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In the year 1968
521 Notable deaths
Kōkichi Tsuburaya
Japanese long-distance runner.
Born May 13th, 1940 in Sukagawa.
Died January 9th, 1968 at 27 years old in Asaka (exsanguination).
Gunnar Ekelöf
Swedish writer (1907–1968).
Born September 15th, 1907 in Stockholm.
Died March 16th, 1968 at 60 years old in Sigtuna.
James McIlroy
British surgeon (1879–1968).
Born November 3rd, 1879 in Ulster.
Died July 27th, 1968 at 88 years old in London Borough of Sutton.
James Leonard Brierley Smith
South african ichthyologist (1897–1968).
Born October 26th, 1897 in Graaff-Reinet.
Died January 7th, 1968 at 70 years old in Makhanda (cyanide poisoning).
Xiong Shili
Chinese philosopher.
Born February 18th, 1885 in Huangzhou District.
Died May 23rd, 1968 at 83 years old in Shanghai.
Joseph Keilberth
German conductor (1908–1968).
Born April 19th, 1908 in Karlsruhe.
Died July 20th, 1968 at 60 years old in Munich.
Fakih Usman
Indonesian politician.
Born March 2nd, 1904 in Gresik.
Died October 3rd, 1968 at 64 years old in Indonesia.
John George
Syrian-american actor (1898-1968).
Born January 20th, 1898 in Aleppo.
Died August 25th, 1968 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (pulmonary emphysema).
Jón Leifs
Icelandic composer and conductor (1899-1968).
Born May 1st, 1899 in Northwestern Region.
Died July 30th, 1968 at 69 years old in Reykjavík (lung cancer).
Ivan Pyryev
Soviet film director and screenwriter (1901-1968).
Born November 17th, 1901 in Kamen-na-Obi.
Died February 7th, 1968 at 66 years old in Moscow.
Antonio Pietrangeli
Italian film director and screenwriter (1919–1968).
Born January 19th, 1919 in Rome.
Died July 12th, 1968 at 49 years old in Gaeta (drowning).
Bruno Paul
German architect (1874-1968).
Born January 19th, 1874 in Seifhennersdorf. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1968 at 94 years old in West Berlin. [ref]
Chana Orloff
Ukrainian sculptor (1888–1968).
Born July 12th, 1888 in Konstantovka. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1968 at 80 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Albert Betz
German physicist (1885–1968).
Born December 25th, 1885 in Schweinfurt.
Died April 16th, 1968 at 82 years old in Göttingen.
Steve Sholes
American record producer, music executive (1911–1968).
Born February 12th, 1911 in Merchantville.
Died April 22nd, 1968 at 57 years old in Nashville (myocardial infarction).
Camille Huysmans
Belgian former prime minister (1871-1968).
Born May 26th, 1871 in Bilzen. [ref]
Died February 25th, 1968 at 96 years old in Antwerp. [ref]
Arnulf Øverland
Norwegian writer (1889-1968).
Born April 27th, 1889 in Kristiansund.
Died March 25th, 1968 at 78 years old in Oslo.
Chika Kuroda
Japanese chemist.
Born March 24th, 1884 in Matsubara.
Died November 8th, 1968 at 84 years old in Fukuoka (heart disease).
Helen Gardner
American actress (1884-1968).
Born September 2nd, 1884 in Binghamton.
Died November 20th, 1968 at 84 years old in Orlando.
Alexander Gelfond
Russian mathematician (1906–1968).
Born October 24th, 1906 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died November 7th, 1968 at 62 years old in Moscow.
Ellen Price
Danish actor and ballerina (1878-1968).
Born June 21st, 1878 in Snekkersten.
Died March 4th, 1968 at 89 years old in Brøndby Municipality.
Hans Thomsen
German nazi diplomat, ambassador in washington and stockholm (1891-1968).
Born September 14th, 1891 in Hamburg.
Died October 31st, 1968 at 77 years old in Hamburg.
Mireille Balin
French actress.
Born July 20th, 1909 in Monte Carlo. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1968 at 59 years old in Clichy. [ref]
Chauncey Sparks
American politician (1884-1968).
Born October 8th, 1884 in Barbour County.
Died November 6th, 1968 at 84 years old in Eufaula.
Marguerite Zorach
American painter (1887–1968).
Born September 25th, 1887 in Santa Rosa.
Died June 27th, 1968 at 80 years old in Brooklyn.
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