Famous Deaths Happened In 1976
Saturday, 05 July 2025
Jan 03 Mal Evans, Beatles' roadie, dies on this day in history.
Jan 04 In the year 1976 jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84
Jan 05 On this day in history georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84
Jan 08 On this day in history chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78
Jan 10 On this day in history chester Arthur Burnett, US blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65
Jan 11 On this day in history mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test WI v England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17), dies
Jan 12 On this day in history agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85
Jan 13 Margaret Leighton, Brit actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53 on this day in history.
Jan 14 In the year 1976 margaret Leighton, actress (Best Man, Go-Between), dies at 53
Jan 17 On this day in history ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in auto-accident
Jan 18 Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes, Sparta), dies in crash [or 1/17] on this day in history.
Jan 19 In the year 1976 death of kevin Coughlin, actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in hit-&-run at 30
Jan 23 On this day in history aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44
Jan 26 In the year 1976 death of joão Branco Núncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901)
Jan 28 On this day in history chris Kenner, rocker (I Like it Like That), dies
Jan 29 On this day in history michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59
Jan 30 Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, SF Blues Great, dies at 80 on this day in history.
Jan 31 Ernesto Miranda, American litigant (b. 1941) died on this day in history.
Feb 01 In the year 1976 edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66
Feb 02 Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies on this day in history.
Feb 03 On this day in history neville Lindsay, cricketer (S Afr batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies
Feb 04 Edward Benjamin Britten, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1976.
Feb 05 Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69 in the year 1976.
Feb 06 In the year 1976 vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43
Feb 09 On this day in history death of percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908)
Feb 11 In the year 1976 alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills), dies
Feb 12 James Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52 on this day in history.
Feb 13 In the year 1976 death of general Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup
Feb 17 On this day in history jean Servais, Belgian actor (Every Man is My Enemy), dies at 65
Feb 18 In the year 1976 anton Betzner, writer, dies at 81
Feb 20 Kathryn Kuhlman, religious leader/faith healer, dies on this day in history.
Feb 21 Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32 in the year 1976.
Feb 22 Angela Baddeley, actress (Speckled Band), dies at 71 on this day in history.
Feb 23 In the year 1976 fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74