In the year 1996
614 Notable deaths
Rio Reiser
German rock musician.
Born January 9th, 1950 in East Berlin.
Died August 20th, 1996 at 46 years old
John Williamson
American basketball player (1951-1996).
Born November 10th, 1951 in New Haven.
Died November 30th, 1996 at 45 years old in New Haven (kidney failure).
Marcia Davenport
American author and music critic.
Born June 9th, 1903 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 16th, 1996 at 92 years old in Monterey. [ref]
Lucille Teasdale-Corti
Canadian medical doctor and surgeon who worked in uganda (1929-1996).
Born January 30th, 1929 in Montreal. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1996 at 67 years old in Besana in Brianza (death from AIDS-related complications).
Obdulio Varela
Uruguayan footballer.
Born September 20th, 1917 in Montevideo.
Died August 2nd, 1996 at 78 years old in Montevideo.
Roger Tory Peterson
American naturalist, ornithologist and writer (1908–1996).
Born August 28th, 1908 in Jamestown. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1996 at 87 years old in Old Lyme. [ref]
Tarō Okamoto
Japanese artist (1911-1996).
Born February 26th, 1911 in Futago. [ref]
Died January 7th, 1996 at 84 years old in Keio University Hospital (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Efua Theodora Sutherland
Ghanaian writer (1924-1996).
Born June 27th, 1924 in Cape Coast. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 1996 at 71 years old in Accra.
Evelyn Hooker
Psychologist famous for demonstrating homosexuality is not a mental disorder (1907-1996).
Born September 2nd, 1907 in North Platte.
Died November 18th, 1996 at 89 years old in Santa Monica.
Károly Grósz
Former general secretary of the hungarian socialist workers' party.
Born August 1st, 1930 in Miskolc.
Died January 7th, 1996 at 65 years old in Gödöllő (kidney cancer).
Deaths 241 to 250 of 614
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