Deaths Date 1969 | History by KabAstro

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Jan 13 Fred Price, English cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test, 2 dismissals; Middlesex CCC), dies at 66
Jan 13 Wilton Graff, American actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn), dies at 65
Jan 15 Theodor Werner, German painter, dies at 82
Jan 16 Vernon Duke [Vladimir Alexandrovich Dukelsky], American composer and songwriter ("Taking a Chance on Love"), dies of lung cancer at 65

Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)

Jan 17 Polish violinist and composer, dies of a heart attack at 59

Jan 18 Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher, dies at 81
Jan 19 Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau, American jazz guitarist and double-bassist, dies at 80
Jan 19 Charles Winninger, American actor (Cafe Metropole, Coney Island, Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 84
Jan 19 Jan Palach, Czech student, dies of burns from self-immolation at 20
Jan 23 A.J.D. van Oosten, Dutch poet and author (His Master's Voice), dies at 70
Jan 23 Jaroslav Křička, Czech composer, dies at 86
Jan 24 Pauline Hall, Norwegian composer, dies at 78
Jan 25 Irene Castle, American vaudeville, stage, and screen dancer, and animal rights activist, dies at 75
Jan 27 Hanns Jelinek, Austrian composer, dies at 67

Allen Dulles (1893-1969)

Jan 30 American Central Intelligence Agency director (1953-1961), dies of influenza complicated by pneumonia at 75

Jan 30 Dominique Pire, Belgian Dominican friar (1958 Nobel Peace Prize for aiding WW II refugees), dies of surgical complications at 58
Jan 31 Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, Russian composer, dies at 77
Jan 31 Meher Baba, Indian guru (b. 1894)

Boris Karloff (1887-1969)

Feb 2 English actor (The Mummy, Frankenstein), dies of pneumonia at 81

Feb 2 Giovanni Martinelli, Italian operatic spinto tenor singer (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1913-45), dies at 83
Feb 3 C. N. Annadurai, Indian politician and 1st Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, dies of cancer at 59
Feb 3 Eduardo C. Mondlane, Tsonga anthropologist and President of Mozambique, assassinated by a bomb at 48
Feb 5 Thelma Ritter, American character actress (All About Eve; Rear Window; Pillow Talk), dies of complications after a heart attack at 66
Feb 7 Bainbridge Crist, American composer, dies at 85
Feb 9 Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathoner (Olympic gold 1928), dies at 68
Feb 9 [George] Gabby Hayes, American actor (Albuquerque, Colorado), dies at 83
Feb 11 James Lanphier, American actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48
Feb 12 Johanna Tourniaire, Dutch actress (Potasch & Perlemoer), dies at 80
Feb 14 (Charles) Kenneth Horne, British radio comedian (Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh; Beyond Our Ken), dies of a heart attack at the podium whilst hosting an awards program at 61
Feb 14 Vito Genovese, Italian-American crime syndicate boss, dies at 71
Feb 14 Wolfe Barzell, Polish-born actor (Blue Angel), dies of a heart attack at 72
Feb 15 Charles "Pee Wee" Russell, American jazz clarinet and saxophone player, dies at 62
Feb 17 (Adolphe) Paul Barbarinan American jazz drummer (King Oliver; Red Allen Sextet; Onward Brass Band), dies while playing his snare drum, marching in a Mardi Gras parade at 69
Feb 18 Dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian politician (Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1939-41), dies at 76
Feb 19 Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
Feb 20 Ernest Ansermet, Swiss (Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, 1918-67). and composer (Feuilles de Printemps), dies at 85
Feb 20 Jack Ingram, American actor (Law of the West), and stuntman, dies of a heart attack at 66
Feb 21 Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies at 57
Feb 23 Joseph Messner, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 75
Feb 23 Madhubala [Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi], Indian actress regarded as "The Venus of Indian Cinema", dies of a heart condition at 36
Feb 24 Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of a heart attack at 61
Feb 25 Jan Zajic, Czech student, who died setting himself alight to protest the Communist takeover at 18
Feb 26 Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist and philosopher, dies at 86
Feb 26 Levi Eshkol [Sjkolnik], Israeli Prime Minister (1963-69), dies in office of a heart attack at 73
Feb 27 John Boles, American singer and actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73
Feb 27 Marius Barbeau, French Canadian ethnologist and folklorist, dies at 85
Mar 3 Fred Alexander, American tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1908, 5-time US Indoor winner), dies at 88
Mar 4 Nicholas Schenck, Russian-born film empresario (b. 1881)
Mar 6 Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (b. 1952)
Mar 9 Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Munʿim Riyāḍ, Egyptian chief of staff of United Arab Republic army, killed in action at 59
Mar 9 Richard Crane, American character actor (Surfside 6, Rocky Jones, Space Ranger), dies of a heart attack at 50
Mar 11 John Wyndham, American sci-fi author (Chrysalids), dies at 65
Mar 13 Felix Locher, Swiss insurance salesman, mapping system inventor, and late in life actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 86
Mar 14 Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter (1964 Arts & Letters), dies at 70
Mar 14 Heinie Zimmerman, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, NY Giants,1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs), dies at 82
Mar 15 Miles Malleson, British stage and screen actor, and writer (Kind Hearts and Coronets; Postman's Knock), dies at 80
Mar 18 Barbara Bates, American actress (All About Eve, It's a Great Life), commits suicide at 43
Mar 19 Theodor Schaefer, Czech composer, dies at 65
Mar 20 Henri Longchambon, French politician, dies at 72
Mar 21 Gerhard Fritsch, Austrian writer, dies at 44
Mar 22 Ernst Deutsch [Dorian], Jewish-Austrian actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at 78
Mar 23 Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer and philosopher (Urblik), dies at 87

Joseph Kasa-Vubu (c. 1915-1969)

Mar 24 Congolese politician and the 1st President of the Republic of Congo (1960-65), dies at about 55

Mar 25 Alan Mowbray, British actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), dies at 72
Mar 25 Billy Cotton, British bandleader and entertainer, dies at 69
Mar 25 Max Eastman, American critic/essayist (Love and Revolution), dies at 86
Mar 25 Norman Gallichan, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (1 Test, HS 30, 3 wickets; Manawatu, Wellington), dies at 62
Mar 26 Günther Weisenborn, German writer and German Resistance fighter, dies at 66
Mar 27 B. Traven, German novelist ("The Death Ship"; "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre") who is cloaked in mystery and whose identity, real name and birthplace is disputed, dies at possibly 87
Mar 28 Aryeh Levin [Reb Aryeh], Orthodox Jewish rabbi, dies at 84

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)

Mar 28 34th US President (Republican: 1953-61) and World War II general, dies of a congestive heart failure at 78

Mar 30 Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1968), dies during Le Mans testing accident at 34
Apr 2 Fortunio Bonanova, Spanish actor and opera singer (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74
Apr 3 Rex Evans, British actor (Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman; Zara; Matchmaker), dies after surgery at 65
Apr 5 Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi (b. 1903)
Apr 5 Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73
Apr 5 Rómulo Gallegos, 48th President of Venezuela (1948), dies at 84
Apr 5 Shelby Storck, American television producer, dies at 52
Apr 8 Arthur Walter Kramer, American composer, dies at 78
Apr 8 Haskell Karp, American heart transplant patient, who received 1st fully artificial heart, dies after 65 hours at 48
Apr 10 Harley Earl, American automobile designer (1st head of design at General Motors), dies at 75
Apr 11 Ludvig Irgens-Jensen, Norwegian composer, dies at 74
Apr 15 Victoria von Battenberg, Queen of Spain, wife of King Alfonso XIII, dies at 81
Apr 18 Peter Scharow, Russian-Italian actor and director (Chechov), dies at 82
Apr 20 William "Benny" Benjamin, American session drummer (Motown's Funk Brothers), dies of a stroke at 43 [1]
Apr 23 Krzysztof Komeda, Polish jazz pianist and film composer (Rosemary's Baby), dies of head injuries as the result of a fall at 37
Apr 25 Margarita Xirgu, Catalan stage actress, director and political radical (Bloody Wedding, Mariana Pineda), dies at 80
Apr 26 Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist and founder of the Japanese martial art of aikido, dies at 85
Apr 27 Dino Terranova, American actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65
Apr 27 René Barrientos, President of Bolivia, dies at 49
Apr 28 Johannes Röntgen, Dutch composer, dies at 70
May 1 Ella Logan [Ina Allan], Scottish actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man, Top of the Town), dies from cancer at 56

Franz von Papen (1879-1969)

