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In the year 1968
459 Notable deaths
Robert Z. Leonard
American film director (1889-1968).
Born October 7th, 1889 in Chicago. [ref]
Died August 27th, 1968 at 78 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Augustin Bea
German jesuit priest and scholar and cardinal (1881-1968).
Born May 28th, 1881 in Blumberg. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1968 at 87 years old in Rome. [ref]
Bert Wheeler
American comedian (1895-1968).
Born April 7th, 1895 in Paterson. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1968 at 72 years old in New York City (kidney failure). [ref]
Heinrich Nordhoff
German businessman.
Born January 6th, 1899 in Hildesheim.
Died April 12th, 1968 at 69 years old in Wolfsburg.
Robert Burks
American cinematographer (1909-1968).
Died May 13th, 1968 at 58 years old in Newport Beach.
Segismundo Casado
Spanish army officer.
Born October 10th, 1893 in Segovia. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1968 at 75 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Assis Chateaubriand
Brazilian journalist and entrepreneur (1892–1968).
Born October 4th, 1892 in Umbuzeiro. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1968 at 75 years old in São Paulo.
Samad Behrangi
Iranian writer and social critic.
Born June 24th, 1939 in Tabriz.
Died August 31st, 1968 at 29 years old in Tabriz (drowning).
Virginia Valli
American actress.
Born June 10th, 1898 in Chicago. [ref]
Died September 24th, 1968 at 70 years old in Palm Springs (stroke). [ref]
Leopold Infeld
Polish physicist.
Born August 20th, 1898 in Kraków. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1968 at 69 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 459
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