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In the year 1968
521 Notable deaths
Tommy Noonan
American actor, screenwriter and producer (1921-1968).
Born April 29th, 1921 in Bellingham.
Died April 24th, 1968 at 46 years old in Woodland Hills (brain cancer).
Pitirim Sorokin
Russian sociologist (1889-1968).
Born February 4th, 1889 in Turya.
Died February 12th, 1968 at 79 years old in Winchester.
Masanobu Tsuji
Japanese war criminal.
Born October 11th, 1902 in Higashitanioku.
Died July 20th, 1968 at 65 years old
Benita Hume
British actress (1906–1967).
Born October 14th, 1906 in London.
Died November 1st, 1968 at 62 years old in Egerton (bone cancer).
Helen Walker
American actress (1920-1968).
Born July 17th, 1920 in Worcester. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1968 at 47 years old in North Hollywood (cancer). [ref]
Max Brod
Author, composer, and journalist.
Born May 27th, 1884 in Prague. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1968 at 84 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Doris Lloyd
English actress.
Born July 3rd, 1896 in Liverpool.
Died May 21st, 1968 at 71 years old in Santa Barbara (myocardial infarction).
Georgios Papandreou
Prime minister of greece (1888–1968).
Born February 13th, 1888 in Kalentzi.
Died November 1st, 1968 at 80 years old in Athens.
Juanita Hall
American musical theatre and film actress; singer, recording artist (1901-1968).
Born November 6th, 1901 in Keyport.
Died February 28th, 1968 at 66 years old in Bay Shore (diabetes).
Richard Norris Williams
American tennis player (1891-1968).
Born January 29th, 1891 in Geneva.
Died June 4th, 1968 at 77 years old in Bryn Mawr.
Cornell Woolrich
American author and screenwriter (1903–1968).
Born December 4th, 1903 in New York City.
Died September 25th, 1968 at 64 years old in New York City (stroke).
Tsuguharu Foujita
French painter (1886-1968).
Born November 27th, 1886 in Shin-ogawamachi.
Died January 29th, 1968 at 81 years old in Zurich (prostate cancer).
Walter Wanger
American film producer (1894-1968).
Born July 11th, 1894 in San Francisco.
Died November 18th, 1968 at 74 years old in New York City (disease).
Giovanni Messe
Italian general (1883-1968).
Born December 10th, 1883 in Mesagne.
Died December 18th, 1968 at 85 years old in Rome.
Mae Marsh
American actress (1894-1968).
Born November 9th, 1894 in Madrid.
Died February 13th, 1968 at 73 years old in Hermosa Beach (myocardial infarction, cardioplegia).
John Heartfield
German artist (1891-1968).
Born June 19th, 1891 in Schmargendorf. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1968 at 76 years old in East Berlin. [ref]
Georg von Küchler
German military officer (1881-1968).
Born May 30th, 1881 in Schloss Philippsruhe.
Died May 25th, 1968 at 86 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
German general (1885-1968).
Born January 17th, 1885 in Wrocław.
Died June 18th, 1968 at 83 years old in Holzminden.
Erwin Panofsky
German art historian (1892–1968).
Born March 30th, 1892 in Hanover.
Died March 14th, 1968 at 75 years old in Princeton.
Makhanlal Chaturvedi
Indian writer (1889-1968).
Born April 4th, 1889 in Makhan Nagar.
Died January 30th, 1968 at 78 years old in Bhopal.
Lucio Fontana
Italian-argentine sculptor, painter and theorist, manifiesto blanco, spatialism (1899-1968).
Born February 19th, 1899 in Rosario.
Died September 7th, 1968 at 69 years old in Comabbio.
Tivadar Soros
Hungarian lawyer, author and editor (1894–1968).
Born April 7th, 1893 in Budapest, Baktalórántháza.
Died February 22nd, 1968 at 74 years old in New York City.
Sam Crawford
American hall of fame baseball player and coach (1880–1968).
Born April 18th, 1880 in Wahoo.
Died June 15th, 1968 at 88 years old in Hollywood (stroke).
Gholamreza Takhti
Iranian wrestler.
Born August 27th, 1930 in Tehran.
Died January 7th, 1968 at 37 years old in Tehran.
Ruth St. Denis
American dancer (1879-1968).
Born January 20th, 1879 in Newark.
Died July 21st, 1968 at 89 years old in Hyatt Place Dubai Al Rigga.
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