Famous Deaths Happened In 1976
Thursday, 04 December 2025
Jan 03 Mal Evans, Beatles' roadie, dies on this day in history. 


Jan 04 Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84 on this day in history. 


Jan 05 In the year 1976 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 Chester Arthur Burnett, US blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65 on this day in history. 


Jan 11 Mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test WI v England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17), dies in the year 1976. 


Jan 12 Agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85 in the year 1976. 


Jan 13 Margaret Leighton, Brit actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53 on this day in history. 


Jan 14 Margaret Leighton, actress (Best Man, Go-Between), dies at 53 on this day in history. 


Jan 17 On this day in history ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in auto-accident 


Jan 18 On this day in history ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes, Sparta), dies in crash [or 1/17] 


Jan 19 In the year 1976 death of kevin Coughlin, actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in hit-&-run at 30 


Jan 23 In the year 1976 aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44 


Jan 26 João Branco Núncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901) died in the year 1976. 


Jan 28 Chris Kenner, rocker (I Like it Like That), dies on this day in history. 


Jan 29 On this day in history michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59 


Jan 30 On this day in history jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, SF Blues Great, dies at 80 


Jan 31 In the year 1976 death of ernesto Miranda, American litigant (b. 1941) 


Feb 01 In the year 1976 edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66 


Feb 02 In the year 1976 harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies 


Feb 03 In the year 1976 neville Lindsay, cricketer (S Afr batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies 


Feb 04 Edward Benjamin Britten, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history. 


Feb 05 Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69 on this day in history. 


Feb 06 Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43 on this day in history. 


Feb 09 Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908) died on this day in history. 


Feb 11 Alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills), dies on this day in history. 


Feb 12 James Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52 on this day in history. 


Feb 13 General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup died on this day in history. 


Feb 17 Jean Servais, Belgian actor (Every Man is My Enemy), dies at 65 in the year 1976. 


Feb 18 Anton Betzner, writer, dies at 81 in the year 1976. 


Feb 20 Kathryn Kuhlman, religious leader/faith healer, dies on this day in history. 


Feb 21 In the year 1976 florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32 


Feb 22 In the year 1976 angela Baddeley, actress (Speckled Band), dies at 71 


Feb 23 On this day in history fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74 


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