In the year 1968
563 Notable deaths
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.
Maurice Rostand
French writer (1891-1968).
Died February 21st, 1968 at 76 years old in Ville-d'Avray.
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.
Galvano Della Volpe
Italian professor of philosophy and western marxist theorist (1895-1968).
Born September 24th, 1895 in Imola. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1968 at 72 years old in Rome. [ref]
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.
Abdulla Qahhor
Uzbek author (1907-1968).
Born September 17th, 1907 in Kokand.
Died May 24th, 1968 at 60 years old in Moscow.
Clare Winger Harris
American writer (1891-1968).
Born January 18th, 1891 in Freeport.
Died October 26th, 1968 at 77 years old in Pasadena.
Gertrude Short
Actress (1902-1968).
Born April 6th, 1902 in Cincinnati.
Died July 31st, 1968 at 66 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Michel Kikoine
Belarusian-french artist of jewish origin (1892—1968).
Born May 31st, 1892 in Gomel, Rechytsa.
Died November 4th, 1968 at 76 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Blanche Mehaffey
American actress and dancer (1908–1968).
Born July 28th, 1908 in Cincinnati.
Died March 31st, 1968 at 59 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose).
Sanusi Pane
Indonesian author (1905–1968).
Born November 14th, 1905 in Sumatra.
Died January 2nd, 1968 at 62 years old in Jakarta.
Sofia Dzerzhinskaya
Polish communist (1882-1968).
Born December 4th, 1882 in Warsaw.
Died February 27th, 1968 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Eddie Baker
American actor (1897-1968).
Born November 17th, 1897 in Davis.
Died February 4th, 1968 at 70 years old in Hollywood (pulmonary emphysema).
Ebrahim Pourdavoud
Iranian translator, linguist, academic and iranian poet (1886-1968).
Born March 4th, 1886 in Rasht.
Died November 17th, 1968 at 82 years old in Tehran.
Gaetano Crocco
Italian scientist (1877-1968).
Born October 26th, 1877 in Naples.
Died January 19th, 1968 at 90 years old in Rome.
Franz Beyer
German general (1892-1968).
Born May 27th, 1892 in Bautzen.
Died October 15th, 1968 at 76 years old in Bad Wiessee.
Shadia Abu Ghazaleh
Palestinian political activist (1949–1968).
Born January 8th, 1949 in Nablus.
Died November 28th, 1968 at 19 years old in Nablus.
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
German artist (1902-1968).
Born June 11th, 1902 in Berlin.
Died April 8th, 1968 at 65 years old in Cologne.
Margarita Nelken
Spanish feminist and writer (1894–1968).
Born July 5th, 1894 in Madrid. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1968 at 73 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Berthold Bartosch
Animator (1893-1968).
Born December 28th, 1893 in Polubný. [ref]
Died November 14th, 1968 at 74 years old in Paris.
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Death? Be as proud as you want: bore me later, because Love is sovereign here. Life never ends. Joy comes in the morning. Glory hallelujah. And let it be so. Anne Lamott