Famous People Who Died in 1996

Deaths 1 - 200 of 1,190

Jan 6 Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, British diplomat and Conservative politician, dies at 94
Jan 6 John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher, dies at 68
Jan 6 Johnny Johnston, American singer and actor (Make that Spare), dies at 80
Jan 7 James Holland, English artist and exhibition organiser, dies at 90
Jan 7 Károly Grósz, Hungarian communist politician, dies at 65
Jan 7 Robley D. Evans, American nuclear physicist (one of the founders nuclear Medicine), dies at 88
Jan 7 Seton Lloyd, English Archaeologist (Arzawa civilization, Turkey), dies at 93
Jan 7 Tarō Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (b. 1911)
Jan 8 (William) Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52

François Mitterrand (1916-1996)

Jan 8 21st President of France (1981-95), dies of prostate cancer at 79

Jan 8 Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic, dies at 88
Jan 8 Ian Dawson-Shepherd, British disabilities campaigner (cerebrally palsied people), dies at 80
Jan 8 Kurt Schmucker, member (Union of Christian Democrats), dies
Jan 9 "Fearless" Nadia [Mary Ann Evans], Australian stuntwoman and actress (Hunterwali), dies at 88
Jan 9 Kurt Schmucker, German RFA minister of Economy (1963-66), dies
Jan 9 Michael Lynn Synar, American politician (Rep-D-Oklahoma, 1979-95), dies at 45
Jan 9 Walter M. Miller Jr., American sci-fi author (Hugo; View from Stars), dies at 72
Jan 10 Alexander Robertus, organic chemist, dies at 88
Jan 10 Arthur Sydney Martin, British M15 spycatcher, dies at 81
Jan 11 Eric Hebborn, British artist and art forger, dies of massive head trauma at 61 [1]
Jan 11 Harold Walter Bailey, British philologist (Khotanese, Sanskrit, scholar who spoke 50 languages), dies at 96
Jan 11 Hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist, dies at 87
Jan 11 Ike Isaacs, Burmese-English jazz guitarist, dies at 76
Jan 12 Edmund Happold, British structural engineer (founder of Buro Happold), dies at 65
Jan 12 Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician (b. 1926)
Jan 12 John Howard Purnell, Welsh chemist (Royal Society of Chemistry), dies at 70
Jan 12 Peggy Braithwaite, lighthouse-keeper, dies at 76
Jan 13 Denise Grey [Edouardine Verthuy], actress (Julietta), dies at 99
Jan 13 Willian Myuon Bany Guerrilla leader, dies
Jan 14 Eric Briault, British educationalist, dies at 84
Jan 14 Jacques LeBrun, French yachtsman (Olympic gold Snowbird class 1932), dies at 85
Jan 14 Pamelo Mounk'a, Congolese musician, dies at 50
Jan 15 Les Baxter, American exotica musician, orchestra leader and composer (Ritual Of The Savage, Born Again), dies at 73
Jan 15 Minnesota Fats [Rudolf Wanderone Jr], American billiard player and entertainer, dies at 82
Jan 15 Moshoeshoe II, King of Lesotho (1966-90), dies at 51
Jan 15 Richard Cobb, British historian, dies at 78
Jan 16 Harry Potts, English soccer forward (Burnley, Everton) and manager (Burnley, Shrewsbury Town, Blackpool), dies at 75
Jan 16 Kaye Webb, English writer and publisher (Puffin Club), dies at 81
Jan 16 Marcia Davenport, American author and music critic (b. 1903)
Jan 16 Richard Kermode, American rocker (Kozmic Blues Band), dies at 49
Jan 17 Amber Hagerman, American namesake of the Amber Alert system (b. 1986)
Jan 17 Barbara Charline Jordan, politician, dies at 59
Jan 17 Charles Henry Madge, English poet and founder of Mass-Observation, dies at 83
Jan 17 F. Don Miller, American sports executive (executive director USOC 1973-85; President US Olympic Foundation 1985-96), dies at 75
Jan 17 Giles Playfair, English writer, dies at 85
Jan 17 Mostafa Sid Ahmed, Sudanese singer (b. 1953)
Jan 17 Robert Covington, American drummer and singer, dies at 54
Jan 18 Jos Kunst, Dutch composer, dies at 60
Jan 18 Leonor Fini, Argentine artist, dies at 87
Jan 18 Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, also known as NTR, Indian film star (Patala Bhairavi; Mayabazar), and politician (Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (1983-89 & 1994-95), dies at of a heart attack at 72
