Explore notable deaths.

Dan Duva

1951–1996

boxing promoter

Official cause

brain cancer

Guy Doleman

1923–1996

actor, television actor

Official cause

lung cancer

Bob Thiele

1922–1996

record producer, composer, music executive

Official cause

kidney failure

Terence Reese

1913–1996

bridge player

Official cause

intoxication

Jamie Uys

1921–1996

film director, film producer, screenwriter

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Jerry Siegel

1914–1996

comics writer, writer, fanzine editor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Joseph Brodsky

1940–1996

poet, translator, essayist

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Pauline Braddy

1922–1996

jazz musician, musician

Official cause

influenza

Barbara Jordan

1936–1996

politician, university teacher, writer

Official cause

pneumonia

Mostafa Sid Ahmed

1953–1996

musician

Official cause

kidney failure

Rudolf Wanderone

1913–1996

pool player

Official cause

disease

Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho

1938–1996

politician

Official cause

traffic collision

Mykhaylo Khmelko

1919–1996

painter

Official cause

disease

Casey Elliott

1974–1996

racing driver

Official cause

bone cancer

Mark Herron

1928–1996

actor

Official cause

cancer

Amber Hagerman

1986–1996

Official cause

decapitation; back-up collision; sky burial; sarcoma

Elina Pohjanpää

1933–1996

actor, stage actor, film actor

Official cause

mouth cancer

Bob Flanagan

1952–1996

poet, songwriter, performance artist

Official cause

cystic fibrosis

Geoffrey Pardoe

1928–1996

military flight engineer, engineer

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Viatcheslav Nazarov

1952–1996

jazz musician, pianist

Official cause

traffic collision

Karl Targownik

1915–1996

psychiatrist

Official cause

Parkinson's disease

Derek Lodge

1929–1996

cricketer

Official cause

cancer

Gerry Godsoe

1942–1996

lawyer

Official cause

leukemia

John Pfeiffer

1920–1996

record producer, composer

Official cause

myocardial infarction