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Robert Taylor, American actor (born 1911)
Robert Taylor was an American film and television actor and singer who was one of the most popular leading men of his era.
Robert Taylor, American actor (born 1911)
The 1960s
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1969
Aleksandr Deyneka, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (born 1899)
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka was a Soviet painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important Russian modernist figurative painters of the first half of…
Aleksandr Deyneka, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (born 1899)
1969
Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director and producer (born 1898)
Pralhad Keshav Atre, popularly known as Āchārya Atre, was a prominent Marathi writer, poet, educationist, founder–editor of Maratha, and above all a noted orator.
Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director and producer (born 1898)
1969
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (bo
Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, was a British Army officer who served in both of the world wars. Alexander was born in London and…
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (bo
1969
Bishnu Prasad Rabha, Indian artist, painter, actor, dancer, writer, music composer and politician (born 1909)
Bishnu Prasad Rabha was an Indian cultural figure from Assam, known for his contributions to music, dance, painting, literature, and political activism. As an advocate of the peopl…
Bishnu Prasad Rabha, Indian artist, painter, actor, dancer, writer, music composer and politician (born 1909)
1969
Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (born 1934)
Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker, known as "Little Mo", was an American tennis player, the winner of nine major singles titles in the early 1950s. In 1953, she became the first w…
Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (born 1934)
1969
Judy Garland, American actress and singer (born 1922)
Judy Garland was an American actress, singer, and vaudevillian whose career spanned four decades. She is known for her artistic range and strong contralto voice, working in a varie…
Judy Garland, American actress and singer (born 1922)
1969
Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (born 1907)
Volmari "Vomma" Fritijof Iso-Hollo was a Finnish runner. He competed at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics in the 3000 m steeplechase and 10000 m and won two gold, one silver and one bronz…
Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (born 1907)
1969
Frank King, American cartoonist (born 1883)
Frank Oscar King was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip Gasoline Alley. In addition to innovations with color and page design, King introduced real-time continui…
Frank King, American cartoonist (born 1883)
1969
Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (born 1906)
Willy Otto Oskar Ley was a German and American science writer and proponent of space exploration and cryptozoology. The crater Ley on the far side of the Moon is named in his honor…
Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (born 1906)
1969
Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1919)
Moïse Kapenda Tshombe was a Congolese businessman and politician. He served as the president of the secessionist State of Katanga from 1960 to 1963 and as prime minister of the Dem…
Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1919)
1969
Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1942)
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones was an English musician and one of the founders of the Rolling Stones. Initially a slide guitarist, he went on to play electric guitar, sing backing vocals…
Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1942)
1969
Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (born 1890)
Henri Decoin was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held t…
Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (born 1890)
1969
Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (born 1884)
Wilhelm Backhaus was a German pianist and pedagogue. He was particularly well known for his interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin and Brahms. He was also much admi…
Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (born 1884)
1969
Leo McCarey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1898)
Thomas Leo McCarey was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was involved in nearly 200 films, including the critically acclaimed Duck Soup, Make Way for Tomorr…
Leo McCarey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1898)
1969
Walter Gropius, German architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building and Werkbund Exhibition (born 1883)
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture. He…
Walter Gropius, German architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building and Werkbund Exhibition (born 1883)
1969
Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician, 1st Kenyan Minister of Justice (born 1930)
Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya was a Kenyan politician and labour leader. He was one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Kenya. He led the negotiations for independence at the…
Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician, 1st Kenyan Minister of Justice (born 1930)
1969
Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author (born 1885)
Henry George Lamond was an Australian farmer and writer, notable for his novels about the land, people and animals of outback Queensland. In addition to his fiction and non-ficti…
Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author (born 1885)
1969
Grace Hutchins, American labor reformer and researcher (born 1885)
Grace Hutchins was an American labor reformer and researcher, journalist, political activist and communist. She spent many years of her life writing about labor and economics, in a…
Grace Hutchins, American labor reformer and researcher (born 1885)
1969
James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (born 1930)
Sir James Louis Fitzroy Scott Douglas, 6th Baronet was a British racing driver and a baronet.
James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (born 1930)
1969
Mary Jo Kopechne, American educator and secretary (born 1940)
Mary Jo Kopechne was an American secretary, and one of the campaign workers for U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign, a close team known as the "Boiler Room …
Mary Jo Kopechne, American educator and secretary (born 1940)
1969
Stratis Myrivilis, Greek soldier and author (born 1890)
Efstratios Stamatopoulos was a Greek writer. He is known for writing novels, novellas, and short stories under the pseudonym Stratis Myrivilis. He is associated with the "Generatio…
Stratis Myrivilis, Greek soldier and author (born 1890)
1969
Ramón Grau, Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (born 1882)
Ramón Grau San Martín was a Cuban physician and politician who served as President of Cuba from 1933 to 1934 and from 1944 to 1948. He led the Cuban student movement in the 1933 Cu…
Ramón Grau, Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (born 1882)
1969
Jean Bastien, French professional footballer (born 1915)
Jean Bastien was a professional French footballer. He was born in Oran, French Algeria, and died, aged 54, in Marseille.
Jean Bastien, French professional footballer (born 1915)