In the year 1966
497 Notable deaths
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of the walt disney company (1901–1966).
Born December 5th, 1901 in Chicago. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1966 at 65 years old in Burbank (circulatory collapse). [ref]
Ken Miles
British racing driver (1918–1966).
Born November 1st, 1918 in Sutton Coldfield.
Died August 17th, 1966 at 47 years old in Riverside International Raceway.
Lenny Bruce
American comedian and social critic (1925–1966).
Born October 13th, 1925 in Mineola.
Died August 3rd, 1966 at 40 years old in Hollywood (drug overdose).
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Prime minister of india from 1964 to 1966.
Born October 2nd, 1904 in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar.
Died January 11th, 1966 at 61 years old in Tashkent (myocardial infarction).
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Indian politician (1883-1966).
Born May 28th, 1883 in Bhagur. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1966 at 82 years old in Mumbai (hunger strike). [ref]
Montgomery Clift
American actor (1920–1966).
Born October 17th, 1920 in Omaha.
Died July 23rd, 1966 at 45 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Buster Keaton
American actor, comedian, and director (1895–1966).
Born October 4th, 1895 in Piqua. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1966 at 70 years old in Woodland Hills (lung cancer). [ref]
Margaret Sanger
American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966).
Born September 14th, 1879 in Corning.
Died September 6th, 1966 at 86 years old in Tucson (heart failure).
Homi Jehangir Bhabha
Indian nuclear physicist (1909–1966).
Born October 30th, 1909 in Mumbai. [ref]
Died January 24th, 1966 at 56 years old in Bossons Glacier (aviation accident). [ref]
Charles Whitman
American mass murderer and spree killer; perpetrator of the university of texas tower shooting.
Born June 24th, 1941 in Lake Worth Beach.
Died August 1st, 1966 at 25 years old in Austin (ballistic trauma).
Chester W. Nimitz
United states navy fleet admiral (1885–1966).
Born February 24th, 1885 in Fredericksburg.
Died February 20th, 1966 at 80 years old in Yerba Buena Island (stroke).
William Frawley
American actor (1887–1966).
Born February 26th, 1887 in Burlington.
Died March 3rd, 1966 at 79 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Elizabeth Christ Trump
German-american businesswoman (1880–1966).
Born October 10th, 1880 in Kallstadt.
Died June 6th, 1966 at 85 years old in Manhasset.
Evelyn Waugh
British writer and journalist (1903–1966).
Born October 28th, 1903 in London, West Hampstead.
Died April 10th, 1966 at 62 years old in Combe Florey (myocardial infarction).
Hedda Hopper
American gossip columnist and actress.
Born May 2nd, 1890 in Hollidaysburg.
Died February 1st, 1966 at 75 years old in Hollywood (pneumonia).
Georges Lemaître
Belgkhian scilntist alnd prest (1894-1966).
Born July 17th, 1894 in Charleroi. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1966 at 71 years old in Leuven (leukemia). [ref]
Ed Wynn
American actor (1886-1966).
Born November 9th, 1886 in Philadelphia.
Died June 19th, 1966 at 79 years old in Beverly Hills (esophageal cancer).
Virginia Hill
American woman who was a chicago outfit courier (1916-1966).
Born August 26th, 1916 in Lipscomb.
Died March 24th, 1966 at 49 years old in Koppl.
Sayyid Qutb
Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary (1906–1966).
Born October 9th, 1906 in Musha. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1966 at 59 years old in Cairo (hanging).
Sergei Korolev
Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer (1907-1966).
Born January 12th, 1907 in Zhytomyr.
Died January 14th, 1966 at 59 years old in Moscow (cancer, neoplasm). [ref]
Sepp Dietrich
German ss general and convicted war criminal (1892-1966).
Born May 28th, 1892 in Hawangen.
Died April 22nd, 1966 at 73 years old in Ludwigsburg (myocardial infarction).
Felix Steiner
German ss commander.
Born May 23rd, 1896 in Nesterov.
Died May 17th, 1966 at 69 years old in Munich.
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Prime minister of south africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966.
Born September 8th, 1901 in Amsterdam.
Died September 6th, 1966 at 64 years old in Cape Town (stab wound).
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss sculptor and painter (1901–1966).
Born October 10th, 1901 in Borgonovo. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1966 at 64 years old in Chur (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). [ref]
Eric Fleming
American actor (1925-1966).
Born July 4th, 1925 in Santa Paula. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1966 at 41 years old in Tingo María (drowning). [ref]
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