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In the year 1968
513 Notable deaths
Dorothea Mackellar
Australian poet.
Born July 1st, 1885 in Point Piper.
Died January 14th, 1968 at 82 years old in Paddington (fall).
Anthony Asquith
English film director (1902-1968).
Born November 9th, 1902 in London.
Died February 21st, 1968 at 65 years old in London (lymphoma).
John Ridgely
Actor (1909-1968).
Born September 6th, 1909 in Chicago.
Died January 18th, 1968 at 58 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke
German general (1889-1968).
Born January 24th, 1889 in Schleswig.
Died July 4th, 1968 at 79 years old in Kappeln (cancer).
Nedrick Young
American screenwriter (1914-1968).
Born March 23rd, 1914 in Philadelphia.
Died September 16th, 1968 at 54 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Josephine Hopper
American painter and model (1883-1967).
Born March 18th, 1883 in Manhattan.
Died March 6th, 1968 at 84 years old
Lee Tracy
American actor (1898-1968).
Born April 14th, 1898 in Atlanta.
Died October 18th, 1968 at 70 years old in Santa Monica (liver cancer).
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Italian composer.
Born April 3rd, 1895 in Florence. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1968 at 72 years old in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff
German general.
Born June 15th, 1889 in Kołobrzeg.
Died March 9th, 1968 at 78 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
Fannie Hurst
American novelist (1889–1968).
Born October 19th, 1889 in Hamilton.
Died February 23rd, 1968 at 78 years old in New York City.
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner