Famous People Who Died in 1996

• Agnew, Spiro

  The 39th vice president of the United States, 1969-73

• Colbert, Claudette

  Clark Gable's co-star in It Happened One Night

• Combs, Ray

  The Family Feud host who committed suicide

• Edwards, Vince

  TV's Dr. Ben Casey

• Fitzgerald, Ella

  Jazz vocalist known for scat singing

• Hiss, Alger

  The State Department official accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948

• Kelly, Gene

  The dancing star of Singin' In The Rain

• Leakey, Mary

  The archaeologist who discovered early human fossils in Olduvai Gorge, Africa

• Leary, Timothy

  The drug-taking professor who said "Turn on, tune in, drop out"

• Mandino, Og

  Author of The Greatest Salesman in the World

• Mitchell, Joseph

  The author of "Joe Gould's Secret"

• Monroe, Bill

  Kentuckian called "The Father of Bluegrass Music"

• Muskie, Edmund

  U.S. Senator from Maine, 1959-80

• Peterson, Roger Tory

  The author of Field Guide to Birds

• Ramones, The

  Punk band who did "Beat on the Brat"

• Ramsey, JonBenet

  The 6-year-old beauty contestant killed in Colorado in 1996

• Rouse, James

  Urban planner who developed Boston's Fanueil Hall

• Sagan, Carl

   The astronomer who did the TV series Cosmos

• Shakur, Tupac

  Late rapper of 2Pacalypse Now

• Stevenson, McLean

  Lt. Col. Henry Blake on TV's M*A*S*H

• Travers, P.L.

  The author of the Mary Poppins novels

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