Dead at age 68

1,089 Notable deaths

Michael Smith

Canadian nobel laureate in chemistry.

Born April 26th, 1932 in Blackpool. [ref]

Died October 4th, 2000 at 68 years old in Vancouver. [ref]

Charles Moore

American architect (1925-1993).

Born October 31st, 1925 in Benton Harbor. [ref]

Died December 16th, 1993 at 68 years old in Austin. [ref]

Margot Adler

Author, neopagan, and national public radio reporter.

Born April 16th, 1946 in Little Rock.

Died July 28th, 2014 at 68 years old in New York City (cancer).

Dmitry Konstantinovich Belyayev

Russian biologist.

Born July 17th, 1917 in Kostroma.

Died November 14th, 1985 at 68 years old in Novosibirsk.

Francis William Aston

British chemist (1877-1945).

Born September 1st, 1877 in Birmingham, Harborne. [ref]

Died November 20th, 1945 at 68 years old in Cambridge. [ref]

Tony Smith

American sculptor and architect (1912–1980).

Born September 23rd, 1912 in South Orange.

Died December 26th, 1980 at 68 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).

Joe Armstrong

British computer scientist (1950-2019).

Born December 27th, 1950 in London.

Died April 20th, 2019 at 68 years old in Stockholm. [ref]

Maurice Halbwachs

French sociologist (1877-1945) d. buchenwald concentration camp.

Born March 11th, 1877 in Reims. [ref]

Died March 16th, 1945 at 68 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (dysentery). [ref]

Archduchess Charlotte of Austria

Archduchess (1921-1989).

Born March 1st, 1921 in Prangins.

Died July 23rd, 1989 at 68 years old in Munich.

Israel Shahak

Israeli academic.

Born April 28th, 1933 in Warsaw. [ref]

Died July 2nd, 2001 at 68 years old in Jerusalem (diabetes). [ref]

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I discovered to my joy, that it is life, not death, that has no limits. Gabriel García Márquez