In the year 1996
750 Notable deaths
Rina Ketty
French singer (1911–1996).
Born March 1st, 1911 in Sarzana.
Died December 23rd, 1996 at 85 years old in Cannes.
Ghazaleh Alizadeh
Iranian poet and writer.
Born February 15th, 1949 in Mashhad.
Died May 12th, 1996 at 47 years old in Javaher Deh (hanging to death).
Camilla Horn
German actress (1903-1996).
Born April 25th, 1903 in Frankfurt.
Died August 14th, 1996 at 93 years old in Gilching.
Juan Hohberg
Uruguayan footballer (1926–1996).
Born October 8th, 1926 in Córdoba.
Died April 30th, 1996 at 69 years old in Lima.
Grant Sawyer
Democratic governor of nevada, 1959 to 1967 (1918–1996).
Born December 14th, 1918 in Twin Falls.
Died February 19th, 1996 at 77 years old in Las Vegas.
Imam Alimsultanov
Chechen bard and folk singer (1957–1996).
Born June 22nd, 1957 in Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic.
Died November 10th, 1996 at 39 years old in Odesa.
Alfredo Nobre da Costa
Portuguese politician (1923-1996).
Born September 10th, 1923 in Lisbon.
Died April 1st, 1996 at 72 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
Barbara McLean
American film editor (1903-1996).
Born November 16th, 1903 in Palisades Park.
Died March 28th, 1996 at 92 years old in Newport Beach.
Pilar Lorengar
Spanish operatic soprano.
Born January 16th, 1928 in Zaragoza.
Died June 3rd, 1996 at 68 years old in Berlin (lung cancer).
Roberto Raviola
Italian comic book artist.
Born May 30th, 1939 in Bologna. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1996 at 56 years old in Imola (pancreatic cancer).
Jacob Druckman
American composer (1928-1996).
Born June 26th, 1928 in Philadelphia.
Died May 24th, 1996 at 67 years old in New Haven (lung cancer).
Ljuba Welitsch
Bulgarian singer (1913-1996).
Born July 10th, 1913 in Slavyanovo.
Died September 2nd, 1996 at 83 years old in Vienna.
Stanko Todorov
Prime minister of bulgaria (1920-1996).
Born December 10th, 1920 in Klenovik.
Died December 17th, 1996 at 76 years old in Sofia.
Rolf Widerøe
Accelerator physicist and engineer (1902-1996).
Born July 11th, 1902 in Christiania.
Died October 11th, 1996 at 94 years old in Obersiggenthal.
Heriberto Herrera
Paraguayan-spanish footballer (1926-1996).
Born April 24th, 1926 in Guarambaré.
Died July 26th, 1996 at 70 years old in Asunción.
Sven Stolpe
Swedish writer, translator, journalist, critic, and researcher (1905–1996).
Born August 24th, 1905 in Katarina church parish.
Died August 26th, 1996 at 91 years old in Filipstad church parish.
Vyacheslav Lemeshev
Boxer (1952–1996).
Born April 3rd, 1952 in Moscow.
Died January 27th, 1996 at 43 years old in Moscow.
Nevill Francis Mott
English physicist, nobel prize winner.
Born September 30th, 1905 in Leeds.
Died August 8th, 1996 at 90 years old in Milton Keynes.
Juan Luis Segundo
Uruguayan theologian.
Born October 31st, 1925 in Montevideo.
Died January 17th, 1996 at 70 years old in Montevideo.
Miloš Kopecký
Czech actor (1922-1996).
Born August 22nd, 1922 in Prague. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1996 at 73 years old in Prague. [ref]
Wálter Guevara
54th president of bolivia (august-november 1979).
Born March 11th, 1912 in Cochabamba.
Died June 20th, 1996 at 84 years old in La Paz.
Irasema Dilián
Italian actress (1924–1996).
Born May 27th, 1924 in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1996 at 71 years old in Ceprano.
Danilo Alvim
Brazilian footballer and manager (1920-1996).
Born December 3rd, 1920 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died May 16th, 1996 at 75 years old in Rio de Janeiro (pneumonia).
Caio Fernando Abreu
Brazilian writer (1948–1996).
Born September 12th, 1948 in Santiago.
Died February 25th, 1996 at 47 years old in Porto Alegre (death from AIDS-related complications).
Maximilien Rubel
Marxist historian and council communist (1905–1996).
Born October 10th, 1905 in Chernivtsi.
Died February 28th, 1996 at 90 years old in Paris.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore