List of Famous people who died at 68

Lieselotte Berger was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.

Arturo Cavero Velásquez, better known by the pseudonym "Zambo Cavero", was a Peruvian singer, representative of Afro-Peruvian identity.

Friedrich A. Kittler was a literary scholar and a media theorist. His works relate to media, technology, and the military.

Volodymyr Dmytrovych Bondarenko was a Ukrainian politician who served as People's Deputy of Ukraine and as member of the citizens' association Choice. Bondarenko was the Head of Kyiv City Administration from 7 March 2014 till 25 June 2014.

Dennis G. Fentie was a Canadian politician. He was the seventh Premier of Yukon and leader of the Yukon Party, serving from 2002 to 2011, as well as the MLA for Watson Lake.

Gerard Peter Kuiper was a Dutch astronomer, planetary scientist, selenographer, author and professor. He is the eponymous namesake of the Kuiper belt.

Henning Jensen was a Danish football player who played professionally for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, Spanish club Real Madrid and Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam where he won the domestic league championship in each country. He scored nine goals in 21 games for the Denmark national football team from 1972 to 1980.

Michel Louis-Marie Richard was a French-born chef, formerly the owner of the restaurant Citrus in Los Angeles and Citronelle and Central in Washington, D.C. He has owned restaurants in Santa Barbara, Tokyo, Carmel, New York City, Atlantic City, Las Vegas and Washington D.C.

Toshiro Mayuzumi was a Japanese composer known for his implementation of avant-garde instrumentation alongside traditional Japanese musical techniques. His works drew inspiration from a variety of sources ranging from jazz to Balinese music, and he was considered a pioneer in the realm of musique concrète and electronic music, being the first artist in his country to explore these techniques. In the span of his career, his works included symphonies, ballets, operas, and film scores, and was the recipient of an Otaka prize by the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the Purple Medal of Merit.

Anatoly Klyan, was a Russian Channel One cameraman who was fatally injured when he was shot while traveling in a bus in Donetsk, Ukraine during the 2014 pro-Russian unrest.