In the year 1996
649 Notable deaths
Ronnie Scott
British musician (1927-1996).
Born January 28th, 1927 in London. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1996 at 69 years old in London (drug overdose). [ref]
Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
German noble (1905-1996).
Died July 8th, 1996 at 91 years old in Starnberg, Castle Berg.
Joe Seneca
Actor (1919-1996).
Born January 14th, 1919 in Cleveland.
Died August 15th, 1996 at 77 years old in Roosevelt Island (asthma).
John Chancellor
American tv journalist.
Born July 14th, 1927 in Chicago.
Died July 12th, 1996 at 68 years old in Princeton (stomach cancer).
Gene Nelson
American actor, dancer, screenwriter, director (1920-1996).
Born March 24th, 1920 in Seattle. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1996 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Solomon Asch
Polish-american psychologist (1907-1996).
Born September 14th, 1907 in Warsaw.
Died February 20th, 1996 at 88 years old in Haverford.
Brigitte Helm
German actress.
Born March 17th, 1908 in Berlin. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1996 at 88 years old in Ascona. [ref]
Sun Yaoting
Chinese eunuch (1902 - 1996).
Born September 29th, 1902 in Tianjin.
Died December 17th, 1996 at 94 years old in Beijing.
Mercer Ellington
American musician.
Born March 11th, 1919 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1996 at 76 years old in Copenhagen (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Junius Richard Jayewardene
President of sri lanka from 1978 to 1989.
Born September 17th, 1906 in Colombo.
Died November 1st, 1996 at 90 years old in Colombo.
Deaths 131 to 140 of 649
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk