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In the year 1969
478 Notable deaths
Alexandra
German recording artist; singer.
Born May 19th, 1942 in Šilutė.
Died July 31st, 1969 at 27 years old in Tellingstedt (traffic collision).
Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer
German military physician, geneticist and biochemist (1896-1969).
Born July 16th, 1896 in Wildeck. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1969 at 73 years old in Münster (traffic collision).
Mikio Naruse
Film director.
Born August 20th, 1905 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1969 at 63 years old in Tokyo (colorectal cancer).
René Barrientos
President of bolivia (1919-1969).
Born May 30th, 1919 in Tarata.
Died April 27th, 1969 at 49 years old in Cochabamba.
Wacław Sierpiński
Mathematician.
Born March 14th, 1882 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1969 at 87 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Krzysztof Komeda
Polish musician.
Born April 27th, 1937 in Poznań. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1969 at 31 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Otto Stern
German-american physicist (1888–1969).
Born February 17th, 1888 in Żory. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1969 at 81 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Ilse Steppat
German actress.
Born November 30th, 1917 in Barmen.
Died December 21st, 1969 at 52 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction).
Ardeshir Irani
Indian film director.
Born December 5th, 1886 in Pune.
Died October 14th, 1969 at 82 years old in Mumbai.
Walter Pitts
American logician and computational neuroscientist (1923-1969).
Born April 23rd, 1923 in Detroit.
Died May 14th, 1969 at 46 years old in Cambridge.
Deaths 111 to 120 of 478
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