Famous Deaths Happened In 1976
Saturday, 22 February 2025
Jan 03 Mal Evans, Beatles' roadie, dies in the year 1976.
Jan 04 On this day in history jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84
Jan 05 Georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.
Jan 08 Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78 in the year 1976.
Jan 10 Chester Arthur Burnett, US blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65 on this day in history.
Jan 11 On this day in history mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test WI v England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17), dies
Jan 12 On this day in history agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85
Jan 13 On this day in history margaret Leighton, Brit actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53
Jan 14 On this day in history 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 On this day in history aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44
Jan 26 João Branco Núncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901) died in the year 1976.
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 Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, SF Blues Great, dies at 80 on this day in history.
Jan 31 On this day in history death of ernesto Miranda, American litigant (b. 1941)
Feb 01 On this day in history edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66
Feb 02 On this day in history harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies
Feb 03 Neville Lindsay, cricketer (S Afr batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies in the year 1976.
Feb 04 Edward Benjamin Britten, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
Feb 05 On this day in history roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69
Feb 06 In the year 1976 vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43
Feb 09 Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908) died in the year 1976.
Feb 11 Alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills), dies in the year 1976.
Feb 12 James Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52 in the year 1976.
Feb 13 On this day in history death of general Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup
Feb 17 In the year 1976 jean Servais, Belgian actor (Every Man is My Enemy), dies at 65
Feb 18 On this day in history anton Betzner, writer, dies at 81
Feb 20 On this day in history kathryn Kuhlman, religious leader/faith healer, dies
Feb 21 Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32 in the year 1976.
Feb 22 On this day in history angela Baddeley, actress (Speckled Band), dies at 71
Feb 23 Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74 on this day in history.