Famous Deaths In 1976
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
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 on this day in history.
Jan 12 Agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85 on this day in history.
Jan 13 Margaret Leighton, Brit actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53 in the year 1976.
Jan 14 Margaret Leighton, actress (Best Man, Go-Between), dies at 53 on this day in history.
Jan 17 In the year 1976 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 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 On this day in history 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 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 in the year 1976.
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 on this day in history.
Feb 02 On this day in history harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies
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 on this day in history.
Feb 05 In the year 1976 roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69
Feb 06 Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43 in the year 1976.
Feb 09 Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908) died in the year 1976.
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 on this day in history.
Feb 13 General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup died in the year 1976.
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 On this day in history florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32
Feb 22 Angela Baddeley, actress (Speckled Band), dies at 71 in the year 1976.
Feb 23 Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74 on this day in history.