In the year 1967
499 Notable deaths
Roger Bruce Chaffee
United states navy commander, nasa astronaut.
Born February 15th, 1935 in Grand Rapids.
Died January 27th, 1967 at 31 years old in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (smoke inhalation injury).
Donald Campbell
English racecar driver and land & water speed record holder (1921-1967).
Born March 23rd, 1921 in Kingston upon Thames.
Died January 4th, 1967 at 45 years old in Coniston Water.
Primo Carnera
Italian boxer (1906-1967).
Born October 26th, 1906 in Sequals.
Died June 29th, 1967 at 60 years old in Sequals (cancer).
Margarete Himmler
Wife of reichsführer-ss heinrich himmler.
Born September 9th, 1893 in Bydgoszcz, Goncarzewy.
Died August 25th, 1967 at 73 years old in Munich.
Ram Manohar Lohia
Indian politician (1910-1967).
Born March 23rd, 1910 in Akbarpur. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1967 at 57 years old in New Delhi. [ref]
Leonhard Seppala
Norwegian musher.
Born September 14th, 1877 in Skibotn.
Died January 28th, 1967 at 89 years old in Seattle.
Carson McCullers
American writer (1917-1967).
Born February 19th, 1917 in Columbus. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1967 at 50 years old in Nyack (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Jimmie Foxx
American baseball player and coach (1907-1967).
Born October 22nd, 1907 in Sudlersville.
Died July 21st, 1967 at 59 years old in Miami (choking).
Henry J. Kaiser
American industrialist.
Born May 9th, 1882 in Sprout Brook.
Died August 24th, 1967 at 85 years old in Honolulu (disease).
Joe Orton
English playwright and author.
Born January 1st, 1933 in Leicester. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1967 at 34 years old in Islington (blunt trauma). [ref]
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo