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In the year 1969
481 Notable deaths
Iskander Mirza
Pakistani general, civil servant and first president (1899–1969).
Born November 13th, 1899 in Murshidabad.
Died November 13th, 1969 at 70 years old in London (cardiac arrest).
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
British military commander and field marshal; governor general of canada (1891-1969).
Born December 10th, 1891 in London. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1969 at 77 years old in Slough. [ref]
Leonard Woolf
English political theorist, author, publisher and civil servant (1880-1969).
Born November 25th, 1880 in Kensington. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1969 at 88 years old in Sussex. [ref]
Morihei Ueshiba
Japanese aikidoka (1883-1969).
Born December 14th, 1883 in Tanabe.
Died April 26th, 1969 at 85 years old in Iwama, Wakamatsuchō (liver cancer).
Karl Jaspers
Psychiatrist and philosopher from germany.
Born February 23rd, 1883 in Oldenburg. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1969 at 86 years old in Basel. [ref]
Madge Blake
Actress (1899-1969).
Born May 31st, 1899 in Kinsley.
Died February 19th, 1969 at 69 years old in Pasadena (myocardial infarction). [ref]
John Wyndham
English science fiction author (1903-1969).
Born July 10th, 1903 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1969 at 65 years old in London. [ref]
Barbara Pepper
American actress.
Born May 31st, 1915 in New York City.
Died July 18th, 1969 at 54 years old in Panorama City (thrombosis).
Everett McKinley Dirksen
United states senator (1896-1969).
Born January 4th, 1896 in Pekin.
Died September 7th, 1969 at 73 years old in Washington, D.C. (lung cancer).
Levi Eshkol
Israeli statesman, a founder of the israeli labor party and prime minister (1895-1969).
Born October 25th, 1895 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1969 at 73 years old in Jerusalem (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir