In the year 1968
513 Notable deaths
Fakih Usman
Indonesian politician.
Born March 2nd, 1904 in Gresik.
Died October 3rd, 1968 at 64 years old in Indonesia.
John George
Syrian-american actor (1898-1968).
Born January 20th, 1898 in Aleppo.
Died August 25th, 1968 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (pulmonary emphysema).
Jón Leifs
Icelandic composer and conductor (1899-1968).
Born May 1st, 1899 in Northwestern Region.
Died July 30th, 1968 at 69 years old in Reykjavík (lung cancer).
Ivan Pyryev
Soviet film director and screenwriter (1901-1968).
Born November 17th, 1901 in Kamen-na-Obi.
Died February 7th, 1968 at 66 years old in Moscow.
Antonio Pietrangeli
Italian film director and screenwriter (1919–1968).
Born January 19th, 1919 in Rome.
Died July 12th, 1968 at 49 years old in Gaeta (drowning).
Bruno Paul
German architect (1874-1968).
Born January 19th, 1874 in Seifhennersdorf. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1968 at 94 years old in West Berlin. [ref]
Chana Orloff
Ukrainian sculptor (1888–1968).
Born July 12th, 1888 in Konstantovka. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1968 at 80 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Albert Betz
German physicist (1885–1968).
Born December 25th, 1885 in Schweinfurt.
Died April 16th, 1968 at 82 years old in Göttingen.
Steve Sholes
American record producer, music executive (1911–1968).
Born February 12th, 1911 in Merchantville.
Died April 22nd, 1968 at 57 years old in Nashville (myocardial infarction).
Camille Huysmans
Belgian former prime minister (1871-1968).
Born May 26th, 1871 in Bilzen. [ref]
Died February 25th, 1968 at 96 years old in Antwerp. [ref]
Deaths 231 to 240 of 513
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker