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In the year 1969
538 Notable deaths
Pauline Bush
Actress (1886-1969).
Born May 22nd, 1886 in Lincoln.
Died November 1st, 1969 at 83 years old in San Diego (pneumonia).
Arthur Witty
Fc barcelona president (1878-1969).
Born August 16th, 1878 in Barcelona.
Died November 9th, 1969 at 91 years old in Barcelona.
Ludwig Berger
German film director, screenwriter and cinematographer (1892–1969).
Born January 6th, 1892 in Mainz. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1969 at 77 years old in Schlangenbad.
Giorgio Scerbanenco
Italian writer.
Died October 27th, 1969 at 58 years old in Milan (myocardial infarction).
Gyula Mándi
Hungarian association football player (1899–1969).
Born January 21st, 1899 in Budapest.
Died October 18th, 1969 at 70 years old in Budapest.
Conrad Albrecht
German admiral (1880–1969).
Born October 7th, 1880 in Bremen.
Died August 18th, 1969 at 88 years old in Hamburg.
Demyan Korotchenko
Soviet ukrainian politician (1894-1969).
Born November 29th, 1894 in Pohrebky.
Died April 7th, 1969 at 74 years old in Kyiv.
Mathias Wieman
Actor.
Born June 23rd, 1902 in Osnabrück. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1969 at 67 years old in Zürich (cancer). [ref]
Zheng Junli
Film director, actor (1911-1969).
Born December 6th, 1911 in Shanghai.
Died April 23rd, 1969 at 57 years old in Shanghai (liver cancer).
Marcel Allain
French writer (1885–1969).
Born September 15th, 1885 in Paris.
Died August 25th, 1969 at 83 years old in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Deaths 321 to 330 of 538
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon