In the year 1968
459 Notable deaths
Neal Cassady
American writer (1926–1968).
Born February 8th, 1926 in Salt Lake City. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1968 at 41 years old in San Miguel de Allende (kidney failure, hypothermia).
Jim Clark
British racecar driver.
Born March 4th, 1936 in Kilmany. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1968 at 32 years old in Hockenheimring (traffic collision). [ref]
Rose Wilder Lane
American journalist.
Born December 5th, 1886 in De Smet. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1968 at 81 years old in Danbury (diabetes). [ref]
Nick Adams
American actor and screenwriter (1931-1968).
Born July 10th, 1931 in Nanticoke. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1968 at 36 years old in Beverly Hills (drug overdose). [ref]
Lev Landau
Soviet physicist.
Born January 22nd, 1908 in Baku. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1968 at 60 years old in Moscow (intestinal disease). [ref]
Franchot Tone
American stage and film actor (1905-1968).
Born February 27th, 1905 in Niagara Falls. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1968 at 63 years old in New York City (lung cancer).
Lise Meitner
Austrian-swedish physicist.
Born November 7th, 1878 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1968 at 89 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Dan Duryea
Actor (1907-1968).
Born January 23rd, 1907 in White Plains. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1968 at 61 years old in Hollywood (cancer). [ref]
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player (1930-1968).
Born May 1st, 1930 in Marksville.
Died February 15th, 1968 at 37 years old in Chicago (thrombosis).
William Talman
American actor (1915-1968).
Born February 4th, 1915 in Detroit. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1968 at 53 years old in Encino (lung cancer). [ref]
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte