List of Famous people who died at 76

Robert Thirlwell is an American sound engineer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Sound.

Severino Dias de Oliveira, known professionally as Sivuca, was a Brazilian accordionist, guitarist and singer. In addition to his home state of Paraíba, Brazil, and cities Recife and Rio de Janeiro, he worked and lived in Paris, Lisbon, and New York City intermittently. He has two daughters, Wilma Da Silva and Flavia de Oliveira Barreto.

Fransiskus Xaverius Sudjasmin was an Indonesian military officer. He served as the deputy chief of staff of the Indonesian Army from 1995 until 1997.

Blanche Hanalis was an American screenwriter and television writer best known for developing the Little House on the Prairie series as well as several made-for-TV movies based on Little House on the Prairie. Hanalis was born as Blanche Weiss in Ohio, but grew up in Chicago and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1932. She was of Greek and Jewish descent. She has been quoted as saying her family was poor and she grew up "in the slums of Chicago."

Kuniko Miyake was a Japanese actress. She appeared in nearly 200 films between 1934 and 1991.