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In the year 1968
563 Notable deaths
Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine
Hessian royal (1908–1968).
Born November 20th, 1908 in Darmstadt.
Died May 30th, 1968 at 59 years old in Frankfurt.
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.
Hans F. K. Günther
German eugenicist (1891–1968).
Born February 16th, 1891 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Died September 25th, 1968 at 77 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Ivan Ribar
Croatian politician (1881-1968).
Born January 21st, 1881 in Vukmanić.
Died February 2nd, 1968 at 87 years old in Zagreb (disease).
Chester Carlson
American physicist (1906-1968).
Born February 8th, 1906 in Seattle.
Died September 19th, 1968 at 62 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Vittorio Pozzo
Italian football player and manager (1886-1968).
Born March 2nd, 1886 in Turin. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1968 at 82 years old in Turin.
Kirill Meretskov
Soviet marshal (1897–1968).
Born June 7th, 1897 in Zaraysk.
Died December 30th, 1968 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Herbert Edward Read
English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art (1893-1968).
Born December 4th, 1893 in Muscoates.
Died June 12th, 1968 at 74 years old in Stonegrave.
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Publisher of the new york times from 1935 to 1961 (1891–1968).
Born September 12th, 1891 in New York City.
Died December 11th, 1968 at 77 years old in New York City.
Lilian Harvey
Anglo-german actress and singer.
Born January 19th, 1906 in London.
Died July 27th, 1968 at 62 years old in Antibes (liver failure).
Kees van Dongen
Dutch painter (1877-1968).
Born January 26th, 1877 in Delfshaven.
Died May 28th, 1968 at 91 years old in Monte Carlo.
Vasily Sokolovsky
Soviet marshal (1897–1968).
Born July 21st, 1897 in Koźliki.
Died May 10th, 1968 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Romano Guardini
German catholic philosopher (1885–1968).
Born February 17th, 1885 in Verona. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1968 at 83 years old in Munich. [ref]
Dorothea Mackellar
Australian poet (1885–1968).
Born July 1st, 1885 in Sydney.
Died January 14th, 1968 at 82 years old in Paddington (falling from height).
Anthony Asquith
English film director (1902-1968).
Born November 9th, 1902 in London.
Died February 21st, 1968 at 65 years old in London (lymphoma).
John Ridgely
American actor (1909-1968).
Born September 6th, 1909 in Chicago.
Died January 18th, 1968 at 58 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke
German general (1889-1968).
Born January 24th, 1889 in Schleswig.
Died July 4th, 1968 at 79 years old in Kappeln (cancer).
Nedrick Young
American screenwriter (1914-1968).
Born March 23rd, 1914 in Philadelphia.
Died September 16th, 1968 at 54 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Josephine Hopper
American painter and model (1883-1967).
Born March 18th, 1883 in Manhattan.
Died March 6th, 1968 at 84 years old
Lee Tracy
American actor (1898-1968).
Born April 14th, 1898 in Atlanta.
Died October 18th, 1968 at 70 years old in Santa Monica (liver cancer).
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Italian composer (1895–1968).
Born April 3rd, 1895 in Florence.
Died March 17th, 1968 at 72 years old in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills.
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff
German general (1889–1968).
Born June 15th, 1889 in Kołobrzeg.
Died March 9th, 1968 at 78 years old in Frankfurt.
Fannie Hurst
American novelist (1889–1968).
Born October 18th, 1889 in Hamilton.
Died February 23rd, 1968 at 78 years old in New York City.
Prince Feodor Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian prince (1898–1968).
Born December 23rd, 1898 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 30th, 1968 at 69 years old in Cannes.
Rezső Seress
Hungarian pianist and composer (1889-1968).
Born November 3rd, 1899 in Budapest. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1968 at 68 years old in Budapest.
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Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi