List of Famous people who died in 1968

Juanita Hall

First Name Juanita
Last Name Hall
Born on November 6, 1901
Died on February 28, 1968 (aged 66)

Juanita Hall was an American musical theatre and film actress. She is remembered for her roles in the original stage and screen versions of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals South Pacific as Bloody Mary – a role that garnered her the Tony Award – and Flower Drum Song as Madame Liang.

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Charles Christian Lauritsen

First Name Charles
Last Name Lauritsen
Born on April 4, 1892
Died on April 13, 1968 (aged 76)

Charles Christian Lauritsen was a Danish-born American physicist.

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Walter Riedel

First Name Walter
Last Name Riedel
Born on December 5, 1902
Died on May 15, 1968 (aged 65)
Born in Germany, Brandenburg

Walter J H "Papa" Riedel was a German engineer who was the head of the Design Office of the Army Research Centre Peenemünde and the chief designer of the A4 (V-2) ballistic rocket. The crater Riedel on the Moon was co-named for him and the German rocket pioneer Klaus Riedel.

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Peter Roehr

First Name Peter
Last Name Roehr
Born on September 1, 1944
Died on August 15, 1968 (aged 23)

Peter Roehr was a German Pop Art minimalist artist.

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Vincenzo Scaramuzza

First Name Vincenzo
Born on January 1, 1885
Died on March 24, 1968 (aged 83)
Born in Italy, Calabria

Vincenzo Scaramuzza was an Italian pianist and music teacher.

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Shmuel Dayan

First Name Shmuel
Born on August 8, 1891
Died on August 11, 1968 (aged 77)

Shmuel Dayan was a Zionist activist during the British Mandate of Palestine and an Israeli politician who served in the first three Knessets.

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Paul Marie André Richaud

Paul Marie Alexandre Richaud
First Name Paul
Last Name Richaud
Born on April 16, 1887
Died on February 5, 1968 (aged 80)

Paul-Marie-André Richaud was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Bordeaux from 1950 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.

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Otho Lovering

First Name Otho
Last Name Lovering
Born on December 1, 1892
Died on October 25, 1968 (aged 75)

Otho Lovering was an American filmmaker with about eighty editing credits on feature films and television programs.

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Otto Klung

First Name Otto
Last Name Klung
Born on February 26, 1893
Died on May 26, 1968 (aged 75)
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Saeki Ozawa

First Name Saeki
Last Name Ozawa
Born on November 25, 1898
Died on May 8, 1968 (aged 69)
Born in Japan
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