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Dead at age 68
1,586 Notable deaths
Earle S. MacPherson
American automotive engineer (1891–1960).
Born July 6th, 1891 in Highland Park.
Died January 26th, 1960 at 68 years old in Detroit.
Hovhannes Shiraz
Armenian poet (1915–1984).
Born April 27th, 1915 in Gyumri. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1984 at 68 years old in Yerevan.
Christian Michelsen
9th prime minister of norway.
Born March 15th, 1857 in Bergen.
Died June 29th, 1925 at 68 years old in Fana.
Auguste Kerckhoffs
Dutch linguist and cryptographer (1835–1903).
Born January 19th, 1835 in Nuth.
Died August 9th, 1903 at 68 years old in Paris.
Jesse Douglas
American mathematician (1897–1965).
Born July 3rd, 1897 in New York City.
Died October 7th, 1965 at 68 years old in New York City. [ref]
Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach
German politician (1875-1943).
Born February 9th, 1875 in Wahn.
Died August 25th, 1943 at 68 years old in Linz am Rhein.
F. M. Cornford
British classical scholar (1874–1943).
Born February 27th, 1874 in Eastbourne.
Died January 3rd, 1943 at 68 years old in Cambridge.
Iosif Shklovsky
Soviet astronomer (1916–1985).
Born July 1st, 1916 in Hlukhiv.
Died March 3rd, 1985 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Grigori Kozintsev
Soviet film director (1905-1973).
Born March 22nd, 1905 in Kyiv.
Died May 11th, 1973 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Ernst Wollweber
East german stasi officer (1898-1967).
Born October 29th, 1898 in Hann. Münden.
Died May 3rd, 1967 at 68 years old in East Berlin.
Deaths 641 to 650 of 1586
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir