In the year 1996
614 Notable deaths
Howard Vernon
Swiss actor.
Born July 15th, 1908 in Baden-Baden.
Died July 25th, 1996 at 88 years old in Issy-les-Moulineaux (disease).
Alfred Vogel
Swiss writer (1902-1996).
Born October 26th, 1902 in Aesch.
Died October 1st, 1996 at 93 years old in Feusisberg.
George Davis Snell
American geneticist.
Born December 19th, 1903 in Bradford.
Died June 6th, 1996 at 92 years old in Bar Harbor.
František Plánička
Czech association football player (1904-1996).
Born June 2nd, 1904 in Prague.
Died July 20th, 1996 at 92 years old in Prague.
Jane Drew
English writer, architect and academic.
Born March 24th, 1911 in Thornton Heath. [ref]
Died July 27th, 1996 at 85 years old in Barnard Castle (cancer). [ref]
Leo Joseph Suenens
Roman catholic cardinal.
Born July 16th, 1904 in Ixelles - Elsene. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1996 at 91 years old in Brussels-Capital Region (thrombosis). [ref]
Andrey Lukanov
Bulgarian political figure (1938-1996).
Born September 26th, 1938 in Moscow. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1996 at 58 years old in Sofia (firearm). [ref]
Edith Penrose
American-born british economist.
Born November 15th, 1914 in Los Angeles.
Died October 11th, 1996 at 81 years old in Waterbeach.
John Krol
Catholic cardinal.
Born October 26th, 1910 in Cleveland.
Died March 3rd, 1996 at 85 years old in Philadelphia.
Edison Denisov
Russian soviet composer.
Born April 6th, 1929 in Tomsk. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1996 at 67 years old in Paris. [ref]
Deaths 301 to 310 of 614
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel