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In the year 1968
474 Notable deaths
Chika Kuroda
Japanese chemist.
Born March 24th, 1884 in Kutta.
Died November 8th, 1968 at 84 years old
Walter Tewksbury
Athletics competitor (1876-1968).
Born March 21st, 1876 in Ashley.
Died April 24th, 1968 at 92 years old in Tunkhannock. [ref]
Abel Bonnard
French writer, poet and politician (1883-1968).
Born December 19th, 1883 in Poitiers. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1968 at 84 years old in Madrid (coronary thrombosis). [ref]
John Rymill
Australian explorer (1905–1968).
Born March 13th, 1905 in Penola.
Died September 7th, 1968 at 63 years old in Penola (traffic collision).
Siegfried Rasp
German general.
Born January 10th, 1898 in Munich.
Died September 2nd, 1968 at 70 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Leo Huberman
American scholar (1903–1968).
Born October 17th, 1903 in Newark.
Died November 9th, 1968 at 65 years old in Paris.
León Felipe
Spanish poet, anti-fascist (1884-1968).
Born April 11th, 1884 in Tábara. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1968 at 84 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Eleonora Sears
(1881-1968) american tennis player.
Born September 28th, 1881 in Boston.
Died March 16th, 1968 at 86 years old in Palm Beach.
Hugo Rahner
German theologian.
Born May 3rd, 1900 in Pfullendorf. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1968 at 68 years old in Munich (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Santos Iriarte
Uruguayan footballer (1902-1968).
Born November 2nd, 1902 in Canelones.
Died November 11th, 1968 at 66 years old in Montevideo.
Deaths 251 to 260 of 474
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