In the year 1996
614 Notable deaths
JonBenét Ramsey
American victim and beauty pageant contestant.
Born August 6th, 1990 in Atlanta.
Died December 25th, 1996 at 6 years old in Boulder (traumatic brain injury).
Luana Patten
Actress (1938-1996).
Born July 6th, 1938 in Long Beach.
Died May 1st, 1996 at 57 years old in Long Beach (respiratory failure).
Artur Axmann
Nazi official (1913-1996).
Born February 18th, 1913 in Hagen.
Died October 24th, 1996 at 83 years old in Berlin.
Babrak Karmal
3rd general secretary of the people's democratic party of afghanistan.
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).
Mario Savio
American activist (1942-1996).
Born December 8th, 1942 in New York City.
Died November 6th, 1996 at 53 years old in Sebastopol.
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).
Arleigh Burke
United states navy admiral and navy cross recipient.
Born October 19th, 1901 in Boulder.
Died January 1st, 1996 at 94 years old in Bethesda.
Silvio Piola
Italian footballer and manager (1913-1996).
Born September 29th, 1913 in Robbio. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1996 at 83 years old in Gattinara.
Jason Bernard
American actor.
Born May 17th, 1938 in Chicago.
Died October 18th, 1996 at 58 years old in Burbank (myocardial infarction).
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks