In the year 1968
474 Notable deaths
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.
Shangguan Yunzhu
Chinese actress (1920-1968).
Born March 2nd, 1920 in Jiangyin.
Died November 23rd, 1968 at 48 years old in Shanghai (falling).
Kōkichi Tsuburaya
Japanese long-distance runner.
Born May 13th, 1940 in Sukagawa.
Died January 9th, 1968 at 27 years old in Asaka (exsanguination).
Rudolph Dirks
Cartoonist.
Born February 26th, 1877 in Heide.
Died April 20th, 1968 at 91 years old in New York City.
Cassandre
Ukrainian-french painter, commercial poster artist, and typeface designer (1901-1968).
Born January 24th, 1901 in Kharkiv. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1968 at 67 years old in Paris. [ref]
Joseph Keilberth
German conductor.
Born April 19th, 1908 in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1968 at 60 years old in Munich. [ref]
Arnulf Øverland
Norwegian writer (1889-1968).
Born April 27th, 1889 in Kristiansund.
Died March 25th, 1968 at 78 years old in Oslo.
Deaths 211 to 220 of 474
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz