In the year 1967
499 Notable deaths
Clement Attlee
Prime minister of the united kingdom from 1945 to 1951.
Born January 3rd, 1883 in Putney. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1967 at 84 years old in Westminster Hospital (pneumonia).
Gus Grissom
American astronaut.
Born April 3rd, 1926 in Lawrence County.
Died January 27th, 1967 at 40 years old in Cape Canaveral (smoke inhalation injury).
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter (1912–1967).
Born July 14th, 1912 in Okemah. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1967 at 55 years old in New York City (Huntington's disease). [ref]
Vladimir Komarov
Soviet cosmonaut.
Born March 16th, 1927 in Moscow.
Died April 24th, 1967 at 40 years old in Orenburg Oblast (aviation accident).
Brian Epstein
English personal manager and impresario (1934-1967).
Born September 19th, 1934 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died August 27th, 1967 at 32 years old in London (drug overdose). [ref]
René Magritte
Belgian painter and sculptor.
Born November 21st, 1898 in Lessines. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1967 at 68 years old in Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek (pancreatic cancer, lung cancer). [ref]
Dorothy Parker
American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967).
Born August 22nd, 1893 in West End. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1967 at 73 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
George Lincoln Rockwell
American politician, founder of the american nazi party (1918-1967).
Born March 9th, 1918 in Bloomington.
Died August 25th, 1967 at 49 years old in Arlington County.
Konrad Adenauer
German politician, chancellor of west germany (1949–1963), zentrum and cdu.
Born January 5th, 1876 in Cologne. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1967 at 91 years old in Rhöndorf. [ref]
Edward Hopper
American realist painter and printmaker (1882-1967).
Born July 22nd, 1882 in Nyack. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1967 at 84 years old in New York City. [ref]
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Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman