In the year 1968
521 Notable deaths
Edna Ferber
American novelist, short story writer and playwright.
Born August 15th, 1887 in Kalamazoo. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1968 at 80 years old (cancer). [ref]
Howard Florey
Australian pathologist (1898-1968).
Born September 24th, 1898 in Adelaide.
Died February 21st, 1968 at 69 years old in Oxford (myocardial infarction).
Trygve Lie
1st secretary-general of the united nations (1896–1968).
Born July 16th, 1896 in Grünerløkka. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1968 at 72 years old in Geilo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jess Willard
American boxer (1881–1968).
Born December 29th, 1881 in Kansas.
Died December 15th, 1968 at 86 years old in Los Angeles.
Stewart Menzies
British army general (1890-1968).
Born January 30th, 1890 in London.
Died May 29th, 1968 at 78 years old in London.
Albert Dekker
American actor and politician (1905–1968).
Born December 20th, 1905 in Brooklyn.
Died May 5th, 1968 at 62 years old in Hollywood (erotic asphyxiation).
Mervyn Peake
English author and illustrator.
Born July 9th, 1911 in Lianxi District. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1968 at 57 years old in Burcot (neurological disorder).
George Gamow
Russian-american theoretical physicist and cosmologist (1904–1968).
Born March 4th, 1904 in Odesa.
Died August 19th, 1968 at 64 years old in Boulder.
Dorothy Gish
American actress (1898–1968).
Born March 11th, 1898 in Dayton.
Died June 4th, 1968 at 70 years old in Rapallo (pneumonia).
Finlay Currie
Scottish actor (1878-1968).
Born January 20th, 1878 in Edinburgh.
Died May 9th, 1968 at 90 years old in Buckinghamshire.
Muthulakshmi Reddy
Indian physician and legislator.
Born July 30th, 1886 in Pudukkottai State.
Died July 22nd, 1968 at 81 years old in Chennai.
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Danish film director (1889–1968).
Born February 3rd, 1889 in Copenhagen.
Died March 20th, 1968 at 79 years old in Copenhagen (pneumonia).
Harold Nicolson
British diplomat, author, diarist and politician (1886-1968).
Born November 21st, 1886 in Tehran.
Died May 1st, 1968 at 81 years old in Sissinghurst Castle Garden.
Hitoshi Imamura
Japanese general.
Born June 28th, 1886 in Sendai.
Died October 6th, 1968 at 82 years old in Japan.
Red Foley
American musician (1910-1968).
Born June 17th, 1910 in Kentucky. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1968 at 58 years old in Fort Wayne (respiratory failure). [ref]
Fred Clark
American film and television character actor (1914-1968).
Born March 19th, 1914 in Lincoln.
Died December 5th, 1968 at 54 years old in Santa Monica (hepatitis).
Norman Thomas
American presbyterian minister and socialist (1884-1968).
Born November 20th, 1884 in Marion.
Died December 19th, 1968 at 84 years old in Cold Spring Harbor (disease).
Gerald Mohr
American radio, film and television character actor (1914-1968).
Born June 11th, 1914 in New York City.
Died November 9th, 1968 at 54 years old in Södermalm (myocardial infarction).
Francis Biddle
United states federal judge (1886-1968).
Born May 9th, 1886 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1968 at 82 years old in Hyannis (myocardial infarction).
Alexandre Kojève
Russian-born french philosopher and statesman.
Born May 11th, 1902 in Moscow. [ref]
Died June 4th, 1968 at 66 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Little Willie John
American r&b singer (1937–1968).
Born November 15th, 1937 in Ouachita County.
Died May 26th, 1968 at 30 years old in Detroit (myocardial infarction).
Fay Bainter
American actress (1893–1968).
Born December 7th, 1893 in Los Angeles.
Died April 16th, 1968 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Luther Perkins
American musician (1928–1968).
Born January 8th, 1928 in Memphis.
Died August 5th, 1968 at 40 years old in Nashville.
Dennis O'Keefe
American actor (1908–1968).
Born March 29th, 1908 in Fort Madison.
Died August 31st, 1968 at 60 years old in Santa Monica (lung cancer).
Fritz Bauer
German judge (1903-1968).
Born July 16th, 1903 in Stuttgart.
Died July 1st, 1968 at 64 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid