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GRIBOUILLE = FRENCH = = Singer, Musician, and Song Writer = |
Born: MARIE-FRANCE GAÎTÉ 17 July 1941 Lyon, FRANCE | Died: 18 January 1968 Paris, FRANCE |
26 | Alcohol and Drug Related |
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LUCKEY ROBERTS = AFRICAN AMERICAN = = Ragtime Composer and Pianist = |
Born: CHARLES LUCKYTH ROBERTS 7 August 1887 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 5 February 1968 New York City, USA |
80 | |
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NICK PANTAS = AMERICAN = = Rhythm Guitarist = = member of = = THE ELVES (1967-1968) = |
Born: | Died: 12 February 1968 |
Car Accident | |
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ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI = ITALIAN = = Composer, Musicologist and Music Critic = |
Born: 20 September 1880 Parma, ITALY | Died: 13 February 1968 Rome, ITALY |
87 | |
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PORTIA WHITE = CANADIAN = = Operatic Contralto = |
Born: 24 June 1911 Truro, Nova Scotia, CANADA | Died: 13 February 1968 Toronto, Ontario, CANADA |
56 | Following long battle with Cancer |
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LITTLE WALTER = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer and Harmonica Player = |
Born: MARION WALTER JACOBS 1 May 1930 Marksville, Louisiana, USA | Died: 15 February 1968 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
37 | |
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FRANKIE LYMON = AMERICAN = = Singer/Songwriter = |
Born: FRANKLIN JOSEPH LYMON 30 September 1942 Harlem, New York, USA | Died: 27 February 1968 Washington Heights, New York, USA |
25 | Heroin Overdose |
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DORETTA MORROW = AMERICAN = = Actress, Singer, and Dancer = |
Born: DORETTA MARANO 27 January 1927 Brooklyn, New York, USA | Died: 28 February 1968 London, ENGLAND, UK |
41 | Cancer |
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IŠA KREJCÍ = CZECH = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 10 July 1904 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC | Died: 6 March 1968 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC |
63 | |
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BLIND JOE REYNOLDS = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter and Blues Guitarist = |
Born: JOE SHEPPARD 1904 Tallulah, Arkansas, USA | Died: 10 March 1968 Monroe, Louisiana, USA |
64 | |
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MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO = ITALIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 3 April 1895 Florence, ITALY | Died: 16 March 1968 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
72 | |
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BORYS LYATOSHYNSKY = UKRAINIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 3 January [O.S. 22 December 1894] 1895 Zhytomyr, UKRAINE | Died: 15 April 1968 Kiev, UKRAINE |
73 | |
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HARALD KREUTZBERG = GERMAN = = Dancer and Choreographer = |
Born: 11 December 1902 Reichenberg/Liberec, CZECH REPUBLIC | Died: 25 April 1968 Bern, SWITZERLAND |
65 | |
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BERNARD ROGERS = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 4 February 1893 New York City, USA | Died: 24 May 1968 |
75 | |
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LITTLE WILLIE JOHN = AMERICAN = = Rock 'n' Roll and R&B Singer = |
Born: WILLIAM EDWARD JOHN 15 November 1937 Cullendale, Arkansas, USA | Died: 26 May 1968 Walla Walla, Washington, USA |
30 | Heart Attack |
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BUMBLE BEE SLIM = AMERICAN = = Piedmont Blues Singer and Guitarist = |
Born: ADMIRAL AMOS EASTON 7 May 1905 Brunswick, Georgia, USA | Died: 8 June 1968 Los Angeles, California, USA |
63 | |
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KARL-BIRGER BLOMDAHL = SWEDISH = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 19 October 1916 Växjö, SWEDEN | Died: 14 June 1968 Kungsängen, Stockholm, SWEDEN. |
51 | |
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WES MONTGOMERY = AMERICAN = = Jazz Guitarist = |
Born: JOHN LESLIE MONTGOMERY 6 March 1923 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | Died: 15 June 1968 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
45 | Heart Attack |
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ZIGGY ELMAN = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpet Player = |
Born: HARRY AARON FINKELMAN 26 May 1914 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 26 June 1968 Los Angeles, California, USA |
54 | |
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RUTH ST. DENIS = AMERICAN = = Dancer = |
Born: RUTH DENIS 20 January 1879 Newark, New Jersey, USA | Died: 21 July 1968 Hollywood, USA |
89 | |
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LILIAN HARVEY = ANGLO-GERMAN = = Actress and Singer = |
Born: HELENE LILIAN MURIEL PAPE 19 January 1906 London, ENGLAND, UK | Died: 27 July 1968 Juan-les-Pins, FRANCE |
62 | Liver Failure |
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JÓN LEIFS = ICELANDIC = = Composer = |
Born: JÓN ÞORLEIFSSON 1 May 1899 Sólheimar, then in the Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern ICELAND | Died: 30 July 1968 Reykjavík, ICELAND |
69 | Lung Cancer |
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LUTHER PERKINS = AMERICAN = = Country Music Guitarist = = member of = = The Tennessee Three = |
Born: LUTHER MONROE PERKINS 8 January 1928 Como, Mississippi, USA | Died: 5 August 1968 Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
40 | Burns and smoke inhalation following a house fire |
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ARTHUR MARSHALL = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Composer and Performer of Ragtime Music = |
Born: ARTHUR OWEN MARSHALL 20 November 1881 Saline County, Missouri, USA | Died: 18 August 1968 Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
86 | |
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RED FOLEY = AMERICAN = = Singer, Musician, and Radio and TV Personality = |
Born: CLYDE JULIAN FOLEY 17 June 1910 Blue Lick, Kentucky , USA | Died: 19 September 1968 Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA |
58 | |
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FRANK SKINNER = AMERICAN = = Film Composer and Arranger = |
Born: 31 December 1897 Meredosia, Illinois, USA | Died: 8 October 1968 Hollywood, California, USA |
70 | |
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FRANZ REIZENSTEIN = GERMAN-born BRITISH = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: FRANZ THEODOR REIZENSTEIN 7 June 1911 Nuremberg, GERMAN | Died: 15 October 1968 |
57 | |
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BUD FLANAGAN = ENGLISH = = Music Hall Star = |
Born: CHAIM REUBEN WEINTROP 14 October 1896 Whitechapel, London, ENGLAND, UK | Died: 20 October 1968 Kingston, London, ENGLAND, UK |
72 | |
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KOKOMO ARNOLD = AMERICAN = = Blues Musician = |
Born: JAMES ARNOLD 15 February 1901 Lovejoy's Station, Georgia, USA | Died: 8 November 1968 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
67 | Heart Attack |
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JAN JOHANSSON = SWEDISH = = Jazz Pianist = |
Born: 16 September 1931 Söderhamn, Hälsingland, SWEDEN | Died: 9 November 1968 Sollentuna, SWEDEN |
37 | Car Crash |
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JEANNE DEMESSIEUX = FRENCH = = Organist, Pianist, Composer, and Pedagogue = |
Born: JEANNE MARIE-MADELEINE DEMESSIEUX 13 February 1921 Montpellier, in SOUTHERN FRANCE | Died: 11 November 1968 Paris, FRANCE |
47 | Embolism |
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BILLY PIGG = ENGLISH = = player of Northumbrian smallpipes = |
Born: January 1902 Northumberland, ENGLAND | Died: November 1968 |
66 | |
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NICOLAE BRETAN = ROMANIAN = = Opera Composer, Baritone, Conductor, and Music Critic = |
Born: 25 March 1887 Năsăud, ROMANIA | Died: 1 December 1968 Cluj, ROMANIA |
81 | |
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PERCY GREENBANK = ENGLISH = = Lyricist = |
Born: 24 January 1878 London, ENGLAND | Died: 9 December 1968 Rickmansworth, north west of London, ENGLAND |
90 | |
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TIBERIU BREDICEANU = ROMANIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 2 April 1877 Lugoj, ROMANIA | Died: 19 December 1968 Bucharest, ROMANIA |
91 | |
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SABIN DRAGOI = ROMANIAN = = Composer = |
Born: SABIN VASILE DRĂGOI 6 June 1894 | Died: 31 December 1968 |
91 | |
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JUAN F. ACOSTA = PUERTO RICAN = = Composer and Music Teacher = |
Born: 27 May 1890 San Sebastián, PUERTO RICO | Died: 1968 Quebradillas, PUERTO RICO |
78 | |
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VINCENZO SCARAMUZZA = ITALIAN = = Pianist and Music Teacher = |
Born: VINCENZO PUGLIESE 19 June 1885 Crotone, ITALY | Died: 1968 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA |
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