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In the year 1996
675 Notable deaths
Barbara McLean
American film editor (1903-1996).
Born November 16th, 1903 in Palisades Park.
Died March 28th, 1996 at 92 years old in Newport Beach.
Alfredo Nobre da Costa
Portuguese politician (1923-1996).
Born September 10th, 1923 in Lisbon.
Died April 1st, 1996 at 72 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
Jacob Druckman
American composer (1928-1996).
Born June 26th, 1928 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died May 24th, 1996 at 67 years old in New Haven (lung cancer). [ref]
Pilar Lorengar
Spanish operatic soprano.
Born January 16th, 1928 in Zaragoza.
Died June 3rd, 1996 at 68 years old in Berlin (lung cancer).
Rolf Widerøe
Accelerator physicist and engineer (1902-1996).
Born July 11th, 1902 in Christiania.
Died October 11th, 1996 at 94 years old in Obersiggenthal.
Ljuba Welitsch
Bulgarian singer (1913-1996).
Born July 10th, 1913 in Slavyanovo. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1996 at 83 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Imam Alimsultanov
Chechen bard and folk singer.
Born June 22nd, 1957 in Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic.
Died November 10th, 1996 at 39 years old in Odesa.
Heriberto Herrera
Paraguayan-spanish footballer (1926-1996).
Born April 24th, 1926 in Guarambaré.
Died July 26th, 1996 at 70 years old in Asunción.
Stanko Todorov
Prime minister of bulgaria (1920-1996).
Born December 10th, 1920 in Klenovik.
Died December 17th, 1996 at 76 years old in Sofia.
Vyacheslav Lemeshev
Boxer.
Born April 3rd, 1952 in Moscow.
Died January 27th, 1996 at 43 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 381 to 390 of 675
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown