Famous Deaths Happened In 1968

Jan 02 On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies  

Jan 04 Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 in the year 1968.  

Jan 05 On this day in history jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79  

Jan 06 Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 in the year 1968.  

Jan 07 In the year 1968 death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)  

Jan 09 In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide  

Jan 10 Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.  

Jan 11 On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)  

Jan 13 In the year 1968 bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later  

Jan 14 On this day in history death of dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet (My Country) (b. 1885)  

Jan 15 In the year 1968 bill Masterson, 1st NHLer fatally injured during a game (Jan 13), dies  

Jan 16 Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Jan 17 In the year 1968 julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83  

Jan 18 Bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at 72 in the year 1968.  

Jan 19 Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b. 1879) died in the year 1968.  

Jan 21 Will Lang Jr., American magazine executive (b. 1914) died on this day in history.  

Jan 22 In the year 1968 duke Kahanamoku, 100m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-12, 20, 24), dies at 77  

Jan 25 In the year 1968 virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at 31  

Jan 26 Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher (b. 1883) died on this day in history.  

Jan 29 Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 30 Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at 81 in the year 1968.  

Feb 01 Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Feb 04 On this day in history ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70  

Feb 05 Luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1968.  

Feb 06 On this day in history c Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85  

Feb 07 In the year 1968 death of nick Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36  

Feb 08 In the year 1968 j Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at 56  

Feb 09 In the year 1968 barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77  

Feb 10 Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79 in the year 1968.  

Feb 11 In the year 1968 howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78  

Feb 13 Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 In the year 1968 little Walter, rocker, dies at 37  

Feb 16 On this day in history healey Willan, composer, dies at 87  

Feb 17 On this day in history donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65  

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Jan 02 Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 In the year 1968 birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)  

Jan 02 Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star  

Jan 03 Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)  

Jan 03 In the year 1968 birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)