In the year 1969
590 Notable deaths
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.
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.
Constance Dowling
American actress (1920–1969).
Born July 24th, 1920 in New York City.
Died October 28th, 1969 at 49 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Eduardo Ciannelli
Italian actor (1889–1969).
Born August 30th, 1889 in Ischia.
Died October 8th, 1969 at 80 years old in Rome (cancer).
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).
Maurine Dallas Watkins
American journalist (1896–1969).
Born July 27th, 1896 in Louisville.
Died August 10th, 1969 at 73 years old in Jacksonville.
Willy Ley
German-american science and science-fiction writer (1906–1969).
Born October 2nd, 1906 in Berlin.
Died June 24th, 1969 at 62 years old in New York City.
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]
Richard Crane
American actor (1918-1969).
Born June 6th, 1918 in New Castle.
Died March 9th, 1969 at 50 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Jimmy McHugh
American composer, songwriter (1894–1969).
Born July 10th, 1894 in Boston.
Died May 23rd, 1969 at 74 years old in Beverly Hills.
Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi
Quran reciter (1920-1969).
Born January 20th, 1920 in Al-Munsha'āh.
Died June 20th, 1969 at 49 years old in Al-Munsha'āh (esophageal varix).
Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German explorer (1873-1969).
Born October 10th, 1873 in Schwerin.
Died August 5th, 1969 at 95 years old in Eutin.
Kimon Georgiev
Bulgarian politician and general (1882-1969).
Born August 11th, 1882 in Pazardzhik.
Died September 28th, 1969 at 87 years old in Varna (stroke).
Robert Arthur Jr.
American mystery and speculative fiction writer (1909–1969).
Born November 10th, 1909 in Fort Mills.
Died May 2nd, 1969 at 59 years old in Philadelphia.
Grażyna Bacewicz
Polish composer and violinist (1909–1969).
Born February 5th, 1909 in Łódź.
Died January 17th, 1969 at 59 years old in Warsaw.
Jalal Al-e-Ahmad
Writer, thinker, and social and political critic (1923-1969).
Born December 2nd, 1923 in Tehran.
Died September 9th, 1969 at 45 years old in Asalem.
Ivy Compton-Burnett
English writer (1884–1969).
Born June 5th, 1884 in Pinner.
Died August 27th, 1969 at 85 years old in London (bronchitis).
Rod La Rocque
American actor (1898-1969).
Born November 29th, 1898 in Chicago.
Died October 15th, 1969 at 70 years old in Beverly Hills (disease).
Frederic Bartlett
British psychologist and academic (1886–1969).
Born October 20th, 1886 in Stow-on-the-Wold.
Died September 30th, 1969 at 82 years old in Cambridge.
Vernon Duke
American composer (1903-1969).
Born October 10th, 1903 in Parafjanava.
Died January 16th, 1969 at 65 years old in Santa Monica (cancer).
Vesto Slipher
American astronomer.
Born November 11th, 1875 in Mulberry.
Died November 8th, 1969 at 93 years old in Flagstaff.
Jiří Trnka
Czech animator, illustrator, painter, director, scriptwriter, scenographer, sculptor and university educator (1912-1969).
Born February 24th, 1912 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1969 at 57 years old in Prague. [ref]
Fortunio Bonanova
Actor and opera singer (1895-1969).
Born January 13th, 1895 in Palma.
Died April 2nd, 1969 at 74 years old in Woodland Hills.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 590
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz