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In the year 1996
688 Notable deaths
Minnie Pearl
American comedian and country singer (1912–1996).
Born October 25th, 1912 in Centerville.
Died March 4th, 1996 at 83 years old in Nashville (stroke).
Bob Paisley
English footballer and manager (1919–1996).
Born January 23rd, 1919 in Hetton-le-Hole.
Died February 14th, 1996 at 77 years old in Liverpool (Alzheimer's disease).
Dorothy Lamour
American actress and singer (1914-1996).
Born December 10th, 1914 in New Orleans.
Died September 22nd, 1996 at 81 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
V. N. Janaki
Indian actress and former chief minister of tamil nadu (1924-1996).
Born November 30th, 1923 in Vaikom. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1996 at 72 years old in Chennai.
Stavros Niarchos
Greek businessman and art collector.
Born July 3rd, 1909 in Athens. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1996 at 86 years old in Zürich (pneumonia).
Herb Edelman
American actor (1933-1996).
Born November 5th, 1933 in Brooklyn.
Died July 21st, 1996 at 62 years old in Woodland Hills (pulmonary emphysema).
Don Simpson
American film producer, screenwriter, actor (1943–1996).
Born October 29th, 1943 in Seattle.
Died January 19th, 1996 at 52 years old in Bel Air (heart failure).
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Polish film director and screenwriter (1941-1996).
Born June 27th, 1941 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1996 at 54 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nnamdi Azikiwe
First president of nigeria (1904-1996).
Born November 16th, 1904 in Zungeru.
Died May 11th, 1996 at 91 years old in Nsukka.
Lola Beltrán
Mexican actress and singer (1932-1996).
Born March 7th, 1932 in Sinaloa, El Rosario.
Died March 24th, 1996 at 64 years old in Mexico City (pulmonary embolism).
Barbara Jordan
American politician (1936-1996).
Born February 21st, 1936 in Houston.
Died January 17th, 1996 at 59 years old in Austin (pneumonia).
Jerry Siegel
American co-creator of superman.
Born October 17th, 1914 in Cleveland.
Died January 28th, 1996 at 81 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Lew Ayres
American actor (1908–1996).
Born December 28th, 1908 in Minneapolis.
Died December 30th, 1996 at 88 years old in Los Angeles.
Guy Madison
American actor (1922–1996).
Born January 19th, 1922 in Bakersfield.
Died February 6th, 1996 at 74 years old in Palm Springs (pulmonary emphysema).
Greg Morris
American actor (1933–1996).
Born September 27th, 1933 in Cleveland.
Died August 27th, 1996 at 62 years old in Las Vegas Valley (brain cancer).
Adolf Galland
German world war ii luftwafffe general and fighter pilot (1912-1996).
Born March 19th, 1912 in Westerholt.
Died February 9th, 1996 at 83 years old in Remagen.
Thomas Kuhn
American historian, physicist and philosopher (1922-1996).
Born July 18th, 1922 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1996 at 73 years old in Cambridge (lung cancer). [ref]
Morey Amsterdam
American actor and comedian (1908–1996).
Born December 14th, 1908 in Chicago.
Died October 28th, 1996 at 87 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Joanne Dru
American film and television actress (1922-1996).
Born January 31st, 1922 in Logan.
Died September 10th, 1996 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (edema).
Haing S. Ngor
Cambodian-american physician and actor (1940–1996).
Born March 22nd, 1940 in French Indochina.
Died February 25th, 1996 at 55 years old in Los Angeles.
Saul Bass
American graphic designer and filmmaker (1920-1996).
Born May 8th, 1920 in The Bronx. [ref]
Died April 25th, 1996 at 75 years old in Beverly Grove (lymphoma). [ref]
Jessica Mitford
British writer (1917–1996).
Born September 11th, 1917 in Asthall Manor.
Died July 23rd, 1996 at 78 years old in Oakland (lung cancer). [ref]
Dzhokhar Dudayev
Soviet general, chechen leader (1944-1996).
Born February 15th, 1944 in Yalkhoroy.
Died April 21st, 1996 at 52 years old in Gekhi-Chu (missile strike).
Edmund Muskie
American politician (1914–1996).
Born March 28th, 1914 in Rumford.
Died March 26th, 1996 at 81 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure).
Paul Rand
American graphic designer (1914-1996).
Born December 15th, 1914 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1996 at 81 years old in Norwalk (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 51 to 75 of 688
It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo