In the year 1969
554 Notable deaths
Jakob Grimminger
Ss officer (1892–1969).
Born April 25th, 1892 in Augsburg.
Died January 28th, 1969 at 76 years old in Munich.
C. F. Powell
British physicist.
Born December 5th, 1903 in Tonbridge.
Died August 9th, 1969 at 65 years old in Lake Como.
Robert Mulka
Holocaust perpetrator (1895–1969).
Born April 12th, 1895 in Hamburg.
Died April 26th, 1969 at 74 years old in Hamburg.
Morihiro Higashikuni
Imperial japanese army officer; member of a cadet line of the japanese imperial family.
Died February 1st, 1969 at 51 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer).
Frederick Varley
Canadian painter, member of the canadian group of seven artists (1881-1969).
Born January 2nd, 1881 in Sheffield.
Died September 8th, 1969 at 88 years old in Toronto.
Erskine Sanford
American actor.
Born November 19th, 1885 in Trinidad.
Died July 7th, 1969 at 83 years old in Los Angeles.
Léon Brillouin
French physicist (1889-1969).
Born August 7th, 1889 in Sèvres.
Died October 4th, 1969 at 80 years old in New York City.
Sigrid Gurie
American actress (1911-1969).
Born May 18th, 1911 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1969 at 58 years old in Mexico City (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Karl Kaufmann
German politician (1900-1969).
Born October 10th, 1900 in Krefeld.
Died December 4th, 1969 at 69 years old in Hamburg.
Giuseppe Pinelli
Italian anarchist (1928–1969).
Born October 21st, 1928 in Milan.
Died December 15th, 1969 at 41 years old in Milan (falling).
Wilhelm Backhaus
German pianist (1884–1969).
Born March 26th, 1884 in Leipzig.
Died July 5th, 1969 at 85 years old in Villach.
Hans-Erich Voss
German admiral (1897-1969).
Born October 30th, 1897 in Angermünde.
Died November 18th, 1969 at 72 years old in Berchtesgaden.
Tanaka Raizō
Japanese admiral.
Born April 27th, 1892 in Yamaguchi.
Died July 9th, 1969 at 77 years old
Édouard Cortès
French painter (1882-1969).
Born August 6th, 1882 in Lagny-sur-Marne. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1969 at 87 years old in Lagny-sur-Marne. [ref]
Joseph Schacht
German islamic scholar (1902–1969).
Born April 15th, 1902 in Racibórz.
Died August 1st, 1969 at 67 years old in Englewood.
Don Drummond
Jamaican ska trombonist and composer (1932-1969).
Born March 12th, 1934 in Kingston. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1969 at 35 years old in Kingston.
Ernest Ansermet
Swiss conductor (1883–1969).
Born November 11th, 1883 in Vevey.
Died February 20th, 1969 at 85 years old in Geneva (myocardial infarction).
William S. Sadler
Psychiatrist and author.
Born June 24th, 1875 in Spencer.
Died April 26th, 1969 at 93 years old in Chicago.
Pratima Tagore
Indian bengali artist (1893-1969).
Born November 5th, 1893 in Kolkata.
Died January 9th, 1969 at 75 years old in Santiniketan.
Vecihi Hürkuş
Turkish aviator (1896–1969).
Born January 6th, 1896 in Istanbul.
Died July 16th, 1969 at 73 years old in Gülhane Training and Research Hospital.
Claudius Dornier
German aerospace engineer and inventor.
Born May 14th, 1884 in Kempten. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1969 at 85 years old in Zug. [ref]
Dominique Pire
Belgian dominican friar (1910–1969).
Born February 10th, 1910 in Dinant. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1969 at 58 years old in Herent. [ref]
Pee Wee Russell
American musician (1906–1969).
Born March 27th, 1906 in Maplewood.
Died February 15th, 1969 at 62 years old in Alexandria.
Arthur John Arberry
British scholar of arabic, persian and islamic literature.
Born May 12th, 1905 in Portsmouth. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1969 at 64 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Paul Scherrer
Swiss physicist (1890-1969).
Born February 3rd, 1890 in St. Gallen.
Died September 25th, 1969 at 79 years old in Zurich.
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No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut