List of Famous people who died at 68
Karl-Heinz Köpcke
Karl-Heinz Köpcke was a German television presenter and newsreader.
Robert Parry
Robert Parry was an American investigative journalist. He was best known for his role in covering the Iran-Contra affair for the Associated Press (AP) and Newsweek, including breaking the Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare and the CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking in the U.S. scandal in 1985.
Faysal Arslan
Emir Faysal Arslan. He was the chief of the Arslan family, descendants of the Lakhmids after the death of his father Emir Majid Arslan in 1983. He continued with the leadership in association with Emirah Khawlah Majid Arslan.
Ernie Machin
Ernie Machin was an English professional footballer who played as a Midfielder.
Sidy Lamine Niasse
Sidy Lamine Niasse was a Senegalese lawyer, teacher, journalist, and religious guide. He was the founder and CEO of the Senegalese press group WalFadjri.
Ludger Rémy
Ludger Rémy was a German harpsichordist, conductor and musicologist.
Dr. Wagner
Manuel González Rivera was a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner. González made his professional wrestling debut in 1961 and worked the majority of his career for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). As Dr. Wagner, he worked most of his career as an enmascarado, or masked wrestler, losing his mask to El Solitario in 1985. Along with Ángel Blanco, González formed one of the premier tag teams of the 1960s and 1970s called La Ola Blanca. One of his sons works as a professional wrestler under the name Dr. Wagner Jr., and another son wrestled as Silver King until his death in 2019. One of his grandsons made his wrestling debut in 2009 under the name El Hijo de Dr. Wagner, Jr. or Dr. Wagner III.
Ugo Tognazzi
Ugo Tognazzi was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter.
Kraft, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Crato, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg was head of the German princely house of Hohenlohe-Langenburg from 1960 to his death in 2004.
Steve Riley
Steven Bruce Riley was an American professional football player who was an offensive tackle for 10 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL).