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In the year 1968
563 Notable deaths
Rosalie Slaughter Morton
American physician (1876–1968).
Born October 28th, 1876 in Lynchburg.
Died May 5th, 1968 at 91 years old in Winter Park.
Julius Deutsch
Austrian politician (1884-1968).
Born February 2nd, 1884 in Lackenbach.
Died January 17th, 1968 at 83 years old in Vienna.
Pietro Pastore
Italian football player, coach and film actor (1903-1968).
Born April 3rd, 1903 in Padua.
Died January 8th, 1968 at 64 years old in Rome.
Pierre Veuillot
Catholic cardinal.
Born January 5th, 1913 in Paris.
Died February 14th, 1968 at 55 years old in Paris (leukemia).
Anatol Stern
Polish poet (1899–1968).
Born October 24th, 1899 in Warsaw.
Died October 19th, 1968 at 68 years old in Warsaw.
Mascarenhas de Morais
Brazilian army commander (1883–1968).
Born November 13th, 1883 in São Gabriel.
Died September 17th, 1968 at 84 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Frank Adcock
British classical historian (1886–1968).
Born April 15th, 1886 in Desford. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1968 at 81 years old in Cambridge.
Lajos Csordás
Hungarian footballer (1932-1968).
Born October 26th, 1932 in Budafok.
Died April 5th, 1968 at 35 years old in Budapest.
József Pecsovszky
Romanian association football player (1921–1968).
Born July 2nd, 1921 in Timișoara.
Died October 6th, 1968 at 47 years old in Arad.
Ichiya Kumagae
Japanese tennis player (1890-1968).
Born September 10th, 1890 in Ōmuta-shi.
Died October 9th, 1968 at 78 years old in Kamakura.
Juan Antonio Iribarren
Llawyer, politician and vice president of chile.
Died April 11th, 1968 at 82 years old in Ñuñoa. [ref]
Nína Tryggvadóttir
Icelandic abstract expressionist artist (1913–1968).
Born March 16th, 1913 in Seyðisfjörður.
Died June 18th, 1968 at 55 years old in New York City.
Ludowika Jakobsson
German-finnish figure skater.
Born July 25th, 1884 in Potsdam. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1968 at 84 years old in Helsinki.
Toivo Mikael Kivimäki
Finnish politician (1886-1968).
Born June 5th, 1886 in Tarvasjoki.
Died May 6th, 1968 at 81 years old in Helsinki.
René Navarre
Actor (1877-1968).
Born July 8th, 1877 in Limoges.
Died February 8th, 1968 at 90 years old in Azay-sur-Cher.
Nahum Nir
Israeli politician (1884-1968).
Born March 17th, 1884 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died July 10th, 1968 at 84 years old in Tel Aviv.
Joseph Baratz
Israeli politician (1890–1968).
Born May 8th, 1890 in Coșnița.
Died December 14th, 1968 at 78 years old in Northern District.
Fritz Stiedry
Austrian conductor (1883–1968).
Born October 11th, 1883 in Vienna.
Died August 9th, 1968 at 84 years old in Zurich. [ref]
Harold Delos Babcock
American astronomer (1882–1968).
Born January 24th, 1882 in Edgerton.
Died April 8th, 1968 at 86 years old in Pasadena.
Florence Austral
Australian opera singer (1892–1968).
Born April 26th, 1892 in Melbourne.
Died May 15th, 1968 at 76 years old in Newcastle (multiple sclerosis).
Julio César Benítez
Uruguayan footballer (1940–1968).
Born October 1st, 1940 in Montevideo.
Died April 6th, 1968 at 27 years old in Barcelona (foodborne illness).
Ibrahim Moustafa
Olympic wrestler (1904–1968).
Born September 23rd, 1904 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1968 at 64 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Panagiotis Poulitsas
Greek politician, judge and archaeologist (1881-1968).
Born September 21st, 1881 in Geraki. [ref]
Died January 16th, 1968 at 86 years old in Athens.
Gianni Puccini
Italian screenwriter and film director (1914–1968).
Born November 9th, 1914 in Milan.
Died December 3rd, 1968 at 54 years old in Rome.
Nikolai Stepulov
Estonian boxer (1913–1968).
Born March 20th, 1913 in Narva.
Died January 2nd, 1968 at 54 years old in Tallinn.
Deaths 376 to 400 of 563
Life is hard. After all, it kills you. Katharine Hepburn