In the year 1996
747 Notable deaths
Madeleine Bourdouxhe
Belgian author (1906–1996).
Born September 25th, 1906 in Liège.
Died April 17th, 1996 at 89 years old in Brussels metropolitan area. [ref]
Carlo Reguzzoni
Italian football player. (1908-1996).
Born January 18th, 1908 in Busto Arsizio.
Died December 16th, 1996 at 88 years old in Busto Arsizio.
Dean Kelley
Basketball player (1931–1996).
Born September 23rd, 1931 in Monmouth.
Died January 13th, 1996 at 64 years old in Morton.
Ivan Vyshnevskyi
Footballer (1957-1996).
Born February 21st, 1957 in Luchka. [ref]
Died May 11th, 1996 at 39 years old in Dnipro (melanoma).
Étienne Hajdú
French and hungarian sculptor (1907–1996).
Born August 12th, 1907 in Turda. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1996 at 88 years old in Bagneux.
Semyon Aranovich
Soviet and russian film director (1934–1996).
Born July 23rd, 1934 in Derazhnia.
Died September 8th, 1996 at 62 years old in Hamburg (cancer).
George Abel
Canadian ice hockey player (1916–1996).
Born February 23rd, 1916 in Melville.
Died April 16th, 1996 at 80 years old in Melville.
Célestin Delmer
French footballer (1907-1996).
Born February 15th, 1907 in Villejuif.
Died March 2nd, 1996 at 89 years old in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.
Teobaldo Depetrini
Italian footballer (1913–1996).
Born March 12th, 1914 in Vercelli.
Died January 8th, 1996 at 81 years old in Turin.
Paul Vialar
French writer (1898-1996).
Born September 18th, 1898 in Saint-Denis.
Died January 8th, 1996 at 97 years old in Vaucresson.
Joseph Mermans
Belgian footballer (1922-1996).
Born February 16th, 1922 in Merksem.
Died January 20th, 1996 at 73 years old in Essen.
Uładzimir Karvat
Belarusian aviator (1958–1996).
Born November 28th, 1958 in Brest.
Died May 23rd, 1996 at 37 years old in Arabaŭščyna.
José Cuatrecasas
Spanish-american pharmacist and botanist (1903–1996).
Born March 19th, 1903 in Camprodon.
Died May 24th, 1996 at 93 years old in Washington, D.C..
José Poy
Argentine footballer and manager (1926-1996).
Born April 11th, 1926 in Rosario.
Died February 8th, 1996 at 69 years old in São Paulo.
Sándor Gellér
Hungarian footballer (1925–1996).
Born July 12th, 1925 in Veseuș.
Died March 13th, 1996 at 70 years old in Budapest.
Nikolay Baskakov
Russian turkologist (1905–1996).
Born March 22nd, 1905 in Solvychegodsk.
Died August 26th, 1996 at 91 years old in Moscow.
Marcel Capelle
French footballer (1904-1993).
Born December 11th, 1904 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 8th, 1996 at 91 years old in Espalion. [ref]
Gizella Farkas
Hungarian table tennis player (1925-1996).
Born November 18th, 1925 in Miskolc.
Died June 17th, 1996 at 70 years old in Vienna.
Ignace Kowalczyk
French-german footballer (1913-1996).
Born December 29th, 1913 in Castrop-Rauxel.
Died March 27th, 1996 at 82 years old in Harnes.
Marthe Robert
French literary critic (1914–1996).
Born March 25th, 1914 in 20th arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 12th, 1996 at 82 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Ivan Kalita
Equestrian (1927–1996).
Born January 14th, 1927 in Tambov Governorate.
Died March 29th, 1996 at 69 years old in Moscow.
Shin Yung-kyoo
North korean footballer (1942-1996).
Born March 30th, 1942 in North Korea.
Died March 18th, 1996 at 53 years old in Belarus.
Dioscoro S. Rabor
Filipino zoologist (1911-1996).
Born May 18th, 1911 in Cebu City.
Died March 25th, 1996 at 84 years old
Eric Ridder
American sailor.
Born July 1st, 1918 in Hewlett.
Died July 23rd, 1996 at 78 years old in Locust Valley.
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Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi