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In the year 1996
750 Notable deaths
Jack Churchill
British soldier who fought throughout world war ii armed with a longbow, arrows, and a scottish broadsword (1906–1996).
Born September 16th, 1906 in Colombo.
Died March 8th, 1996 at 89 years old in Surrey. [ref]
François Mitterrand
21st president of the french republic from 1981 to 1995 (1916–1996).
Born October 26th, 1916 in Jarnac. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1996 at 79 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (prostate cancer). [ref]
Ricardo López
American stalker and criminal.
Born January 14th, 1975 in Montevideo.
Died September 12th, 1996 at 21 years old in Hollywood (gunshot wound).
Scott Fischer
American mountaineer and mountain guide (1955–1996).
Born December 24th, 1955 in Muskegon.
Died May 11th, 1996 at 40 years old in Mount Everest (altitude sickness, hypothermia).
Jon Pertwee
English actor (1919–1996).
Born July 7th, 1919 in Chelsea.
Died May 20th, 1996 at 76 years old in Connecticut (myocardial infarction).
Ben Johnson
American film actor (1918–1996).
Born June 13th, 1918 in Foraker.
Died April 8th, 1996 at 77 years old in Mesa (myocardial infarction).
Paul Erdős
Hungarian mathematician (1913–1996).
Born March 26th, 1913 in Budapest.
Died September 20th, 1996 at 83 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction).
Greer Garson
British-american actress (1904-1996).
Born September 29th, 1904 in London.
Died April 6th, 1996 at 91 years old in Dallas (heart failure).
Martin Balsam
American actor (1919–1996).
Born November 4th, 1919 in The Bronx.
Died March 13th, 1996 at 76 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction).
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Somali warlord (1934-1996).
Born December 15th, 1934 in Beledweyne.
Died August 2nd, 1996 at 61 years old in Mogadishu. [ref]
Marcello Mastroianni
Italian actor (1924–1996).
Born September 28th, 1924 in Fontana Liri.
Died December 19th, 1996 at 72 years old in Paris (pancreatic cancer).
Claudette Colbert
American actress (1903–1996).
Born September 13th, 1903 in Saint-Mandé. [ref]
Died July 30th, 1996 at 92 years old in Speightstown (stroke).
Howard Rollins
American stage, film and television actor (1950-1996).
Born October 17th, 1950 in Baltimore.
Died December 8th, 1996 at 46 years old in St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center (lymphoma).
William Bonin
American serial killer (1947–1996).
Born January 8th, 1947 in Willimantic.
Died February 23rd, 1996 at 49 years old in San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (lethal injection).
Jack Nance
American actor (1943–1996).
Born December 21st, 1943 in Boston.
Died December 30th, 1996 at 53 years old in South Pasadena (hematoma).
Audrey Meadows
American actress (1922–1996).
Born February 8th, 1922 in New York City.
Died February 3rd, 1996 at 73 years old in Beverly Hills (lung cancer).
Albert R. Broccoli
American film producer (1909–1996).
Born April 5th, 1909 in Queens.
Died June 27th, 1996 at 87 years old in Beverly Hills (heart failure).
Abdus Salam
Theoretical physicist, and nobel prize in physics recipient.
Born January 29th, 1926 in Jhang.
Died November 21st, 1996 at 70 years old in Oxford (progressive supranuclear palsy).
Jean-Bedel Bokassa
2nd president (1966–76) and emperor (r. 1976–79) of the central african republic.
Born February 22nd, 1921 in Bobangui. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1996 at 75 years old in Bangui (myocardial infarction).
Yaki Kadafi
American rapper (1977–1996).
Born October 9th, 1977 in The Bronx.
Died November 11th, 1996 at 19 years old in Orange.
Alger Hiss
American government official who was accused of spying for the soviet union (1904–1996).
Born November 11th, 1904 in Baltimore.
Died November 15th, 1996 at 92 years old in New York City.
Mohammad Najibullah
4th general secretary of the people's democratic party of afghanistan.
Born August 6th, 1947 in Gardez. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1996 at 49 years old in Kabul (hanging to death). [ref]
Juliet Prowse
Dancer, actress (1936–1996).
Born September 25th, 1936 in Mumbai.
Died September 14th, 1996 at 59 years old in Los Angeles (pancreatic cancer).
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Sixth president of india (1913-1996).
Born May 19th, 1913 in Kadapa.
Died June 1st, 1996 at 83 years old in Bengaluru (pneumonia).
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon