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In the year 1996
614 Notable deaths
Zulfiya
Uzbek poet (1915-1996).
Born March 14th, 1915 in Tashkent. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1996 at 81 years old in Tashkent.
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
American tennis player.
Born September 18th, 1912 in Sharon.
Died February 27th, 1996 at 83 years old in New York City (lung cancer).
Niní Marshall
Argentine comedian (1903-1996).
Born June 1st, 1903 in Buenos Aires.
Died March 18th, 1996 at 92 years old in Buenos Aires.
Edred John Henry Corner
English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996).
Born January 12th, 1906 in London.
Died September 14th, 1996 at 90 years old in Cambridge.
Li Han-hsiang
Chinese film director.
Born March 7th, 1926 in Lianshan District.
Died December 17th, 1996 at 70 years old in Beijing (myocardial infarction).
Andrés Rivero Agüero
Cuban politician (1905-1996).
Born February 4th, 1905 in San Luis.
Died November 8th, 1996 at 91 years old in Miami.
Claude Mauriac
French writer.
Born April 25th, 1914 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1996 at 81 years old in Paris. [ref]
Pasqualino De Santis
Italian cinematographer (1927-1996).
Born April 24th, 1927 in Fondi.
Died June 23rd, 1996 at 69 years old in Lviv (myocardial infarction).
Brunó Ferenc Straub
Hungarian biochemist, the last chairman of the hungarian presidential council (1914-1996).
Born January 5th, 1914 in Oradea.
Died February 15th, 1996 at 82 years old in Budapest.
Ramón Vinay
Chilean opera singer (1911-1996).
Born August 31st, 1911 in Chillán.
Died January 4th, 1996 at 84 years old in Puebla City. [ref]
Deaths 391 to 400 of 614
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson