In the year 1969
554 Notable deaths
Susanne Cramer
German actress (1936-1969).
Born December 3rd, 1936 in Frankfurt.
Died January 7th, 1969 at 32 years old in Hollywood (pneumonia).
Charles Winninger
Actor (1884-1969).
Born May 26th, 1884 in Athens. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1969 at 84 years old in Palm Springs (sepsis).
Krzysztof Komeda
Polish musician.
Born April 27th, 1937 in Poznań. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1969 at 31 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Sara Berner
American actress (1912-1969).
Born January 12th, 1912 in Albany.
Died December 19th, 1969 at 57 years old in Van Nuys.
Charles Brackett
American screenwriter (1892–1969).
Born November 26th, 1892 in Saratoga Springs.
Died March 9th, 1969 at 76 years old in Los Angeles.
Leigh Harline
American film composer and songwriter (1907-1969).
Born March 26th, 1907 in Salt Lake City.
Died December 10th, 1969 at 62 years old in Long Beach (head and neck cancer).
Lloyd Corrigan
American actor (1900–1969).
Born October 16th, 1900 in San Francisco.
Died November 5th, 1969 at 69 years old in Woodland Hills.
Karl Freund
German film director and cinematographer (1890-1969).
Born January 16th, 1890 in Dvůr Králové nad Labem. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 1969 at 79 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Prince Konrad of Bavaria
Bavarian prince (1883-1969).
Born November 22nd, 1883 in Munich.
Died September 6th, 1969 at 85 years old in Hinterstein.
Rómulo Gallegos
Venezuelan politician and writer (1884–1969).
Born August 2nd, 1884 in Caracas. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1969 at 84 years old in Caracas. [ref]
Osbert Sitwell
British writer; baronet (1892-1969).
Born December 6th, 1892 in London. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1969 at 76 years old in Castello di Montegufoni (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Ilse Steppat
German actress (1917–1969).
Born November 30th, 1917 in Barmen.
Died December 21st, 1969 at 52 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction).
Ömer Faruk Efendi
Ottoman noble (1898–1969).
Born February 27th, 1898 in Istanbul.
Died March 28th, 1969 at 71 years old in Cairo.
Warren Sturgis McCulloch
American neuroscientist (1898–1969).
Born November 16th, 1898 in Orange. [ref]
Died September 24th, 1969 at 70 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Ardeshir Irani
Indian film director (1886–1969).
Born December 5th, 1886 in Pune.
Died October 14th, 1969 at 82 years old in Mumbai.
Ted Heath
British musician (1900–1969).
Born March 30th, 1902 in London. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1969 at 67 years old in Virginia Water.
Alexandra
German recording artist; singer.
Born May 19th, 1942 in Šilutė.
Died July 31st, 1969 at 27 years old in Tellingstedt (traffic collision).
Markian Popov
Soviet general (1902-1969).
Born November 15th, 1902 in Serafimovich.
Died April 22nd, 1969 at 66 years old in Moscow.
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh
Grand mufti of saudi arabia (1890–1969).
Born July 24th, 1893 in Riyadh.
Died December 3rd, 1969 at 76 years old in Riyadh.
He Long
Marshal of the people's republic of china (1896–1969).
Born March 22nd, 1896 in Sangzhi County.
Died June 8th, 1969 at 73 years old in Beijing (diabetes).
Joseph Kosma
Hungarian-french composer (1905–1969).
Born October 22nd, 1905 in Budapest.
Died August 7th, 1969 at 63 years old in La Roche-Guyon.
Ismail al-Azhari
President of sudan from 1965 to 1969.
Born October 20th, 1901 in Omdurman.
Died August 26th, 1969 at 67 years old in Khartoum.
Mitzi Green
American child actress (1920–1969).
Born October 22nd, 1920 in The Bronx.
Died May 24th, 1969 at 48 years old in Huntington Beach (cancer).
José María Arguedas
Peruvian writer (1911–1969).
Born January 18th, 1911 in Andahuaylas.
Died December 2nd, 1969 at 58 years old in Lima (shot to the head).
Korney Chukovsky
Russian children's poet (1882–1969).
Born March 31st, 1882 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1969 at 87 years old in Moscow (hepatitis). [ref]
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Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves. Rabindranath Tagore