In the year 1968
498 Notable deaths
Walter Nash
New zealand politician (1882-1968).
Born February 12th, 1882 in Kidderminster.
Died June 4th, 1968 at 86 years old in Wellington.
Francis McDonald
Actor (1891-1968).
Born August 22nd, 1891 in Bowling Green.
Died September 18th, 1968 at 77 years old in Hollywood.
Anthony Boucher
Editor, novelist, short story writer (1911-1968).
Born August 21st, 1911 in Oakland.
Died April 29th, 1968 at 56 years old in Oakland (lung cancer).
Howard Lindsay
American theatrical producer, director, playwright, librettist and actor.
Born March 29th, 1889 in New York City.
Died February 11th, 1968 at 78 years old in New York City (disease).
Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz
German world war ii general (1893-1968).
Born July 30th, 1893 in Kamień Śląski.
Died April 26th, 1968 at 74 years old in Trostberg (lung cancer).
José Nasazzi
Uruguayan footballer (1901-1968).
Born May 24th, 1901 in Montevideo.
Died June 17th, 1968 at 67 years old in Montevideo (esophageal cancer).
Philip Vian
Royal navy admiral of the fleet.
Born June 14th, 1894 in London.
Died May 27th, 1968 at 73 years old in United Kingdom.
Franz Pfeffer von Salomon
Sa officer (1888-1968).
Born February 19th, 1888 in Düsseldorf.
Died April 12th, 1968 at 80 years old in Munich.
Nikolay Voronov
Soviet military commander, chief marshal of the artillery (1899-1968).
Born May 5th, 1899 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 28th, 1968 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Ludovico Scarfiotti
Racecar driver.
Born October 18th, 1933 in Turin.
Died June 8th, 1968 at 34 years old in Rossfeld (traffic collision).
Deaths 141 to 150 of 498
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner