In the year 1967
611 Notable deaths
Robert J. Van de Graaff
American physicist (1901–1967).
Born December 20th, 1901 in Tuscaloosa.
Died January 16th, 1967 at 65 years old in Boston.
Georges Vanier
Canadian governor general (1888–1967).
Born April 23rd, 1888 in Montreal.
Died March 5th, 1967 at 78 years old in Ottawa.
Günther Blumentritt
German general (1892–1967).
Born February 10th, 1892 in Munich.
Died October 12th, 1967 at 75 years old in Munich.
Malcolm Sargent
English conductor, organist and composer (1895-1967).
Born April 29th, 1895 in Ashford.
Died October 3rd, 1967 at 72 years old in London (pancreatic cancer).
Robert Henry Lawrence
American astronaut (1935–1967).
Born October 2nd, 1935 in Chicago.
Died December 8th, 1967 at 32 years old in Edwards Air Force Base.
André Maurois
French author (1885–1967).
Born July 26th, 1885 in Elbeuf.
Died October 9th, 1967 at 82 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
Indian rebel (1899–1967).
Born March 13th, 1899.
Died September 15th, 1967 at 68 years old
Judith Evelyn
American actress.
Born March 20th, 1913 in Seneca. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1967 at 54 years old in New York City (cancer).
Lewis Hyde Brereton
United states army general (1890-1967).
Born June 21st, 1890 in Pittsburgh.
Died July 20th, 1967 at 77 years old in Washington, D.C..
Katharine Dexter McCormick
American philanthropist (1875–1967).
Born August 27th, 1875 in Dexter.
Died December 28th, 1967 at 92 years old in Boston.
Victor Gollancz
British publisher (1893–1967).
Born April 9th, 1893 in Maida Vale.
Died February 8th, 1967 at 73 years old in London.
Geraldine Farrar
American soprano opera singer and film actress (1882–1967).
Born February 28th, 1882 in Melrose.
Died March 11th, 1967 at 85 years old in Ridgefield (myocardial infarction).
George E. Stone
American actor (1903-1967).
Died May 26th, 1967 at 64 years old in Los Angeles, Woodland Hills (stroke).
Norman Angell
British politician (1872-1967).
Born December 26th, 1874 in Mansion House. [ref]
Died October 7th, 1967 at 92 years old in Croydon.
Martine Carol
French actress (1920–1967).
Born May 16th, 1920 in Saint-Mandé. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1967 at 46 years old in Monte Carlo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Roger Babson
American entrepreneur and business theorist (1875–1967).
Born July 6th, 1875 in Gloucester. [ref]
Died March 5th, 1967 at 91 years old in Lake Wales. [ref]
Léon M'ba
Prime minister (1959–61) and president (1961–67) of gabon.
Born February 9th, 1902 in Libreville.
Died November 28th, 1967 at 65 years old in Paris (cancer). [ref]
Clifton Williams
American astronaut (1932–1967).
Born September 26th, 1932 in Mobile.
Died October 5th, 1967 at 35 years old in Tallahassee (aviation accident).
Lawrence Beesley
British titanic survivor (1877–1967).
Born December 31st, 1877 in Wirksworth.
Died February 14th, 1967 at 89 years old in London.
Ernst Niekisch
German politician (1889–1967).
Born May 23rd, 1889 in Trzebnica.
Died May 23rd, 1967 at 78 years old in Berlin, West Berlin.
A. J. Muste
Christian pacifist and civil rights activist (1885-1967).
Born January 8th, 1885 in Zierikzee.
Died February 11th, 1967 at 82 years old in New York City.
Pierre Jeanneret
Swiss architect (1896-1967).
Born March 2nd, 1896 in Geneva. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1967 at 71 years old in Geneva, Thônex.
Reginald Crundall Punnett
British geneticist, zoologist (1875-1967).
Born June 20th, 1875 in Tonbridge.
Died January 3rd, 1967 at 91 years old in Bilbrook Lodge.
Richard Kuhn
Austrian-german biochemist (1900-1967).
Born December 3rd, 1900 in Vienna.
Died July 31st, 1967 at 66 years old in Heidelberg.
Paul Rassinier
French writer and activist (1906-1967).
Born March 18th, 1906 in Bermont.
Died July 28th, 1967 at 61 years old in Paris.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 611
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche