Celebrity Deaths in 1996
185 notable figures died in 1996. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Gerald “Jerry” Anglin
1914 – 1996 · Authors and Writers -
Albert W. Bloemker
1906 – 1996 · Authors and Writers Jan 1 -
Carmen Conde
1907 – 1996 · Authors and Writers Jan 1 -
J.J. Cohn
1895 – 1996 · Actors Jan 1 -
Josef Brodsky
1940 – 1996 · Authors and Writers Jan 1 -
Rita Lynn
1921 – 1996 · Actresses Jan 1 -
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Sidney Roy Korshak
1907 – 1996 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jan 1 -
Tato Bores
1927 – 1996 · Actors Jan 1 -
Ramón Vinay
1911 – 1996 · Singer Jan 4 -
François Mitterrand
1916 – 1996 · Politicians Jan 8 -
Denise Grey
1896 – 1996 · Actresses Jan 13 -
Les Baxter
1922 – 1996 · Musicians and Composers Jan 15 -
Jordan Christopher
1940 – 1996 · Actors, Musicians and Composers, Singer Jan 21 -
Brian Daley
1947 – 1996 · Authors and Writers Feb 2 -
Elisa Cegani
1911 – 1996 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Ethlyne Clair
1904 – 1996 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Ethlyne Clair
1904 – 1996 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Evelyn Lawton
1900 – 1996 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Gene Kelly
1912 – 1996 · Actors, Film Director, TV Director Feb 2 -
Martin Balsam
1919 – 1996 · Actors Feb 2 -
Patsy Smart
1918 – 1996 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Paul L. Pink
1908 – 1996 · Business Magnates Feb 2 -
Robin Rochelle Stille
1961 – 1996 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Audrey Meadows
1922 – 1996 · Actresses Feb 3 -
Guy Madison
1922 – 1996 · Actors Feb 6 -
Barbara Hamilton
1926 – 1996 · Actresses Feb 7 -
Mercer Ellington
1919 – 1996 · Musicians and Composers Feb 8 -
Robin Stille
1961 – 1996 · Actresses Feb 9 -
Martin Balsam
1919 – 1996 · Actors Feb 13 -
Tommy Rettig
1941 – 1996 · Actors, Authors and Writers Feb 15 -
Gus Hardin
1996 · Country Music Feb 17 -
Brenda Bruce
1918 – 1996 · Actresses Feb 19 -
Morton Gould
1996 · Musicians and Composers Feb 21 -
Priscilla Bonner
1899 – 1996 · Actresses Feb 21 -
William Bonin
1947 – 1996 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Feb 23 -
Haing S. Ngor
1940 – 1996 · Actors, Victims of crime and disaster Feb 25 -
Lyle Talbot
1902 – 1996 Mar 2 -
Charlie Barnett
1954 – 1996 · Actors Mar 3 -
Dario Bellezza
1944 – 1996 · Authors and Writers Mar 3 -
David Packard
1912 – 1996 · Business Magnates, Philanthropists Mar 3 -
Lorayne Duval
1910 – 1996 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Marguerite Duras
1914 – 1996 · Authors and Writers Mar 3 -
Robert Franklyn Overmyer
1936 – 1996 · Astronaut Mar 3 -
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Susie Marshall Sharp
1907 – 1996 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Mar 3 -
Minnie Pearl
1912 – 1996 · Actresses, Country Music, Entertainers, Musicians and Composers Mar 4 -
Whit Bissell
1909 – 1996 · Actors Mar 5 -
Paula Winslowe
1910 – 1996 · Actresses Mar 6 -
Simon Cadell
1950 – 1996 · Actors Mar 6 -
George Burns
1896 – 1996 · Actors, Comedian, Talk Show Host Mar 9 -
Vince Edwards
1928 – 1996 · Actors, Director, Singer Mar 11 -
Krzysztof Kieślowski
1941 – 1996 · Authors and Writers, Celebrities, Film Director Mar 13 -
René Clément
1913 – 1996 · Film Director Mar 17 -
Nini Marshall
1903 – 1996 · Actresses, Comedian Mar 18 -
Robert Overmyer
1936 – 1996 · Astronaut Mar 22 -
Edmund Muskie
1914 – 1996 · Politicians Mar 26 -
Erma Bombeck
1927 – 1996 · Authors and Writers Apr 4 -
Estelle Etterre
1899 – 1996 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Herman Hover
1905 – 1996 Apr 4 -
James Wilson Rouse
1914 – 1996 · Business Magnates Apr 4 -
Judge Ronald Norwood Davies
1904 – 1996 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Apr 4 -
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Saul Bass
1920 – 1996 · Artists and Architects Apr 4 -
Saul Bass
1920 – 1996 · Artists and Architects Apr 4 -
Wanda McKay
1915 – 1996 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Greer Garson
1904 – 1996 · Actresses Apr 6 -
James Burke
1931 – 1996 · Gangster Apr 13 -
Lucille Bremer
1917 – 1996 · Actresses Apr 16 -
Irasema Dilián
1924 – 1996 · Actresses Apr 16 -
Lucille Bremer
1917 – 1996 · Actresses Apr 16 -
Dzhokhar Dudayev
1944 – 1996 · Politicians Apr 21 -
Zora Arkus-Duntov
1909 – 1996 · Scientists and Inventors Apr 21 -
Donald Cammell
1934 – 1996 · Director, Film Director Apr 24 -
Dick Wesson
1922 – 1996 · Actors Apr 25 -
Adam Roarke
1937 – 1996 · Actors, Director Apr 27 -
David Opatoshu
1918 – 1996 · Actors Apr 30 -
Herbert Brownell
1904 – 1996 · Politicians May 1 -
Luana Patten
1938 – 1996 · Actresses May 1 -
Danny Kamekona
1935 – 1996 May 2 -
John Beradino
1917 – 1996 · Actors May 5 -
María Luisa Ponte
1918 – 1996 · Actresses May 5 -
Suzanne Ridgeway
1918 – 1996 · Actresses May 5 -
William Egan Colby
1920 – 1996 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers May 5 -
Etsushi Takahashi
1935 – 1996 May 19 -
Patrick Cargill
1918 – 1996 · Actors May 23 -
John Abbott
1905 – 1996 · Actors May 24 -
Jennings Lane
1915 – 1996 · Movie/TV Producer May 29 -
Tamara Toumanova
1919 – 1996 · Actresses May 29 -
Natividad Vacio
1912 – 1996 · Actors May 31 -
Ray Combs
1956 – 1996 · Actors, Comedian, Talk Show Host Jun 2 -
Vito Scotti
1918 – 1996 · Actors Jun 5 -
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Francis Factor
1904 – 1996 Jun 6 -
Gerald Jerry Plotkin
1934 – 1996 · Native Americans Jun 6 -
Jo Van Fleet
1914 – 1996 · Actresses Jun 6 -
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Jordi “Gin” Ginés
1930 – 1996 · Artists and Architects Jun 6 -
Mary Field
1909 – 1996 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Rafaela Aparicio
1906 – 1996 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Rafaela Aparicio
1906 – 1996 · Actresses Jun 9 -
Brigitte Helm
1906 – 1996 · Actresses Jun 11 -
Ella Fitzgerald
1917 – 1996 · Jazz Singer Jun 15 -
Mel Allen
1913 – 1996 · Sports Figures Jun 16 -
Veronica Guerin
1959 – 1996 · Athletes, Soccer Jun 26 -
Albert Broccoli
1909 – 1996 · Movie/TV Producer Jun 27 -
Pamela Mason
1916 – 1996 · Actresses, Authors and Writers Jun 29 -
Alfred Marks
1921 – 1996 · Actors, Comedian, Entertainers Jul 1 -
Herb Baumeister
1947 – 1996 · Serial Killer Jul 3 -
Raaj Kumar
1926 – 1996 · Actors Jul 3 - Photo 1901 – 1996 · Business Magnates Jul 7
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Alex Manoogian
1901 – 1996 · Business Magnates, Philanthropists Jul 7 -
Aurora Redondo
1900 – 1996 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Claudette Colbert
1903 – 1996 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Magda Schneider
1909 – 1996 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Margaux Louise Hemingway
1954 – 1996 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Melvin Belli
1907 – 1996 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jul 7 -
Virginia Christine
1920 – 1996 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Virginia Christine
1920 – 1996 · Actresses Jul 7 -
William Jerome Caunitz
1933 – 1996 · Authors and Writers Jul 7 -
John Chancellor
1927 – 1996 · Authors and Writers, Entertainers Jul 12 -
Dana Hill
1964 – 1996 · Actresses Jul 15 -
Chester Bender
1914 – 1996 · Military Figures Jul 20 -
Herb Edelman
1933 – 1996 · Actors Jul 21 -
Herb Edelman
1933 – 1996 · Actors Jul 21 -
Luana Anders
1938 – 1996 · Actresses Jul 21 -
Howard Vernon
1914 – 1996 · Actors Jul 25 -
Ossie Clark
1942 – 1996 · Artists and Architects, Designer Aug 6 -
John Christopherson
1921 – 1996 · Artists and Architects Aug 8 -
Robert Gravel
1944 – 1996 · Actors Aug 8 -
Liz Gebhardt
1945 – 1996 · Actresses Aug 10 -
Camilla Horn
1903 – 1996 · Actresses, Singer Aug 14 -
Joe Seneca
1919 – 1996 · Actors Aug 15 -
Christine Pascal
1953 – 1996 · Actresses, Director, Film Director Aug 30 -
Nadine Lockwood
1991 – 1996 · Victims of crime and disaster Aug 31 -
Bibi Besch
1940 – 1996 · Actresses Sep 7 -
Annabella Power
1907 – 1996 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Bibi Besch
1940 – 1996 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Bill Monroe
1911 – 1996 · Bluegrass Music Sep 9 -
Joan Cohn
1911 – 1996 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Julio Elías Musimessi
1923 – 1996 Sep 9 -
Mark D Frankel
1962 – 1996 · Actors Sep 9 -
Max Foster
1906 – 1996 Sep 9 -
Rose Ouellette
1903 – 1996 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Joanne Dru
1922 – 1996 · Actresses Sep 10 -
Tupac Shakur
1971 – 1996 · Actors, Celebrities, Singer Sep 13 -
Juliet Prowse
1936 – 1996 · Actresses Sep 14 -
Gene Nelson
1920 – 1996 · Actors, Director Sep 16 -
Annabella
1907 – 1996 · Actresses Sep 18 -
Dorothy Lamour
1914 – 1996 · Actresses Sep 22 -
Silk Smitha
1960 – 1996 · Actresses Sep 23 -
Mark Frankel
1962 – 1996 · Actors Sep 24 -
April Lacy
1982 – 1996 · Victims of crime and disaster Oct 1 -
Ted Bessell
1935 – 1996 · Actors Oct 6 -
Charles Struckman Coyle
1908 – 1996 Oct 10 -
Henri Nannen
1913 – 1996 · Business Magnates Oct 10 -
Jason Bernard
1938 – 1996 · Actors Oct 10 -
Mervin Good Eagle
1977 – 1996 · Actors Oct 10 -
Rosita Yarza
1922 – 1996 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Rosita Yarza
1922 – 1996 · Actresses Oct 13 -
Laura La Plante
1904 – 1996 · Actresses Oct 14 -
Beryl Reid
1919 – 1996 · Actresses Oct 15 -
Hyman Minsky
1919 – 1996 · Educators Oct 24 -
Morey Amsterdam
1908 – 1996 · Actors Oct 28 -
Marcel Carné
1906 – 1996 · Film Director Oct 31 -
Jean-Bedel Bokassa
1921 – 1996 · Politicians Nov 3 -
Enid Lillian Bloom
1924 – 1996 · Artists and Architects Nov 11 -
Gail Stanton
1954 – 1996 · Actresses Nov 11 -
John Cabell “Bunny” Breckenridge
1902 – 1996 · Actors Nov 11 -
June Gale
1911 – 1996 · Actresses Nov 11 -
María Casares
1922 – 1996 · Actresses Nov 11 -
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Per-Olof Ahl
1919 – 1996 · Business Magnates Nov 11 -
Véra Korène
1901 – 1996 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Peter Leeds
1917 – 1996 · Actors Nov 12 -
June Gale
1911 – 1996 · Actresses Nov 13 -
Virginia Cherrill
1908 – 1996 · Actresses Nov 14 -
Evelyn Hooker
1907 – 1996 · Scientists and Inventors Nov 18 -
Mark Lenard
1924 – 1996 · Actors Nov 22 -
Tiny Tim
1932 – 1996 · Country Music, Entertainers, Pop Artist, Singer, Song Writers Nov 30 -
Faron Young
1932 – 1996 · Country Music Dec 10 -
Cristina Lemercier
1951 – 1996 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Larry Gates
1915 – 1996 · Actors Dec 12 -
Ozzie Brooks
1931 – 1996 · Military Figures Dec 12 -
Sonia Furió
1937 – 1996 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Marcello Mastroianni
1924 – 1996 · Actors Dec 19 -
Ronald Howard
1918 – 1996 · Actors Dec 19 -
Carl Sagan
1934 – 1996 · Celebrities, Television Broadcaster Dec 20 -
Gene Brabender
1941 – 1996 · Baseball Dec 27 -
Jack Nance
1943 – 1996 · Actors Dec 30 -
Lew Ayres
1908 – 1996 · Actors Dec 30