Deaths Date 1969 P 2 | History by KabAstro

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Cecil Frank Powell (1903-1969)

Aug 9 English physicist who discovered pion (pi-meson), a subatomic particle (Nobel 1950), dies at 65

Aug 9 George Preston Marshall, American Pro Football HOF team owner (Washington Redskins 1933-69), dies at 72
Aug 9 Jay Sebring, American hair stylist, murdered by Manson family at 35
Aug 9 Robert Lehman, American banker (Lehrman Brothers) and arts benefactor (Robert Lehman Wing at the Met Museum of Art), dies at 77

Sharon Tate (1943-1969)

Aug 9 American actress (Valley of the Dolls), murdered by Manson's gang at 26

Aug 9 Steven Parent, American student, murdered by the Manson family at 18
Aug 9 Voyteck Freykowski, Polish writer, murdered by the Manson family at 32
Aug 10 Leno LaBianca, American businessman (murdered) (b. 1925)
Aug 10 Rosemary LaBianca, American housewife (murdered) (b. 1930)
Aug 12 Dick Ryan, American actor (For Heaven's Sake, Born to be Bad), dies after long illness at 72
Aug 14 Leonard Woolf, English author and husband of Virginia Woolf, dies at 88
Aug 14 Sigrid Gurie, Norwegian American actress (Algiers, Sofia, Refugee), dies from a blood clot at 58
Aug 15 Stijn Streuvels [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Vlaschaard), dies at 97
Aug 16 Russ Bender, American actor and writer (Amazing Colossal Man; Space Monster, It Conquered the World), dies at 59
Aug 17 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect (November Group), dies at 83
Aug 17 Philip Blaiberg, South African dentist, third person to receive an artificial heart, dies after 19 days at 59
Aug 18 Laci Boldemann, Swedish composer, dies at 48
Aug 18 Mildred Davis, American silent screen actress (Grandma's Boy; Haunted Spooks; I Do!), dies of coronary disease at 68
Aug 18 Otto Stern, German-American physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943), dies at 81
Aug 27 Claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79
Aug 27 Erika Mann, German-American author (Other Germany) and daughter of Thomas Mann, dies at 63
Aug 27 Henri EJA de Page, Belgian lawyer, dies
Aug 27 Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist (Manservant and Maidservant), dies at 85
Aug 28 Clarence Hennecke, American actor (The Strong Man, Murder by Television, Keystone Kops), dies at 74
Aug 31 Ottmar Gerster, German composer (rector of the Liszt Music Academy in Weimar), dies at 72

Rocky Marciano (1923-1969)

Aug 31 American boxer (undefeated world heavyweight champion 1952-56), dies in a plane crash at 45

Sep 1 Drew Pearson, American newscaster (Drew Pearson), dies at 71
Sep 1 William Flanagan, American composer, and music critic, takes his own life at 46
Sep 2 Harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41

Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969)

Sep 2 Vietnamese communist revolutionary and President of North Vietnam (1946-69), dies of heart failure at 79

Sep 2 Willy Mairesse, Belgian auto racer (13 F1 GP; Nürburgring 1000km 1963; GT Spa GP 1965; Targa Florio 1966), dies from suicide at 40
Sep 3 John Lester, American cricket all-rounder (Gentlemen of Philadelphia CC), dies at 98
Sep 5 Henk Bijvanck, Dutch composer, dies at 59
Sep 5 Josh White, American blues, folk and gospel musician, dies at 55
Sep 5 Mitchell Ayres, American orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at 58
Sep 6 Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian football player, dies at 77
Sep 7 Everett McKinley Dirksen, American politician (Senator-R-Illinois, Senate Minority Leader), dies at 73
Sep 8 Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and writer, dies at 100
Sep 8 Bud Collyer, American TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at 61
Sep 9 Cec Dixon, South African cricket fast-medium bowler (1 Test; 3 wickets; Transvaal), dies at 78
Sep 9 Katherine Singleton, American actress (Ziegfeld Follies) and Miss Universe (1926), dies at 65
Sep 13 Charles Foulkes, Canada general and honorary citizen of Wageningen who accepted WWII Germany's surrender in the Netherlands, dies at 66
Sep 14 James Anderson, American actor (To Kill a Mockingbird), dies of a heart attack at 48
Sep 18 Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, Hungarian German composer, dies at 66
Sep 19 Bert Bakker, Dutch writer and publisher, dies at 57
Sep 19 Rex Ingram, American actor (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tarzan of the Apes, The ten Commandments), dies of a heart attack at 73
Sep 22 Adolfo López Mateos, 48th President of Mexico, dies at 59
Sep 22 Aleksandras Stulginskis, Russian-Lithuanian politician, nationalist (President of Lithuania, 1920-26), farmer, and political prisoner (Soviet gulag, 1941-56), dies at 84
Sep 24 Warren Sturgis McCulloch, American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist ("A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity" with Walter Pitts), dies at 70
Sep 27 Violet Farebrother, English actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), dies at 81
Oct 2 Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian novelist (Black Opal), dies at 85
Oct 3 Nehemiah "Skip" James, American Delta blues singer, guitarist and piano player ("I'm So Glad"), dies at 67
Oct 4 Natalino Otto [Natale Codognotto], Italianswing-jazz singer, dies at 56
Oct 4 Vibart Wight, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests; v/c WI first touring team v England 1928), dies at 67

Walter Hagen (1892-1969)

Oct 6 American golfer (11 major titles, US Open 1914, 19), dies of throat cancer at 76

Oct 7 Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
Oct 8 Eduardo Ciannelli, Italian actor (Foreign Correspondent, Gunga Din), dies at 80
Oct 12 Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French abstract painter and guiatrist, dies at 69

Sonja Henie (1912-1969)

Oct 12 Norwegian figure skater (Olympic gold 1928, 32, 36), and actress (My Lucky Star), dies from leukemia at 57

Oct 14 Arnie Herber, American Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (NFL C'ship 1930, 31, 36, 39; First-team All-Pro 1932, 35, 36; Green Bay Packers, NY Giants), dies at 59
Oct 15 Abdirashid Shermake, President of Somali Republic, shot by one of his bodyguards at 50
Oct 15 Rod La Rocque, American actor (Mystery Woman), dies at 70
Oct 16 Leonard Chess [Lejzor Czyż], Polish-American blues and R&B record company executive (Chess Records), dies at 52

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

Oct 21 American novelist and poet of the Beat Generation (On the Road, Mexico Blues), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 47

Oct 21 Oscar "TV Slim" Wills, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Flatfoot Sam"), dies in a car wreck at 53
Oct 21 Waclaw Sierpinski, Polish mathematician (Sierpinski triangle), dies at 87
Oct 23 Tommy Edwards, American R&B singer-songwriter ("It's All In The Game"), dies from complications of cirrhosis of the liver at 47
Oct 24 Otto Jochum, German composer, dies at 71
Oct 27 Jaume Pahissa, Spanish-Catalan composer (Gala Placidia; Aurora de esperanza), and musicologist, dies at 89
Oct 28 Constance Dowling, actress (Blind Spot), dies of cardiac arrest at 49
Oct 29 Vic Richardson, Australian cricket batsman and captain who played 19 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 138; South Australia; and SANFL player Magarey Medal 1920 Sturt FC, dies at 75
Oct 30 George "Pops" Foster, American jazz double bassist, tuba player, and trumpeter (Louis Armstrong; Sidney Bechet; Earl Hines), dies at 77
Oct 31 Hugo Pfister, Swiss classical and stage composer, dies at 55
Nov 2 (Wilmore) "Slick" Jones, American jazz drummer (Fletcher Henderson, Fats Waller, Sidney Bechet), dies at 62
Nov 2 Marion Lloyd Vince, American fencer (National champion 1928, 31), dies at 63
Nov 3 Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish soccer striker (16 caps; Fenerbahçe), dies at 71
Nov 4 Carlos Marighela, Brazilian politician and guerilla, shot by police at 57
Nov 4 Ferenc Szabó, Hungarian composer (Lúdas Matyi, Légy jó mindhalálig), dies at 66
Nov 5 Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies
Nov 5 Lloyd Corrigan, American actor (Papa Dodger, The Manchurian Candidate), dies at 69
Nov 8 Dave O'Brien [Fronabarger], American actor and writer (Reefer Madness, Kiss Me Kate, 1st Aid), dies from a heart attack at 57
Nov 8 Kam Tong, Chinese American actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Across the Pacific, Flower Drum Song), dies at 62
Nov 8 Vesto Slipher, American astronomer who provided the first evidence to support the expanding-universe theory, dies at 93
Nov 9 Clifford Gray, American bobsledder (Olympic gold 5-man 1928, 4-man 1932), dies at 76
Nov 10 Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet, dies at 78
Nov 11 Frank Newburg, American actor (Homemaker), dies at 83
Nov 12 Louis van Tulder, Dutch tenor (Kantoorkruk to high C), dies at 77
Nov 15 Billy Southworth, American Baseball HOF manager (World Series 1942, 44 St. Louis Cardinals; Boston Braves) and outfielder (World Series 1926 NY Giants), dies of emphysema at 76
Nov 15 Ignacio Aldecoa, Spanish writer (Gran Sol, Caballo the Pica), dies at 44
Nov 15 Roy D'Arcy [Roy Giusti], American actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies), dies at 75

Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969)

Nov 18 American businessman, diplomat and father of JFK, RFK and Teddy, dies at 81

Nov 18 Léon Jongen, Belgian organist, composer, and academic, dies at 85
Nov 18 Ted Heath, British jazz trombonist, composer, and big bandleader, dies at 67
Nov 21 Mutesa II of Buganda, President of Uganda (1924)
Nov 21 Norman Lindsay, Australian artist and novelist (The Magic Pudding), dies at 90 [1]
Nov 22 Acario Cotapos, Chilean composer, dies at 80
Nov 23 (Donnell) "Spade" Cooley, American Western swing fiddler, bandleader, and television personality ("Shame On You"), dies of a heart attack during the intermission of a performance at 58
Nov 27 Armand Bernier, Belgian poet (Sorcier Triste), dies at 67
Nov 28 Elbert Frank Cox, African-American mathematician (first African-American to receive PhD in Mathematics), dies at 73
Nov 28 Roy Barcroft [Howard Ravenscroft], American actor (Oklahoma!; Freckles), dies at 67
Dec 1 "Magic" Sam [Maghett], American blues guitarist ("Feelin' Good (We're Gonna Boogie)"), dies of a heart attack at 32
Dec 2 Kliment Voroshilov, Russian politician and military officer under Stalin (President of the USSR 1953-60), dies at 88
Dec 2 Stephen Potter, English writer and humorist (School for Scoundrels, Shipbuilders), dies of pneumonia at 69
Dec 3 Mathias Wieman, German actor (The Blue Light, Fear), dies at 67
Dec 3 Ruth White, American actress (To Kill a Mockingbird, Up the Down Staircase), dies of cancer at 55
Dec 4 Alceo Toni, Italian arranger (Vivaldi's "Four Season's" for piano four-hands), composer (Elegiac Quintet), and musicologist, dies at 85
Dec 4 Fred Hampton, American activist (Black Panther Party leader; Rainbow Coalition co-founder) shot and killed by the FBI and Chicago police at 21
Dec 7 Eric Portman, English actor (Naked Edge), dies from a heart ailment at 66
Dec 7 Hugh Williams, British dramatist, actor and writer (Wuthering Heights, Bank Holiday), dies after surgery at 65
Dec 7 Lefty O'Doul, American Baseball HOF left fielder (MLB All-Star, World Series 1933; NL batting champion 1929, 32 NY Yankees), dies at 72
Dec 8 Vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80
Dec 10 Franco Capuana, Itlalian opera conductor, dies of a heart attack on the podium while leading a performance of Gioachino Rossini's "Mosè in Egitto" in Naples, at 75
Dec 10 Leigh Harline, American composer and conductor, dies at 62
Dec 13 Raymond A Spruance, U.S. Navy admiral (Battle of Midway), dies at 83
Dec 13 Spencer Williams, American director, writer and actor (The Amos 'n' Andy Show), dies at 76
Dec 16 Leo Mathisen, Danish jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer and bandleader, known as "The Lion" (Take It Easy; To Be Or Not To Be), dies at 63
Dec 17 Arturo da Costa e Silva, 27th President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67
Dec 22 Ilse Steppat, actress (Invisible Terror), dies at 52
Dec 22 Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director (Shanghai Express), dies at 75
Dec 23 Donald Foster, American actor (Hazel, Lord Love A Duck), dies after long illness at 80
Dec 26 Johannes Gerard van Dillen, Dutch economic historian (Of Wealth & Oligarchists), dies at 86
Dec 26 Josef Hromádka, Czech Protestant theologist (Christian Peace Conference founder; Lenin Prize, 1957), dies following a heart attack at 80 [1]
Dec 26 Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French poet and author (History d'aimer), dies at 67
Dec 28 Henry Oscar, English stage and film actor (Saint in London), dies at 78
Dec 31 Joseph A Yablonski, American labor leader, and candidate for United Mine Workers (UMW) president, murdered in his home by hitmen hired by then-president of UMW. at 59
Dec 31 Salvatore Baccaloni, Italian operatic bass buffo singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1940-62), and actor (Merry Andrew; Rock-a-Bye Baby), dies at 69