In the year 1968
521 Notable deaths
Martin Luther King Jr.
American baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968).
Born January 15th, 1929 in Atlanta. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1968 at 39 years old in Memphis, St. Joseph's Hospital (gunshot wound). [ref]
Robert F. Kennedy
American politician and lawyer.
Born November 20th, 1925 in Brookline.
Died June 6th, 1968 at 42 years old in Los Angeles (gunshot wound).
Helen Keller
American author and activist (1880–1968).
Born June 27th, 1880 in Tuscumbia. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1968 at 87 years old in Easton (disease). [ref]
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968).
Born March 9th, 1934 in Klushino. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1968 at 34 years old in Novosyolovo (aircraft crash). [ref]
John Steinbeck
American writer (1902–1968).
Born February 27th, 1902 in Salinas.
Died December 20th, 1968 at 66 years old in New York City, Harlem (heart failure, cardiovascular disease).
Ellsworth Raymond Johnson
African-american mobster (1905-1968).
Born October 31st, 1905 in Charleston.
Died July 7th, 1968 at 62 years old in Harlem (myocardial infarction).
Padre Pio
Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic.
Born May 25th, 1887 in Pietrelcina.
Died September 30th, 1968 at 81 years old in San Giovanni Rotondo.
Tallulah Bankhead
Actress.
Born January 31st, 1902 in Huntsville.
Died December 12th, 1968 at 66 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Randolph Churchill
British politician, son of british prime minister winston churchill (1911-1968).
Born May 21st, 1911 in London. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1968 at 57 years old in Suffolk (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Enid Blyton
English author (1897–1968).
Born August 11th, 1897 in East Dulwich. [ref]
Died November 28th, 1968 at 71 years old in Hampstead (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Upton Sinclair
American writer (1878–1968).
Born September 20th, 1878 in Baltimore. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1968 at 90 years old in Bound Brook. [ref]
Frankie Lymon
American singer (1942–1968).
Born September 30th, 1942 in New York City, Harlem.
Died February 28th, 1968 at 25 years old in Harlem (drug overdose).
Marcel Duchamp
French painter and sculptor (1887-1968).
Born July 28th, 1887 in Blainville-Crevon. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1968 at 81 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Bobby Driscoll
American actor (1937–1968).
Born March 3rd, 1937 in Cedar Rapids.
Died March 30th, 1968 at 31 years old in East Village (heart failure).
Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
Duchess of kent from 1934 to 1968.
Born December 13th, 1906 in Athens.
Died August 27th, 1968 at 61 years old in Kensington Palace (brain cancer).
Enoch L. Johnson
American political boss and racketeer (1883-1968).
Born January 20th, 1883 in Galloway Township.
Died December 9th, 1968 at 85 years old in Atlantic City.
Bea Benaderet
American actress (1906–1968).
Born April 4th, 1906 in New York City.
Died October 13th, 1968 at 62 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer, pneumonia).
Duke Kahanamoku
American swimmer, surfer and actor (1890-1968).
Born August 24th, 1890 in Honolulu.
Died January 22nd, 1968 at 77 years old in Honolulu (myocardial infarction).
Thomas Merton
Priest and author (1915–1968).
Born January 31st, 1915 in Prades.
Died December 10th, 1968 at 53 years old in Bangkok (electrocution).
Jim Clark
British racecar driver (1936–1968).
Born March 4th, 1936 in Kilmany.
Died April 7th, 1968 at 32 years old in Hockenheimring (traffic collision). [ref]
Deendayal Upadhyaya
Rss thinker and co-founder of the political party bharatiya jana sangh.
Born September 25th, 1916 in Mathura district.
Died February 11th, 1968 at 51 years old in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar.
Charles Chaplin
American actor (1925-1968).
Born May 5th, 1925 in Beverly Hills.
Died March 20th, 1968 at 42 years old in Hollywood (pulmonary embolism).
Neal Cassady
American writer (1926–1968).
Born February 8th, 1926 in Salt Lake City.
Died February 4th, 1968 at 41 years old in San Miguel de Allende (kidney failure, hypothermia).
Rose Wilder Lane
American journalist (1886–1968).
Born December 5th, 1886 in De Smet.
Died October 30th, 1968 at 81 years old in Danbury (diabetes).
Nick Adams
American actor and screenwriter (1931-1968).
Born July 10th, 1931 in Nanticoke. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1968 at 36 years old in Beverly Hills (drug overdose). [ref]
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Take nothing for granted. Keep in mind that it can come at anytime. Even today. Maxime Lagacé