In the year 1968
521 Notable deaths
Charles Munch
French musician (1891-1968).
Born September 26th, 1891 in Strasbourg. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1968 at 77 years old in Richmond (cardiovascular disease).
Sigfried Giedion
Swiss architectural historian (1888–1968).
Born April 14th, 1888 in Prague.
Died April 10th, 1968 at 79 years old in Zurich.
Augustin Bea
German jesuit priest and scholar and cardinal (1881-1968).
Born May 28th, 1881 in Blumberg. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1968 at 87 years old in Rome. [ref]
Bill Tytla
American animator (1904–1968).
Born October 25th, 1904 in Yonkers.
Died December 31st, 1968 at 64 years old in East Lyme.
Robert Burks
American cinematographer (1909-1968).
Died May 13th, 1968 at 58 years old in Newport Beach.
Alfred Baeumler
German nazi philosopher (1887-1968).
Born November 19th, 1887 in Nové Město pod Smrkem.
Died March 19th, 1968 at 80 years old in Eningen unter Achalm.
George Lewis
American musician.
Born July 13th, 1900 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1968 at 68 years old in New Orleans. [ref]
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
Polish writer.
Born August 8th, 1890 in Kośmin, Lublin Voivodeship. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1968 at 77 years old in Bielsko-Biała. [ref]
Khuang Aphaiwong
Prime minister of thailand (1902-1968).
Born May 17th, 1902 in Battambang.
Died March 15th, 1968 at 65 years old in Bangkok (lung cancer).
Virginia Valli
American actress (1898-1968).
Born January 10th, 1896 in Chicago.
Died September 24th, 1968 at 72 years old in Palm Springs (stroke).
Edwin Boring
American psychologist (1886–1968).
Born October 23rd, 1886 in Philadelphia.
Died July 1st, 1968 at 81 years old in Cambridge (multiple myeloma).
Bert Wheeler
American comedian (1895-1968).
Born April 7th, 1895 in Paterson.
Died January 18th, 1968 at 72 years old in New York City (kidney failure).
Arnold Zweig
German writer (1887-1968).
Born November 10th, 1887 in Głogów. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1968 at 81 years old in East Berlin.
Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges
Former elected state president of south africa who died before being able to take office (1898–1968).
Born March 8th, 1898 in Klerksdorp. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1968 at 69 years old in Cape Town (cerebrovascular disease).
Heinrich Nordhoff
German businessman (1899–1968).
Born January 6th, 1899 in Hildesheim.
Died April 12th, 1968 at 69 years old in Wolfsburg.
Øystein Ore
Norwegian mathematician (1899–1968).
Born October 7th, 1899 in Oslo, Christiania.
Died August 13th, 1968 at 68 years old in Bærum Municipality.
Paul Radmilovic
British swimmer and water polo player (1886–1968).
Born March 5th, 1886 in Cardiff. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1968 at 82 years old in Weston-super-Mare. [ref]
Assis Chateaubriand
Brazilian journalist, entrepreneur, art collector and diplomat (1892–1968).
Born October 4th, 1892 in Umbuzeiro. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1968 at 75 years old in São Paulo.
Cassandre
French designer painter, commercial poster artist and typeface designer (1901-1968).
Born January 24th, 1901 in Kharkov Governorate. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1968 at 67 years old in Paris.
Leopold Infeld
Polish physicist.
Born August 20th, 1898 in Kraków. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1968 at 69 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Samad Behrangi
Iranian writer and social critic.
Born June 24th, 1939 in Tabriz.
Died August 31st, 1968 at 29 years old in Tabriz (drowning).
Archie Mayo
Movie director and stage actor (1891-1968).
Born January 29th, 1891 in New York City.
Died December 4th, 1968 at 77 years old in Guadalajara (cancer).
Dorothy Abbott
Actress (1920-1968).
Born December 16th, 1920 in Kansas City.
Died December 15th, 1968 at 47 years old in Los Angeles.
Ramón Menéndez Pidal
Spanish philologist (1869-1968).
Born March 13th, 1869 in A Coruña.
Died November 14th, 1968 at 99 years old in Madrid.
Martin Noth
German theologian.
Born August 3rd, 1902 in Dresden. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1968 at 65 years old in Shivta. [ref]
Deaths 176 to 200 of 521
That’s what literature is. It’s the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them! Connie Willis