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In the year 1968
498 Notable deaths
Jules Rossi
Italian cyclist (1914–1968).
Born November 3rd, 1914 in Bardi.
Died June 30th, 1968 at 53 years old in Champigny-sur-Marne.
Sándor Gombos
Hungarian fencer (1895-1968).
Born December 4th, 1895 in Sombor.
Died January 27th, 1968 at 72 years old in Budapest.
Nugent Slaughter
American special effects person (1888-1968).
Born March 17th, 1888 in Virginia.
Died December 27th, 1968 at 80 years old in Oroville.
Anton van Duinkerken
Dutch poet, essayist, and academic (1903–1968).
Born January 2nd, 1903 in Bergen op Zoom.
Died July 27th, 1968 at 65 years old in Nijmegen.
Fernando Guidicelli
Brazilian footballer and manager (1906-1968).
Born March 1st, 1906 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died December 28th, 1968 at 62 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Willy Jäggi
Swiss footballer (1906-1968).
Born July 28th, 1906 in Solothurn.
Died February 1st, 1968 at 61 years old in Zürich.
Lorenz Nieberl
Bobsledder (1919-1968).
Born June 7th, 1919 in Weimar Republic.
Died April 12th, 1968 at 48 years old
Franco Riccardi
Italian fencer.
Born June 13th, 1905 in Milan.
Died May 24th, 1968 at 62 years old in San Colombano al Lambro.
Oscar Kreuzer
German tennis player.
Born June 14th, 1887 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died May 3rd, 1968 at 80 years old in Wiesbaden.
Giuseppe Enrici
Italian racing cyclist (1898–1968).
Born January 2nd, 1898 in Pittsburgh.
Died September 1st, 1968 at 70 years old in Nice.
Deaths 411 to 420 of 498
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