In the year 1996
747 Notable deaths
Bai Yang
Chinese actress (1920-1996).
Born April 22nd, 1920 in Beijing.
Died September 18th, 1996 at 76 years old in Shanghai.
Sverre Sørsdal
Norwegian boxer (1900-1996).
Born August 5th, 1900 in Hamar Municipality. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1996 at 95 years old in Gjøvik Municipality. [ref]
Czesław Petelski
Polish film director (1922-1996).
Born November 5th, 1922 in Białystok.
Died September 19th, 1996 at 73 years old in Warsaw.
Narcís Jubany Arnau
Catholic cardinal (1913–1996).
Born August 12th, 1913 in Santa Coloma de Farners.
Died December 26th, 1996 at 83 years old in Barcelona.
Gerard Hallock
American ice hockey player (1905–1996).
Born June 4th, 1905 in Pottstown.
Died May 26th, 1996 at 90 years old in Essex.
Hans Beck
Norwegian ski jumper (1911–1996).
Born April 25th, 1911 in Kongsberg.
Died April 11th, 1996 at 84 years old in Oslo.
Vyacheslav Solovyov
Russian footballer (1925-1996).
Born January 14th, 1925 in Moskovsky Uyezd.
Died September 7th, 1996 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Vladimir Belyakov
Gymnast (1918-1996).
Born January 2nd, 1918 in Dmitrov.
Died May 21st, 1996 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Aleksandr Abushakhmetov
Russian fencer (1954–1996).
Born July 21st, 1954 in Bishkek.
Died June 10th, 1996 at 41 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Koichi Oita
Japanese association football player (1914-1996).
Born April 9th, 1914 in Bunkyō-ku.
Died September 11th, 1996 at 82 years old in Bunkyō-ku. [ref]
Kurt Svanström
Swedish footballer (1915-1996).
Born March 24th, 1915 in Gothenburg.
Died January 16th, 1996 at 80 years old in Säffle.
Robert Lamoot
Belgian footballer (1911-1996).
Born March 18th, 1911 in Ostend.
Died June 15th, 1996 at 85 years old [ref]
Giliante D'Este
Italian rower (1910–1996).
Born March 23rd, 1910 in Izola.
Died April 24th, 1996 at 86 years old in Rome.
Pierre Jaccoud
Swiss lawyer (1905-1996).
Born November 24th, 1905 in Geneva.
Died July 4th, 1996 at 90 years old
Ejvind Hansen
Danish canoe racer (1924-1996).
Born July 28th, 1924 in Langeland.
Died December 19th, 1996 at 72 years old in Odense.
Jacques Lebrun
Sailor (1910-1996).
Born September 20th, 1910 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died January 14th, 1996 at 85 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Li Ki-joo
South korean footballer (1926-1996).
Born November 12th, 1926 in Korea under Japanese rule.
Died December 9th, 1996 at 70 years old
Klaus-Dieter Seehaus
German footballer (1942–1996).
Born October 6th, 1942 in Hagen.
Died February 10th, 1996 at 53 years old in Rostock.
William Cox
American long-distance runner.
Born July 12th, 1904 in Rochester.
Died June 3rd, 1996 at 91 years old in Webster.
Ivan Deryugin
Soviet modern pentathlete (1928–1996).
Born December 5th, 1928 in Zmiiv.
Died January 10th, 1996 at 67 years old in Kyiv.
Tatyana Mavrina
Russian painter and children's writer (1902-1996).
Born December 20th, 1902 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died August 19th, 1996 at 93 years old in Moscow.
Yelisaveta Bagriantseva
Soviet track and field competitor (1929-1996).
Born August 27th, 1929 in Usolye-Sibirskoye.
Died January 24th, 1996 at 66 years old
François Picard
French racing driver (1921-1996).
Born April 26th, 1921 in Villefranche-sur-Saône.
Died April 29th, 1996 at 75 years old in Nice.
David Ricketts
British cyclist.
Born July 10th, 1920 in London.
Died August 11th, 1996 at 76 years old in Wales.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore