1906) November 2 – Eva Cassidy, American vocalist (b. 1963) November 3 Jean-Bédel Bokassa, 2nd President of the Central African Republic and Emperor of Central Africa (b. 1921) Abdullah Çatlı, Turkish nationalist (b. 1956) November 6 – Tommy Lawton, English footballer and manager (b. 1919) November 14 Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (b. 1928) Virginia Cherrill, American actress (b. 1908) November 15 – Alger Hiss, American diplomat (b. 1904) November 18 – Zinovy Gerdt, Russian actor (b. 1916) November 21 – Abdus Salam, Pakistani Nobel physicist (b. 1926) November 22 – María Casares, French-Spanish actress (b. 1922) November 26 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer (b. 1914) November 27 – Gertrude Blanch, American mathematician (b. 1897) November 28 – Don McNeill, American tennis player (b. 1918) November 30 – Tiny Tim, American musician (b. 1932) December December 3 – Babrak Karmal, President of Afghanistan (b. 1929) December 7 – José Donoso, Chilean writer (b. 1924) December 9 – Mary Leakey, British archaeologist (b. 1913) December 10 – Faron Young, American singer (b. 1932) December 11 – Willie Rushton, English comedian, actor and cartoonist (b. 1937) December 13 – Cao Yu, Chinese playwright (b. 1910) December 16 – Quentin Bell, English biographer and art historian (b. 1910) Laurens van der Post, South African author (b. 1906) December 17 – Stanko Todorov, Bulgarian communist politician (b. 1920) December 18 – Irving Caesar, American lyricist (b. 1895) December 19 – Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (b. 1924) December 20 Amata Kabua, 1st President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1928) Carl Sagan, American astronomer (b. 1934) December 30 Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908) Jack Nance, American actor (b. 1943) Nobel Prizes Physics – David M. Lee, Douglas D. Osheroff, Robert C. Richardson Chemistry – Robert Curl, Sir Harold Kroto, Richard Smalley Medicine – Peter C. Doherty, Rolf M. Zinkernagel Literature – Wisława Szymborska Peace – Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and José Ramos-Horta Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – James Mirrlees, William Vickrey Right Livelihood Award Herman Daly, The Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia, Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad and George Vithoulkas References 1996 Year in Review – CNN Leap years in the Gregorian calendar