In the year 1968
459 Notable deaths
Lyda Salmonova
Czech actress (1889-1968).
Born July 14th, 1889 in Prague.
Died November 18th, 1968 at 79 years old in Prague.
Rong Guotuan
Chinese table tennis player (1937-1968).
Born August 10th, 1937 in British Hong Kong.
Died June 20th, 1968 at 30 years old in Beijing (hanging).
Leonid Sabaneyev
Russian musicologist, music critic, composer and scientist.
Born October 2nd, 1881 in Moscow.
Died May 3rd, 1968 at 86 years old in Antibes. [ref]
Aldo Capitini
Italian philosopher and political activist (1899-1968).
Born December 23rd, 1899 in Perugia.
Died October 19th, 1968 at 68 years old in Perugia.
Suraphol Sombatcharoen
Thai singer.
Born September 25th, 1930 in Suphan Buri.
Died August 16th, 1968 at 37 years old in Nakhon Pathom.
Abdulla Qahhor
Uzbek author (1907-1968).
Born September 17th, 1907 in Kokand.
Died May 24th, 1968 at 60 years old in Moscow.
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
German artist (1902-1968).
Born June 11th, 1902 in Berlin. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1968 at 65 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Berthold Bartosch
Animator (1893-1968).
Born December 28th, 1893 in Polubný. [ref]
Died November 14th, 1968 at 74 years old in Paris.
Elvia Carrillo
Mexican politician.
Born December 6th, 1878 in Motul. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1968 at 89 years old in Mexico City.
Gaetano Arturo Crocco
Italian scientist (1877-1968).
Born October 26th, 1877 in Naples. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1968 at 90 years old in Rome. [ref]
Deaths 271 to 280 of 459
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius