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In the year 1968
536 Notable deaths
Elvia Carrillo
Mexican politician.
Born December 6th, 1878 in Motul. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1968 at 89 years old in Mexico City.
Ilias Tsirimokos
Greek politician, former prime minister of greece (1907–1968).
Born April 26th, 1907 in Lamia.
Died July 13th, 1968 at 61 years old in Athens.
Cai Chusheng
Chinese film director (1906-1968).
Born January 12th, 1906 in Chaoyang District.
Died July 15th, 1968 at 62 years old
Hugo Rahner
German theologian.
Born May 3rd, 1900 in Pfullendorf. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1968 at 68 years old in Munich (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
León Felipe
Spanish poet, anti-fascist (1884-1968).
Born April 11th, 1884 in Tábara.
Died September 18th, 1968 at 84 years old in Mexico City.
Adolfo Meléndez
Spanish footballer and club chairman (1884-1968).
Born June 2nd, 1884 in A Coruña.
Died June 4th, 1968 at 84 years old in Madrid.
Hugo Benioff
American seismologist (1899–1968).
Born September 14th, 1899 in Los Angeles.
Died February 29th, 1968 at 68 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Victor Ernest Shelford
American zoologist and ecologist (1877–1968).
Born September 22nd, 1877 in Chemung County.
Died December 27th, 1968 at 91 years old in Urbana.
Lyda Salmonova
Czech actress (1889-1968).
Born July 14th, 1889 in Prague.
Died November 18th, 1968 at 79 years old in Prague.
Gerda Maurus
Austrian actress.
Born August 25th, 1903 in Breitenfurt bei Wien. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1968 at 64 years old in Düsseldorf.
Pablo de Rokha
Chilean writer (1894–1968).
Born October 17th, 1894 in Licantén.
Died September 10th, 1968 at 73 years old in Santiago. [ref]
John Rymill
Australian explorer (1905–1968).
Born March 13th, 1905 in Penola.
Died September 7th, 1968 at 63 years old in Penola (traffic collision).
Rong Guotuan
Chinese table tennis player (1937-1968).
Born August 10th, 1937 in British Hong Kong.
Died June 20th, 1968 at 30 years old in Beijing (hanging).
Judith Arlen
American actress (1914-1968).
Born March 18th, 1914 in Hollywood.
Died June 5th, 1968 at 54 years old in Santa Barbara.
Karl-Birger Blomdahl
Swedish composer (1916–1968).
Born October 19th, 1916 in Växjö Parish.
Died June 14th, 1968 at 51 years old in Kungsängen.
William Perlberg
American film producer (1900-1968).
Born October 22nd, 1900 in Łódź.
Died October 31st, 1968 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Olga Scheinpflugová
Czech actress, poet and publicist (1902–1968).
Born December 3rd, 1902 in Slaný. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1968 at 65 years old in Prague (myocardial infarction). [ref]
George Peabody Gooch
British politician (1873-1968).
Born October 21st, 1873 in London.
Died August 31st, 1968 at 94 years old in London.
Suraphol Sombatcharoen
Thai singer.
Born September 25th, 1930 in Suphan Buri.
Died August 16th, 1968 at 37 years old in Nakhon Pathom.
Duke Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria
Bavarian royal and noble (1884-1968).
Born January 17th, 1884 in Tegernsee Abbey.
Died November 5th, 1968 at 84 years old in Wildbad Kreuth.
Aldo Capitini
Italian philosopher and political activist (1899-1968).
Born December 23rd, 1899 in Perugia.
Died October 19th, 1968 at 68 years old in Perugia.
Aleksei Kruchenykh
Russian writer (1886-1968).
Born February 21st, 1886.
Died June 17th, 1968 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Leonid Sabaneyev
Russian musicologist, music critic, composer and scientist (1881–1968).
Born November 19th, 1881 in Moscow.
Died May 3rd, 1968 at 86 years old in Antibes.
Májuska Puskás
Hungarian noble lady and second spouse of the khedive abbas ii of egypt (1877-1968).
Born June 15th, 1877 in Philadelphia.
Died August 5th, 1968 at 91 years old in Graz.
Louis Aubert
French pianist and composer (1877-1968).
Born February 19th, 1877 in Paramé.
Died January 9th, 1968 at 90 years old in Paris.
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