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In the year 1968
513 Notable deaths
Mario Roatta
Italian general (1887-1968).
Born February 2nd, 1887 in Modena.
Died January 7th, 1968 at 80 years old in Rome.
Josef Harpe
German general (1887–1968).
Born September 21st, 1887 in Buer.
Died March 14th, 1968 at 80 years old in Nuremberg.
Henry Hallett Dale
English pharmacologist, nobel laureate.
Born June 9th, 1875 in London. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1968 at 93 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Robert Laycock
British army general.
Born April 18th, 1907 in London.
Died March 10th, 1968 at 60 years old in Wiseton (myocardial infarction).
Ryszard Siwiec
Polish patriot (1909–1968).
Born March 7th, 1909 in Dębica.
Died September 12th, 1968 at 59 years old in Warsaw (self-immolation).
Fedor Tokarev
Russian and soviet weapons designer (1871-1968).
Born June 14th, 1871 in Yegorlykskaya.
Died June 7th, 1968 at 96 years old in Moscow.
Lin Zhao
Poet and writer (1932–1968).
Born January 23rd, 1932 in Suzhou.
Died April 29th, 1968 at 36 years old in Shanghai Longhua Airport (gunshot wound).
Gabriel Hanot
French footballer (1889-1968).
Born November 6th, 1889 in Arras.
Died August 10th, 1968 at 78 years old in Wangenbourg-Engenthal.
Hugo Haas
Czech film director, actor, director, scriptwriter and singer (1901-1968).
Born February 19th, 1901 in Brno. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1968 at 67 years old in Vienna (asthma, heart disease). [ref]
Hamilton Luske
American film director (1903-1968).
Born October 16th, 1903 in Chicago.
Died February 19th, 1968 at 64 years old in Bel Air (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 131 to 140 of 513
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