In the year 1996
675 Notable deaths
Kwan Tak-hing
Hong kong actor.
Born June 27th, 1905 in Guangzhou.
Died June 28th, 1996 at 91 years old in Hong Kong (pancreatic cancer).
Józef Czapski
Polish artist, author, critic and polish army officer during wwii (1896-1993).
Born April 3rd, 1896 in Prague. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1996 at 99 years old in Maisons-Laffitte. [ref]
Yelena Mazanik
Partisan and hero of the soviet union who assassinated wilhelm kube.
Born April 4th, 1914 in Paddziahciarnia.
Died April 7th, 1996 at 82 years old in Minsk.
Edward Gurney
American politician (1914–1996).
Born January 12th, 1914 in Portland.
Died May 14th, 1996 at 82 years old in Winter Park.
Jane Drew
English writer, architect and academic.
Born March 24th, 1911 in Thornton Heath. [ref]
Died July 27th, 1996 at 85 years old in Barnard Castle (cancer). [ref]
George Davis Snell
American geneticist.
Born December 19th, 1903 in Bradford.
Died June 6th, 1996 at 92 years old in Bar Harbor.
César Mendoza Durán
Chilean military (1918-1996).
Born September 11th, 1918 in Santiago.
Died September 13th, 1996 at 78 years old in Santiago (pancreatic cancer).
Edison Denisov
Russian soviet composer.
Born April 6th, 1929 in Tomsk. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1996 at 67 years old in Paris. [ref]
San Yu
Burmese general (1918–1996).
Born March 3rd, 1918 in Bago Region.
Died January 30th, 1996 at 77 years old in Yangon.
Alfred Vogel
Swiss writer (1902-1996).
Born October 26th, 1902 in Aesch.
Died October 1st, 1996 at 93 years old in Feusisberg.
Deaths 321 to 330 of 675
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