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In the year 1968
563 Notable deaths
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 (1902–1968).
Born August 3rd, 1902 in Dresden.
Died May 30th, 1968 at 65 years old in Shivta (myocardial infarction).
Jack Pierce
American makeup artist (1889-1968).
Died July 19th, 1968 at 79 years old in Hollywood (uremia).
Hein ter Poorten
Dutch military officer (1887–1968).
Born November 21st, 1887 in Bogor.
Died January 15th, 1968 at 80 years old in The Hague.
Joseph Kentenich
German priest, founder of the international schoenstatt movement (1885–1968).
Born November 16th, 1885 in Gymnich.
Died September 15th, 1968 at 82 years old in Schönstatt.
Betty Loh
Actress (1937-1968).
Born August 29th, 1937 in Shanghai.
Died December 27th, 1968 at 31 years old in Hong Kong (drug overdose).
Crane Brinton
American historian.
Born February 2nd, 1898 in Winsted.
Died September 7th, 1968 at 70 years old in Massachusetts.
Corneille Heymans
Belgian physiologist (1892-1968).
Born March 28th, 1892 in Ghent.
Died July 18th, 1968 at 76 years old in Knokke-Heist.
Frances Dade
American actress (1910-1968).
Born February 14th, 1910 in Philadelphia.
Died January 21st, 1968 at 57 years old in Philadelphia.
Ildebrando Pizzetti
Italian composer (1880-1968).
Born September 20th, 1880 in Parma.
Died February 13th, 1968 at 87 years old in Rome.
Kenneth Scott Latourette
American historian (1884–1968).
Born August 6th, 1884 in Oregon City.
Died December 26th, 1968 at 84 years old in Oregon City.
Tullio Serafin
Italian conductor (1878–1968).
Born September 1st, 1878 in Cavarzere, Rottanova.
Died February 2nd, 1968 at 89 years old in Rome (cardiac arrest).
Manuel Bandeira
Brazilian writer (1886–1968).
Born April 19th, 1886 in Recife.
Died October 13th, 1968 at 82 years old in Rio de Janeiro (tuberculosis).
Béla Hamvas
Hungarian writer and philosopher (1897–1968).
Born March 23rd, 1897 in Prešov.
Died November 7th, 1968 at 71 years old in Budapest.
Nikifor Krynicki
Lemko naïve painter (1895–1968).
Born May 21st, 1895 in Krynica-Zdrój. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1968 at 73 years old in Krynica-Zdrój (tuberculosis). [ref]
Sally O'Neil
Actress (1908-1968).
Born October 23rd, 1908 in Bayonne.
Died June 18th, 1968 at 59 years old in Galesburg (pneumonia).
István Dobi
Hungarian politician (1898–1968).
Born December 31st, 1898 in Szőny.
Died November 24th, 1968 at 69 years old in Budapest.
Edwin O'Connor
American journalist and fiction writer (1918–1968).
Born July 29th, 1918 in Providence.
Died March 23rd, 1968 at 49 years old in Boston.
Jeanne Demessieux
French composer, pianist, organist and music teacher (1921-1968).
Born February 13th, 1921 in Montpellier.
Died November 11th, 1968 at 47 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris (cancer).
Hunt Stromberg
American film producer (1894-1968).
Born July 12th, 1894 in Louisville.
Died August 23rd, 1968 at 74 years old in Santa Monica.
Lina Stern
Soviet biochemist, physiologist and humanist (1875-1968).
Born July 26th, 1878 in Kaunas.
Died March 7th, 1968 at 89 years old in Moscow.
Harry Woods
American actor (1889-1968).
Born May 5th, 1889 in Cleveland.
Died December 28th, 1968 at 79 years old in Los Angeles.
Vicente Lombardo Toledano
Mexican politician (1894-1968).
Born July 16th, 1894 in Puebla.
Died November 16th, 1968 at 74 years old in Mexico City.
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo