In the year 1969
590 Notable deaths
Giovanni Martinelli
Italian operatic tenor (1880–1969).
Born October 22nd, 1885 in Montagnana.
Died February 2nd, 1969 at 83 years old in Mount Sinai West.
Enrique Peñaranda
President of bolivia (1893-1969).
Born November 15th, 1893 in La Paz.
Died December 22nd, 1969 at 76 years old in Madrid.
Édouard Cortès
French painter (1882-1969).
Born August 6th, 1882 in Lagny-sur-Marne.
Died November 26th, 1969 at 87 years old in Lagny-sur-Marne.
Fernando Ortiz Fernández
Cuban writer (1881–1969).
Born July 16th, 1881 in Havana.
Died April 10th, 1969 at 87 years old in Havana.
Lambert Hillyer
Film director, screenwriter (1893-1969).
Born July 8th, 1893 in South Bend.
Died July 5th, 1969 at 75 years old in Woodland Hills.
Tao Zhu
Chinese politician (1908-1969).
Born January 16th, 1908 in Qiyang.
Died November 30th, 1969 at 61 years old in Hefei (gallbladder cancer).
Lou Albert-Lasard
French-german painter (1885-1969).
Born November 10th, 1885 in Metz.
Died July 21st, 1969 at 83 years old in Paris. [ref]
James H. Duff
American politician (1883-1969).
Born January 21st, 1883 in Mansfield.
Died December 20th, 1969 at 86 years old in Washington, D.C..
Chen Yinque
Chinese historian, linguist, and scholar (1890–1969).
Born June 16th, 1890 in Changsha.
Died October 7th, 1969 at 79 years old in Guangzhou.
Marius Barbeau
Canadian ethnographer and folklorist (1883–1969).
Born March 5th, 1883 in Sainte-Marie.
Died February 27th, 1969 at 85 years old in Ottawa.
Henri Decoin
Film director, screenwriter (1890–1969).
Born March 18th, 1890 in 4th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 5th, 1969 at 79 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Filipp Oktyabrsky
Soviet admiral (1899-1969).
Born October 23rd, 1899 in Tver.
Died July 8th, 1969 at 69 years old in Sevastopol.
La Niña de los Peines
Spanish flamenco singer (cantaora).
Born February 10th, 1890 in Seville.
Died November 26th, 1969 at 79 years old in Seville.
Spencer Williams
American actor and filmmaker (1893-1969).
Born July 14th, 1893 in Vidalia.
Died December 13th, 1969 at 76 years old in Los Angeles.
Josef Beran
Czech cardinal, professor and theologist (1888–1969).
Born December 28th, 1888 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died May 17th, 1969 at 80 years old in Rome (lung cancer). [ref]
Jean Price-Mars
Haitian doctor, politician and writer (1876–1969).
Born October 15th, 1876 in Grande-Rivière-du-Nord.
Died March 1st, 1969 at 92 years old in Pétion-Ville.
Renato Cesarini
Italian-argentine football player and coach (1906-1969).
Born April 11th, 1906 in Senigallia.
Died March 24th, 1969 at 62 years old in Buenos Aires.
Boris Anrep
Russian artist, active in britain (1883–1969).
Born September 27th, 1883 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 7th, 1969 at 85 years old in London.
Hans Freyer
German philosopher and sociologist (1887-1969).
Born July 31st, 1887 in Leipzig.
Died January 18th, 1969 at 81 years old in Ebersteinburg.
Choi Seung-hee
Korean dancer and actress (1911-1969).
Born November 24th, 1911 in Seoul.
Died August 8th, 1969 at 57 years old in North Korea.
Johannes Dieckmann
German politician (1893-1969).
Born January 19th, 1893 in Fischerhude.
Died February 22nd, 1969 at 76 years old in East Berlin.
Walter Reppe
German chemist (1892–1969).
Born July 29th, 1892 in Göringen.
Died July 26th, 1969 at 76 years old in Heidelberg.
Fritz Reinhardt
German politician (1895-1969).
Born April 3rd, 1895 in Ilmenau.
Died June 17th, 1969 at 74 years old in Regensburg.
Lars Ekborg
Swedish actor (1926-1969).
Born June 6th, 1926 in Uppsala.
Died October 7th, 1969 at 43 years old in Ängelholm (liver cancer).
William Henry Chamberlin
American historian and journalist (1897-1969).
Born February 17th, 1897 in Brooklyn.
Died September 12th, 1969 at 72 years old in St. Moritz.
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