Famous Deaths Happened In 1976
Friday, 07 February 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 On this day in history georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84
Jan 08 Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78 in the year 1976.
Jan 10 In the year 1976 chester Arthur Burnett, US blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65
Jan 11 Mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test WI v England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17), dies in the year 1976.
Jan 12 On this day in history agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85
Jan 13 In the year 1976 margaret Leighton, Brit actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53
Jan 14 In the year 1976 margaret Leighton, actress (Best Man, Go-Between), dies at 53
Jan 17 Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in auto-accident in the year 1976.
Jan 18 On this day in history ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes, Sparta), dies in crash [or 1/17]
Jan 19 On this day in history death of kevin Coughlin, actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in hit-&-run at 30
Jan 23 Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44 on this day in history.
Jan 26 In the year 1976 death of joão Branco Núncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901)
Jan 28 Chris Kenner, rocker (I Like it Like That), dies in the year 1976.
Jan 29 Michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59 on this day in history.
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 in the year 1976.
Feb 01 Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66 in the year 1976.
Feb 02 Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies in the year 1976.
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 in the year 1976.
Feb 05 On this day in history roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69
Feb 06 On this day in history 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 On this day in history alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills), dies
Feb 12 James Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52 in the year 1976.
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 Anton Betzner, writer, dies at 81 in the year 1976.
Feb 20 In the year 1976 kathryn Kuhlman, religious leader/faith healer, dies
Feb 21 In the year 1976 florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32
Feb 22 On this day in history angela Baddeley, actress (Speckled Band), dies at 71
Feb 23 In the year 1976 fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74