List of Famous people who died in 1968

Thomas Cochrane, 2nd Baron Cochrane of Cults

First Name Thomas
Last Name Cults
Born on March 19, 1883
Died on December 8, 1968 (aged 85)
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Bea Benaderet

First Name Bea
Last Name Benaderet
Born on April 4, 1906
Died on October 13, 1968 (aged 62)

Beatrice Benaderet was an American actress and comedienne. Born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, she began performing in Bay Area theatre and radio before embarking on a Hollywood career that spanned over three decades. Benaderet first specialized in voiceover work in the golden age of radio, appearing on numerous programs while working with comedians of the era such as Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, and Lucille Ball. Her expertise in dialect and characterization led to her becoming Warner Bros.' leading voice of female characters in their animated cartoons of the early 1940s through the mid-1950s.

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Lajos Shvoy

First Name Lajos
Last Name Shvoy
Born on March 9, 1879
Died on January 21, 1968 (aged 88)
Born in Hungary
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Walter Tewksbury

First Name Walter
Last Name Tewksbury
Born on March 21, 1876
Died on April 24, 1968 (aged 92)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Walter Beardsley Tewksbury, was an American track and field athlete. At the 1900 Summer Olympics, he won five medals, including two golds.

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Pierluca

Died on July 26, 1968
Born in Italy, Tuscany
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Tivadar Soros

Schwartz Tivadar
First Name Tivadar
Died on January 1, 1968

Tivadar Soros was a Hungarian lawyer, author and editor. He is best known for being the father of billionaire George Soros, and engineer Paul Soros.

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Robert Burks

First Name Robert
Last Name Burks
Born on July 4, 1909
Died on May 13, 1968 (aged 58)

Leslie Robert Burks, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer known for being proficient in virtually every genre, equally at home with black-and-white or color, and for his many collaborations with the celebrated film director Alfred Hitchcock.

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Morris Fisher

First Name Morris
Last Name Fisher
Born on May 4, 1890
Died on May 23, 1968 (aged 78)

Morris "Bud" Fisher was an American sports shooter and U.S. Navy shooting instructor. He competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics and won five gold medals in 300–800 m rifle events. He ended his Olympic career in 1924, as shooting was not part of the 1928 Games, and long-distance rifle events re-appeared only at the 1948 Olympics, when he had long retired both from active competitions and military service.

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Dennis O'Keefe

Edward Vanes Flanagan Jr.
First Name Dennis
Last Name O'Keefe
Born on March 29, 1908
Died on August 31, 1968 (aged 60)

Dennis O'Keefe was an American actor and writer,

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Werner Brandes

First Name Werner
Last Name Brandes
Born on July 10, 1889
Died on September 30, 1968 (aged 79)

Werner Brandes was a German cinematographer. Brandes moved to Britain in the late 1920s to work on several prestige films for British International Pictures.

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