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HAMISH IMLACH = SCOTTISH = = Folk Singer/Musician and Comic = |
Born: 10 February 1940 Calcutta, BRITISH INDIA | Died: 1 January 1996 Motherwell, SCOTLAND |
55 | |
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DANNY WHITE = AMERICAN = = Singer/Bandleader = |
Born: JOSEPH DANIEL WHITE 6 July 1931 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 5 January 1996 Capitol Heights, Maryland, USA |
84 | Stroke |
 LES BAXTER = AMERICAN = = Musician and Composer = |
Born: LESLIE THOMPSON BAXTER 14 March 1922 Mexia, Texas, USA | Died: 15 January 1996 Newport Beach, California, USA |
73 | |
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ROBERT COVINGTON = AMERICAN = = Drummer/Singer = |
Born: 13 December 1941 Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA | Died: 17 January 1996 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
54 | |
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MOSTAFA SID AHMED = SUDANESE = = Singer = |
Born: MUSTAFA SID AHMAD ALMAGBUL 1953 Wad Sulfaab, SUDAN | Died: 17 January 1996 |
43 | |
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BUSTER BENTON = AMERICAN = = Singer/Guitarist = |
Born: ARLEY BENTON 19 July 1932 Texarkana, Arkansas, USA | Died: 20 January 1996 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
63 | From the effects of Diabetes |
 GERRY MULLIGAN = AMERICAN = = Jazz Saxophonist, Clarinetist, Composer and Arranger = associated acts: Gil Evans Miles Davis Chet Baker Lee Konitz Paul Desmond Billy Taylor Ben Webster Duke Ellington Stan Getz Dave Brubeck Bob Brookmeyer Zoot Sims Claude Thornhill Stan Kenton Astor Piazzolla |
Born: GERALD JOSEPH MULLIGAN 6 April 1927 Queens Village, Queens, New York, USA | Died: 20 January 1996 Darien, Connecticut, USA |
68 | Following Complications from Knee Surgery |
 EDEM EPHRAIM = ENGLISH-born GERMAN = = Singer = associated acts: London Boys |
Born: 1 July 1959 London, ENGLAND | Died: 21 January 1996 Austrian Alps, AUSTRIA |
37 | Car Accident |
 DENNIS FULLER = JAMAICAN-born GERMAN = = Singer = associated acts: London Boys |
Born: 19 June 1959 JAMAICA | Died: 21 January 1996 Austrian Alps, AUSTRIA |
37 | Car Accident |
 JONATHAN LARSON = AMERICAN = = Composer and Playwright = |
Born: JONATHAN DAVID LARSON 4 February 1960 White Plains, New York, USA | Died: 25 January 1996 New York, New York, USA |
35 | Aortic Dissection |
 HENRY LEWIS = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Double-Bassist and Orchestral Conductor = |
Born: HENRY JAY LEWIS 16 October 1932 Los Angeles, California, USA | Died: 26 January 1996 Echo Park, California, USA |
63 | Heart Attack |
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BOB THIELE = AMERICAN = = Record Producer = |
Born: 27 July 1922 Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, USA | Died: 30 January 1996 Manhattan, New York, USA |
73 | Kidney Failure |
 GENE KELLY = AMERICAN = = Dancer, Actor of Film, Stage and Television, Singer, = = Film Director, Producer and Choreographer = |
Born: EUGENE CURRAN KELLY 23 August 1912 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 2 February 1996 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
83 | After several Strokes |
 AUDREY MEADOWS = AMERICAN = = Actress, Banker, and Memoirist = |
Born: AUDREY COTTER 8 February 1922 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 3 February 1996 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
73 | Lung Cancer |
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WILD JIMMY SPRUILL = AMERICAN = = Session Guitarist = |
Born: JAMES EDGAR SPRUILL 9 June 1934 Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA | Died: 3 February 1996 Washington, D.C., USA |
61 | Heart Attack |
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BORIS TCHAIKOVSKY = SOVIET-RUSSIAN = = Composer = |
Born: BORIS ALEXANDROVICH TCHAIKOVSKY 10 September 1925 Moscow, RUSSIA | Died: 7 February 1996 |
70 | |
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DANIEL K WOMACK = AMERICAN = = Singer/Guitarist = |
Born: 24 December 1904 Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA | Died: 13 February 1996 Peabody, Massachusetts, USA |
91 | |
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"BROWNIE" McGHEE = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer/Guitarist = associated acts: Stick McGhee Sonny Terry |
Born: WALTER BROWN McGHEE 30 November 1915 Knoxville, Tennessee, USA | Died: 16 February 1996 Oakland, California, USA |
80 | Stomach Cancer |
 EVELYN LAYE = ENGLISH = = Actress/Singer = |
Born: ELSIE EVELYN LAY 10 July 1900 Bloomsbury, London, ENGLAND | Died: 17 February 1996 London, ENGLAND |
95 | Respiratory Failure |
 TORU TAKEMITSU = JAPANESE = = Composer and Writer on Aesthetics and Music Theory = |
Born: 8 October 1930 Tokyo, JAPAN | Died: 20 February 1996 |
65 | Pneumonia |
 MORTON GOULD = AMERICAN = = Composer, Conductor Arranger, ASCAP President = |
Born: 10 December 1913 Richmond Hill, New York, USA | Died: 21 February 1996 Orlando, Florida, USA |
82 | |
 MIECZYSŁAW WEINBERG = SOVIET of POLISH-JEWISH origin = = Composer = |
Born: 8 December 1919 Warsaw, POLAND | Died: 26 February 1996 Moscow, RUSSIA |
76 | |
 MINNIE PEARL = AMERICAN = = Country Comedian = |
Born: SARAH OPHELIA COLLEY 25 October 1912 Centerville, Hickman County Tennessee, USA | Died: 4 March 1996 Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
83 | |
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PAUL LEWIS HARRHY = = = Actor/Opera Singer = starred in: (Intelligence Park) |
Born: 6 September 1957 | Died: 8 March 1996 |
38 | |
 GEORGE BURNS = AMERICAN = = Comedian, Actor, Singer, and Writer = |
Born: NATHAN BIRNBAUM 20 January 1896 New York City, USA | Died: 9 March 1996 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
100 | |
 OLGA RUDGE = AMERICAN-born = = Concert Violinist = |
Born: 13 April 1895 Youngstown, Ohio, USA | Died: 15 March 1996 Venice, ITALY |
100 | |
 JOSEPH LEE POPE = AMERICAN = = Singer = associated acts: The Tams |
Born: 6 November 1933 Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Died: 16 March 1996 |
62 | |
 TERRY STAFFORD = AMERICAN = = Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: TERRY LeVERNE STAFFORD 22 November 1941 Hollis, Oklahoma, USA | Died: 17 March 1996 Amarillo, Texas, USA |
54 | Liver Failure |
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DON MURRAY = AMERICAN = = Drummer = associated acts: The Turtles |
Born: DONALD RAY MURRAY 8 November 1945 Inglewood, California, USA | Died: 22 March 1996 |
50 | Post-Operative Complications |
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LOLA BELTRÁN = MEXICAN = = Singer = |
Born: MARIA LUCIA BELTRÁN ALCAYAGA 1931 Sinaloa, MEXICO | Died: 24 March 1996 Mexico City, MEXICO |
66 | |
 JEFFREY LEE PIERCE = AMERICAN = = Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist and Author = associated acts: The Gun Club |
Born: 27 June 1958 Montebello, California, USA | Died: 31 March 1996 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
37 | |
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BOOBA BARNES = AMERICAN = = Delta Blues Guitarist and Singer = |
Born: ROOSEVELT MELVIN BARNES 25 September 1936 Longwood, Washington County, Mississippi, USA | Died: 2 April 1996 Chicago, USA |
59 | Lung Cancer |
 DONALD ADAMS = ENGLISH = = Opera Singer and Actor = |
Born: CHARLES DONALD ADAMS 20 December 1928 Bristol, ENGLAND | Died: 8 April 1996 Norwich, ENGLAND |
67 | Brain Tumour |
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BERNARD EDWARDS = AMERICAN = = Bass Player, Singer, Songwriter and Record Producer = associated acts: Chic The Power Station Sister Sledge |
Born: 31 October 1952 Greenville, North Carolina, USA | Died: 18 April 1996 Tokyo, JAPAN |
43 | Pneumonia |
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CELEDONIO ROMERO = SPANISH = = Guitarist, Composer and Poet = founder of: The Romeros guitar quartet |
Born: 2 March 1913 Cienfuegos, CUBA | Died: 8 May 1996 San Diego, California, USA |
83 | Lung Cancer |
 ETHEL SMITH = AMERICAN = = Organist = |
Born: ETHEL GOLDSMITH 22 November 1902 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 10 May 1996 Palm Beach, Florida, USA |
93 | |
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BRUCE BOYCE = CANADIAN-born AMERICAN = = Baritone Singer of Opera, Oratorio and Lieder = |
Born: JOHN BRUCE McCLAREN 1910 London, Ontario, CANADA | Died: 11 May 1996 Bishop Auckland, County Durham, ENGLAND |
85 | |
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WALTER HYATT = AMERICAN = = Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: 25 October 1949 Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA | Died: 11 May 1996 Following a gig in Key West |
46 | Plane crash of ValuJet Flight 592 |
 JOHNNY "GUITAR" WATSON = AMERICAN = = Blues, Soul, and Funk Musician and Singer-Songwriter = |
Born: JOHN WATSON Jr. aka: Young John Watson 3 February 1935 Houston, Texas, USA | Died: 17 May 1996 Yokohama, JAPAN |
61 | Myocardial Infarction |
 KEVIN GILBERT = AMERICAN = = Songwriter, Musician, Composer, Producer and Collaborator = associated acts: Toy Matinee Tuesday Night Music Club |
Born: KEVIN MATTHEW GILBERT 20 November 1966 Sacramento, California, USA | Died: 18 May 1996 Los Angeles, USA |
29 | From apparent Autoerotic Asphyxiation |
 BRADLEY NOWELL = AMERICAN = = Guitarist, Songwriter, Music Producer = associated acts: Sublime |
Born: BRADLEY JAMES NOWELL 22 February 1968 Long Beach, California, USA | Died: 25 May 1996 San Francisco, California, USA |
28 | Heroin Overdose |
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JOHN KAHN = AMERICAN = = Electric and Acoustic Bassist = associated acts: Jerry Garcia Old and in the Way Legion of Mary Paul Butterfield |
Born: 13 June 1947 Memphis, Tennessee, USA | Died: 30 May 1996 Mill Valley, California, USA |
48 | Heart Attack |
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ELSBEARY HOBBS = AMERICAN = = Singer = associated acts: The Drifters {1958-1960} |
Born: | Died: 31 May 1996 |
59 | |
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WALTER PARDON = ENGLISH = = Carpenter/Ttraditional Singer = |
Born: 4 March 1914 Knapton, Norfolk, ENGLAND | Died: 9 June 1996 Swafield churchyard [buried] |
81 | |
 ELLA FITZGERALD = AMERICAN = = Singer = |
Born: ELLA JANE FITZGERALD 25 April 1917 Newport News, Virginia, USA | Died: 15 June 1996 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
79 | Diabetes Mellitus |
 JIM ELLISON = AMERICAN = = Singer and Guitarist = associated acts: Material Issue |
Born: JAMES WALTER ELLISON 18 April 1964 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA | Died: 20 June 1996 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA |
32 | Suicide by Carbon Monoxide Poisoning |
 JONATHAN MELVOIN = AMERICAN = = Musician = associated acts: The Smashing Pumpkins The Revolution Wendy & Lisa |
Born: 6 December 1961 Los Angeles, USA | Died: 12 July 1996 New York City, USA |
34 | Heroin Overdose |
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JOHN PANOZZO = AMERICAN = = Drummer = associated acts: Styx |
Born: JOHN ANTHONY PANOZZO 20 September 1948 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 16 July 1996 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
47 | Gastrointestinal Hemorrhaging and Cirrhosis |
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CHAS CHANDLER = ENGLISH = = Musician, Record Producer and Manager = associated acts: The Animals The Jimi Hendrix Experience Soft Machine Slade |
Born: BRYAN JAMES CHANDLER 18 December 1938 Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, ENGLAND | Died: 17 July 1996 Newcastle upon Tyne, ENGLAND |
57 | Aortic Aneurysm |
 MARCEL DADI = TUNISIAN-born Jewish FRENCH = = Guitarist = |
Born: 20 August 1951 Sousse, TUNISIA | Died: 17 July 1996 off the coast of Long Island, New York, USA |
45 | When N93119, the Boeing 747 on TWA Flight 800, exploded off the coast of Long Island |
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ROB COLLINS = ENGLISH = = Musician = original keyboardist of: The Charlatans |
Born: ROBERT JAMES COLLINS 23 February 1963 Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, ENGLAND | Died: 22 July 1996 WALES |
33 | Killed in a car crash while driving his BMW 520i on a country road outside Monmouth. An investigation into the accident showed that Collins had consumed a sizable amount of alcohol and was not wearing a seatbelt. |
 TAMARA DANZ = GERMAN = = Singer and Lyricist = associated acts: Silly |
Born: 14 December 1952 Breitungen (Thuringia), GERMANY | Died: 22 July 1996 |
43 | Breast Cancer |
 JASON THIRSK = AMERICAN = = Musician = associated acts: Pennywise Humble Gods |
Born: JASON MATTHEW THIRSK 25 December 1967 Hermosa Beach, California, USA | Died: 29 July 1996 |
28 | Suicide by self-inflicted gunshot wound |
 FRIDA BOCCARA = FRENCH = = Singer = |
Born: DANIELLE FRIDA HÉLÈNE BOCCARA 29 October 1940 Casablanca, MOROCCO | Died: 1 August 1996 Paris, FRANCE |
55 | Pulmonary Infection after some health problems |
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MEL TAYLOR = AMERICAN = = Drummer = associated acts: Boris Pickett Herb Alpert The Ventures |
Born: 24 September 1933 | Died: 11 August 1996 |
62 | Cancer |
 DAVID TUDOR = AMERICAN = = Pianist and Composer of Experimental Music = associated acts: John Cage Merce Cunningham |
Born: DAVID EUGENE TUDOR 20 January 1926 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 13 August 1996 Tomkins Cove, New York, USA |
70 | |
 SERGIU CELIBIDACHE = ROMANIAN = = Conductor, Composer and Teacher = |
Born: 11 July [O.S. 28 June] 1912 Roman, ROMANIA | Died: 14 August 1996 La Neuville-sur-Essonne, FRANCE |
84 | |
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AL CLEVELAND = AMERICAN = = Songwriter = |
Born: ALFRED W. CLEVELAND 11 March 1930 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 14 August 1996 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
66 | Heart Disease |
 JURRIAAN ANDRIESSEN = Dutch = = Composer = |
Born: JURRIAAN HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN 15 November 1925 Haarlem, THE NETHERLANDS | Died: 19 August 1996 The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS |
71 | |
 RIO REISER = GERMAN = = Rock Singer = associated acts: Ton Steine Scherben |
Born: RALPH CHRISTIAN MÖBIUS 9 January 1950 Berlin, GERMANY | Died: 20 August 1996 Fresenhagen, GERMANY |
46 | A Circulatory Collapse after Internal Bleeding |
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SYLVIA FISHER = AUSTRALIAN = = Operatic Singer = |
Born: 18 April 1910 Melbourne, AUSTRALIA | Died: 25 August 1996 |
86 | |
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VAGN HOLMBOE = DANISH = = Composer and Teacher = |
Born: VAGN GYLDING HOLMBOE 20 December 1909 Horsens, Jutland, DENMARK | Died: 1 September 1996 Ramløse, DENMARK |
83 | |
 LJUBA WELITSCH = BULGARIAN-born AUSTRIAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 10 July 1913 Borissovo, BULGARIA | Died: 2 September 1996 Vienna, AUSTRIA |
83 | |
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BILL MONROE = AMERICAN = = Bluegrass Singer, Composer and Mandolin Player = associated acts: Blue Grass Boys Birch Monroe Carter Stanley Earl Scruggs Lester Flatt Emmylou Harris |
Born: WILLIAM SMITH MONROE 13 September 1911 Rosine, Kentucky, USA | Died: 9 September 1996 Springfield, Tennessee, USA |
84 | |
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ELEAZAR DE CARVALHO = BRAZILIAN = = Conductor and Composer = associated acts: St. Louis Symphony |
Born: 28 June 1912 Iguatu, Ceará, BRAZIL | Died: 12 September 1996 São Paulo, BRAZIL |
84 | |
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SILAS ROY CRAIN = AMERICAN = = Singer/Songwriter = associated acts: The Soul Stirrers |
Born: Augustine, Texas, USA | Died: 13 September 1996 Vallejo, California, USA |
85 | |
 TUPAC SHAKUR = AMERICAN = = Rapper, Poet, and Actor = associated acts: Mopreme Shakur Digital Underground Snoop Dogg Side Weighs Stretch Thug Life Outlawz |
Born: LESANE PARISH CROOKS aka: 2Pac Makaveli 16 June 1971 East Harlem, New York, USA | Died: 13 September 1996 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
25 | Shot |
 BOB GIBSON = AMERICAN = = Folk Singer = associated acts: Hamilton Camp |
Born: SAMUEL ROBERT GIBSON 16 November 1931 Brooklyn, New York, USA | Died: 28 September 1996 Portland, Oregon, USA |
64 | |
 JOONAS KOKKONEN = FINNISH = = Composer = |
Born: 13 November 1921 Iisalmi, FINLAND | Died: 2 October 1996 |
75 | |
 TED DAFFAN = AMERICAN = = Country Musician = |
Born: THERON EUGENE DAFFAN 21 September 1912 Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, USA | Died: 6 October 1996 |
84 | |
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RENATO RUSSO = BRAZILIAN = = Singer-Songwriter, Lyricist, Musician = associated acts: Legião Urbana Aborto Elétrico |
Born: RENATO MANFREDINI, Jr. 27 March 1960 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL | Died: 11 October 1996 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL |
36 | Due to complications caused by AIDS (he had been HIV-positive since 1989, but never revealed it publicly) |
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BERTHOLD GOLDSCHMIDT = GERMAN = = Composer = |
Born: 18 January 1903 Hamburg, GERMANY | Died: 17 October 1996 London, ENGLAND |
93 | |
 CHRIS ACLAND = ENGLISH = = Drummer = associated acts: Lush |
Born: CHRISTOPHER JOHN DYKE ACLAND 7 September 1966 Lancaster, ENGLAND | Died: 17 October 1996 Burneside, ENGLAND |
30 | Suicide by Hanging |
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EVA CASSIDY = AMERICAN = = Singer, Guitarist, Recording artist, Performer, = = Landscaper = |
Born: EVA MARIE CASSIDY 2 February 1963 Maryland, Washington DC, USA | Died: 2 November 1996 Bowie, Maryland, USA |
33 | Skin Cancer |
 EDDIE HARRIS = AMERICAN = = Jazz Saxophonist, Pianist and Organist = associated acts: Johnny Griffin Nat King Cole |
Born: 20 October 1934 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 5 November 1996 Los Angeles, California, USA |
62 | Congestive Heart Failure |
 MANIK VARMA = INDIAN = = Classical Musician/Singer = |
Born: MANIK DADARKAR 16 May 1926 | Died: 10 November 1996 |
70 | |
 BILL DOGGETT = AMERICAN = = Jazz and Rhythm and Blues Pianist and Organist = |
Born: WILLIAM BALLARD DOGGETT 16 February 1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 13 November 1996 New York City, New York, USA |
80 | Heart Attack |
 JOAN HAMMOND = AUSTRALIAN = = Operatic Soprano, Singing Coach and Champion Golfer = |
Born: JOAN HILDA HOOD HAMMOND 24 May 1912 Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND | Died: 26 November 1996 Bowral, AUSTRALIA |
84 | |
 TINY TIM = AMERICAN = = Singer, most of the time Ukulele Player, and Musical Archivist = |
Born: HERBERT BUCKINGHAM KHAURY 12 April 1932 Manhattan, New York, USA | Died: 30 November 1996 Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA |
64 | Cardiac Arrest Complications of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy |
 WILF CARTER = CANADIAN = = Country Singer = |
Born: WILFRED ARTHUR CHARLES CARTER aka: Montana Slim The Yodelling Cowboy 18 December 1904 Port Hilford, Nova Scotia, CANADA | Died: 5 December 1996 Scottsdale, Arizona, USA |
91 | |
 PATTY DONAHUE = AMERICAN = = Singer = associated acts: The Waitresses |
Born: PATRICIA JEAN DONAHUE 29 March 1956 Cleveland, Ohio, USA | Died: 9 December 1996 New York, New York, USA |
40 | Lung Cancer |
 FARON YOUNG = AMERICAN = = Country Singer and Actor = |
Born: 25 February 1932 Shreveport, Louisiana, USA | Died: 10 December 1996 Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
64 | Suicide by shooting himself the previous day |
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MAE BARNES = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Jazz Singer, Dancer and Comic Entertainer = |
Born: EDITH MAE STITH 23 January 1907 (uncertain) New York City, USA | Died: 13 December 1996 New York City, USA |
89 | Cancer |
 RUBY MURRAY = BRITISH = = Singer = |
Born: RUBY FLORENCE MURRAY 29 March 1935 Donegall Road, Belfast, NORTHERN IRELAND | Died: 17 December 1996 Torquay, Devon, ENGLAND |
61 | Liver Cancer |
 RINA KETTY = FRENCH = = Singer = |
Born: CESARINA PICCHETTO 1 March 1911 Sarzana, ITALY | Died: 23 December 1996 Broussailles hospital of Cannes, FRANCE |
85 | |
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MIREILLE = FRENCH = = Singer, Composer, and Actress = |
Born: MIREILLE HARTUCH 30 September 1906 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 29 December 1996 Paris, FRANCE |
90 | |
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JERRY KNIGHT = AMERICAN = = Vocalist, Bassist, Songwriter and Producer = associated acts: Raydio |
Born: JERRY ERNEST KNIGHT 17 April 1952 Los Angeles, California, USA | Died: 29 December 1996 Los Angeles, California, USA |
44 | Cancer |
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