In the year 1996
614 Notable deaths
John Abbott
English actor (1905-1996).
Born June 5th, 1905 in London.
Died May 24th, 1996 at 90 years old in Los Angeles.
Victor Aaron
American actor (1956-1996).
Born September 11th, 1956 in Odessa.
Died September 4th, 1996 at 39 years old in California (traffic collision).
René Clément
French film director and screenwriter (1913–1996).
Born March 18th, 1913 in Bordeaux. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1996 at 82 years old in Monte Carlo. [ref]
William Vickrey
Canadian economist (1914-1996).
Born June 21st, 1914 in Victoria.
Died October 11th, 1996 at 82 years old in New York City, Harrison (heart failure).
Josef Müller-Brockmann
Swiss graphic designer (1914-1996).
Born May 9th, 1914 in Rapperswil. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1996 at 82 years old in Zürich, Unterengstringen. [ref]
Ross Hunter
American film and television producer, actor (1920-1996).
Born May 6th, 1920 in Cleveland.
Died March 10th, 1996 at 75 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Piet Hein
Danish puzzle designer, mathematician, author, poet (1905-1996).
Born December 16th, 1905 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1996 at 90 years old in Middelfart.
Jean Muir
American stage and film actress and educator (1911-1996).
Born February 13th, 1911 in Suffern.
Died July 23rd, 1996 at 85 years old in Mesa.
Steve Tesich
Serbian-american screenwriter, playwright and novelist (1942-1996).
Born September 29th, 1942 in Užice. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1996 at 53 years old in Sydney (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Mohammed al-Ghazali
Islamic cleric and scholar.
Born September 22nd, 1917 in Nekla El Enab. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1996 at 78 years old in Mecca. [ref]
Deaths 211 to 220 of 614
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi