The 1990s

1996 30 years ago

Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (born 1961)

Alo Mattiisen was an Estonian musician and composer.

Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (born 1961)

1996 30 years ago

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (born 1913)

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was an Indian politician who served as the president of India from 1977 to 1982. Beginning a long political career with the Indian National Congress in the ind…

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (born 1913)

1996 30 years ago

Renzo De Felice, Italian historian and author (born 1929)

Renzo De Felice was an Italian historian who specialized in the Fascist era. Among other works, he authored a 6000-page biography of Mussolini. He argued that Mussolini was a revol…

Renzo De Felice, Italian historian and author (born 1929)

1996 30 years ago

Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (born 1920)

Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and author known for his strong advocacy of psychedelic drugs. Evaluations of Leary are polarized, ranging from "bold oracle" to …

Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (born 1920)

1996 30 years ago

John Alton, Hungarian-American cinematographer and director (born 1901)

John Alton was an American cinematographer of Hungarian-German origin. Alton photographed some of the most famous films noir of the classic period and won an Academy Award for the …

John Alton, Hungarian-American cinematographer and director (born 1901)

1996 30 years ago

Leon Garfield, English author (born 1921)

Leon Garfield FRSL was a British writer of fiction. He is best known for children's historical novels, though he also wrote for adults. He wrote more than thirty books and scripted…

Leon Garfield, English author (born 1921)

1996 30 years ago

Ray Combs, American game show host (born 1956)

Raymond Neil Combs Jr. was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and game show host. He began his professional career in the late 1970s. His popularity on the stand-up circuit led …

Ray Combs, American game show host (born 1956)

1996 30 years ago

Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian poet and scholar (born 1933)

Kuber Nath Rai, also written as Kubernath Ray and Kuber Nath Ray, was a writer and scholar of Hindi literature and Sanskrit.

Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian poet and scholar (born 1933)

1996 30 years ago

George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist; awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 for

George Davis Snell NAS was an American mouse geneticist and basic transplant immunologist.

George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist; awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 for

1996 30 years ago

George Hees, Canadian soldier, football player, and politician (born 1910)

George Harris Hees was a Canadian politician and businessman.

George Hees, Canadian soldier, football player, and politician (born 1910)

1996 30 years ago

Jo Van Fleet, American actress (born 1915)

Jo Van Fleet was an American stage, film, and television actress. During her long career, which spanned over four decades, she often played characters much older than her actual ag…

Jo Van Fleet, American actress (born 1915)

1996 30 years ago

Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress (born 1908)

Brigitte Helm was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis.

Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress (born 1908)

1996 30 years ago

Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (born 1908)

Noemí Gerstein was an Argentine sculptor, illustrator and plastic artist.

Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (born 1908)

1996 30 years ago

Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (born 1917)

Ella Jane Fitzgerald was an American improvisational vocal musician, singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady …

Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (born 1917)

1996 30 years ago

Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (born 1911)

Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean, 1st Baronet, was a British Army officer, writer and politician. A Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) from 1941 to 1974 Maclean was one of only two so…

Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (born 1911)

1996 30 years ago

Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (born 1946)

Hoyt Richard Murdoch was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names "Dirty" Dick Murdoch and "Captain Redneck". He was best known for his time in the NWA, Wo…

Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (born 1946)

1996 30 years ago

Mel Allen, American sportscaster and game show host (born 1913)

Mel Allen was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees. During the peak of his career in the 1940s, 1…

Mel Allen, American sportscaster and game show host (born 1913)

1996 30 years ago

Thomas Kuhn, American historian and philosopher (born 1922)

Thomas Samuel Kuhn was an American historian and philosopher of science whose 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was influential in both academic and popular circles…

Thomas Kuhn, American historian and philosopher (born 1922)

1996 30 years ago

Curt Swan, American illustrator (born 1920)

Douglas Curtis Swan was an American comics artist. The artist most associated with Superman during the period fans call the Bronze Age of Comic Books, Swan produced hundreds of cov…

Curt Swan, American illustrator (born 1920)

1996 30 years ago

Endel Puusepp, Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician (born 1909)

Endel Karlovich Puusepp was a Soviet bomber pilot of Estonian origin who completed over 30 nighttime strategic bombing campaigns during World War II. He was a recipient of the Hero…

Endel Puusepp, Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician (born 1909)

1996 30 years ago

Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 174th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919)

Andreas Georgiou Papandreou was a Greek academic and economist who was prime minister of Greece from 1981 to 1989 and again from 1993 to 1996. He founded PASOK, the Panhellenic Soc…

Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 174th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919)

1996 30 years ago

Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and rugby player (born 1921)

Raymond Russell Lindwall was an Australian cricketer who played 61 Test matches for Australia between 1946 and 1960. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in cr…

Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and rugby player (born 1921)

1996 30 years ago

Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to South Africa (born 1914)

Sir Arthur Wendell Snelling was a senior British civil servant and diplomat.

Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to South Africa (born 1914)

1996 30 years ago

Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (born 1958)

Veronica Guerin Turley was an Irish investigative journalist focusing on organised crime in Ireland, who was murdered in a contract killing believed to have been ordered by a South…

Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (born 1958)