In the year 1976
499 Notable deaths
Martiros Saryan
Armenian painter.
Born February 28th, 1880 in Nakhichevan-on-Don. [ref]
Died November 14th, 1976 at 96 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
Indian writer.
Born January 11th, 1898 in Sangli.
Died September 2nd, 1976 at 78 years old in Miraj.
Richard Casey, Baron Casey
16th governor-general of australia (1890–1976).
Born August 29th, 1890 in Brisbane. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1976 at 85 years old in Fitzroy. [ref]
Donald Byrne
American chess player (1930-1976).
Born June 12th, 1930 in New York City.
Died April 8th, 1976 at 45 years old in Philadelphia (systemic lupus erythematosus).
John A. Costello
Irish politician (1891-1976).
Born June 20th, 1891 in Dublin.
Died January 5th, 1976 at 84 years old in Dublin.
Hans Richter
Artist (1888-1976).
Born April 6th, 1888 in Berlin. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1976 at 87 years old in Minusio. [ref]
Mark Tobey
American painter (1890-1976).
Born December 11th, 1890 in Centerville. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1976 at 85 years old in Basel. [ref]
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
German artist (1884-1976).
Born December 1st, 1884 in Rottluff. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1976 at 91 years old in West Berlin. [ref]
Haddon Sundblom
American artist (1899-1976).
Born June 22nd, 1899 in Muskegon.
Died March 10th, 1976 at 76 years old in Chicago.
Alexandros Panagoulis
Greek politician and poet (1939-1976).
Born July 2nd, 1939 in Glyfada.
Died May 1st, 1976 at 36 years old in Athens (traffic collision). [ref]
Deaths 151 to 160 of 499
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin