In the year 1968
498 Notable deaths
Shangguan Yunzhu
Chinese actress (1920-1968).
Born March 2nd, 1920 in Jiangyin.
Died November 23rd, 1968 at 48 years old in Shanghai (falling).
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]
Kōkichi Tsuburaya
Japanese long-distance runner.
Born May 13th, 1940 in Sukagawa.
Died January 9th, 1968 at 27 years old in Asaka (exsanguination).
Gunnar Ekelöf
Swedish writer (1907–1968).
Born September 15th, 1907 in Stockholm.
Died March 16th, 1968 at 60 years old in Sigtuna.
James McIlroy
British surgeon (1879–1968).
Born November 3rd, 1879 in Ulster.
Died July 27th, 1968 at 88 years old in London Borough of Sutton.
James Leonard Brierley Smith
South african ichthyologist (1897–1968).
Born October 26th, 1897 in Graaff-Reinet.
Died January 7th, 1968 at 70 years old in Makhanda (cyanide poisoning).
Joseph Keilberth
German conductor.
Born April 19th, 1908 in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1968 at 60 years old in Munich. [ref]
Fakih Usman
Indonesian politician.
Born March 2nd, 1904 in Gresik.
Died October 3rd, 1968 at 64 years old in Indonesia.
John George
Syrian-american actor (1898-1968).
Born January 20th, 1898 in Aleppo.
Died August 25th, 1968 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (pulmonary emphysema).
Jón Leifs
Icelandic composer and conductor (1899-1968).
Born May 1st, 1899 in Northwestern Region.
Died July 30th, 1968 at 69 years old in Reykjavík (lung cancer).
Deaths 221 to 230 of 498
They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time. Banksy