1996

May 1

• Asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at age 67. [1]
• Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, film scholar/exhibitor, dies at age 74. [1]
• William Mitchell Byers, musician, dies on 79th birthday. [1]

May 2

• Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas, Houghton civil servant, dies at age 97. [1]
• Emile Habibi, writer, dies at age 73. [1]
• Peter John Swales, football club chairman, dies at age 63. [1]

May 3

• Jack Weston, actor (Ishtar, Rad, Cuba), dies of lymphoma at age 71. [1]
• Timothy Gullikson, tennis player/coach, dies at age 45. [1]

May 4

• Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist, dies at age 87. [1]
• Stanley William Reed, cineaste, dies at age 85. [1]

May 5

• Death of Salli Terri, Canadian mezzo-soprano (born 1922). [28]
• Ai Qing, poet, dies at age 86. [1]
• Beryl Burton, cyclist, dies at age 58. [1]

May 6

• Frank Hercules, writer, dies at age 85. [1]
• Geoffrey Dawes, physiologist, dies at age 78. [1]
• Geoffrey Hodges, bomb disposal expert, dies at age 87. [1]
• Joseph Stone, lawyer, dies at age 79. [1]
• Leon Joseph Suenens, cardinal, dies at age 91. [1]
• Michael Gerzon, mathematician, dies at age 50. [1]

May 7

• Albert Meltzer, anarchist, dies at age 76. [1]
• Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist Member of Parliament, dies at age 87. [1]
• Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head of MI5, dies at age 76. [1]

May 8

• Jane Cowan, cello teacher, dies at age 80. [1]
• Luis Miguel, Domiguin bullfighter, dies at age 69. [1]
• Serge Chermayeff, architect/designer, dies at age 95. [1]

May 11

• Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher, dies at age 85. [1]
• Joan Thirkettle, journalist, dies at age 48. [1]
• Malcolm MacEwen, writer, dies at age 84. [1]
• Nnamdi Azikiwe, President of Nigeria (1963-66), dies. [1]
• Death of Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (born 1961). [28]
• Walter Hyatt, musician, dies at age 46. [1]

May 12

• Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist, dies at age 84. [1]
• Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman, dies at age 35. [1]

May 13

• John "Jack" Baines, mountaineering publisher, dies at age 57. [1]

May 14

• Edqard John Gurney, politician, dies at age 82. [1]
• Qazaleh Alizadeh, writer, dies at age 48. [1]
• Vera Chapman, writer, dies at age 98. [1]

May 15

• George M Tindley, songwriter/vocalist, dies at age 57. [1]
• Death of Charles B. Fulton, American judge (born 1910). [28]

May 16

• Edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at age 60. [1]
• Mike Jeremy Boorda, Chief of Naval Operations (US Navy), commits suicide at age 57. [1]
• Pierre Debizet, resistance fighter/special agent, dies at age 72. [1]

May 17

• Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs ten post-war Tests for India), dies. [1]
• Scott Evans Brayton, American racing car driver, dies at age 37 (born 1959). [1] [28]
• Willi Daume, Olympic organiser, dies at age 82. [1]
• Willis Conover, broadcaster, dies at age 75. [1]
• Death of Kevin Gilbert, American musician, composer, and record producer (born 1966). [28]

May 18

• Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor, dies at age 76. [1]
• Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner, dies at age 44. [1]

May 19

• Johnny "Guitar" Watson, musician, dies at age 61. [1]
• Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday), dies at age 89. [1]

May 20

• Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at age 65. [1]
• George Malcolm Thomson, journalist, dies at age 96. [1]
• Jack Wyngaard, dancer, dies at age 37. [1]
• Janaki Ramachandran, Prime Minister of Indian state of Tamil Nadu (1988), dies. [1]
• John Pertwee, British actor (Doctor Who), dies at age 76 (born 1919). [1] [28]
• Julius Marmur, biochemist/geneticist, dies at age 70. [1]
• Lewis B Combs, naval commander/civil engineer, dies at age 101. [1]

May 21

• Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies at age 78. [1]
• Bobby Tulloch, ornithologist, dies at age 67. [1]
• Eric Stuart Woord, archaeologist, dies at age 83. [1]
• Laurence Dowdall, lawyer, dies at age 91. [1]
• Mary Perot Nichols, journalist, dies at age 79. [1]
• Peter Fletcher, music teacher, dies at age 60. [1]
• Death of Paul Delph, American musician and producer (born 1957). [28]

May 22

• Duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at age 66. [1]
• Rex Collings, writer/publisher, dies at age 70. [1]
• Death of Seymour H. Knox III, hockey team owner (born 1926). [28]

May 23

• Dorothy Hyson, actress (Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go), dies at age 81. [1]
• Kronid Arkadyevich Lyubarsky, human rights activist, dies at age 61. [1]
• Patrick Cargill, actor (Up Pompeii, Magic Christian), dies at age 77. [1]

May 24

• Alexander Langsdorf, physicist, dies at age 83. [1]
• Harry Campion, statistician, dies at age 91. [1]
• Jack McCarthy, kiddie show host (Popeye), dies of cancer at age 81. [1]
• Jacob R Druckman, American composer, dies at age 67 (born 1928). [1] [28] [28]
• John Abbott, British actor (Lady Jane, Quest), dies at age 90. [1]
• Joseph Mitchell, American writer, dies at age 87 (born 1908). [1] [28]

May 25

• Death of Brad Nowell, American musician (born 1968). [28]
• Bernard Charles Sendall, deputy director general of ITA, dies at age 83. [1]
• Buck, dog (Married with Children), dies at age 13. [1]
• David W Howe, test pilot, dies at age 77. [1]
• Enid Kathleen Hutchinson, adult educationalist, dies at age 86. [1]
• John Morrison, politician/landowner, dies at age 89. [1]
• Laurence Marks, journalist, dies at age 67. [1]
• Renzo de Felice, historian, dies at age 67. [1]

May 26

• Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at age 76. [1]
• Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, musician, dies at age 45. [1]

May 27

• Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at age 79. [1]
• Ivan Sutton, concert promotoer, dies at age 82. [1]
• Jack Massey, groundsman, dies at age 85. [1]

May 28

• John "Jack" Layden, local politician, dies at age 70. [1]
• Sidney Greenbaum, grammarian, dies at age 66. [1]

May 29

• James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist, dies at age 77. [1]
• Jeremy Sinden, actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem), dies at age 45. [1]
• Tamara Toumanova, dancer, dies at age 77. [1]

May 30

• Bob Stroup, trombonist, dies at age 57. [1]
• John Cameron, judge, dies at age 96. [1]
• John Kahn, bassist, dies at age 47. [1]
• Leon-Etienne Duval, archbishop/cardinal, dies at age 92. [1]

May 31

• Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker, dies at age 80. [1]
• Elsbeary Hobbs, singer, dies at age 59. [1]
• Neela Sanjiva Reddy, President of India (1977-82), dies. [1]
• Paul Peter Piech, artist, dies at age 76. [1]
• Peter Gordon Dorrell, archaeologist/photographer, dies at age 68. [1]
• Timothy Francis Leary, Harvard professor/LSD guru, dies of cancer at age 75 (born 1920). [1] [28]

June 2

• Death of Ray Combs, American game show host, and comedian (suicide) (born 1956). [28]
• Death of Leon Garfield, English children's author (born 1921). [28]

June 6

• Death of George Davis Snell, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1903). [28]

June 7

• An Irish Republican Army gang murders Detective Garda Jerry McCabe during a botched armed robbery in Adare, County Limerick. [28]

June 10

• Death of Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky, Austrian painter (born 1906). [28]

June 11

• Death of Brigitte Helm (stage name of Gisele Eve Schittenhelm); star of Metropolis. [37]

June 15

• Death of Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (born 1917). [28]

June 17

• Death of Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher of science (born 1922). [28]

June 19

• Death of G. David Schine, American businessman (born 1927). [28]

June 23

• Death of Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919). [28]

June 26

• Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot and killed in her car just outside Dublin, Ireland. [28]

June 27

• Death of Albert R. Broccoli, film producer (born 1909). [28]

July 1

• Death of William T. Cahill, America politician (born 1912). [28]

July 3

• Death of Raaj Kumar, Indian film actor (born 1926). [28]

July 5

• Death of Erik Wickberg, Salvation Army general (born 1904). [28]

July 12

• Death of Jonathan Melvoin, musician (born 1961). [28]
• Death of Gottfried von Einem, opera composer, in Oberdürnbach, Austria. [37]

July 14

• Death of Jeff Krosnoff, American race car driver (born 1964). [28]

July 15

• Death of Dana Hill, American actress (born 1964). [28]

July 20

• Death of Frantisek Planicka, Czech footballer (born 1904). [28]

July 28

• Death of Roger Tory Peterson, American naturalist and artist (born 1908). [28]

July 30

• Death of Claudette Colbert, American actress (born 1903). [28]

August 1

• Death of Tadeus Reichstein, Polish-born chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1897). [28]

August 2

• Death of Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer (born 1917). [28]

August 8

• Death of Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905). [28]

August 11

• Death of Rafael Kubelík, Czech-born conductor (born 1914). [28]

August 13

• Death of David Tudor, American pianist and composer (born 1926). [28]

September 1

• Death of Vagn Holmboe, Danish composer (born 1909). [28]

September 9

• Death of Bill Monroe, American "father of bluegrass" music (born 1911). [28]

September 10

• Death of Hans List, Austrian inventor and automotive pioneer (born 1896). [28]

September 13

• Death of Tupac Amaru Shakur, American rapper and actor (born 1971). [28]

September 14

• Juliet Prowse dies. [5]

September 17

• Death of Spiro Agnew, American Vice President (born 1918). [28]

September 20

• Death of Paul Erdos, Hungarian mathematician (born 1911). [28]

September 21

• Death of Henri Nouwen, Dutch Catholic priest and author (born 1932). [28]
• Death of Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926). [28]

September 26

• Death of Nicu Ceausescu, son of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu (born 1951). [28]

September 29

• Death of Leslie Crowther, British TV comedian and game show host (born 1933). [28]

October 1

• Death of Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (born 1956). [28]

October 2

• The former prime minister of Bulgaria, Andrei Lukanov, is assassinated. [28]

October 4

• Death of Silvio Piola, Italian footballer (born 1913). [28]
• Death of Larry Gene Bell, American child murderer (executed by electric chair). [28]

October 12

• Death of René Lacoste, French tennis player (born 1904). [28]

October 16

• Death of Eric Malpass, English novelist (born 1910). [28]
• Death of Jason Bernard, American actor (born 1938). [28]

October 17

• Death of Berthold Goldschmidt, composer, in London, (born in Hamburg, Germany). [37]

October 24

• Death of Sorley Maclean, Gaelic poet. [28]

October 27

• Death of Morey Amsterdam, American actor and comedian (born 1908). [1] [28]

October 30

• Death of John Young, British actor who worked with Monty Python. [28]

November 2

• Death of Eva Cassidy, American vocalist (born 1963). [28]

November 3

• Death of Abdullah Çatli, Turkish nationalist (born 1956). [28]
• Death of Jean-Bédel Bokassa of Central African Republic/Empire (born 1921). [28]

November 10

• Rapper Yaki Kadafi, born Yafeu Fula, is shot to death in New Jersey at the age of 19. [28]
• Death of Imam Alimsultanov, Chechen bard (born 1957). [28]

November 14

• Death of Virginia Cherrill, actress (born 1908). [28]

November 15

• Death of Alger Hiss, U.S. State Department official (born 1904). [28]

November 21

• Death of Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926). [28]

November 26

• Death of Mark Lenard, American actor (born 1924). [28]
• Death of Paul Rand, American graphic designer (born 1914). [28]

November 30

• Death of Tiny Tim, American musician (born 1932). [28] [5]

December 1

• Irving Gordon, songwriter, dies at age 81. [1]

December 2

• Penelope Jessel, politcal activist, dies at age 76. [1]

December 3

• Babrak Karmal, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1980-81), dies at age 67. [1] [28]
• Det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist, dies at age 84. [1]
• George Duby, historian, dies at age 77. [1]

December 4

• Basil Nield, judge/politician, dies at age 83. [1]
• Muriel Monkhouse, Red Cross worker, dies at age 86. [1]

December 5

• Peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at age 60. [1]
• Wilf Carter, country singer, dies at age 91. [1]

December 6

• Bryan Clieve Roberts, lawyer/civil servant, dies at age 83. [1]
• [Alvin] Pete Rozelle, American commissioner (NFL), dies at age 70 (born 1926). [1] [28]

December 7

• Jose Donoso, writer, dies at age 72. [1]

December 8

• Howard E Rollins Jr, actor (Ed Harding - Another World), dies at age 46. [1]
• Marin Sorescu, poet/dramatist, dies at age 60. [1]

December 9

• Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, French President of European Parliament (1966-69), dies at age 87. [1]
• Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist, dies at age 84. [1]
• Faron Young, country singer, commits suicide at age 64. [1]
• Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor, dies at age 83. [1]
• Mary Douglas Nichol Leakey, archaeologist/anthropologist, dies at age 83. [1]
• Raphael Samuel, historian, dies at age 32. [1]

December 10

• Faron Young, country singer/actor (Hidden Guns), commits suicide at age 34. [1]
• John Duffey, bluegrass musician, dies at age 62. [1]

December 11

• Herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at age 93. [1]
• Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell, soldier, dies at age 95. [1]
• W G G Duncan-Smith, fighter pilot, dies at age 82. [1]
• William George Rushton, actor (TW3)/author/cartoonist, dies at age 59 (born 1937). [1] [28]

December 12

• Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner, dies at age 70. [1]
• Jack Perry, businessman, dies at age 81. [1]
• Jean-Pierre Guerlain, cosmetics pioneer, dies at age 91. [1]
• Michael Geoffrey Corcos, medical researcher, dies at age 77. [1]
• Vance Oakley Packard, writer (Hidden Perseuders), dies at age 82. [1]

December 13

• Cao Yu, dramatist, dies at age 86. [1]
• Charles Edwin Molnar, computer pioneer, dies at age 61. [1]
• Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster, dies at age 76. [1]
• Mae Barnes, singer, dies at age 89. [1]

December 14

• Alan Hargreaves, climber, dies at age 92. [1]
• Norman Hackforth, broadcaster, dies at age 88. [1]

December 15

• Gerald Moverley, priest, dies at age 74. [1]
• Guiseppe Dossetti, politician/priest, dies at age 83. [1]
• Laurens jan van der Post, explorer/conservationist, dies at age 90. [1]

December 16

• Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader, dies at age 85. [1]
• Joe Coral, bookmaker, dies at age 92. [1]
• Quentin Bell, English artist author/teacher, dies at age 86 (born 1910). [1] [28]

December 17

• Elizabeth Hill, teacher of Slavonic languages, dies at age 96. [1]
• Francesco Siciliani, opera administrator, dies at age 85. [1]
• Irving Caesar, songwriter, dies at age 101. [1]
• Michael Saunders, barrister, dies at age 22. [1]
• Ruby Murray, singer, dies at age 61. [1]
• Stanko Todorov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1971-81), dies. [1]

December 18

• Arthur Jacobs, musicologist, dies at age 74. [1]

December 19

• Marcello Mastroiani, actor (8 1/2, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at age 72. [1]
• Ronald Howard, actor (Hunting Party, Koroshi), dies at age 78. [1]
• Yuli Borisovich Khariton, scientist, dies at age 82. [1]

December 20

• Amata Kabua, President of Marshall Islands (1979-96), dies. [1]
• Carl Sagan, American scientist (Contact), dies at age 62 (born 1934). [1] [28]
• Roger Peacock, writer, dies at age 76. [1]

December 21

• Margaret E Rey, author of children's books, dies at age 90. [1]
• Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, patron of the arts, dies at age 96. [1]

December 22

• Hetta Empson, artist, dies at age 81. [1]

December 23

• Rina Ketty, singer, dies at age 85. [1]
• Ronnie Scott, musician/club-owner, dies at age 69. [1]

December 24

• Edward Leadbitter, politician, dies at age 77. [1]
• Nguyen Huu Tho, President of Vietnam (1980-81), dies. [1]
• Peter Dormer, arts writer, dies at age 47. [1]

December 25

• Derek Prouse, writer, actor/director (Le Scandale), dies at age 74. [1]
• Rupert John, Governor-General of Grenadines (1970-76), dies. [1]

December 26

• Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is murdered in the basement of her parents' home in Boulder, Colorado. [1] [28]

December 29

• Alma Birk, journalist/politician, dies at age 77. [1]
• Daniel Raphaeautl Mayer, journalist/resistance leader, dies at age 86. [1]
• Mireille Hartuch, singer/songwriter, dies at age 90. [1]
• Oswald Szemerenyi, philologist, dies at age 83. [1]
• Peggy (Margaret McCrorie) Herbison, politician, dies at age 89. [1]
• Robert Morris, lawyer, dies at age 81. [1]
• William Brown, British TV executive, dies at age 67. [1]
• William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian, dies at age 85. [1]

December 30

• Jack Nance, actor (Meatballs 4, Whore, Voodoo), murdered at age 53. [1]
• Lew Ayres, American screen actor (Salem's Lot, State Fair), dies at age 88 (born 1908). [1] [28]
• Robert Grant-Ferris, politician, dies at age 89. [1]

December 31

• Ann Susan Hills, freelance journalist, dies at age 55. [1]
• David Sinclair, actor (Love and Hate), dies at age 62. [1]
• Frederico Davia, opera singer, dies at age 63. [1]
• Michael Roberts, historian, dies at age 88. [1]
• Phillip Edmund Clinton Manson-Bahr, tropical mediciner, dies at age 85. [1]