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In the year 1968
459 Notable deaths
Käthe Kruse
Dollmaker (1883-1968).
Born September 17th, 1883 in Wrocław.
Died July 19th, 1968 at 84 years old in Murnau am Staffelsee. [ref]
João Batista Mascarenhas de Morais
Brazilian army commander.
Born November 13th, 1883 in São Gabriel.
Died September 17th, 1968 at 84 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Sally O'Neil
Actress (1908-1968).
Born October 23rd, 1908 in Bayonne. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1968 at 59 years old in Galesburg (pneumonia). [ref]
Edwin O'Connor
American journalist and fiction writer.
Born July 29th, 1918 in Providence. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1968 at 49 years old in Boston. [ref]
Lina Stern
Soviet biochemist, physiologist and humanist (1878-1968).
Born August 26th, 1878 in Liepāja.
Died March 7th, 1968 at 89 years old in Moscow.
Jeanne Demessieux
French composer, pianist, organist and music teacher (1921-1968).
Born February 13th, 1921 in Montpellier.
Died November 11th, 1968 at 47 years old in Paris (cancer). [ref]
Harry Woods
American actor (1889-1968).
Born May 5th, 1889 in Cleveland.
Died December 28th, 1968 at 79 years old in Los Angeles.
Jack Pierce
American makeup artist (1889-1968).
Died July 19th, 1968 at 79 years old in Hollywood (uremia).
István Dobi
Hungarian politician (1898-1968).
Born December 31st, 1898 in Szőny.
Died November 24th, 1968 at 69 years old in Budapest.
Gunnar Ekelöf
Swedish writer (1907-1968).
Born September 15th, 1907 in Stockholm.
Died March 16th, 1968 at 60 years old in Sigtuna.
Deaths 201 to 210 of 459
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht