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In the year 1996
688 Notable deaths
JonBenét Ramsey
American victim and beauty pageant contestant.
Born August 6th, 1990 in Atlanta.
Died December 25th, 1996 at 6 years old in Boulder (traumatic brain injury).
Sun Yaoting
Chinese eunuch (1902 - 1996).
Born September 29th, 1902 in Tianjin.
Died December 17th, 1996 at 94 years old in Beijing.
Lyle Talbot
American actor (1902-1996).
Born February 8th, 1902 in Pittsburgh.
Died March 2nd, 1996 at 94 years old in San Francisco (heart failure).
Shūsaku Endō
Author from japan (1923–1996).
Born March 27th, 1923 in Nishisugamo.
Died September 29th, 1996 at 73 years old in Keio University Hospital (pneumonia, hepatitis).
Hyman Minsky
American economist (1919–1996).
Born September 23rd, 1919 in Chicago.
Died October 24th, 1996 at 77 years old in Rhinebeck.
Yahya Ayyash
Palestinian electrical and explosives engineer (1966-1996).
Born March 6th, 1966 in Rafat, Salfit.
Died January 5th, 1996 at 29 years old in Beit Lahia.
Kenneth Bainbridge
American physicist.
Born July 27th, 1904 in Cooperstown.
Died July 14th, 1996 at 91 years old in Lexington.
Og Mandino
American author (1923–1996).
Born December 12th, 1923 in Framingham.
Died September 3rd, 1996 at 72 years old in Antrim.
Annabella
French cinema actress.
Born July 14th, 1909 in 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1996 at 87 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Luis Miguel Dominguín
Spanish bullfighter (1926–1996).
Born December 9th, 1926 in Madrid.
Died May 8th, 1996 at 69 years old in San Roque (cerebral hemorrhage).
Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
German noble (1905-1996).
Died July 8th, 1996 at 91 years old in Starnberg, Castle Berg.
Beryl Reid
British actress.
Born June 17th, 1920 in Hereford.
Died October 13th, 1996 at 76 years old in Thames Valley Hospital (pneumonia).
Joe Seneca
American actor (1919–1996).
Born January 14th, 1919 in Cleveland.
Died August 15th, 1996 at 77 years old in Roosevelt Island (asthma).
Michael Fox
American actor (1921–1996).
Born February 27th, 1921 in Yonkers.
Died June 1st, 1996 at 75 years old in Woodland Hills (pneumonia).
Gene Nelson
American actor, dancer, screenwriter, director (1920-1996).
Born March 24th, 1920 in Seattle.
Died September 16th, 1996 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Brigitte Helm
German actress (1908–1996).
Born March 17th, 1908 in Schöneberg.
Died June 11th, 1996 at 88 years old in Ascona.
Mary Leakey
British paleoanthropologist (1913-1996).
Born February 6th, 1913 in London.
Died December 9th, 1996 at 83 years old in Nairobi.
Ronnie Scott
British jazz saxophonist (1927–1996).
Born January 28th, 1927 in London.
Died December 23rd, 1996 at 69 years old in London (drug overdose).
Junius Richard Jayewardene
President of sri lanka from 1978 to 1989.
Born September 17th, 1906 in Colombo.
Died November 1st, 1996 at 90 years old in Colombo.
Lucille Bremer
American actress and dancer (1917-1996).
Born February 21st, 1917 in Amsterdam.
Died April 16th, 1996 at 79 years old in La Jolla (myocardial infarction).
Sergiu Celibidache
Romanian conductor (1912–1996).
Born July 11th, 1912 in Roman. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1996 at 84 years old in La Neuville-sur-Essonne. [ref]
Masaki Kobayashi
Japanese film director (1916–1996).
Born February 14th, 1916 in Otaru.
Died October 4th, 1996 at 80 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Félix González-Torres
American conceptual artist (1957–1996).
Born November 26th, 1957 in Guáimaro. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1996 at 38 years old in Miami (death from AIDS-related complications).
Laurens van der Post
South african writer (1906–1996).
Born December 13th, 1906 in Philippolis.
Died December 16th, 1996 at 90 years old in London.
John Chancellor
American tv journalist.
Born July 14th, 1927 in Chicago.
Died July 12th, 1996 at 68 years old in Princeton (stomach cancer).
Deaths 126 to 150 of 688
It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo