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In the year 1996
674 Notable deaths
Mark Lenard
American actor (1924–1996).
Born October 15th, 1924 in Chicago.
Died November 22nd, 1996 at 72 years old in New York City (multiple myeloma).
Lucio Fulci
Italian film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.
Died March 13th, 1996 at 68 years old in Rome (diabetes). [ref]
Artur Axmann
Nazi official, head of hitler youth (1913-1996).
Born February 18th, 1913 in Hagen.
Died October 24th, 1996 at 83 years old in Berlin.
Audrey Munson
American artist's model and film actress (1891-1996).
Born June 8th, 1891 in Rochester.
Died February 20th, 1996 at 104 years old in Ogdensburg.
Erma Bombeck
American humorist and writer (1927–1996).
Born February 21st, 1927 in Bellbrook.
Died April 22nd, 1996 at 69 years old in San Francisco (kidney disease).
Virginia Cherrill
American actress (1908-1996).
Born April 12th, 1908 in Carthage.
Died November 14th, 1996 at 88 years old in Santa Barbara (stroke). [ref]
Sultan Rahi
Pakistani actor.
Born June 24th, 1938 in Uttar Pradesh, British Raj, Muzaffarnagar district.
Died January 9th, 1996 at 57 years old in Punjab, Gujranwala, Pakistan (ballistic trauma).
Babrak Karmal
3rd general secretary of the people's democratic party of afghanistan (1929–1996).
Born January 6th, 1929 in Kabul.
Died December 3rd, 1996 at 67 years old in Moscow (liver cancer).
Whit Bissell
American actor (1909–1996).
Born October 25th, 1909 in New York City.
Died March 5th, 1996 at 86 years old in Woodland Hills (Parkinson's disease).
Nicu Ceaușescu
Romanian politician, child of leader nicolae ceaușescu and elena ceaușescu (1951-1996).
Born September 1st, 1951 in Bucharest.
Died September 26th, 1996 at 45 years old in Vienna (liver cirrhosis).
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