List of Famous people who died at 69

Aleksei Ivanovich Adzhubei was a Soviet journalist who once worked for Komsomolskaya Pravda and Izvestia. He was a member of Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union and Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. His wife was Rada Khrushchev, the daughter of Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of Soviet Union. In November 25, 1961, he interviewed John F. Kennedy at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.

Tapio Veli Ilmari Wirkkala was a Finnish designer and sculptor, a major figure of post-war design.

George William Milburn was an English footballer who played for Leeds United and Chesterfield.

Lucie Faure, née Meyer was a French woman of letters, novelist and literary review director.

Carl Foreman, CBE was an American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai and High Noon, among others. He was one of the screenwriters who were blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s because of their suspected communist sympathy or membership in the Communist Party.

Sir Carol Reed was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949), and Oliver! (1968). For Oliver!, he received the Academy Award for Best Director.