In the year 1976
548 Notable deaths
Hugo Wieslander
Swedish track and field athlete (1889-1976).
Born June 11th, 1889 in Lessebo Municipality.
Died May 24th, 1976 at 86 years old in Bromma.
Julius Döpfner
Catholic cardinal.
Born August 26th, 1913 in Hausen. [ref]
Died July 24th, 1976 at 62 years old in Munich (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Eddie Rosner
German musician (1910-1976).
Born May 26th, 1910 in Berlin.
Died August 8th, 1976 at 66 years old in Berlin.
Yakov Cherevichenko
Soviet general (1894-1976).
Born October 12th, 1894 in Don Host Oblast.
Died July 4th, 1976 at 81 years old in Moscow.
Martín Luis Guzmán
Mexican writer (1887-1976).
Born October 6th, 1887 in Chihuahua City. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1976 at 89 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Manuel Olivares
Spanish football player/manager (1909-1976).
Born April 2nd, 1909 in Son Servera.
Died February 16th, 1976 at 66 years old in Madrid.
Rudolph Minkowski
American astronomer.
Born May 28th, 1895 in Strasbourg.
Died January 4th, 1976 at 80 years old in Berkeley.
Mukaghali Makatayev
Kazakhstani poet (1931–1976).
Born February 9th, 1931 in Karasaz.
Died March 27th, 1976 at 45 years old in Almaty.
Elisabeth Rethberg
German american opera singer (1894-1976).
Born September 22nd, 1894 in Schwarzenberg.
Died June 6th, 1976 at 81 years old in Yorktown Heights.
Hilde Hildebrand
German actress and singer (1897–1976).
Born September 10th, 1897 in Hanover.
Died May 27th, 1976 at 78 years old in Grunewald.
Deaths 341 to 350 of 548
Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi