In the year 1996
677 Notable deaths
Gizella Farkas
Hungarian table tennis player (1925-1996).
Born November 18th, 1925 in Miskolc.
Died June 17th, 1996 at 70 years old in Vienna.
Ignace Kowalczyk
French-german footballer (1913-1996).
Born December 29th, 1913 in Castrop-Rauxel.
Died March 27th, 1996 at 82 years old in Harnes.
Ivan Kalita
Equestrian (1927–1996).
Born January 14th, 1927 in Tambov Governorate.
Died March 29th, 1996 at 69 years old in Moscow.
Shin Yung-kyoo
North korean footballer (1942-1996).
Born March 30th, 1942 in North Korea.
Died March 18th, 1996 at 53 years old in Belarus.
Dioscoro S. Rabor
Zoologist (1911-1996).
Born May 18th, 1911 in Cebu City.
Died March 25th, 1996 at 84 years old in Laguna.
Lois Pereiro
Poet; writer (1958–1996).
Born February 17th, 1958 in Monforte de Lemos.
Died May 24th, 1996 at 38 years old in A Coruña (intoxication).
Joseph Asajirō Satowaki
Japanese catholic bishop (1904–1996).
Born February 1st, 1904 in Nagasaki Prefecture.
Died August 8th, 1996 at 92 years old in Nagasaki. [ref]
Petko Sirakov
Bulgarian wrestler.
Born February 16th, 1929 in Valchi dol.
Died April 8th, 1996 at 67 years old in Sofia.
Jan Hertl
Czech footballer (1929-1996).
Born January 23rd, 1929 in First Czechoslovak Republic. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1996 at 67 years old [ref]
Edmund Black
American hammer thrower.
Born May 3rd, 1905 in Cumberland County.
Died October 22nd, 1996 at 91 years old
Deaths 571 to 580 of 677
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde