In the year 1996

688 Notable deaths

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996).

Born December 29th, 1915 in Oakland.

Died June 10th, 1996 at 80 years old in Queens (disease).

Mark Lenard

American actor (1924–1996).

Born October 15th, 1924 in Chicago.

Died November 22nd, 1996 at 72 years old in New York City (multiple myeloma).

Lucio Fulci

Italian film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.

Born June 17th, 1927 in Rome.

Died March 13th, 1996 at 68 years old in Rome (diabetes). [ref]

Artur Axmann

Nazi official, head of hitler youth (1913-1996).

Born February 18th, 1913 in Hagen.

Died October 24th, 1996 at 83 years old in Berlin.

Audrey Munson

American artist's model and film actress (1891-1996).

Born June 8th, 1891 in Rochester.

Died February 20th, 1996 at 104 years old in Ogdensburg.

Erma Bombeck

American humorist and writer (1927–1996).

Born February 21st, 1927 in Bellbrook.

Died April 22nd, 1996 at 69 years old in San Francisco (kidney disease).

Virginia Cherrill

American actress (1908–1996).

Born April 12th, 1908 in Carthage.

Died November 14th, 1996 at 88 years old in Santa Barbara (stroke).

Sultan Rahi

Pakistani actor.

Born June 24th, 1938 in Uttar Pradesh, British Raj, Muzaffarnagar district.

Died January 9th, 1996 at 57 years old in Punjab, Gujranwala, Pakistan (ballistic trauma).

Babrak Karmal

3rd general secretary of the people's democratic party of afghanistan (1929–1996).

Born January 6th, 1929 in Kabul.

Died December 3rd, 1996 at 67 years old in Moscow (liver cancer).

Whit Bissell

American actor (1909–1996).

Born October 25th, 1909 in New York City.

Died March 5th, 1996 at 86 years old in Woodland Hills (Parkinson's disease).

Nicu Ceaușescu

Romanian politician, child of leader nicolae ceaușescu and elena ceaușescu (1951-1996).

Born September 1st, 1951 in Bucharest.

Died September 26th, 1996 at 45 years old in Vienna (liver cirrhosis).

Luana Patten

Actress (1938-1996).

Born July 6th, 1938 in Long Beach.

Died May 1st, 1996 at 57 years old in Long Beach (respiratory failure).

Hussein Kamel al-Majid

Iraqi politician (1954–1996).

Born October 21st, 1954 in Kingdom of Iraq.

Died February 23rd, 1996 at 41 years old in Baghdad (shootout).

Arleigh Burke

United states navy admiral and navy cross recipient (1901–1996).

Born October 19th, 1901 in Boulder.

Died January 1st, 1996 at 94 years old in Bethesda.

Vito Scotti

American actor (1918-1996).

Born January 26th, 1918 in San Francisco.

Died June 5th, 1996 at 78 years old in Woodland Hills (lung cancer).

Andreas Papandreou

Greek economist and politician (1919–1996).

Born February 5th, 1919 in Chios.

Died June 23rd, 1996 at 77 years old in Athens, Ekali (cardiovascular disease).

Mario Savio

American activist (1942–1996).

Born December 8th, 1942 in New York City.

Died November 6th, 1996 at 53 years old in Sebastopol.

Silvio Piola

Italian footballer and manager (1913-1996).

Born September 29th, 1913 in Robbio. [ref]

Died October 4th, 1996 at 83 years old in Gattinara.

Eva Hart

Titanic survivor (1905-1996).

Born January 31st, 1905 in Ilford.

Died February 11th, 1996 at 91 years old in Chadwell Heath (cancer).

Jason Bernard

American actor.

Born May 17th, 1938 in Chicago.

Died October 18th, 1996 at 58 years old in Burbank (myocardial infarction).

Johnny "Guitar" Watson

American musician (1935–1996).

Born February 3rd, 1935 in Houston.

Died May 17th, 1996 at 61 years old in Yokohama (myocardial infarction).

Charlie Barnett

American actor and comedian (1954-1996).

Born September 23rd, 1954 in Bluefield.

Died March 16th, 1996 at 41 years old in New York City (death from AIDS-related complications).

Virginia Christine

American actress (1920–1996).

Born March 5th, 1920 in Stanton.

Died July 24th, 1996 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (cardiovascular disease).

Seymour Cray

Applied mathematician, computer scientist, and electrical engineer (1925–1996).

Born September 28th, 1925 in Chippewa Falls.

Died October 5th, 1996 at 71 years old in Colorado Springs (traffic collision).

McGeorge Bundy

American national security advisor (1919-1996).

Born March 30th, 1919 in Boston.

Died September 16th, 1996 at 77 years old in Boston (cardiovascular disease).

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