List of Famous people who died in 1968

Bob Jones

First Name Bob
Last Name Jones
Born on October 30, 1883
Died on January 16, 1968 (aged 84)

Robert Reynolds Jones Sr. was an American evangelist, pioneer religious broadcaster, and the founder and first president of Bob Jones University.

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Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast

First Name Harry
Last Name D’Arrast
Born on May 6, 1897
Died on March 17, 1968 (aged 70)
Born in Argentina

Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast was an Argentinean born, French screenwriter and director. He was nominated at the 4th Academy Awards for the now defunct category of Best Story for the film Laughter. His nomination was shared with Donald Ogden Stewart and Douglas Z. Doty.

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Mira Mendelssohn

First Name Mira
Last Name Mendelssohn
Born on January 8, 1915
Died on June 8, 1968 (aged 53)
Born in Ukraine

Mariya-Cecilia Abramovna Mendelson-Prokofieva, typically referred to as Mira Mendelson, was a Russian poet, writer, and translator who was the second wife of the composer Sergei Prokofiev. She was the co-librettist of her husband's operas Betrothal in a Monastery, The Story of a Real Man, and War and Peace, as well as the ballet The Tale of the Stone Flower.

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Alexander Engel

First Name Alexander
Last Name Engel
Born on June 4, 1902
Died on July 25, 1968 (aged 66)
Born in Germany

Alexander Engel, birth name: Kurt Engel was a German film actor. He appeared in 73 films between 1932 and 1968. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Saarbrücken, West Germany. He chose the stage name "Alexander", to prevent confusion with the popular musician Kurt Engel.

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