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In the year 1968
563 Notable deaths
Marcel Pinel
French footballer (1908–1968).
Born July 8th, 1908 in Honfleur.
Died March 18th, 1968 at 59 years old in Honfleur.
Ferdinand Perier
Belgian archbishop.
Born September 22nd, 1875 in Antwerp.
Died November 10th, 1968 at 93 years old in Kolkata.
Doris Mable Cochran
American herpetologist (1898-1968).
Born May 18th, 1898 in North Girard.
Died May 22nd, 1968 at 70 years old in Washington, D.C., Hyattsville.
Ilia Abuladze
Historian and philologist.
Born November 24th, 1901 in Zeda Sakara.
Died October 9th, 1968 at 66 years old in Tbilisi.
Harri Moora
Estonian archaeologist (1900–1968).
Born March 2nd, 1900 in Ehavere.
Died May 2nd, 1968 at 68 years old in Tallinn.
Jules Rossi
Italian cyclist (1914–1968).
Born November 3rd, 1914 in Bardi.
Died June 30th, 1968 at 53 years old in Champigny-sur-Marne.
Sándor Gombos
Hungarian fencer (1895-1968).
Born December 4th, 1895 in Sombor.
Died January 27th, 1968 at 72 years old in Budapest.
Nugent Slaughter
American special effects person (1888-1968).
Born March 17th, 1888 in Virginia.
Died December 27th, 1968 at 80 years old in Oroville.
Anton van Duinkerken
Dutch poet, essayist, and academic (1903–1968).
Born January 2nd, 1903 in Bergen op Zoom.
Died July 27th, 1968 at 65 years old in Nijmegen.
Fernando Guidicelli
Brazilian footballer and manager (1906-1968).
Born March 1st, 1906 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died December 28th, 1968 at 62 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Willy Jäggi
Swiss footballer (1906-1968).
Born July 28th, 1906 in Solothurn.
Died February 1st, 1968 at 61 years old in Biel/Bienne.
Lorenz Nieberl
Bobsledder (1919-1968).
Born June 7th, 1919 in Weimar Republic.
Died April 12th, 1968 at 48 years old
Franco Riccardi
Italian fencer (1905–1968).
Born June 13th, 1905 in Milan.
Died May 24th, 1968 at 62 years old in San Colombano al Lambro.
Oscar Kreuzer
German tennis player (1887–1968).
Born June 14th, 1887 in Frankfurt.
Died May 3rd, 1968 at 80 years old in Wiesbaden.
Giuseppe Enrici
Italian racing cyclist (1898–1968).
Born January 2nd, 1898 in Pittsburgh.
Died September 1st, 1968 at 70 years old in Nice.
Flora Zabelle Hitchcock
American actress (1880-1968).
Born April 1st, 1880 in Istanbul.
Died October 7th, 1968 at 88 years old in Presbyterian Hospital. [ref]
Fatma Gadri
Azerbaijani actress.
Born April 14th, 1907 in Odesa.
Died February 29th, 1968 at 60 years old in Baku.
Fedde Schurer
Dutch schoolteacher, journalist, language activist, politician and poet (1898-1968).
Born July 25th, 1898 in Drachten.
Died March 19th, 1968 at 69 years old in Heerenveen.
George Constantine
American racing driver.
Born February 22nd, 1918 in Southbridge.
Died January 7th, 1968 at 49 years old in Worcester County.
Heinrich Vogt
German astronomer (1890–1968).
Born October 5th, 1890 in Gau-Algesheim. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1968 at 77 years old in Heidelberg.
Armand Blanchonnet
French cyclist (1903–1968).
Born December 23rd, 1903 in Gipcy. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1968 at 64 years old in Cernay-la-Ville. [ref]
Gustavo Colonnetti
Italian mathemacitian and civil engineer (1886-1968).
Born November 8th, 1886 in Turin.
Died March 20th, 1968 at 81 years old in Turin.
Vasily Azhayev
Soviet writer.
Born February 12th, 1915 in Moscow Governorate.
Died April 27th, 1968 at 53 years old in Moscow.
Edward Kirby
American long-distance runner.
Born October 30th, 1901 in Washington, D.C..
Died July 5th, 1968 at 66 years old in West Orange.
Emil Hirschfeld
German shot and discus thrower (1903-1968).
Born July 31st, 1903 in Gdańsk.
Died February 23rd, 1968 at 64 years old in Berlin.
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