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In the year 1968
498 Notable deaths
Ivan Ribar
Croatian politician (1881-1968).
Born January 21st, 1881 in Vukmanić.
Died February 2nd, 1968 at 87 years old in Zagreb (disease).
Chester Carlson
American physicist (1906-1968).
Born February 8th, 1906 in Seattle.
Died September 19th, 1968 at 62 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Vittorio Pozzo
Italian football player and manager (1886-1968).
Born March 2nd, 1886 in Turin. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1968 at 82 years old in Turin.
Kirill Meretskov
Soviet military commander (1897-1968).
Born June 7th, 1897 in Zaraysk.
Died December 30th, 1968 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Herbert Edward Read
English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art (1893-1968).
Born December 4th, 1893 in Muscoates.
Died June 12th, 1968 at 74 years old in Stonegrave.
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Publisher of the new york times from 1935 to 1961.
Born September 12th, 1891 in New York City.
Died December 11th, 1968 at 77 years old in New York City.
Lilian Harvey
Anglo-german actress and singer.
Born January 19th, 1906 in London.
Died July 27th, 1968 at 62 years old in Antibes (liver failure).
Kees van Dongen
Dutch painter (1877–1968).
Born January 26th, 1877 in Delfshaven.
Died May 28th, 1968 at 91 years old in Monte Carlo.
Vasily Sokolovsky
Marshal of the soviet union (1897-1968).
Born July 21st, 1897 in Koźliki, Białystok County.
Died May 10th, 1968 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Romano Guardini
German theologian and priest (1885-1968).
Born February 17th, 1885 in Verona. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1968 at 83 years old in Munich. [ref]
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