Deaths Date 1968 June | History by KabAstro

Helen Keller (1880-1968)

Jun 1 American political activist, author (The Story of My Life) and lecturer, who was the 1st deaf-blind person to earn a BA, dies at 87

Jun 1 [Johan] Erik Lindegren, Swedish poet/interpreter, dies at 57
Jun 2 André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (Concerto de Québec), dies at 39

Jun 2 American tennis player (US National C'ship 1914, 16; survived sinking of RMS Titanic), dies of emphysema at 77

Jun 6 American politician (D-Sen-NY, US Attorney General), assassinated in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan at 42

Jun 7 Dan Duryea, American actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at 61
Jun 9 Bernard Cronin, Australian author and journalist (b. 1884)
Jun 10 Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, Russian composer, dies at 65
Jun 12 Fidelio Friedrich Finke, Bohemian German composer, dies at 76
Jun 14 (Ernest) "Pop" Stoneman, American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and autoharp player ("Sinking of the Titanic"; The Stoneman Family), dies at 75
Jun 14 Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish composer (Facettes; Aniara), dies at 51
Jun 14 Ken Errair, American pop-jazz singer (Four Freshmen, 1953-55 - "Graduation Day"), dies in a chartered plane crash at 42

Jun 14 Italian poet, critic and translator (Nobel Prize for Literature 1959), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 66

Jun 15 (John) "Wes" Montgomery, American influential jazz guitarist and Grammy Award winner, dies of a heart attack at 45
Jun 15 (Patrick) "Buddy" Attaway, American country and Cajun fiddler, and songwriter ("I'm Sitting On Top Of The World"), dies at 45
Jun 15 Sam Crawford, American Baseball HOF outfielder (MLB HR leader 1901, 08; AL RBI leader 1910, 14, 15; MLB record 309 career triples; Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers), dies at 88
Jun 17 José Nasazzi, Uruguayan soccer defender (41 caps; captain FIFA World Cup 1930; CA Bella Vista 322 games), dies at 67
Jun 19 James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate, dies at 70

Jun 25 English comedian and actor (Hancock's Half Hour), commits suicide at 44

Jun 26 Ziggy Elman [Harry Finkelman], American big band jazz trumpeter (Benny Goodman - "And The Angels Sing"; Tommy Dorsey), bandleader, and klezmer musician, dies at 54
Jun 27 Norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for South Africa), dies at 87
Jun 29 Kitty Kelly, American actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66
Jun 29 Paddy Driscoll, American NFL quarterback and coach (Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears), dies at 73
Jun 30 John Gough, American actor (Smooth as Satin, In the Land of the Tortilla, Circus Kid), dies at 73