In the year 1967
611 Notable deaths
Jobyna Ralston
American actress (1899-1967).
Born November 21st, 1899 in South Pittsburg.
Died January 22nd, 1967 at 67 years old in Woodland Hills (pneumonia).
Luis Somoza Debayle
President of nicaragua from 1956 to 1963.
Born November 18th, 1922 in León.
Died April 13th, 1967 at 44 years old in Managua (myocardial infarction).
Robert van Gulik
Dutch orientalist, diplomat and writer (1910–1967).
Born August 9th, 1910 in Zutphen.
Died September 24th, 1967 at 57 years old in The Hague (lung cancer).
Philippa Schuyler
American pianist and composer (1931–1967).
Born August 2nd, 1931 in New York City, Harlem.
Died May 9th, 1967 at 35 years old in Da Nang (drowning).
Guimarães Rosa
Brazilian novelist (1908-1967).
Born June 27th, 1908 in Cordisburgo.
Died November 19th, 1967 at 59 years old in Rio de Janeiro (myocardial infarction).
Jack Foley
American sound effects developer.
Born April 12th, 1891 in New York.
Died November 9th, 1967 at 76 years old in Los Angeles.
Yoshisuke Aikawa
Japanese entrepreneur and businessman (1880-1967).
Born November 6th, 1880 in Yamaguchi.
Died February 13th, 1967 at 86 years old in Tokyo.
William Christian Bullitt, Jr.
American diplomat (1891–1967).
Born January 25th, 1891 in Philadelphia.
Died February 15th, 1967 at 76 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (leukemia).
Chief John Big Tree
Actor (1877-1967).
Born June 2nd, 1877 in Michigan.
Died July 6th, 1967 at 90 years old in Onondaga Reservation.
Jean Cadell
Actress (1884-1967).
Born September 13th, 1884 in Edinburgh.
Died September 29th, 1967 at 83 years old in London (disease).
Fatma Ulviye Sultan
Ottoman noble (1892–1967).
Born September 11th, 1892 in Vahdettin Pavilion.
Died January 25th, 1967 at 74 years old in İzmir.
Poul Henningsen
Danish architect and author (1894-1967).
Born September 9th, 1894 in Ordrup.
Died January 31st, 1967 at 72 years old in Hillerød.
Donald Sangster
Jamaican politician (1911-1967).
Born October 26th, 1911 in Saint Elizabeth Parish.
Died April 11th, 1967 at 55 years old in Montreal (subarachnoid hemorrhage).
Eddie Eagan
American boxer and bobsledder (1897-1967).
Born April 26th, 1897 in Denver.
Died June 14th, 1967 at 70 years old in Rye.
Tudor Arghezi
Romanian writer and political figure (1880–1967).
Born May 23rd, 1880 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1967 at 87 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Hilda Taba
Estonian educational theorist (1902–1967).
Born December 7th, 1902 in Kooraste.
Died July 6th, 1967 at 64 years old in San Francisco.
Wolf Albach-Retty
Austrian actor (1906-1967).
Born May 28th, 1906 in Vienna.
Died February 21st, 1967 at 60 years old in Vienna (myocardial infarction).
J. B. Lenoir
African american blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.
Born March 5th, 1929 in Monticello.
Died April 29th, 1967 at 38 years old in Urbana (myocardial infarction).
Stanley Morison
Type designer (1889–1967).
Born May 6th, 1889 in London Borough of Redbridge.
Died November 11th, 1967 at 78 years old in London.
David Burliuk
Ukrainian & american artist (1882-1967).
Born July 21st, 1882 in Semyrotivschyna.
Died January 15th, 1967 at 84 years old in Southampton.
Juliusz Rómmel
Polish general (1881–1967).
Born June 3rd, 1881 in Horadnia.
Died September 8th, 1967 at 86 years old in Warsaw.
Lloyd Berkner
American physicist.
Born February 1st, 1905 in Milwaukee.
Died June 4th, 1967 at 62 years old in Washington, D.C..
Zbigniew Cybulski
Polish actor (1927-1967).
Born November 3rd, 1927 in Kniazhe.
Died January 8th, 1967 at 39 years old in Wrocław (railway accident).
Hans Ledwinka
Austrian automobile designer (1878–1967).
Born February 14th, 1878 in Klosterneuburg. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 1967 at 89 years old in Munich. [ref]
David Goodis
Novelist, screenwriter (1917–1967).
Born March 2nd, 1917 in Philadelphia.
Died January 7th, 1967 at 49 years old in Philadelphia.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore