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In the year 1967
569 Notable deaths
Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist, known as "father of the atomic bomb" (1904–1967).
Born April 22nd, 1904 in Manhattan.
Died February 18th, 1967 at 62 years old in Princeton (laryngeal cancer).
Che Guevara
Argentine marxist revolutionary (1928–1967).
Born June 14th, 1928 in Rosario. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1967 at 39 years old in La Higuera (extra-judicial killing, ballistic trauma). [ref]
Jayne Mansfield
American actress and playboy playmate (1933–1967).
Born April 19th, 1933 in Bryn Mawr.
Died June 29th, 1967 at 34 years old in Slidell (traffic collision, railway accident).
Jack Ruby
American nightclub operator who killed american presidential assassin lee harvey oswald.
Born April 25th, 1911 in Chicago.
Died January 3rd, 1967 at 55 years old in Parkland Memorial Hospital (lung cancer).
Vivien Leigh
British actress.
Born November 5th, 1913 in Darjeeling.
Died July 8th, 1967 at 53 years old in Eaton Square (tuberculosis).
Otis Redding
American singer, songwriter and record producer (1941-1967).
Born September 9th, 1941 in Dawson. [ref]
Died December 10th, 1967 at 26 years old in Madison (aviation accident). [ref]
Puyi
Last emperor of qing dynasty and manchukuo (1906–1967).
Born February 7th, 1906 in Xicheng District.
Died October 17th, 1967 at 61 years old in Dongcheng District (kidney cancer).
Spencer Tracy
American actor (1900–1967).
Born April 5th, 1900 in Milwaukee.
Died June 10th, 1967 at 67 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter (1912–1967).
Born July 14th, 1912 in Okemah. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1967 at 55 years old in New York City (Huntington's disease). [ref]
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967).
Born September 23rd, 1926 in Hamlet.
Died July 17th, 1967 at 40 years old in New York City, Huntington (liver failure, liver cancer).
Clement Attlee
Prime minister of the united kingdom from 1945 to 1951 (1883–1967).
Born January 3rd, 1883 in Putney.
Died October 8th, 1967 at 84 years old in Westminster Hospital (pneumonia).
Langston Hughes
American writer and social activist (1901-1933).
Born February 1st, 1902 in Joplin. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1967 at 65 years old in New York City (prostate cancer).
Ilse Koch
German war criminal, wife of camp commandant karl-otto koch.
Born September 22nd, 1906 in Dresden.
Died September 1st, 1967 at 60 years old in Aichach (hanging).
Gus Grissom
American astronaut (1926–1967).
Born April 3rd, 1926 in Mitchell.
Died January 27th, 1967 at 40 years old in Cape Canaveral (smoke inhalation injury).
Brian Epstein
British personal manager and impresario (1934–1967).
Born September 19th, 1934 in Liverpool.
Died August 27th, 1967 at 32 years old in London (drug overdose).
Vladimir Komarov
Soviet cosmonaut (1927–1967).
Born March 16th, 1927 in Moscow.
Died April 24th, 1967 at 40 years old in Orenburg Oblast (aviation accident).
René Magritte
Belgian painter and sculptor.
Born November 21st, 1898 in Lessines. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1967 at 68 years old in Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek (pancreatic cancer, lung cancer). [ref]
George Lincoln Rockwell
American founder of the american nazi party (1918–1967).
Born March 9th, 1918 in Bloomington.
Died August 25th, 1967 at 49 years old in Arlington County.
Konrad Adenauer
German politician, chancellor of west germany (1949–1963), zentrum and cdu.
Born January 5th, 1876 in Cologne.
Died April 19th, 1967 at 91 years old in Rhöndorf.
Dorothy Parker
American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967).
Born August 22nd, 1893 in West End. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1967 at 73 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Edward Hopper
American realist painter and printmaker (1882-1967).
Born July 22nd, 1882 in Nyack. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1967 at 84 years old in New York City. [ref]
Claude Rains
British actor (1889–1967).
Born November 10th, 1889 in Clapham.
Died May 30th, 1967 at 77 years old in Laconia (liver cirrhosis).
Basil Rathbone
British actor (1892-1967).
Born June 13th, 1892 in Johannesburg.
Died July 21st, 1967 at 75 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Mohammad Mosaddegh
Former prime minister of iran.
Born May 19th, 1882 in Tehran.
Died March 5th, 1967 at 84 years old in Ahmadabad-e Mosaddeq. [ref]
Harold Holt
Australian politician, 17th prime minister of australia (1908-1967).
Born August 5th, 1908 in Stanmore.
Died December 17th, 1967 at 59 years old in Cheviot Beach (drowning).
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