In the year 1996
675 Notable deaths
Geoffrey Wilkinson
British nobel laureate in chemistry.
Born July 14th, 1921 in Todmorden.
Died September 26th, 1996 at 75 years old in London. [ref]
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.
Duke Christian Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German noble (1912-1996).
Born September 29th, 1912 in Ludwigslust.
Died July 18th, 1996 at 83 years old in Gut Hemmelmark.
Georges Duby
French historian (1919–1996).
Born October 7th, 1919 in 10th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 3rd, 1996 at 77 years old in Le Tholonet.
Evelyn Laye
Actress (1900-1996).
Born July 10th, 1900 in Bloomsbury.
Died February 17th, 1996 at 95 years old in London (respiratory failure). [ref]
Garrett Birkhoff
American mathematician (1911–1996).
Born January 19th, 1911 in Princeton.
Died November 22nd, 1996 at 85 years old in Water Mill.
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).
Bartel Leendert van der Waerden
Dutch mathematician and historian of mathematics (1903–1996).
Born February 2nd, 1903 in Amsterdam.
Died January 12th, 1996 at 92 years old in Zurich.
Ryōtarō Shiba
Japanese writer.
Born August 7th, 1923 in Osaka.
Died February 12th, 1996 at 72 years old in Osaka. [ref]
Bob Flanagan
American writer, poet, musician, performance artist, and comic (1952–1996).
Born December 26th, 1952 in New York City.
Died January 4th, 1996 at 43 years old in Long Beach (cystic fibrosis).
Deaths 281 to 290 of 675
We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening. Zhuangzi