In the year 1968
474 Notable deaths
Frances Dade
American actress (1910-1968).
Born February 14th, 1910 in Philadelphia.
Died January 21st, 1968 at 57 years old in Philadelphia.
Béla Hamvas
Hungarian writer and philosopher.
Born March 23rd, 1897 in Prešov.
Died November 7th, 1968 at 71 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Nikifor Krynicki
Lemko naïve painter.
Born May 21st, 1895 in Krynica-Zdrój. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1968 at 73 years old in Krynica-Zdrój (tuberculosis). [ref]
Hans Thomsen
German nazi diplomat, ambassador in washington and stockholm (1891-1968).
Born September 14th, 1891 in Hamburg.
Died October 31st, 1968 at 77 years old in Hamburg.
Käthe Kruse
Dollmaker (1883-1968).
Born September 17th, 1883 in Dąbrowa. [ref]
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.
Died June 18th, 1968 at 59 years old in Galesburg (pneumonia).
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]
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson