Famous Deaths Happened In 1976

Jan 03 Mal Evans, Beatles' roadie, dies in the year 1976.  

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

Jan 05 Georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 13 On this day in history margaret Leighton, Brit actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53  

Jan 14 Margaret Leighton, actress (Best Man, Go-Between), dies at 53 in the year 1976.  

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 Kevin Coughlin, actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in hit-&-run at 30 died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 26 João Branco Núncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901) died on this day in history.  

Jan 28 In the year 1976 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 On this day in history jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, SF Blues Great, dies at 80  

Jan 31 Ernesto Miranda, American litigant (b. 1941) died in the year 1976.  

Feb 01 On this day in history 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 Neville Lindsay, cricketer (S Afr batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies in the year 1976.  

Feb 04 On this day in history edward Benjamin Britten, composer, dies at 62  

Feb 05 On this day in history roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69  

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 in the year 1976.  

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 On this day in history death of general Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup  

Feb 17 Jean Servais, Belgian actor (Every Man is My Enemy), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Feb 18 On this day in history anton Betzner, writer, dies at 81  

Feb 20 Kathryn Kuhlman, religious leader/faith healer, dies in the year 1976.  

Feb 21 Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32 in the year 1976.  

Feb 22 In the year 1976 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  

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Jan 02 Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jumper was born on this day in history.  

Jan 18 Laurence Courtois, Kortrijk Belg, tennis star (1995 finalist Jakarta) was born in the year 1976.  

Jan 18 In the year 1976 birth of vincent Polvliet, soccer player (FC Utrecht)  

Jan 18 Damien Leith, Australian Idol 2006 was born in the year 1976.  

Feb 29 On this day in history birth of bryan Gillooly, Auburn NY, diver (Olympics-96)  

Feb 29 On this day in history birth of ja Rule, American rapper and actor  

Feb 29 Emma Barton, English actress was born in the year 1976.  

Feb 29 In the year 1976 birth of terrence Long, American baseball player