Dead at age 68
1,047 Notable deaths
Marion Tinsley
American checkers player.
Born February 3rd, 1927 in Ironton.
Died April 3rd, 1995 at 68 years old in Houston (pancreatic cancer).
Henry Cowell
American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario (1897-1965).
Born March 11th, 1897 in Menlo Park. [ref]
Died December 10th, 1965 at 68 years old in New York City. [ref]
Joseph Strauss
American structural engineer.
Born January 9th, 1870 in Cincinnati.
Died May 16th, 1938 at 68 years old in Los Angeles.
Stanley Spencer
English painter (1891-1959).
Born July 30th, 1891 in Cookham. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1959 at 68 years old in Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital (cancer). [ref]
John Chancellor
American tv journalist.
Born July 14th, 1927 in Chicago.
Died July 12th, 1996 at 68 years old in Princeton (stomach cancer).
Eduard Roschmann
Ss officer (1908-1977).
Born November 25th, 1908 in Graz.
Died August 8th, 1977 at 68 years old in Asunción.
Alan Rubin
Jazz trumpeter, blues brothers member.
Born February 11th, 1943 in New York City.
Died June 8th, 2011 at 68 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [ref]
Harry Reasoner
American journalist.
Born April 17th, 1923 in Dakota City.
Died August 6th, 1991 at 68 years old in Westport (fall).
Jim Gray
American computer scientist.
Born January 12th, 1944 in San Francisco.
Died January 28th, 2012 at 68 years old in sea.
Geoffrey Hughes
Actor (1944-2012).
Born February 2nd, 1944 in Wallasey.
Died July 27th, 2012 at 68 years old in Isle of Wight (prostate cancer). [ref]
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo