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In the year 1976
499 Notable deaths
Walter Piston
American composer (1894–1976).
Born January 20th, 1894 in Knox County. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1976 at 82 years old in Belmont. [ref]
Lotte Lehmann
German soprano.
Born February 27th, 1888 in Perleberg.
Died August 26th, 1976 at 88 years old in Santa Barbara (disease).
Gregor Piatigorsky
Ukraine-born american cellist.
Born April 17th, 1903 in Dnipro. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1976 at 73 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer). [ref]
George Whipple
American physician and biomedical researcher.
Born August 28th, 1878 in Ashland.
Died February 1st, 1976 at 97 years old in Rochester.
Arnold Gehlen
German academic.
Born January 29th, 1904 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1976 at 72 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Jesse Fuller
American one-man band musician, songwriter.
Born March 12th, 1896 in Jonesboro. [ref]
Died June 29th, 1976 at 80 years old in Oakland. [ref]
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter.
Born October 15th, 1906 in Houston. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1976 at 69 years old in New York City (internal bleeding). [ref]
Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam
Member of parliament and ambassador of egypt (1893-1976).
Born March 8th, 1893 in Giza. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1976 at 83 years old in Cairo. [ref]
John Lounsbery
American animator.
Born March 9th, 1911 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1976 at 64 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Gopinath Kaviraj
Hindu philosopher.
Born September 7th, 1887 in Dhamrai Upazila. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1976 at 88 years old in Varanasi. [ref]
Deaths 181 to 190 of 499
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