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In the year 1996
614 Notable deaths
Ray Crawford
Racecar driver (1915-1996).
Born October 26th, 1915 in Roswell.
Died February 1st, 1996 at 80 years old in Los Angeles.
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Italian musician.
Born July 27th, 1909 in Bergamo. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1996 at 86 years old in Bergamo. [ref]
Amelia Rosselli
Italian poet.
Born March 28th, 1930 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1996 at 65 years old in Rome (falling). [ref]
Gertrude Blanch
American mathematician.
Born February 2nd, 1897 in Kolno, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
Died January 1st, 1996 at 98 years old in San Diego.
Don McNeill
Us tennis player.
Born April 30th, 1918 in Chickasha.
Died November 28th, 1996 at 78 years old in Vero Beach.
Bernard Zehrfuss
French architect.
Born October 20th, 1911 in Angers. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 1996 at 84 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Käte Strobel
German politician (1907-1996).
Born July 23rd, 1907 in Nuremberg.
Died March 26th, 1996 at 88 years old in Nuremberg.
Oswald Szemerényi
Hungarian linguist.
Born September 7th, 1913 in London. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1996 at 83 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Charles Jewtraw
American speed skater.
Born May 5th, 1900 in Clinton County.
Died January 26th, 1996 at 95 years old in Palm Beach.
Henri Nannen
German journalist, art collector and wartime nazi propagandist (1913-1996).
Born December 25th, 1913 in Emden.
Died October 13th, 1996 at 82 years old in Hanover.
Deaths 411 to 420 of 614
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