
Died November 25th, 1996 at 67 years old in Paris.
San Yu
Burmese general (1918–1996).
Born March 3rd, 1918 in Bago Region.
Died January 30th, 1996 at 77 years old in Yangon.
Alfred Vogel
Swiss writer (1902-1996).
Born October 26th, 1902 in Aesch.
Died October 1st, 1996 at 93 years old in Feusisberg.
Deaths 326 to 350 of 747
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