Jan 19 Bernard Baily, American comic artist (co-creator of DC Comics), dies at 79
Jan 19 Donald Simpson, American film producer (Flashdance), dies at 52
Jan 19 Harold Wolpe, South African sociologist, lawyer, and activist, dies at 70
Jan 20 Arley "Buster" Benton, American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 63
Jan 20 David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick, dies at 61
Jan 20 Ellis Hillman, British Labour party politician, lecturer, and writer (London Under London), dies during heart surgery at 68
Jan 20 Gerry Mulligan, American jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (Jazz on a Summer Day), dies of complications from a knee infection at 68
Jan 20 Liesbeth Askonas, Austrian concert agent, dies at 82
Jan 20 Peter Stadlen, Austrian pianist and critic, dies at 85
Jan 20 Sidney Korshak, lawyer, dies at 87
Jan 21 René Marc Jalbert, sergeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly of Quebec (b. 1921)
Jan 21 Roman Cieślewicz, Polish French artist and graphic designer, dies at 66
Jan 21 Sam Green, industrialist/inventor, dies at 88
Jan 22 Edward Thomas, British historian and intelligence expert (Bletchley park), dies at 77
Jan 22 Efua Sutherland, Ghanaian writer (Nyamekye), dies at 71
Jan 22 Israel Eldad, Israeli Revisionist Zionist philosopher and member of the pre-state underground group Lehi, dies at 85
Jan 22 Mabel Leigh, potter, dies at 80
Jan 23 Norman MacCaig, Scottish poet, dies at 85
Jan 24 Sandor Iharos, Hungarian runner, dies at 65
Jan 25 Jonathan Larson, American composer (Rent), dies of an aortic aneurysm at 35
Jan 25 Ruth Berghaus, German choreographer and opera director, dies at 68
Jan 26 Charles Jewtraw, American 500m speed skater (Olympic gold 1924), dies at 95
Jan 26 David Schultz, American wrestler (Olympic gold 1984), killed by John Du Pont at 36
Jan 26 Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, dies at 74
Jan 26 Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer, Dutch theologist (Dogmatic Studies), dies at 92
Jan 26 Harold Brodkey, American writer (My Venice), dies at 65
Jan 26 Henry Jay Lewis, American double-bassist and conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic 1948-65), dies of a heart attack at 63
Jan 26 Neil Lawson, British high court judge, dies at 88
Jan 26 Stevie Plunder, Australian musician (b. 1963)
Jan 27 Barbara Skelton, English writer, memoirist and socialite (mistress to King Farouk), dies at 79
Jan 27 Julian W. Hill, American research chemist (developed nylon), dies at 91
Jan 27 Olga Havlová (née Šplíchalová), Czech political activist, and First Lady (1989-96), dies of cancer at 63
Jan 27 Patrick Ludlow, British actor (Naughty Husbands, Evergreen and Modesty Blaise), dies at 93
Jan 27 Ralph Webster Yarborough, American politician, U.S. Senator from Texas (1957-71), dies at 92
Jan 27 Tommy Mitchell, English cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, 8 wickets; Derbyshire CCC), dies at 93
Jan 27 Willian Edward Hanford, American chemist (process for making polyurethanes), dies at 87 [1]
Jan 28 Burne Hogarth, American strip-cartoon artist, dies at 84
Jan 28 Dan Duva, American boxing promoter and producer (Howard Stern New Years Party), dies at 44
Jan 28 Jerry Siegel, American comic book writer (co-creator, with Joe Shuster, of "Superman"), dies of a heart attack at 81
Jan 28 Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and writer (Less than One, Nobel 1987), dies at 55
Jan 28 San Yu, Burmese General and the 5th President of Burma (1981-88), dies at 77
Jan 29 Jack Sutherland, Scottish journalist, dies at 79
Jan 29 John Terence Reese, British bridge master, dies at 82
Jan 30 Bob Thiele, American radio broadcaster, and record producer (John Coltrane; B.B. King), dies of kidney failure at 73
Jan 30 Guy Doleman, actor (Deadly Bees, Idol, Thunderball), dies at 72
Jan 31 Gustave Solomon, American mathematician (Reed-Solomon codes for digital information), dies at 65
Feb 1 Clive Burton, British neuropathologist, dies at 54

Gene Kelly (1912-1996)

Feb 2 American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and film director (An American in Paris; On The Town; Singin' in the Rain), dies of a stroke at 83

Feb 2 Minao Shibata, Japanese composer and musicologist, dies at 79
Feb 2 Ray McIntire, American chemical engineer, (invented Styrafoam at Dow) dies at 77
Feb 2 Shamus Culhane, American animator (Fleischer Studios, Disney Studios), dies at 87
Feb 3 Audrey Meadows [Cotter], American actress (The Honeymooners - "Alice Kramden"; The Jackie Gleason Show), dies of lung cancer at 73
Feb 3 Brodrick Haldane, Scottish photographer, dies at 83
Feb 3 Edward Adamson, English artist, 'father of art therapy' and collector, dies at 84
Feb 3 Tibor Reich, British textile designer (Tibor Ltd), dies at 79
Feb 3 Wild Jimmy Spruill, American blues guitarist, dies at 61
Feb 5 Antonio Ruiz Soler, Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer, dies at 74
Feb 5 Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Italian opera conductor, musicologist, pianist and composer, dies at 86
Feb 5 Peter Pooley, British broadcaster (Newsreel), dies at 84
Feb 5 W. R. Lee, English language teacher and internationalist, dies at 84
Feb 6 Guy Madison [Robert Moseley], American actor (Wild Bill Hickok), dies of emphysema at 74
Feb 6 Ronald Fletcher, British broadcaster (Barbara with Braden, Bomber Harris), dies at 85
Feb 7 George Trevelyan, British educational pioneer and a founding father of the New Age movement, dies at 89
Feb 7 Lydia Chukovskaya, Soviet writer and dissident (Andrei Sakharov Prize for Writer's Civic Courage), dies at 88
Feb 7 Phillip Davidson, US Army general (b. 1915)
Feb 7 Tiny Winters [Frederick Gittens], English jazz bassist and singer, dies at 87
Feb 7 [Isian Kehinde] I. K. Dairo, Nigerian Jùjú musician and academic, dies at 65
Feb 8 Del Ennis, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1946, 51, 55; NL RBI leader 1950; Philadelphia Phillies), dies from complications of diabetes at 70
Feb 8 Derek Worlock, English Roman Catholic Archbishop Liverpool, dies at 76
Feb 8 Mercer Kennedy Ellington, American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer, dies at 76
Feb 9 Adolf Galland, German general and WWII flying ace (104 aerial victories for Luftwaffe), dies at 83
Feb 9 Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish-born businessman and social activist, dies at 106
Feb 9 Alistair Cameron Crombie, Australian historian of science, dies at 80
Feb 9 Barry Troyna, English educational sociologist and author (Racism, Education and the State), dies at 44
Feb 9 Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, British trade unionist, dies at 80
Feb 9 Gerald Savory, British actor playwright and TV producer (Heart of the Matter), dies at 86
Feb 9 Neil Franklin, English soccer defender (26 caps; Stoke City, Hull City, Crewe Alexandra) and manager (Colchester United), dies at 74
Feb 9 Thomas Padmore, British senior civil servant, dies at 86
Feb 10 Hugh Francis Lamprey, British ecologist, dies at 67
Feb 11 Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet, commits suicide at 65
Feb 11 Bob Shaw, Irish sci-fi writer, dies of cancer at 64
Feb 11 Cyril Poole, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, 2 x 50; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 74
Feb 11 Kebby Musokotwane, prime minister of Zambia in (1985-89), dies
Feb 11 Phil Regan, American actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at 88
Feb 12 Bob Shaw, Northern Irish novelist (b. 1931)
Feb 12 Roger Omond, South African journalist ("The Apartheid Handbook"), dies at 51
Feb 13 Daniel Womack, American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and harmonica player, dies at 91
Feb 13 Martin Balsam, American charaacter actor (Psycho, 12 Angry Men, Archie Bunker's Place, Catch 22), dies of a stroke at 76
Feb 14 Bob Paisley, English football manager (Liverpool), dies at 77
Feb 14 Eva Hart, British Titanic passenger, one of last living survivors, dies at 91
Feb 14 Ivan William Hannaford, British sociologist, dies at 64
Feb 14 Lady Caroline Blackwood, British journalist and writer (The Last of the Duchess), dies at 64
Feb 14 Taiguara [Chalar da Silva], Brazilian singer and songwriter, dies at 50
Feb 15 Bruno Ferenc Straub, Hungarian biochemist and statesman, dies at 82
Feb 15 Margaret Courtenay, Welsh actress, singer and entertainer (Royal Flash, Duet for One), dies of cancer at 72
Feb 15 McLean Stevenson, American actor (M*A*S*H, 1972-75 - "Col. Henry Blake"; Hello Larry), dies of a heart attack at 66
Feb 15 Oscar Abrams, community organiser, dies at 58
Feb 15 Tommy Rettig, American actor (Jeff's Collie, Lassie), dies of a heart attack at 54
Feb 16 (Walter) "Brownie" McGhee, American folk music and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, dies at 80
Feb 16 Charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47
Feb 16 Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, American politician and Governor of California (D: 1959-67), dies at 90
Feb 16 Kenneth Robinson, British politician (influential Minister of Health under Harold Wilson, reformed Health Service), dies at 84
Feb 16 Roger Bowen, American actor (M*A*S*H (film); The Main Event: What About Bob?: Petulia), dies of a heart attack at 62
Feb 16 Susan Bosence, British textile designer and blockprinter, dies at 82
Feb 17 Bentley Bridgewater, British Museum secretary, dies at 84
Feb 17 Evelyn Laye, English actress and singer (Sun Child), dies at 95
Feb 17 Gus Hardin [Carolyn Ann Blankenship], American country singer, dies at 50
Feb 17 Hervé Bazin, French writer (Head Against the Wall), dies at 84
Feb 17 Michel Pablo [Michalis N. Raptis], Chilean-Greek writer and Trotskyist revolutionary (Fourth International), dies at 84
Feb 18 Brian Daley, writer, dies at 48
Feb 18 Jack Thieuloy, French writer, dies at 64
Feb 18 Nicholas Beriozoff, Lithuanian-British dancer, choreographer and ballet master, dies at 89
Feb 19 Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver, dies at 71
Feb 19 Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77
Feb 19 Charles "Charlie O" Finley, American sports entrepreneur (MLB's Kansas City/Oakland A's: NHL's California Golden Seals), dies at 77
Feb 19 Dorothy Maynor, American soprano and founder (Harlem School of Arts), dies at 85
Feb 19 Grant Sawyer, US politician, dies at 76
Feb 19 Madhaviah Krishnan, Indian naturalist and wildlife photographer, dies at 83
Feb 20 Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, British test pilot (Spitfire), dies at 83
Feb 20 Michael Wooller, British TV and film producer (Omnibus), dies at 69
Feb 20 Solomon Asch, Polish-American psychologist, dies at 88
Feb 20 Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese classical music and film score composer (November Steps; Ran), dies of pneumonia while being treated for bladder cancer at 65
Feb 20 Walter Charles Marshall, Welsh theoretical physicist (Chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1981-89), dies at 63
Feb 21 H. L. Gold, American sci-fi writer and editor, dies at 81

Morton Gould (1913-1996)

Feb 21 American pianist, conductor and theatrical, screen and concert composer (Pulitzer Prize, 1956 - Stringmusic), dies at 82

Feb 21 Terence Edward Armstrong, British polar geographer, dies at 75
Feb 22 Helmut Schoen, Germany football coach (manager of West Germany (1964-1978, 1974 World Cup), dies at 80
Feb 22 Niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician, dies at 79
Feb 23 Alan Dawson, American jazz drummer and teacher (Berklee, 1957-75), dies of leukemia at 66
Feb 23 Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut & wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies
Feb 23 Joseph W. Barr, American banker and politician (Secretary of the Treasury), dies at 78
Feb 24 Anna Larina, Russian revolutionary, wife of the Bolshevik leader Nikolai Bukharin, dies at 82
Feb 24 James Runcieman Sutherland, academic, dies at 95
Feb 24 Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist, dies at 71