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In the year 1976
521 Notable deaths
Dorothy Maud Wrinch
Mathematician and biochemical theorist (1894–1976).
Born September 12th, 1894 in Rosario.
Died February 11th, 1976 at 81 years old in Falmouth.
G. M. B. Dobson
British physicist.
Born February 25th, 1889 in Windermere. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1976 at 87 years old in Oxford (stroke). [ref]
Han Sorya
North korean author.
Born August 30th, 1900 in Hamhung.
Died April 6th, 1976 at 75 years old in Pyongyang.
Hilde Hildebrand
German actress and singer (1897–1976).
Born September 10th, 1897 in Hanover.
Died May 27th, 1976 at 78 years old in Grunewald.
Mukaghali Makatayev
Kazakhstani poet.
Born February 9th, 1931 in Karasaz.
Died March 27th, 1976 at 45 years old in Almaty.
Giacomo Lercaro
Italian cardinal (1891-1976).
Born October 28th, 1891 in Italy.
Died October 18th, 1976 at 84 years old in Bologna (heart failure).
Ivan Lyudnikov
Soviet military commander (1902-1976).
Born October 9th, 1902 in Siedove.
Died April 22nd, 1976 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Eugen Roth
German poet.
Born January 24th, 1895 in Munich.
Died April 28th, 1976 at 81 years old in Munich.
Clara Horton
Actress (1904-1976).
Born July 29th, 1904 in Brooklyn.
Died December 4th, 1976 at 72 years old in Encino.
Pierre Jean Jouve
French novelist and poet (1887–1976).
Born October 11th, 1887 in Arras. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1976 at 88 years old in Paris. [ref]
Deaths 331 to 340 of 521
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe