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The following is a list of notable deaths in November 1996.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
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November 1996
1
- Maati Bouabid, 68, Prime Minister of Morocco.
- Sid Cann, 85, English football player and manager.[1]
- Lycette Darsonval, 84, French dancer.[2]
- Edgardo Enríquez, 84, Chilean physician, academic and politician.
- Junius Richard Jayewardene, 90, President of Sri Lanka, colon cancer.[3]
- William Johnstone, 88, American actor.
- Clyde Lynn, 60, American racing driver.
- Eric Reissner, 83, German-American civil engineer and mathematician.[4]
2
- Roger Carré, 75, French footballer.[5]
- Eva Cassidy, 33, American singer and guitarist, melanoma.[6]
- John G. Crommelin, 94, American naval officer and white supremacist politician.[7]
- Joseph Lambert Eustace, 88, Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- Pierre Grimal, 83, French classical philologist.[8]
- Kang Hyo-shil, 64, South Korean actress.
- Yan Jici, 95, Chinese physicist and politician.
- Shanti Swaroop Rana, 47, Indian military officer, killed in action.
- Laurence L. Sloss, 83, American geologist.
- Arnie Tuadles, 40, Filipino basketball player, shot.
3
- Jean-Bedel Bokassa, 75, 2nd President of the Central African Republic and Emperor of Central Africa, heart attack.[9]
- William Clarke, 45, American blues harmonica player and singer.[10]
- Ray Mansfield, 55, American gridiron football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers), heart attack.[11]
- Marian Plezia, 79, Polish historian.[12]
- Barry Porter, 57, British politician, cancer.
- Yevhen Shcherban, 50, Ukrainian businessman and politician, assassinated, homicide.
- Isaac M. Taylor, 75, American medical academic, pneumonia.[13]
- Abdullah Çatlı, 40, Turkish nationalist and leader of the Grey Wolves, traffic accident.
4
- T. Vincent Learson, 84, American chairman and chief executive officer of IBM.[14]
- Ray Linn, 76, American jazz trumpeter.
- Konstantin Loktev, 63, Russian ice hockey player, liver cirrhosis.[15]
- Gottlieb Weber, 86, Swiss cyclist.[16]
5
- Bunny Breckinridge, 93, American actor and drag queen.[17]
- Allen Broussard, 67, American judge.[18]
- Eddie Harris, 62, American jazz musician, congestive heart failure.[19]
- Joaquín Monserrat, 75, Spanish comedian and host of children programs.[20]
- Wilhelm Sturm, 56, German football player.[21]
- John Dragon Young, 47, Hong Kong-American historian and politician.
6
- Harry Brophy, 80, English football player.
- Vadim Ivanov, 53, Russian football player Russian football player and manager.
- Houn Jiyu-Kennett, 72, British Rōshi.[22]
- Dragan Kresoja, 50, Serbian film director.
- Tommy Lawton, 77, English football player and manager, pneumonia.[23]
- Richard Nelson, 57, American theatrical lighting designer.[24]
- Mario Savio, 53, American activist and Berkeley Free Speech Movement member, heart problems.[25]
7
- Claude Ake, 57, Nigerian political scientist, plane crash.[26]
- Beauford T. Anderson, 74, United States Army soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor.
- Feliciano Centurión, 34, Paraguayan visual artist, AIDS-related complications.
- Bill Chisholm, 87, American athletics competitor.[27]
- Carmell Jones, 60, American jazz trumpet player, heart failure.[28]
- Hans Klodt, 82, German football player.[29]
- Sverre Kolterud, 88, Norwegian Nordic combined skier.[30]
- Salvatore Lauricella, 74, Italian politician and mayor.
- Bosh Pritchard, 77, American National Football League football player.[31]
- Jaja Wachuku, 78, Nigerian prince, politician, diplomat and Pan-Africanist.
8
- Andrés Rivero Agüero, 91, Cuban politician.
- Laurence Baxter, 42, English statistician.
- Peter Fowler, 73, British physicist.[32]
- Johannes Frömming, 86, German harness racing driver and trainer.[33]
- Franklin Gritts, 81, Native American painter and commercial artist.
- Mathews I, 89, Indian Supreme Primate of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.[34]
- Tan Onuma, 78, Japanese writer.
- Sydney Selwyn, 62, British physician and medical scientist, multiple system atrophy.
9
- Gudmundur Arnlaugsson, 83, Icelandic chess player.
- Joe Ghiz, 51, Canadian lawyer and politician, cancer.
- Michel Mitrani, 66, French film director and screenwriter.[35]
- Roger Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield, 92, British diplomat.[36]
- Alvin Straight, 76, American lawn mower traveler.
- Yoshimi Ueda, 90, Japanese basketball player and administrator.
10
- Imam Alimsultanov, 39, Popular Chechen bard and folk singer, homicide.
- Jack Evans, 68, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, prostate cancer.[37]
- Yaki Kadafi, 19, American rapper (Outlawz, Dramacydal), shot.[38]
- Richard Mayo, 94, American Army general and athlete.
- Marjorie Proops, 85, British journalist.[39]
- Manik Varma, 70, Indian classical singer.
- Gucheng Zhou, 98, Chinese politician.
11
- Janice Adair, 91, British film actress.
- Jo Baker, 48, American singer and songwriter, liver disease.[40]
- Eugene Davy, 92, Irish rugby union football player and coach.
- Curt Göransson, 87, Swedish general and commander of the Army.
- Lum Harris, 81, American baseball player, coach, manager, and scout, complications of diabetes.[41]
- Paul J. F. Lusaka, 61, Zambian politician and diplomat.
- Gober Sosebee, 81, American racecar driver, agriculture accident.[42]
12
- Thomas Miller Bell, 73, Canadian politician, lawyer and barrister.
- Don Kenyon, 72, English cricket player.
- Le Nguyen Khang, 65, South Vietnamese commander.
- Peter Leeds, 79, American actor, cancer.[43]
- Cordell Reagon, 53, American singer and activist, homicide.[44]
- Tom Reid, 70, Irish rugby player.
- Vytautas Žalakevičius, 66, Lithuanian film director and writer.[45]
13
- Bill Doggett, 80, American jazz and R&B pianist and organist, heart attack.[46]
- June Gale, 85, American actress, pneumonia.[47]
- James Galloway, 68, American film editor.
- Alma Kitchell, American concert singer.[48]
- Katja Medbøe, 50, Norwegian actress, suicide.
- Swami Rama, Indian yoga guru.
- Bobbie Vaile, 37, Australian astronomer, brain cancer.
14
- Jim Baxes, 68, American Major League Baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians).[49]
- Joseph Bernardin, 68, American Cardinal of the Catholic Church, pancreatic cancer.[50]
- Nell Blaine, 74, American landscape painter and watercolorist.[51]
- Virginia Cherrill, 88, American actress, stroke.[52]
- Giuliano Giuliani, 38, Italian football player, complications of AIDS.
- Nodar Gvakhariya, 64, Soviet water polo player.
- Meridel Le Sueur, 96, American writer.[53]
- Derek Marlowe, 58, English playwright, novelist, and painter.
- Elman Service, 81, American anthropologist.[54]
- Jacomina van den Berg, 86, Dutch gymnast and Olympian.[55]
15
- William Boddington, 85, American field hockey player and Olympian.[56]
- Ellis Wayne Felker, 48, American man convicted of murder, execution by electric chair.[57]
- Henri Friedlaender, 92, Israeli typographer and book designer.[58]
- William E. Hall, 83, United States Naval Reserve officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor.
- Alger Hiss, 92, American State Department official and alleged spy.[59]
- John J. Lenzini, Jr., 49, American horse trainer in Thoroughbred flat racing.
- Lila Shanley, 86, American stuntwoman, actress, and athlete, heart failure.
- Ahmed Zaki, 65, Prime Minister of the Maldives.
16
- Reginald Bevins, 88, British politician.
- Dondinho, 79, Brazilian football player and manager.
- Joe Gonzales, 81, American Major League Baseball player.[60]
- Jens Peter Hansen, 69, Danish football player.
- Masud Karim, 60, Bangladeshi lyricist.
- Liam Naughten, 52, Irish Fine Gael politician, traffic accident.
- Jack Popplewell, 85, English writer and playwright.
- Benjamin Arthur Quarles, 92, American historian, educator, and writer, heart attack.[61]
- Vasil Spasov, 76, Bulgarian football player and manager.[62]
17
- Michele Abruzzo, 91, Italian actor.[63]
- Gus Kyle, 73, Canadian ice hockey player.[64]
- Karl-Heinz Moehle, 86, German U-boat commander during World War II.
- Huo Shilian, 87, Chinese politician.
- Kurt von Ruffin, 95, German actor and opera singer.
18
- Antonije Abramović, 77, Archbishop of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church.
- Bob Bearpark, 53, Canadian soccer coach.
- Zinovy Gerdt, 80, Soviet/Russian actor.
- Douglas Guest, 80, British organist and conductor.[65]
- Charles Hare, 81, British tennis player.
- Raymond Harvey, 76, United States Army lieutenant colonel and recipient of the Medal of Honor.
- James Stuart Holden, 82, American attorney and judge.
- Evelyn Hooker, 89, American psychologist.[66]
- Greer Lankton, 38, American artist and doll maker, drug overdose.[67]
- Charlie Neal, 65, American baseball player, heart failure.[68]
- John Vassall, 72, British civil servant and spy, heart attack.[69]
- Étienne Wolff, 92, French biologist.
- Zhu Zuxiang, 80, Chinese educator.
19
- Gabriel Alonso, 73, Spanish football player.[70]
- Harry Anderson, 90, American illustrator.[71]
- Grace Bates, 82, American mathematician.[72]
- Milton Carpenter, 91, American politician.
- Phil Hankinson, 45, American basketball player, suicide.[73]
- Nicole Hassler, 55, French figure skater and Olympian.[74]
- Véra Korène, 95, Russian-French actress and singer.
20
- Bert Achong, 67, Trinidadian and Tobagonian scientist, brain tumor.
- Jens Boyesen, 76, Norwegian diplomat and politician.
- Danny Dare, 91, American film director and choreographer.[75]
- Liam Dowling, 65, Irish hurler.
- Gustl Gstettenbaur, 82, German actor.[76]
- Bill Sayles, 79, American baseball player.[77]
- Franciszek Strynkiewicz, 103, Polish sculptor.
- Bill Vernon, 59, American radio personality.
21
- Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf, Indian Sufi saint, spiritual leader and islamic scholar.
- Sandro Continenza, 76, Italian screenwriter.[78]
- Chuck Howard, 63, American television executive, and a pioneer in television sports broadcasting, brain cancer.[79]
- Elmo Langley, 68, American NASCAR driver and owner, heart attack.[80]
- Liu Pang-yu, 53, Taiwanese politician, murdered.
- Bernard Rose, 80, British organist, soldier, and academic.[81]
- Abdus Salam, 70, Pakistani physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, progressive supranuclear palsy.[82]
22
- Stephanie Bachelor, 84, American film actress.
- Peter Barbour, 71, Australian intelligence officer and diplomat.
- Garrett Birkhoff, 85, American mathematician.[83]
- Ray Blanton, 66, American businessman and politician.
- Walter Boos, 68, German film editor and director.[84]
- María Casares, 74, Spanish-French actress, colon cancer.[85]
- Willy Derboven, 57, Belgian road bicycle racer.[86]
- Terence Donovan, 60, English photographer and film director, suicide.[87]
- Robert Jaulin, 68, French ethnologist.[88]
- Mark Lenard, 72, American actor (Star Trek), multiple myeloma.[89]
- Adeniran Ogunsanya, 78, Nigerian lawyer and politician.
- Edmund Teske, 85, American photographer.[90]
23
- Mohamed Amin, 53, Kenyan photojournalist, plane crash.[91]
- Jean-Paul Elkann, 74, French banker.[92]
- Ken Lane, 83, American musician.[93]
- Charlotte Pierce, 92, American actress.
- Art Porter, Jr., 35, American jazz saxophonist, drowned.[94]
- Eve Rimmer, 59, New Zealand paralympic athlete.
- Idries Shah, 72, Indian Sufi writer and teacher.[95]
- Tim Wilson, 42, American gridiron football player.[96]
24
- Loren Bain, 74, American baseball player.[97]
- Edison Denisov, 67, Russian Soviet composer.[98]
- Paulos Mar Gregorios, 74, Indian Metropolitan.
- William Johnstone, 88, American actor.
- Tupua Leupena, 74, Governor-General of Tuvalu.
- Sorley MacLean, 85, Scottish Gaelic poet.[99]
- Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, 73, French Indologist.[100]
- Michael O'Hehir, 76, Irish sports commentator and journalist.
- Titus Ozon, 69, Romanian football player and manager.[101]
25
- Ricardo López Aranda, 61, Spanish playwright.[102]
- Don Dobie, 69, Australian politician.
- Hans Jura, 75, Austrian cinematographer.
- Margaret Rioch, 89, American psychotherapist.[103]
- Charles Stokes, 94, American politician, jurist, and lawyer, cancer.[104]
26
- Michael Bentine, 74, British comedian, prostate cancer.
- Norman Le Brocq, 74, British communist, trade union activist, and resistance leader during World War II.
- Isabella Henriette van Eeghen, 83, Dutch historian.[105]
- Guido Gratton, 64, Italian football player.[106]
- Joan Hammond, 84, Australian operatic soprano.[107]
- Philippe Hirschhorn, 50, Latvian violinist, brain cancer.[108]
- Elrey Borge Jeppesen, 89, American aviation pioneer.[109]
- Bill McElwain, 93, American gridiron football player and coach.[110]
- Narinder Singh Randhawa, 69, Indian agricultural scientist and writer.
- Paul Rand, 82, American graphic designer, cancer.[111]
27
- Balot, 70, Filipino comedian and actor, complications from diabetes.
- Nicholas L. Bissell, Jr., 49, American attorney and fraudster, suicide.[112]
- Aloysio Borges, 78, Brazilian modern pentathlete.[113]
- Vladimir Firm, 73, Croatian football player.
- Jack Penn, 87, South African plastic surgeon, sculptor and author.
28
- Charles Bressler, 70, American tenor.[114]
- Harlan Hanson, 71, American educator and director of the Advanced Placement Program.[115]
- Robert J. McCloskey, 74, American diplomat.[116]
- John Jaffurs, 73, American football player and coach.[117]
- Don McNeill, 78, American tennis champion.[118]
- Anna Pollak, 84, English opera singer.[119]
- Donald H. Reed Jr., 63, American politician.[120]
29
- Dick Bilda, 77, American gridiron football player.[121]
- Jordan Cronenweth, 61, American cinematographer (Blade Runner, Peggy Sue Got Married, Altered States), Parkinson's disease.[122]
- Dan Flavin, 63, American minimalist artist, diabetes, diabetes.[123]
- Denis Jenkinson, 75, British motorsports journalist.
- Dragoslav Srejović, 65, Serbian archaeologist, cultural anthropologist and historian.[124]
- Bob Steuber, 75, American gridiron football player.[125]
30
- Ted Petoskey, 85, American athlete, coach in three sports and athletic director.
- Kacem Slimani, 48, Moroccan football player.
- Max Thompson, 74, United States Army soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor.
- Tiny Tim, 64, American musician ("Tiptoe Through the Tulips", "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight"), heart attack.[126]
- Peng Wan-ru, 47, Taiwanese politician, murder, homicide.
- John Williamson, 45, American basketball player, kidney failure.[127]
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