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In the year 1968
498 Notable deaths
John Heartfield
German artist (1891-1968).
Born June 19th, 1891 in Schmargendorf. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1968 at 76 years old in East Berlin. [ref]
Georg von Küchler
German military officer (1881-1968).
Born May 30th, 1881 in Schloss Philippsruhe.
Died May 25th, 1968 at 86 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
German general (1885-1968).
Born January 17th, 1885 in Wrocław.
Died June 18th, 1968 at 83 years old in Holzminden.
Erwin Panofsky
(1892-1968) german art historian.
Born March 30th, 1892 in Hanover. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1968 at 75 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Makhanlal Chaturvedi
Indian writer (1889-1968).
Born April 4th, 1889 in Narmadapuram district.
Died January 30th, 1968 at 78 years old in Bhopal. [ref]
Lucio Fontana
Italian-argentine sculptor, painter and theorist, manifiesto blanco, spatialism (1899-1968).
Born February 19th, 1899 in Rosario. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1968 at 69 years old in Comabbio. [ref]
Tivadar Soros
Hungarian lawyer, author and editor.
Born April 7th, 1893 in Budapest, Baktalórántháza.
Died February 22nd, 1968 at 74 years old in New York City.
Gholamreza Takhti
Iranian wrestler.
Born August 27th, 1930 in Tehran.
Died January 7th, 1968 at 37 years old in Tehran.
Ruth St. Denis
American dancer (1879-1968).
Born January 20th, 1879 in Newark.
Died July 21st, 1968 at 89 years old in Hyatt Place Dubai Al Rigga.
Hans F. K. Günther
German eugenicist.
Born February 16th, 1891 in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1968 at 77 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 498
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