In the year 1996
675 Notable deaths
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).
Mercer Ellington
American musician (1919–1996).
Born March 11th, 1919 in Washington, D.C..
Died February 8th, 1996 at 76 years old in Copenhagen (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 141 to 150 of 675
When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson