In the year 1996
750 Notable deaths
Ramón Vinay
Chilean opera singer (1911-1996).
Born August 31st, 1911 in Chillán.
Died January 4th, 1996 at 84 years old in Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza.
Herbert Seifert
German mathematician (1907–1996).
Born May 27th, 1907 in Bernstadt auf dem Eigen.
Died October 1st, 1996 at 89 years old in Heidelberg.
Nhiek Tioulong
Cambodian politician (1908–1996).
Born August 23rd, 1908 in Phnom Penh.
Died June 9th, 1996 at 87 years old in Hong Kong.
Henri Nannen
German journalist, art collector and wartime nazi propagandist (1913-1996).
Born December 25th, 1913 in Emden.
Died October 13th, 1996 at 82 years old in Hanover.
Don McNeill
Us tennis player (1918–1996).
Born April 30th, 1918 in Chickasha.
Died November 28th, 1996 at 78 years old in Vero Beach.
Oswald Szemerényi
Hungarian linguist (1913–1996).
Born September 7th, 1913 in London.
Died December 29th, 1996 at 83 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Georges Géret
French actor (1924-1996).
Born October 18th, 1924 in 1st arrondissement of Lyon.
Died April 8th, 1996 at 71 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris (cancer).
Jacobo Majluta Azar
President of the dominican republic (1934–1996).
Born October 9th, 1934 in Santo Domingo.
Died March 2nd, 1996 at 61 years old in Tampa (non-small-cell lung carcinoma).
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Italian conductor (1909–1996).
Born July 27th, 1909 in Bergamo.
Died February 5th, 1996 at 86 years old in Bergamo.
Chiyo Uno
Japanese writer (1897-1996).
Born November 28th, 1897 in Yokoyama.
Died June 10th, 1996 at 98 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia).
Muhammad ibn Ahmad Abd al-Ghani
Prime minister of algeria (1927-1996).
Born March 18th, 1927 in Oran.
Died September 22nd, 1996 at 69 years old in Algiers.
Hrant Shahinyan
Soviet armenian artistic gymnast (1923–1996).
Born July 30th, 1923 in Gyulagarak.
Died May 29th, 1996 at 72 years old in Yerevan.
Endel Puusepp
Estonian pilot (1909–1996).
Born May 1st, 1909 in Yeniseysk Governorate.
Died June 18th, 1996 at 87 years old in Tallinn.
Käte Strobel
German politician (1907–1996).
Born July 23rd, 1907 in Nuremberg.
Died March 26th, 1996 at 88 years old in Nuremberg.
Bernard Zehrfuss
French architect (1911–1996).
Born October 20th, 1911 in Angers.
Died July 3rd, 1996 at 84 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Aram Karamanoukian
French politician (1910-1996).
Born May 1st, 1910 in Gaziantep.
Died December 23rd, 1996 at 86 years old in Fort Lee.
Roger Lapébie
Road bicycle racer (1911–1996).
Born January 16th, 1911 in Bayonne.
Died October 12th, 1996 at 85 years old in Pessac.
Michiya Mihashi
Japanese singer (1930-1996).
Born November 10th, 1930 in Hokkaido.
Died January 8th, 1996 at 65 years old in Osaka (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome).
Pierre Grimal
French historian and latinist (1912-1996).
Born November 21st, 1912 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Died November 2nd, 1996 at 83 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris.
Gesualdo Bufalino
Italian writer (1920–1996).
Born November 15th, 1920 in Comiso.
Died June 14th, 1996 at 75 years old in Vittoria (traffic collision).
Gilles Grangier
Film director, screenwriter (1911–1996).
Died April 27th, 1996 at 84 years old in Suresnes.
Guy Gilles
French film director (1938–1996).
Born August 25th, 1940 in Algiers. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 1996 at 55 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris (death from AIDS-related complications).
Alicja Iwańska
Polish sociologist.
Born May 13th, 1918 in Gardzienice, Lublin Voivodeship.
Died September 26th, 1996 at 78 years old in London (lung cancer).
Nacho Martínez
Spanish actor (1952–1996).
Born July 8th, 1952 in Mieres.
Died July 24th, 1996 at 44 years old in Oviedo (lung cancer).
André-Georges Haudricourt
French academic (1911-1996).
Born January 17th, 1911 in Paris.
Died August 20th, 1996 at 85 years old in Paris.
Deaths 476 to 500 of 750
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder