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In the year 1996
614 Notable deaths
Fujiko F. Fujio
Japanese mangaka (1933-1996).
Born December 1st, 1933 in Takaoka.
Died September 23rd, 1996 at 62 years old in Shinjuku (liver failure).
May Ayim
German poet.
Born May 3rd, 1960 in Hamburg.
Died August 9th, 1996 at 36 years old in Berlin (falling).
George Boolos
Philosopher and mathematical logician (1940-1996).
Born September 4th, 1940 in New York City.
Died May 27th, 1996 at 55 years old in Cambridge.
Hans Blumenberg
German philosopher.
Born July 13th, 1920 in Lübeck. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1996 at 75 years old in Altenberge. [ref]
John Alton
American cinematographer of austrian-hungarian origin (1901-1996).
Born October 5th, 1901 in Sopron.
Died June 2nd, 1996 at 94 years old in Santa Monica.
Laura La Plante
American actress.
Born November 1st, 1904 in St. Louis. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1996 at 91 years old in Woodland Hills (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Geoffrey Wilkinson
British nobel laureate in chemistry.
Born July 14th, 1921 in Todmorden.
Died September 26th, 1996 at 75 years old in London. [ref]
Chen Jingrun
Chinese mathematician (1933-1996).
Born May 22nd, 1933 in Minhou County.
Died March 19th, 1996 at 62 years old in Beijing (pneumonia).
Meyer Schapiro
American historian of art.
Born September 23rd, 1904 in Šiauliai. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 1996 at 91 years old in New York City. [ref]
Burne Hogarth
American cartoonist (1911-1996).
Born December 25th, 1911 in Chicago. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1996 at 84 years old in Paris. [ref]
Deaths 251 to 260 of 614
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