In the year 1969
510 Notable deaths
Barton MacLane
Actor, playwright, screenwriter.
Born December 25th, 1902 in Columbia. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1969 at 66 years old in Santa Monica (pneumonia). [ref]
Tchombé Moïse
Congolese politician and secessionist leader (1919–1969).
Born November 10th, 1919 in Musumba.
Died June 29th, 1969 at 49 years old in El-Biar.
Norman Manley
Chief minister of jamaica (1893-1969).
Born July 4th, 1893 in Manchester Parish.
Died September 2nd, 1969 at 76 years old in Kingston.
Natalie Talmadge
American actress (1896-1969).
Born April 29th, 1896 in Brooklyn.
Died June 19th, 1969 at 73 years old in Santa Monica (heart failure).
John Llewellyn Lewis
American labor leader (1880-1969).
Born February 12th, 1880 in Cleveland Township.
Died June 11th, 1969 at 89 years old in Alexandria.
Alexandra David-Néel
French explorer, spiritualist, buddhist, taoist, anarchist and writer.
Born October 24th, 1868 in Saint-Mandé.
Died September 8th, 1969 at 100 years old [ref]
B. Traven
German novelist.
Born October 9th, 1882 in Świebodzin. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1969 at 86 years old in Mexico City, Chiapas. [ref]
Skip James
American delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter.
Born June 9th, 1902 in Bentonia. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1969 at 67 years old in Philadelphia (cancer). [ref]
Li Zongren
Chinese military commander, former vice-president and acting president of the roc (1890-1969).
Born August 13th, 1890 in Lingui District. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1969 at 78 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Tom Mboya
Kenyan politician (1930-1969).
Born August 15th, 1930 in Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park. [ref]
Died July 5th, 1969 at 38 years old in Nairobi (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 510
The meaning of life is that it stops. Franz Kafka