In the year 1968
498 Notable deaths
Cai Chusheng
Chinese film director (1906-1968).
Born January 12th, 1906 in Chaoyang District.
Died July 15th, 1968 at 62 years old
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]
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]
Adolfo Meléndez
Spanish footballer and club chairman (1884-1968).
Born June 2nd, 1884 in A Coruña.
Died June 4th, 1968 at 84 years old in Madrid.
Hugo Benioff
American seismologist (1899–1968).
Born September 14th, 1899 in Los Angeles.
Died February 29th, 1968 at 68 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Victor Ernest Shelford
American zoologist and ecologist (1877–1968).
Born September 22nd, 1877 in Chemung County.
Died December 27th, 1968 at 91 years old in Urbana.
Lyda Salmonova
Czech actress (1889-1968).
Born July 14th, 1889 in Prague.
Died November 18th, 1968 at 79 years old in Prague.
Gerda Maurus
Austrian actress.
Born August 25th, 1903 in Breitenfurt bei Wien. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1968 at 64 years old in Düsseldorf.
Pablo de Rokha
Chilean writer (1894–1968).
Born October 17th, 1894 in Licantén.
Died September 10th, 1968 at 73 years old in Santiago. [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).
Deaths 271 to 280 of 498
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris