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In the year 1996
679 Notable deaths
Trygve Brodahl
Norwegian cross country skier.
Born August 20th, 1905 in Hønefoss. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1996 at 90 years old in Hønefoss. [ref]
Xosé Filgueira Valverde
Spanish intellectual and writer (1906–1996).
Born October 28th, 1906 in Pontevedra. [ref]
Died September 13th, 1996 at 89 years old in Pontevedra. [ref]
Frans Gommers
Belgian footballer (1917-1996).
Born April 5th, 1917 in Antwerp.
Died April 20th, 1996 at 79 years old
Alexandru Diordiță
Soviet/moldovan politician (1911–1996).
Born September 13th, 1911 in Handrabury.
Died April 1st, 1996 at 84 years old in Moscow.
Douglas Everett
American ice hockey player.
Born April 3rd, 1905 in Cambridge.
Died September 14th, 1996 at 91 years old in Concord.
Friedrich von Stülpnagel
German sprinter.
Born July 16th, 1913 in Groß-Lichterfelde.
Died July 7th, 1996 at 82 years old in Munich.
Jacomina van den Berg
Gymnast (1909–1996).
Born December 28th, 1909 in The Hague.
Died November 14th, 1996 at 86 years old in The Hague.
Désiré Bourgeois
Belgian footballer (1908-1996).
Born December 13th, 1908 in Mechelen.
Died January 29th, 1996 at 87 years old [ref]
Kacem Slimani
Moroccan footballer (1948-1996).
Born July 1st, 1948 in Settat.
Died November 30th, 1996 at 48 years old
Adriaan Maas
Olympic sailor (1907–1996).
Born October 18th, 1907 in Jakarta.
Died December 17th, 1996 at 89 years old in Hilversum.
Deaths 601 to 610 of 679
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson