From Mountainzone (www.mountainzone.com) :
Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Killed on Mount Everest
September 27, 1996 
Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa was killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest while 
working with a Japanese expedition. Lopsang, the 23-year-old Nepalese 
climber who was a member of Scott Fischer's expedition last May, had 
climbed Everest four times without supplementary oxygen. 
The fatal avalanche apparently occurred two days ago, but confirmed 
reports from the mountain did not reach Kathmandu and the United States 
until today. Todd Burleson, who operates Alpine Ascents International, a 
Seattle-based guided climbing operation, had a party on a nearby 
mountain. Burleson told Mountain Zone correspondent Jane Bromet that his 
guides in Nepal had confirmed that a large avalanche on Mount Everest had 
killed Lopsang, at least one other Sherpa, and almost certainly one 
Japanese climber. 
Lopsang was a strong and gifted climber. As early as 1992, Scott Fischer 
said that he believed Lopsang would become one of the greatest 
high-altitude climbers ever. Although only 23 at the time of his death, 
Lopsang's background already included some of the most demanding climbs 
in the Himalaya. 
A partial accounting of Lopsang's climbs includes:
	Summit, Mount Everest with Nepali Women's expedition, Spring 1993 
	Summit, Choy Oyu with Japanese expediition, Fall 1993 
	Camp 4, Mount Everest, Japanese expedition, Winter 1993 
	Summit, Mount Everest, Sagarmatha Environmental expedition, Spring 1994 
	Summit, Mount Everest, New Zealand expedition, Spring 1995 
	Summit, Broad Peak, Scott Fischer party, Summer 1995 
	Summit, Mount Everest, Scott Fischer party, Spring 1996 
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From Rock and Ice Online; http://www.rockandice.com
Well-known Sherpa Swept Away on Everest
                 Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa was one of 
three climbers killed in an avalanche just below the South
                                         Col of Mt. Everest on September 
21. Lopsang Jangbu was 23 years old and had summitted
                                         Everest on four previous 
attempts, all of them without oxygen. The Nepali gained worldwide
                                         fame last spring as a member of 
Scott Fischer's ill-fated Everest expedition, but his rapid success
                                         as a guide and climber led him 
to be hailed as a hero in Nepal before the Everest disaster made
                                         headlines.
                                         The slide that killed Lopsang 
and two members of a Korean and French Everest expedition
                                         struck near 11 a.m. when the 
party was below the South Col, the final camp below the summit.
                                         According to Dawa Tshering 
Sherpa, Lopsang's uncle, no one has yet been able to reach the
                                         summit of Everest this fall, 
though all teams currently on the mountain are continuing their
                                         attempts.
                                         10/4/96