Famous People Who Died in 1976 (Part 2)

Deaths 201 - 372 of 372

• Jun 28 Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer (Concrete Jungle, Zorro, Zulu), dies of pneumonia at 49
• Jun 29 Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek mathematician, dies at 62
• Jun 29 Leonora Summers [Lillian Hill], American vaudeville and silent film actress [Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ; Hoboken To Hollywood), dies at 78

• Jun 30 Firpo Marberry, American baseball player (Washington Senators), dies at 77
• Jul 1 Anneliese Michel, German woman said to be possessed by demons (b. 1952)
• Jul 2 Frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73
• Jul 3 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train), dies at 58
• Jul 4 Antoni Słonimski, Polish poet (b. 1895)
• Jul 4 Yonatan Netanyahu, Israel commander killed freeing Israeli hostages during Operation Entebbe in Uganda, at 30 years
• Jul 6 Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and Nazi eugenics influencer, dies at 89
• Jul 6 Zhu De, Chinese general and politician (commander-in-chief of Eighth Route Army), dies at 89
• Jul 7 Gustav Heinemann, President of West Germany (1969-74), dies at 76
• Jul 7 Norman Foster, American actor (Skyscraper Souls), dies at 75
• Jul 7 Walter Giesler, American soccer coach (b. 1910)
• Jul 9 Tom Yawkey, American Baseball HOF executive (owner Boston Red Sox 1933-76), dies from leukemia at 73
• Jul 12 Ted Mack, American TV host (The Original Amateur Hour), dies at 72

• Jul 13 Frederick Hawksworth, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1884)
• Jul 13 Joachim Peiper, German military leader (SS, by assassination; b. 1915)
• Jul 13 Max Butting, German composer, dies at 87
• Jul 15 Paul Gallico, American novelist (The Snow Goose; The Poseidon Adventure), dies of a heart attack at 78
• Jul 16 Carmelo Soria, Spanish diplomat assassinated in 1976 by the Chilean DINA
• Jul 18 Sally Salminen, Finnish writer (Katrina), dies at 70
• Jul 19 Gene Roth [Eugene Stutenroth], American actor (She Demons, Tormented, The Spider), dies at 73
• Jul 19 Sal Tas, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 70
• Jul 20 Samuel Mutendi, founder of the Zimbabwean Zion Christian Church, dies
• Jul 20 Tom Lowry, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 50s; first NZ Test captain), President NZ Thoroughbred Breeders Association 1951-65, dies at 78
• Jul 21 Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to Ireland, assassinated by the IRA at 54
• Jul 21 Earle Combs, American Baseball HOF center fielder (9 × World Series 1927, 28, 32, 36–39, 41, 43; New York Yankees), dies at 77
• Jul 22 Mortimer Wheeler, British archaeologist who introduced scientific methods, dies at 85
• Jul 23 Martin Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan author (Gamperaliya - The Uprooted/Changing Village), dies at 85
• Jul 23 Wilhelmina Von Bremen, American 4X100 relay sprinter (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 64

• Jul 24 Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (The Garden of Hope), dies at 64
• Jul 24 Leo Shuken, American film music composer and arranger (Stagecoach; The Fabulous Dorseys; The Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 69
• Jul 27 Ray Brennan, retired US Air Force captain, American Legion bookkeeper and the 1st American to die of "Legionnaire's Disease," dies of an apparent heart attack at 61
• Jul 28 Lucie Mannheim, German singer and actress (39 Steps), dies at 77
• Jul 29 Mickey Cohen, American gangster (Cohen crime family), dies at 62
• Jul 30 Emil Solomon "Solly" Sachs, South African socialist, dies in London
• Aug 2 Fritz Lang, Austrian-German-American director (M, Metropolis, Fury, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse), dies from a stroke at 85
• Aug 4 Enrique Angelelli, Argentine bishop
• Aug 4 Roy Herbert Thomson, Canadian publisher (b. 1894)
• Aug 5 Adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88
• Aug 5 Betty Clooney, American singer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 45
• Aug 6 Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist, dies at 73
• Aug 7 Cecil Weston, South African-born actress (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86
• Aug 8 John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered
• Aug 9 Jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet and novelist, dies at 65

• Aug 9 Max Vredenburg, Dutch composer and music critic, dies at 72 [1]
• Aug 10 Bert Oldfield, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (54 Tests, 130 dismissals, 4 x 50; NSW CA), dies at 81
• Aug 10 Ray "Crash" Corrigan, American actor (Crash Corrigan's Ranch), dies at 74
• Aug 11 Robert L. May, American advertising copy writer and creator of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, dies at 71
• Aug 12 Tom Driberg, English journalist, politician and possible spy, dies at 71
• Aug 15 Jean Haesaert, Flemish lawyer and sociologist, dies at 84
• Aug 17 Murvyn Vye [Marvin], American actor (Road to Bali, Bob Cummings Show), dies of natural causes at 63
• Aug 17 William Redfield, American actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage), dies of leukemia at 49
• Aug 19 Alastair Sim, Scottish actor (Christmas Carol, Green for Danger), dies at 75
• Aug 19 Jenö Kenessey, Hungarian conductor and composer, dies at 70
• Aug 19 Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (33 Tests, 96 dismissals, 5 x 50s; Central Districts CA), dies from cancer at 29
• Aug 20 Phyllis Konstam, British actress (Murder, Skin Game), dies at 69
• Aug 21 Ken James, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests, 16 dismissals; Wellington, Northamptonshire CCC), dies at 72
• Aug 22 Gina Bachauer, Greek classical pianist of Austrian heritage, dies at 63
• Aug 22 Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil (1955-60), dies at 73
• Aug 22 Oskar Brusewitz, East German vicar, sets himself on fire in protest of repression of religion at 47
• Aug 24 Michael Head, British organist, pianist, and composer, dies at 76
• Aug 25 Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist (Return to Ithaca; Nobel Prize for Literature, 1974), dies at 76
• Aug 25 Perc Hornibrook, Australian cricket slow-medium bowler (6 Tests; 17 wickets; best 7-92 1930), dies at 77

• Aug 26 Lotte Lehmann, German soprano (Der Rosenkavalier, More than singing), dies at 88
• Aug 26 Warner Anderson, American actor (The Bubble, Destination Moon, Peyton Place), dies at 65
• Aug 27 Mukesh [Mathur], Indian "playback singer" for Bollywood films, dies of a heart attack at 53
• Aug 28 Anissa Jones, American child actress (Family Affair - "Buffy"), dies of multiple drug intoxication at 18
• Aug 29 Jimmy Reed, American blues singer ("Soulin'"; "Big Boss Man"), dies of epileptic seizure at 50
• Aug 29 Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher, dies at 77
• Aug 31 Kornelis Heiko Miskotte, Dutch theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81
• Sep 2 Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish writer (b. 1934)
• Sep 5 Arthur Gilligan, English cricket all-rounder (11 Tests, 34 wickets; England captain 1924-25; Sussex CCC), dies at 81
• Sep 7 Daniel F. Galouye, American sci-fi author (Dark Universe, Last Leap), dies at 56
• Sep 8 Asen Karastoyanov, Bulgarian composer, dies at 83
• Sep 8 Joaquin Zamacois Soler, Chilean-Spanish composer, dies at 81

• Sep 10 Dalton Trumbo, American writer and film director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70
• Sep 10 Dorothy Devore, American silent film actress (Newscast, Senor Daredevil), dies at 77
• Sep 10 George Baxter, French actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged), dies at 71
• Sep 10 John Heaton, American sledder (Olympic silver skeleton 1928, 48, bronze bobsled 1932; American team's flag bearer 1948), dies at 68
• Sep 10 Mordecai Johnson, 1st African American president of Howard U, dies at 86
• Sep 11 Jan Kunc, Czech composer (Czech State Anthem), dies at 93
• Sep 13 Albert Tessier, French Canadian priest, historian and filmmaker (b. 1895)
• Sep 13 Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
• Sep 20 Johan Boskamp, Dutch opera singer and actor, dies at 85
• Sep 20 Kermit Bloomgarden, American producer (The Diary of Anne Frank, The Music Man), dies at 71
• Sep 21 Orlando Letelier, Chilean economist and politician, dies at 44
• Sep 24 Bruno VeSota, American character actor and director (They Stand Accused, Chopper, Teenage Doll, Wild Rovers), dies of a heart attack at 54
• Sep 24 Romney Brent, Mexican-American actor and writer (Dinner at the Ritz), dies at 74
• Sep 25 Red Faber, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1917; AL ERA leader 1921, 22; Chicago White Sox 1914-33), dies from heart disease at 88
• Sep 26 (Louis Charles) "L. C." Robinson, American blues singer, guitarist, fiddler, and electric steel guitar player, dies of a heart attack at 62
• Sep 26 Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist (Nobel 1939), dies at 89
• Sep 27 Miloš Sokola, Czech violinist and composer, dies at 63
• Sep 30 Louis Fourestier, French cellist, composer (Polynice; Patria), conductor (Paris Opera, 1938-65), and pedagogue (Paris Conservatoire, 1945-65), dies at 84
• Oct 3 Herb Flemming [Nicolaiih El-Michelle], American jazz trombonist and vocalist, dies at 77
• Oct 3 Victoria Spivey, American vaudeville and blues singer, pianist, organist, and songwriter ("Dope Head Blues"; Organ Grinder Blues"), dies at 69
• Oct 4 Alexander Gray, American actor (Sally, This is Music), dies at 85
• Oct 5 Barbara Nichols, American actress (Dear Heart, Disorderly Orderly), dies of complications from organ damage at 47
• Oct 5 Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
• Oct 6 Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)
• Oct 7 Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Estonian-American composer (Variazioni Concertanti), dies at 73
• Oct 9 Walter Warlimont, German military officer (WW - 2nd Lieutenant inI; WWII General), and convicted war criminal, dies at 82
• Oct 10 Connee Boswell, American jazz singer (Pete Kelly's Blue), dies at 68
• Oct 10 Silvana Armenulic, Yugoslavian folk singer (b. 1939)
• Oct 11 Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (b. 1897)
• Oct 12 José Rozo Contreras, Colombian saxophonist, conductor, and composer, dies at 82
• Oct 14 Edith Evans, English actress (Tom Jones, Scrooge, Chalk Garden), dies at 88

• Oct 18 Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian Telugu writer (Ramayana Kalpa Vrukshamu, Veyipadagalu), dies at 81
• Oct 23 Leonard Lee, American vocalist (Shirley & Lee - "I'm Gone"), dies at 40
• Oct 24 Richard Sturzenegger, Swiss composer and cellist, dies at 70
• Oct 25 Raymond Queneau [M Presle], French writer (Last Days), dies at 73
• Oct 27 Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 57
• Oct 31 Linda Watkins, American actress (From Hell it Came, Harpy), dies at 68
• Nov 1 Oscar Beregi Jr, Hungarian actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City), dies of a heart attack at 58

• Nov 8 Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis player (French C'ship 1934, 36), dies in a car accident at 67
• Nov 9 Billy Halop [William Halop Cohen], American actor (Angels with Dirty Faces, All in the Family), dies of a heart attack at 56
• Nov 10 Theodore Besterman, British bibliographer and psychical researcher, dies at 71

• Nov 11 Eric Davies, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets; East Province, Transvaal), dies at 67
• Nov 12 Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1893)

• Nov 15 Jean Gabin, French actor (Moulin Rouge, La Grande Illusion), dies at 72
• Nov 17 Victor Alessandro, composer, dies at 60
• Nov 18 Man Ray, American artist (Dada), dies at 86
• Nov 19 Basil Spence, Scottish architect (Coventry Cathedral), dies at 69
• Nov 19 Wayne Millner, American NFL Hall of Fame football end, 1936-45 (Boston/Washington Redskins), and US Navy WWII veteran, dies of a heart attack at 63
• Nov 20 Trofim Lysenko, Soviet biologist and agronomist, dies at 78
• Nov 21 Niles Welch, American actor (Cornered), dies at 88
• Nov 22 Rupert Davies, actor (Zeppelin, Oblong Box), dies at 59

• Nov 27 Victor Alessandro, American orchestral conductor (Oklahoma City; San Antonio), dies on his 61st birthday
• Nov 28 (Catherine) Rosalind Russell, American stage and screen actress (His Girl Friday; Auntie Mame; Gypsy), dies of breast cancer at 69
• Nov 28 Robert Fleming, Canadian composer, dies at 55
• Nov 29 Godfrey Cambridge, American actor (Cotton comes to Harlem), dies of a heart attack at 43
• Nov 29 Judith Lowry, American actress (Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds), dies at 86
• Nov 30 Fritz Rasp, German actor (Diary of a Lost Girl), dies at 85
• Dec 1 George Earnshaw, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1929-30; Philadelphia Athletics), dies at 76
• Dec 2 Danny Murtaugh, American baseball infielder (NL stolen base leader 1941 Philadelphia Phillies) and manager (World Series 1960, 71; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies from a stroke at 59
• Dec 2 William Tannen, American actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65
• Dec 3 Mary Nash, actress (Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91
• Dec 4 Ace Gutowsky, Russian/American football fullback (Portsmouth Spartans, Brooklyn Dodgers; NFL C'ship 1935, Detroit Lions), dies of cancer at 67
• Dec 4 Tommy Bolin, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Deep Purple), dies of heroin and other substances overdose at 25
• Dec 4 W. F. McCoy, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886)

• Dec 5 Benjamin Thackston "Tack" Knight, American cartoonist ("Little Folks"), dies at 81
• Dec 6 João Goulart, Brazilian politician (President of Brazil, 1961-94), dies mysteriously at 57
• Dec 9 Nino Martini, Italian actor (The Gay Desperado, Here's to Romance), dies from a heart attack at 71

• Dec 12 John "Jack" Cassidy, American stage and screen actor and Grammy Award-winning singer (Shangri-La; The Eiger Sanction: She Loves Me; Columbo), dies in an apartment fire at 49
• Dec 12 Vinko Zganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (b. 1890)
• Dec 13 Eduard Claudius, writer, dies
• Dec 16 George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies
• Dec 16 Réal Caouette, French Canadian politician (Social Credit Party of Canada), dies at 59
• Dec 20 Richard J Daley, American politician (38th Mayor-Chicago-D:1955-76), dies of a heart attack at 74
• Dec 20 Walter Fitzgerald, actor (Adv of Sadie, Fallen Idol), dies at 80
• Dec 21 Edward Bartlett, cricketer (WI Test batsman in 5 Tests 1928-31), dies
• Dec 22 Martin Luis Guzman, Mexican novelist (Eagle & the Serpent), dies at 89
• Dec 23 Frank Forest [Hayek], American actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies at 80
• Dec 23 Walter Bauer, German Canadian writer, dies at 72
• Dec 24 Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, unfulfilled claimant to the throne of Portugal, dies at 69
• Dec 24 Victor Stanitsin, actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79
• Dec 25 Arthur Mitchell, English cricket batsman (6 Tests, 2 x 50; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 74
• Dec 25 Frankie Darro [Frank Johnson], American actor (Radio Ranch, Wild Boys of the Road, Valley of Wanted Men), dies of a heart attack at 58
• Dec 26 Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician (U.S. Senator (D) from Michigan, 1959-76), dies from cancer at 64
• Dec 27 Main Rousseau Bocher, American uniform designer (Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves), dies at 86
• Dec 28 Freddie King, American blues singer (Hideaway), dies at 42
• Dec 28 Katharine Byron, U.S. Congresswoman, dies at 73
• Dec 29 Ivo van Damme, Belgian 800/1500 m sprinter (Olympic silver 1976), dies at 22

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