May 2 German diplomat and chancellor (1932), dies at 89

May 3 Imre Vincze, Hungarian composer, dies at 42
May 3 Karl Freund, German cinematographer and film director (Dracula, I love Lucy, The Mummy), dies at 79
May 3 Zakir Husain, 3rd President of India (1967-69) and scholar, dies at 72
May 4 Osbert Sitwell, English writer (Out of the Flame), dies at 76
May 8 Remington Kellogg, American naturalist and director (U.S. National Museum), dies at 76
May 12 Martin Lamble, British folk-rock drummer (Fairport Convention, 1966-69), killed in a vehicle crash at 19
May 14 Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75
May 14 Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m freestyle, 200m obstacle 1900), dies at 89

Walter Pitts (1923-1969)

May 14 American logician ("A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity" with Warren McCulloch), dies at 46

May 15 Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer (Flyweight World Champion, 1916-23), referee, and columnist (News of the World), dies of complications of diabetes and dementia at 76

Joe Malone (1890-1969)

May 15 Canadian Hockey HOF center (only player in NHL history to score 7 goals in a single game 1920; Stanley Cup 1912, 13 Quebec Bulldogs; 1924 Montreal Canadiens), dies at 79

May 16 Johnny Jordan, English cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44
May 17 Clarence "Pants" Rowland, American baseball manager (World Series 1917; Chicago White Sox 1915-18) and MLB umpire (American League 1923-27), dies at 91
May 17 Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80
May 18 Ludwig Berger, German film director and cinematographer (The Thief of Bagdad), dies at 77
May 19 Coleman Hawkins, American jazz musician who virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz, dies at 64
May 20 Fred Sherman, American actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64
May 20 Royal Beal, American actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer at 69
May 23 Diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of a heart attack at 79
May 23 Jimmy McHugh, American composer ("I Can't Give You Anything But Love"; "On the Sunny Side of the Street"; "I'm In The Mood For Love"), dies at 74
May 23 Peter Alma, Dutch painter and graphic artist, dies at 83
May 24 Mitzi Green [Elizabeth Keno], American child actress (Huckleberry Finn; Little Orphan Annie), dies from cancer at 48
May 26 Allan H. Loughead, American aviation pioneer (Lockheed Corporation; b. 1889)
May 26 Kathryn Minner (née White), American character actress (Little Old Lady from Pasadena), dies of a heart attack at 77
May 26 Paul Hawkins, Australian racing driver (b. 1937)
May 27 Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (Star Trek Cage, The Searchers), dies of an intracranial hemorrhage at 43
May 28 Rhys Williams, Welsh actor (How Green Was My Valley, Nightmare, Okinawa, Cross My Heart), dies at 71
May 30 Gaston Brenta, Belgian composer, dies at 66
May 30 John Cipollini, guitarist, dies of ephysema at 45
Jun 1 Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (Olympic gold 5,000m 1928; 500m, 5,000m 10,000m 1936), dies at 65
Jun 1 Michiyo Tsujimura, Japanese agricultural scientist and biochemist (components of green tea), dies at 81
Jun 1 Stan Brenders, Belgian jazz pianist and bandleader, dies at 65
Jun 2 Leo Gorcey, American stage and screen comic actor, and malapropist (The Dead End Kids; The East Side Boys; The Bowery Boys), dies of liver failure at 51, and malpropist
Jun 4 Rafael Osuna, Mexican tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1963), dies in an airline crash at 30
Jun 5 Renaat Veremans, Flemish organist, composer, and conductor (Flemish Opera, Antwerp, 1921-44), dies at 75

Miles Dempsey (1896-1969)

Jun 6 British WWII general (XIII Corps, Second Army), dies of cancer at 72

Jun 8 Robert Taylor, American actor (Waterloo Bridge, Quo Vadis, Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57
Jun 10 Frank Lawton, British actor (Devil Doll, Invisible Ray), dies at 64
Jun 11 John L. Lewis, American labour leader, formed Congress of Industrial Organizations, dies at 89
Jun 12 Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899)
Jun 13 Martita Hunt, Argentine-born English actress (Great Expectations), dies at 69
Jun 14 Wynonie Harris, American rhythm and blues singer, dies of cancer at 53
Jun 16 Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, British field marshal and Governor General of Canada (1946-52), dies at 78
Jun 16 Jan Hanlo, Dutch poet (Oote oote boe), dies at 57
Jun 16 Karl Schiske, Austrian composer, dies at 53

Maureen Connolly (1934-1969)

Jun 21 American tennis player (1st women's Grand Slam 1953; 9 x Grand Slam singles titles), dies of ovarian cancer at 34

Jun 22 American actress (The Wizard of Oz; Meet Me In St. Louis; Easter Parade), and singer ("Over The Rainbow"); dies at 47; coroner determines cause as unintentional, incautious overdose of prescription barbiturates

Jun 23 Chuck Taylor, American Basketball Hall of Fame promoter (Converse All Star shoes), dies of a heart attack at 67
Jun 23 Stanley Andrews, American actor (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town), dies at 77
Jun 23 Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete (Olympic gold 3,000m steeplechase 1936), dies at 62
Jun 24 Frank King, American cartoonist (Gasoline Alley), dies at 86
Jun 24 Ted Hecht, American actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), dies at 61
Jun 24 Willey Ley, American science writer, dies at 62
Jun 27 Richard Maxfield, American instrumental, electro-acoustic, and electronic music composer, jumps to his death from a hotel window at 42
Jun 29 (Frederick) "Shorty" Long, American soul singer and pianist ("Here Comes The Judge"; "Devil In A Blue Dress"), dies in a boating accident at 29
Jun 29 Moïse Tshombe, Congolese politician (President of the Democratic Republic of Congo 1964-5), dies at 49
Jun 29 Veselin Stoyanov, Bulgarian composer and pedagogue, dies at 67
Jun 30 Jan Evangelista Zelinka, Czech composer (Meluzina), dies at 76
Jul 2 Michael DiBiase, wrestler (b. 1923)

Brian Jones (1942-1969)

Jul 3 British blues and rock guitarist, organist and sitar player (Rolling Stones, 1962-69), drowns in his swimming pool at 27

Jul 3 Hermann Grabner, Austrian composer, dies at 83
Jul 4 Georges Ronsse, Belgian road cyclist (UCI Road World C'ship 1928, 29), dies at 63
Jul 5 Ben Alexander, American actor (Dragnet, All Quiet on the Western Front), dies of natural causes at 58
Jul 5 Leo McCarey, American film director (The Awful Truth), dies at 70
Jul 5 Tom Mboya, Kenyian economics minister, assassinated in Narobi at 65
Jul 5 Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at 86
Jul 5 Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85
Jul 7 Erskine Sanford, American actor (Citizen Kane, Angel on My Shoulder), dies at 83
Jul 7 Gladys Swarthout, American mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda), dies of heart disease at 68
Jul 8 Charmian Clift, Australian writer and essayist, dies at 45
Jul 9 Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, dies
Jul 9 Pierre Capdevielle, French conductor, composer (Élégie de Duino), music critic (Monde musicale), and teacher, dies at 63
Jul 9 Rob de Vries, actor and director (Ciske de Rat, Silent Raid), dies at 51
Jul 13 Madiba Thembekile, Nelson Mandela's son, dies in a car accident at 24
Jul 15 Peter Van Eyck [Götz von Eick], German actor (The Longest Day; The Wages of Fear), dies after long illness at 56
Jul 18 Barbara Pepper [Marion], American actress (Foreign Correspondent, Green Acres, Rogue Tavern), dies of coronary thrombosis at 54
Jul 19 Mary Jo Kopechne, American political campaign specialist and Ted Kennedy's car passenger, drowns off of Chappaquiddick (Massachusetts) Island at 28
Jul 19 Pavel I Apostolov, Russian military bandmaster, dies
Jul 20 Roy Hamilton, American singer (You'll Never Walk Alone), dies at 40
Jul 22 Hammy Love, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, played for Australia), dies
Jul 23 Dell Floyd, American editor, author and playwright (Little Accident), dies at 82
Jul 24 Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Dziennik), dies at 64
Jul 25 Douglas Moore, American organist, pianist, songwriter ("Goodnight Harvard"), and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Giants in the Earth; The Ballad of Baby Doe), dies at 75
Jul 26 Raymond Walburn, American actor (Christmas in July), dies after illness at 81
Jul 28 Ernst Tittel, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 59

Frank Loesser (1910-1969)

Jul 28 American songwriter and composer (Guys And Dolls; "Baby, It's Cold Outside"; The Most Happy Fella), dies at 59

Jul 28 Gabriel von Wayditch, Hungarian-American composer, dies at 80
Jul 28 Ramón Grau, Cuban politician, 6th and 10th President of Cuba, dies at 87
Jul 30 Oda Blinder [Yolanda Corsen], Curaçao-Dutch poet (Doorstep), dies at 50
Aug 2 Clarence Dickinson, American composer, dies at 96