Dead at age 68
1,587 Notable deaths
Axel Sjöblom
Gymnast.
Born December 17th, 1882 in Stockholm.
Died October 10th, 1951 at 68 years old in Stockholm.
Giovanni Lugari
Catholic cardinal (1846-1914).
Born February 18th, 1846 in Rome.
Died July 31st, 1914 at 68 years old in Rome.
Heikki Sammallahti
Gymnast (1886-1954).
Born January 20th, 1886 in Pyhäjärvi.
Died October 17th, 1954 at 68 years old in Kokkola.
René-Marie Ehuzu
Beninese university teacher and catholic priest (1944-2012).
Born April 12th, 1944 in Cotonou.
Died October 17th, 2012 at 68 years old in San Giovanni Rotondo.
Jan Østervold
Sailor.
Born December 8th, 1876 in Austevoll Municipality.
Died January 9th, 1945 at 68 years old in New York City.
Graham Dadds
Field hockey player.
Born March 16th, 1911 in Swansea.
Died March 8th, 1980 at 68 years old in Swansea.
Lyubov Talalaeva
Soviet rower.
Born January 24th, 1953 in Moscow.
Died May 24th, 2021 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Anna Chertkova
Children's writer, social leader and peredvizhniki's model.
Born September 17th, 1859 in Kyiv.
Died October 11th, 1927 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Willem Jozef Andreas Jonckbloet
Dutch academic (1817–1885).
Born July 6th, 1817 in The Hague.
Died October 19th, 1885 at 68 years old in Wiesbaden.
Conrad Christensen
Gymnast (1882–1950).
Born January 25th, 1882 in Christiania. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1950 at 68 years old in Oslo.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel