In the year 1968
498 Notable deaths
Cassandre
French designer painter, commercial poster artist and typeface designer (1901-1968).
Born January 24th, 1901 in Kharkov Governorate. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1968 at 67 years old in Paris.
Leopold Infeld
Polish physicist.
Born August 20th, 1898 in Kraków. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1968 at 69 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Samad Behrangi
Iranian writer and social critic.
Born June 24th, 1939 in Tabriz.
Died August 31st, 1968 at 29 years old in Tabriz (drowning).
Archie Mayo
Movie director and stage actor (1891-1968).
Born January 29th, 1891 in New York City.
Died December 4th, 1968 at 77 years old in Guadalajara (cancer).
Dorothy Abbott
Actress (1920-1968).
Born December 16th, 1920 in Kansas City.
Died December 15th, 1968 at 47 years old in Los Angeles.
Ramón Menéndez Pidal
Spanish philologist (1869-1968).
Born March 13th, 1869 in A Coruña. [ref]
Died November 14th, 1968 at 99 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Martin Noth
German theologian.
Born August 3rd, 1902 in Dresden. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1968 at 65 years old in Shivta. [ref]
Jack Pierce
American makeup artist (1889-1968).
Died July 19th, 1968 at 79 years old in Hollywood (uremia).
Hein ter Poorten
Dutch general (1887–1968).
Born November 21st, 1887 in Bogor.
Died January 15th, 1968 at 80 years old in The Hague.
Joseph Kentenich
German priest, founder of the international schoenstatt movement (1885–1968).
Born November 18th, 1885 in Gymnich.
Died September 15th, 1968 at 82 years old in Schönstatt.
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As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci