In the year 1963
469 Notable deaths
Saifuddin Kitchlew
Indian revolutionary and politician (1888–1963).
Born January 15th, 1888 in Amritsar.
Died October 9th, 1963 at 75 years old in Delhi.
Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg
Military leader, viceroy, victoria cross (1889-1963).
Born March 21st, 1889 in Richmond.
Died July 4th, 1963 at 74 years old in Windsor (major trauma).
Fazlollah Zahedi
General, statesman (1897-1963).
Born May 17th, 1892 in Hamadan.
Died September 2nd, 1963 at 71 years old in Geneva.
Richard Barthelmess
American actor (1895-1963).
Born May 9th, 1895 in New York City.
Died August 17th, 1963 at 68 years old in Southampton (esophageal cancer).
Louis MacNeice
Irish poet and playwright (1907–1963).
Born September 12th, 1907 in Belfast.
Died September 3rd, 1963 at 55 years old in London (pneumonia).
Piero Manzoni
Italian artist (1933-1963).
Born July 13th, 1933 in Soncino. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1963 at 29 years old in Milan (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kurt Zeitzler
German general.
Born June 9th, 1895 in Heideblick.
Died September 25th, 1963 at 68 years old in Aschau im Chiemgau (lung cancer).
Jacques Hadamard
French mathematician (1865–1963).
Born December 8th, 1865 in Versailles. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1963 at 97 years old in Paris.
Grigoris Lambrakis
Greek mp (1912-1963).
Born April 3rd, 1912 in Kerasitsa.
Died May 27th, 1963 at 51 years old in Thessaloniki (blunt trauma).
Benny Moré
Cuban musician.
Born August 28th, 1916 in Lajas. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1963 at 46 years old in Havana (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 469
You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman