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In the year 1968
459 Notable deaths
Fay Bainter
American actress (1893-1968).
Born December 7th, 1893 in Los Angeles.
Died April 16th, 1968 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Benita Hume
British actress.
Born October 14th, 1906 in London. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1968 at 62 years old in Egerton (bone cancer). [ref]
Dennis O'Keefe
American actor.
Born March 29th, 1908 in Fort Madison. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1968 at 60 years old in Santa Monica (lung cancer). [ref]
Tsuguharu Foujita
French painter (1886-1968).
Born November 27th, 1886 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1968 at 81 years old in Zürich (cancer). [ref]
Doris Lloyd
English actress.
Born July 3rd, 1896 in Liverpool.
Died May 21st, 1968 at 71 years old in Santa Barbara (myocardial infarction).
John Heartfield
German artist (1891-1968).
Born June 19th, 1891 in Schmargendorf. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1968 at 76 years old in East Berlin. [ref]
Francis Biddle
United states federal judge (1886-1968).
Born May 9th, 1886 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1968 at 82 years old in Hyannis (myocardial infarction).
Lucio Fontana
Italian-argentine sculptor, painter and theorist, manifiesto blanco, spatialism (1899-1968).
Born February 19th, 1899 in Rosario. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1968 at 69 years old in Comabbio. [ref]
Erwin Panofsky
(1892-1968) german art historian.
Born March 30th, 1892 in Hanover. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1968 at 75 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Muthulakshmi Reddy
Indian physician and legislator.
Born July 30th, 1886 in Pudukkottai State.
Died July 22nd, 1968 at 81 years old in Chennai.
Deaths 71 to 80 of 459
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