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In the year 1968
563 Notable deaths
Joseph Pholien
Belgian politician (1884-1968).
Born December 28th, 1884 in Liège.
Died January 4th, 1968 at 83 years old in Brussels.
Vasily Kazakov
Soviet general (1898-1968).
Born July 18th, 1898 in Filippovo.
Died May 25th, 1968 at 69 years old in Moscow.
Johann Koplenig
Austrian politician (1891-1968).
Born May 15th, 1891 in Gitschtal.
Died December 13th, 1968 at 77 years old in Vienna (cancer).
Jean Delsarte
French mathematician (1903-1968).
Born October 19th, 1903 in Fourmies.
Died November 28th, 1968 at 65 years old in Nancy (myocardial infarction).
Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz
Polish socialist party activist, founder of żegota (1886–1968).
Born December 15th, 1886 in Saviejkі.
Died February 5th, 1968 at 81 years old in Warsaw.
Adamson-Eric
Estonian artist (1902-1968).
Born August 18th, 1902 in Tartu.
Died December 2nd, 1968 at 66 years old in Tallinn.
Verner Weckman
Olympic wrestler (1882-1968).
Born July 26th, 1882 in Loviisa.
Died February 22nd, 1968 at 85 years old in Helsinki.
Viktor Blinov
Russian ice hockey player (1945–1968).
Born September 1st, 1945 in Omsk.
Died July 9th, 1968 at 22 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Juan José Castro
Argentine musician, composer, condutro, violinist and pianist (1895–1968).
Born March 7th, 1895 in Avellaneda. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1968 at 73 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
José Arce
Argentine politician (1881-1968).
Born October 15th, 1881 in Buenos Aires.
Died July 27th, 1968 at 86 years old in Buenos Aires.
Charles Bacon
American athlete (1885–1968).
Born January 9th, 1885 in Brooklyn.
Died November 15th, 1968 at 83 years old in Fort Lauderdale.
Vahram Papazyan
Turkish actor of armenian ancestry (1888–1968).
Born January 18th, 1888 in Istanbul.
Died June 5th, 1968 at 80 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Jacques Chardonne
French writer (1884-1968).
Born January 2nd, 1884 in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire.
Died May 29th, 1968 at 84 years old in La Frette-sur-Seine.
Astrid Cleve
Swedish botanist, geologist, chemist (1875-1968).
Born January 22nd, 1875 in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1968 at 93 years old in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Sid Kimpton
English footballer (1887–1968).
Born August 12th, 1887 in Leavesden.
Died February 15th, 1968 at 80 years old in Leavesden.
Friedrich-August Schack
German general (1892–1968).
Born March 27th, 1892 in Kowary.
Died July 24th, 1968 at 76 years old in Goslar.
Pavel Yudin
Soviet philosopher and communist official (1899-1968).
Born September 6th, 1899 in Nizhny Novgorod Governorate.
Died April 10th, 1968 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Ada Gobetti
Italian journalist (1902-1968).
Born July 14th, 1902 in Turin.
Died March 14th, 1968 at 65 years old in Turin.
Margaret Morris
American actress (1898-1968).
Born November 7th, 1898 in Minneapolis.
Died June 7th, 1968 at 69 years old in Los Angeles.
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Czech actor.
Born September 22nd, 1896 in Tvoršovice. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1968 at 71 years old in Prague. [ref]
Karl Kobelt
Member of the swiss federal council (1891-1968).
Born August 1st, 1891 in St. Gallen.
Died January 6th, 1968 at 76 years old in Bern.
Ellen Gleditsch
Norwegian radiochemist (1879–1968).
Born December 29th, 1879 in Mandal.
Died June 6th, 1968 at 88 years old in Oslo.
Morris Fisher
Sport shooter (1890-1968).
Born May 4th, 1890 in Youngstown.
Died May 23rd, 1968 at 78 years old in Honolulu.
Carl Balhaus
German actor (1905-1968).
Born November 4th, 1905 in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
Died July 30th, 1968 at 62 years old in Eisenach.
Deaths 351 to 375 of 563
Even trees do not die without a groan. Henry David Thoreau