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Mega Celebrity Deathday Chronology 1968-1968
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Earl Swope -- b.8/4/1922 d.1/3/1968 (45)
Jean Murat -- b.7/13/1888 d.1/5/1968 (79)
Robert Bice -- b.3/14/1914 d.1/8/1968 (53)
Basil Sydney -- b.4/23/1894 d.1/10/1968 (73)
Howard Smith -- b.8/12/1893 d.1/10/1968 (74)
Mariano Stabile -- b.5/12/1888 d.1/11/1968 (79)
Bill Masterson -- b.8/16/1938 d.1/15/1968 (29)
John Davidson -- b.12/25/1887 d.1/15/1968 (80)
Leopold Infeld -- b.8/20/1898 d.1/15/1968 (69)
Jennie Fletcher -- b.3/19/1890 N.S. d.1/17/1968 N.S. (77)
John Ridgely -- b.9/6/1909 d.1/18/1968 (58)
Bert Wheeler -- b.4/7/1895 d.1/18/1968 (72)
Arthur Vandenberg Jr. -- b.6/30/1907 d.1/18/1968 (60)
Ray Harroun -- b.1/12/1879 d.1/19/1968 (89)
David Stacton -- b.4/25/1925 d.1/19/1968 (42)
Duke Paoa Kahanamoku -- b.8/24/1890 N.S. d.1/22/1968 N.S. (77)
Virginia Maskell -- b.2/27/1936 N.S. d.1/25/1968 N.S. (31)
Lawson Little Jr. -- b.6/23/1910 d.2/1/1968 (57)
Tullio Serafin -- b.9/1/1878 d.2/2/1968 (89)
Eddie Baker -- b.11/17/1897 d.2/4/1968 (70)
Neal Cassady -- b.2/8/1926 d.2/4/1968 (41)
Nick Adams -- b.7/10/1931 d.2/5/1968 (36)
Luckey Roberts -- b.8/7/1887 d.2/5/1968 (80)
Daniel Poling -- b.11/30/1884 d.2/7/1968 (83)
Stuart Foster -- b.6/30/1918 d.2/7/1968 (49)
James Todd -- b.7/8/1908 d.2/8/1968 (59)
Barbara Everest -- b.6/19/1890 d.2/9/1968 (77)
Helen M. Cam -- b.8/22/1885 d.2/9/1968 (82)
Howard Lindsay -- b.3/29/1889 d.2/11/1968 (78)
Mae Marsh -- b.11/9/1894 d.2/13/1968 (73)
Ilbebrando Pizzetti -- b.9/20/1880 d.2/13/1968 (87)
Little Walter -- b.5/1/1930 N.S. d.2/15/1968 N.S. (37)
Sir Donald Wolfit -- b.4/20/1902 d.2/17/1968 (65)
Ralph Dunn -- b.5/23/1900 d.2/19/1968 (67)
George Hackenschmidt -- b.8/1/1877 d.2/19/1968 (90)
Anthony Asquith -- b.11/9/1902 d.2/20/1968 (65)
Sir Howard W. Florey -- b.9/24/1898 d.2/21/1968 (69)
Peter Arno -- b.1/8/1904 N.S. d.2/22/1968 N.S. (64)
Fannie Hurst -- b.10/18/1889 d.2/23/1968 (78)
Stanley Cobb -- b.12/10/1887 d.2/25/1968 (80)
Eric Feldary -- b.4/12/1912 d.2/26/1968 (55)
Doretta Morrow -- b.1/27/1927 d.2/28/1968 (41)
Juanita Hall -- b.11/6/1901 d.2/28/1968 (66)
Frankie Lymon -- b.9/30/1942 d.2/28/1968 (25)
Syd Nathan -- b.4/27/1904 d.3/5/1968 (63)
Franciscus Hin -- b.1/29/1906 N.S. d.3/6/1968 N.S. (62)
Joseph Martin Jr. -- b.11/3/1884 d.3/6/1968 (83)
Helen Walker -- b.7/17/1920 d.3/10/1968 (47)
Gus Van -- b.8/12/1887 d.3/12/1968 (80)
Christopher Gaddy -- b.4/8/1943 d.3/12/1968 (24)
June Collyer -- b.8/19/1906 N.S. d.3/16/1968 N.S. (61)
Eleonora Sears -- b.9/28/1881 d.3/16/1968 (86)
Gunnar Ekelöf -- b.9/15/1907 N.S. d.3/16/1968 N.S. (60)
Harry Kurnitz -- b.1/5/1908 d.3/18/1968 (60)
Carl Theodor Dreyer -- b.2/3/1889 d.3/20/1968 (79)
Clyde Mitchell Shoun -- b.3/20/1912 d.3/20/1968 (56)
Edwin O'Connor -- b.7/29/1918 d.3/23/1968 (49)
Alice Guy-Blanche -- b.7/1/1873 d.3/24/1968 (94)
Doug Evans -- b.1/26/1904 d.3/25/1968 (64)
Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin -- b.3/9/1934 d.3/27/1968 (34)
Dr. William Scholl -- b.6/22/1882 d.3/29/1968 (85)
Bobby Driscoll -- b.5/3/1937 d.3/30/1968 (30)
Blanche Mehaffey -- b.7/28/1908 d.3/31/1968 (59)
Lev D. Landau -- b.1/22/1908 d.4/1/1968 (60)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- b.1/15/1929 d.4/4/1968 (39)
Lois Andrews -- b.3/24/1924 d.4/5/1968 (44)
Rosa Henderson -- b.11/24/1896 d.4/6/1968 (71)
James "Jim" Clark -- b.3/4/1936 N.S. d.4/7/1968 N.S. (32)
Harold Babcock -- b.1/24/1882 d.4/8/1968 (86)
Lester Melrose -- b.12/14/1891 d.4/12/1968 (76)
Kid Norfolk -- b.7/10/1893 d.4/15/1968 (74)
Fay Bainter -- b.12/7/1892 d.4/16/1968 (75)
Edna Ferber -- b.8/15/1885 N.S. d.4/16/1968 N.S. (82)
Tommy Bridges -- b.12/28/1906 d.4/19/1968 (61)
Rudolph Dirks -- b.2/26/1877 d.4/20/1968 (91)
Stephen Sholes -- b.2/12/1911 d.4/22/1968 (57)
Tommy Noonan -- b.4/29/1922 d.4/24/1968 (45)
Anthony Boucher -- b.8/21/1911 d.4/29/1968 (56)
Jack Adams -- b.6/14/1894 N.S. d.5/1/1968 N.S. (73)
Albert Dekker -- b.12/20/1905 d.5/5/1968 (62)
Craig Wood -- b.11/18/1901 d.5/7/1968 (66)
Finlay Currie -- b.1/20/1878 d.5/9/1968 (90)
Phil Arnold -- b.9/15/1909 d.5/9/1968 (58)
Marion Lorne -- b.8/12/1886 d.5/9/1968 (81)
Harold Gray -- b.1/20/1894 d.5/9/1968 (74)
George Dewey Hay -- b.11/9/1895 d.5/9/1968 (72)
George Dillon -- b.11/12/1906 d.5/9/1968 (61)
Philippa Bevans -- b.2/10/1913 d.5/10/1968 (55)
Scotty Beckett -- b.10/4/1929 d.5/10/1968 (38)
Samuel Bloomingdale -- b.6/17/1873 d.5/10/1968 (94)
Adolf A. Dehn -- b.11/22/1895 d.5/19/1968 (72)
Doris Lloyd -- b.7/3/1896 d.5/21/1968 (71)
James Burke -- b.9/24/1886 d.5/23/1968 (81)
Merle Kendrick -- b.7/19/1896 d.5/23/1968 (71)
Charles K. Feldman -- b.4/26/1905 d.5/25/1968 (63)
Little Willie John -- b.11/15/1937 N.S. d.5/26/1968 N.S. (30)
Oswald Tower -- b.11/23/1883 N.S. d.5/28/1968 N.S. (84)
Charles Howard McIlwain -- b.3/15/1871 d.6/1/1968 (97)
Harold Brynner -- b.8/10/1881 d.6/1/1968 (86)
Helen Adams Keller -- b.6/27/1880 d.6/1/1968 (87)
Richard Williams II -- b.1/29/1891 d.6/2/1968 (77)
James Rand -- b.11/18/1886 d.6/3/1968 (81)
Dorothy Gish -- b.3/11/1898 d.6/4/1968 (70)
Randolph Churchill -- b.5/28/1911 d.6/6/1968 (57)
Robert Francis Kennedy -- b.11/20/1925 d.6/6/1968 (42)
Dan Duryea -- b.1/23/1907 d.6/7/1968 (61)
Elizabeth Enright -- b.9/17/1907 d.6/8/1968 (60)
Patricia Jessel -- b.10/15/1920 d.6/10/1968 (47)
Wladek Zbyszko -- b.11/20/1891 d.6/10/1968 (76)
Sir Herbert Read -- b.12/4/1893 d.6/12/1968 (74)
Ernest Van "Pop" Stoneman -- b.5/25/1893 N.S. d.6/14/1968 N.S. (75)
Ken Errair -- b.1/23/1930 d.6/14/1968 (38)
Salvatore Quasimodo -- b.8/20/1901 d.6/14/1968 (66)
Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford -- b.4/18/1880 N.S. d.6/15/1968 N.S. (88)
Wes Montgomery -- b.3/6/1923 N.S. d.6/15/1968 N.S. (45)
Dorothy Baker -- b.4/21/1907 d.6/17/1968 (61)
Sally O'Neil -- b.10/23/1908 d.6/18/1968 (59)
James "Jimmy" Clews Cowan -- b.6/16/1926 N.S. d.6/20/1968 N.S. (42)
Johnny Beckman -- b.10/22/1895 d.6/22/1968 (72)
Hattie Alexander -- b.4/5/1901 d.6/24/1968 (67)
Tony Hancock -- b.5/12/1924 N.S. d.6/25/1968 N.S. (44)
Ziggy Elman -- b.5/26/1914 d.6/26/1968 (54)
Kitty Kelly -- b.4/27/1902 d.6/29/1968 (66)
John "Paddy" Driscoll -- b.1/11/1895 N.S. d.6/29/1968 N.S. (73)
Johnnie Gough -- b.9/22/1894 d.6/30/1968 (73)
Frank Lackteen -- b.8/29/1897 N.S. d.7/8/1968 N.S. (70)
John Indrisano -- b.11/1/1905 N.S. d.7/9/1968 N.S. (62)
Allyn Edwards -- b.??/??/1915 d.7/9/1968 (53)
Westbrook Van Voorhis -- b.9/21/1904 d.7/14/1968 (63)
Corneille Heymans -- b.3/28/1892 d.7/18/1968 (76)
Joseph Keilberth -- b.4/19/1908 d.7/20/1968 (60)
Ruth Saint Denis -- b.1/20/1877 d.7/21/1968 (91)
Sir Henry Hallett Dale -- b.6/9/1875 d.7/23/1968 (93)
Jimmy Drake -- b.3/24/1912 d.7/24/1968 (56)
Lillian Harvey -- b.1/19/1906 d.7/27/1968 (62)
Charles Benjamin Adams -- b.5/18/1882 d.7/27/1968 (86)
Charles W. Mayo -- b.7/28/1898 d.7/28/1968 (70)
Otto Hahn -- b.3/8/1879 d.7/28/1968 (89)
Luther Perkins -- b.1/8/1928 N.S. d.8/5/1968 N.S. (40)
Joe Hinton -- b.11/15/1929 d.8/13/1968 (38)
Marcel Thil -- b.5/25/1914 d.8/14/1968 (54)
Cyril "Cy" Walter -- b.9/16/1915 N.S. d.8/18/1968 N.S. (52)
Sara Jane Roberts -- b.??/??/???? d.8/19/1968 (44)
Henry Groh -- b.9/18/1889 d.8/22/1968 (78)
Hunt Stromberg -- b.7/12/1894 d.8/23/1968 (74)
John George -- b.1/20/1898 d.8/25/1968 (70)
Kay Francis -- b.1/13/1903 d.8/26/1968 (65)
Robert Z. Leonard -- b.10/7/1889 d.8/27/1968 (78)
Nick Castle -- b.3/21/1910 d.8/28/1968 (58)
Victor Sutherland -- b.2/28/1889 d.8/29/1968 (79)
William Talman -- b.2/4/1915 d.8/30/1968 (53)
Dennis O'Keefe -- b.3/29/1908 d.8/31/1968 (60)
Tommy Armour -- b.9/24/1895 d.9/11/1968 (72)
Michael Carr -- b.??/??/1904 d.9/16/1968
Francis McDonald -- b.8/22/1891 d.9/18/1968 (77)
Franchot Tone -- b.2/27/1905 d.9/18/1968 (63)
"Red" Foley -- b.6/17/1910 d.9/19/1968 (58)
Chester F. Carlson -- b.2/8/1906 d.9/19/1968 (62)
Charles Jackson -- b.4/6/1903 d.9/21/1968 (65)
Virginia Valli -- b.6/10/1898 d.9/24/1968 (70)
Norman Brookes -- b.11/14/1877 d.9/28/1968 (90)
Paul Radmilovic -- b.3/5/1886 N.S. d.9/29/1968 N.S. (82)
Eddie Wilcox -- b.12/27/1907 d.9/29/1968 (60)
Jack Bland -- b.5/8/1899 d.10/1/1968 (69)
Marcel Duchamp -- b.7/28/1887 d.10/2/1968 (81)
Johnny Richards -- b.11/2/1911 d.10/7/1968 (56)
Harry Hebner -- b.6/15/1891 N.S. d.10/12/1968 N.S. (77)
Bea Benaderet -- b.4/4/1906 d.10/13/1968 (62)
Jean Macnamara -- b.4/1/1899 N.S. d.10/13/1968 N.S. (69)
Manuel Bandeira -- b.4/19/1886 d.10/13/1968 (82)
Harvey Fruehauf -- b.12/15/1893 d.10/14/1968 (74)
Virginia Burton -- b.8/30/1909 d.10/15/1968 (59)
Lee Tracy -- b.4/14/1898 d.10/18/1968 (70)
Bud Flanagan -- b.10/14/1896 d.10/20/1968 (72)
Elder Michaux -- b.11/7/1883 d.10/20/1968 (84)
Erich Von Stronheim Jr. -- b.8/25/1916 d.10/26/1968 (52)
Lise Meitner -- b.11/7/1878 d.10/27/1968 (89)
William George "Billy" McGimsie -- b.6/7/1880 N.S. d.10/28/1968 N.S. (88)
Pert Kelton -- b.10/14/1907 d.10/30/1968 (61)
Rose Wilder Lane -- b.12/5/1886 d.10/30/1968 (81)
Conrad Richter -- b.11/13/1890 d.10/30/1968 (77)
Ramon Novarro -- b.2/6/1899 d.10/31/1968 (69)
Martin Hale -- b.5/17/1941 d.10/31/1968 (27)
George Papandreou -- b.2/13/1888 d.11/1/1968 (80)
Vern Stephens -- b.10/23/1920 d.11/3/1968 (48)
Estelle Hemsley -- b.5/5/1887 d.11/5/1968 (81)
Charles Munch -- b.9/26/1891 d.11/6/1968 (77)
Wendell Corey -- b.3/20/1914 d.11/8/1968 (54)
Sal Franzella -- b.4/25/1915 d.11/8/1968 (53)
James "Kokomo" Arnold -- b.2/15/1901 d.11/8/1968 (67)
Gerald Mohr -- b.6/11/1914 d.11/10/1968 (54)
Paul Coates -- b.3/10/1921 d.11/16/1968 (47)
Walter Wanger -- b.7/11/1894 d.11/18/1968 (74)
Eide Norena -- b.4/26/1884 d.11/19/1968 (84)
Cathy Lewis -- b.12/27/1916 d.11/20/1968 (51)
Ed Smalle -- b.11/3/1887 d.11/23/1968 (81)
Paul Siple -- b.12/18/1908 d.11/25/1968 (59)
Upton Beall Sinclair -- b.9/20/1878 d.11/25/1968 (90)
Phil Lord -- b.??/??/1879 d.11/25/1968 (89)
Dick Shikate -- b.1/11/1897 N.S. d.12/3/1968 N.S. (71)
Emil Yde -- b.1/28/1900 d.12/4/1968 (68)
Fred Clark -- b.3/9/1914 d.12/5/1968 (54)
Fats Jenkins -- b.1/10/1898 N.S. d.12/6/1968 N.S. (0)
Nat Hiken -- b.6/23/1914 d.12/7/1968 (54)
Patsy Moran -- b.10/13/1903 d.12/10/1968 (65)
Karl Barth -- b.5/10/1886 d.12/10/1968 (82)
Thomas Merton -- b.1/31/1915 d.12/10/1968 (53)
Arthur Hays Sulzberger -- b.9/12/1891 d.12/11/1968 (77)
Tallulah Bankhead -- b.1/31/1903 d.12/12/1968 (65)
Jess Willard -- b.12/29/1881 d.12/15/1968 (86)
Frank Kartheiser -- b.11/14/1888 d.12/19/1968 (80)
Norman Mattoon Thomas -- b.11/20/1884 d.12/19/1968 (84)
John Steinbeck -- b.2/27/1902 d.12/20/1968 (66)
Benny Bengough -- b.7/27/1898 d.12/22/1968 (70)
Weegee -- b.6/12/1899 d.12/26/1968 (69)
Harry Woods -- b.3/5/1889 d.12/28/1968 (79)
Trygve Halvdan Lie -- b.7/16/1896 d.12/30/1968 (72)
George Lewis -- b.7/13/1900 d.12/31/1968 (68)
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