In the year 1996
614 Notable deaths
Ben Johnson
American film actor (1918-1996).
Born June 13th, 1918 in Foraker. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1996 at 77 years old in Mesa (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Paul Erdős
Hungarian mathematician (1913–1996).
Born March 26th, 1913 in Budapest. [ref]
Died September 20th, 1996 at 83 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Claudette Colbert
French-american actress (1903–1996).
Born September 13th, 1903 in Saint-Mandé. [ref]
Died July 30th, 1996 at 92 years old in Speightstown (stroke). [ref]
Marcello Mastroianni
Italian actor (1924-1996).
Born September 28th, 1924 in Fontana Liri. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1996 at 72 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Martin Balsam
Actor from the united states (1919-1996).
Born November 4th, 1919 in The Bronx. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1996 at 76 years old in Rome (Boobie Miles). [ref]
Howard Rollins
American stage, film and television actor (1950-1996).
Born October 17th, 1950 in Baltimore. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1996 at 46 years old in St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center (lymphoma). [ref]
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Somalian military officer (1934-1996).
Born December 15th, 1934 in Beledweyne.
Died August 2nd, 1996 at 61 years old in Mogadishu. [ref]
Yaki Kadafi
American rapper (1977–1996).
Born October 9th, 1977 in The Bronx.
Died November 11th, 1996 at 19 years old in Orange.
Yasuko Namba
Japanese mountain climber.
Born February 2nd, 1949 in Tokyo.
Died May 11th, 1996 at 47 years old in Mount Everest.
Abdus Salam
Theoretical physicist, and nobel prize in physics recipient.
Born January 29th, 1926 in Jhang.
Died November 21st, 1996 at 70 years old in Oxford (progressive supranuclear palsy).
Deaths 31 to 40 of 614
I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner