Famous Deaths for August 1976
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◀ 1975 1976 1977 ▶ | ||||||
Months in 1976: January February March April May June July September October November December
Deaths 1 - 35 of 35
2nd - Fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85
4th - Enrique Angelelli, Argentine bishop
4th - Roy Herbert Thomson, Canadian publisher (b. 1894)
5th - Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88
6th - Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist, dies at 73
7th - Cecil Weston, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86
7th - Murvyn Vye, actor (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 63
8th - John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered
9th - Jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet/novelist, dies at 65
9th - Max Vredenburg, composer, dies at 72
10th - Bert Oldfield, cricketer (54 Tests, 52 stumpings), dies
10th - Ray "Crash" Corrigan, cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch), dies at 74
12th - Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies
15th - Jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84
16th - Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 83
17th - Murvyn Vye, actor (Road to Bali, Escape to Burma), dies at 63
17th - William Redfield, actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop), dies at 48
19th - Alastair Sim, actor (Christmas Carol, Green for Danger), dies at 75
19th - Jeno Kenessey, composer, dies at 70
19th - Ken Wadsworth, cricketer (Exciting NZ keeper), dies of cancer at 29
20th - Phyllis Konstam, actress (Murder, Skin Game), dies at 69
21st - Ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies
22nd - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, pres of Brazil (1955-60), dies at 73
22nd - Oskar Brusewitz, East German vicar, sets self on fire
22nd - Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist (b. 1913)
24th - Michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76
25th - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author (Nobel-1974), dies at 76
25th - Perc Hornibrook, cricketer (6 Tests 1928-30, 17 wickets), dies
26th - Lotte (Krause-)Lehmann, German soprano (More than singing), dies at 88
26th - Warner Anderson, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Peyton Place), dies at 65
27th - Mukesh, Indian playback singer (b. 1923)
29th - Anissa Jones, actress (Buffy-Family Affair), ODs at 18
29th - Jimmy Reed, rocker, dies of epileptic seizure at 50
29th - Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (b. 1899)
31st - Kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81
