In the year 1968
521 Notable deaths
Jack Pierce
American makeup artist (1889-1968).
Died July 19th, 1968 at 79 years old in Hollywood (uremia).
Hein ter Poorten
Dutch general (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 18th, 1885 in Gymnich.
Died September 15th, 1968 at 82 years old in Schönstatt.
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.
Tullio Serafin
Italian conductor.
Born September 1st, 1878 in Cavarzere, Rottanova.
Died February 2nd, 1968 at 89 years old in Rome (cardiac arrest). [ref]
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.
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.
Born July 29th, 1918 in Providence. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1968 at 49 years old in Boston. [ref]
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).
Lina Stern
Soviet biochemist, physiologist and humanist (1878-1968).
Born August 26th, 1878 in Liepāja.
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.
Amelia Peláez
Cuban artist (1896-1968).
Born January 5th, 1896 in Yaguajay.
Died April 8th, 1968 at 72 years old in Havana.
Rudolph Dirks
Cartoonist (1877–1968).
Born February 26th, 1877 in Heide.
Died April 20th, 1968 at 91 years old in New York City.
Akmal Khan
Pakistani actor and singer (1929–1968).
Born November 11th, 1929 in Lahore.
Died June 11th, 1968 at 38 years old in Muslim Town.
Albert Lewin
American film director, producer, and screenwriter (1894-1968).
Born September 23rd, 1894 in Brooklyn.
Died May 9th, 1968 at 73 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Alexander Hall
American film director and film editor (1894-1968).
Born January 11th, 1894 in Boston.
Died July 30th, 1968 at 74 years old in San Francisco (stroke).
Valentine Hugo
French painter, draftsman, and illustrator (1887-1968).
Born March 16th, 1887 in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Died March 16th, 1968 at 81 years old in Paris.
Shangguan Yunzhu
Chinese actress (1920-1968).
Born March 2nd, 1920 in Jiangyin.
Died November 23rd, 1968 at 48 years old in Shanghai (falling from height).
Käthe Kruse
Dollmaker (1883-1968).
Born September 17th, 1883 in Dąbrowa. [ref]
Died July 19th, 1968 at 84 years old in Murnau am Staffelsee. [ref]
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Death commences too early – almost before you’re half-acquainted with life – you meet the other. Tennessee Williams