Famous people and celebrities who died in March 1968

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in March 1968. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• March 1 G v d Vring

  Writer

• March 1 Georg von der Vring

  German painter (camp lafayette) dies at 78

• March 4 Alexandre Cellier

  Composer dies at 84

• March 6 Isa Krejci

  Composer dies at 63

• March 6 Joseph Martin Jr

  Speaker of the house, at the age of 83.

• March 7 Yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin

  Ussr cosmonaut (vostok i) dies at 31

• March 14 Erwin Panofsky

  Renowned art historian known for his studies on iconography and iconology.

• March 16 June Collyer

  American actress known for the June-Stu Erwin Show, who had a successful career in early television and film during the mid-20th century.

• March 16 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

  He is an italian-american musician, composer, and teacher. he was jewish and forced to leave italy by discriminatory laws. in 1939, he settled in hollywood. he composed film music scores for the movies.

• March 16 Gunnar Ekelof

  Swedish poet and writer (born in 1907)

• March 18 Manuel Gomez Carillo

  Composer dies at 85

• March 20 Carl Theodor Dreyer

  Danish film director known for his influential silent films.

• March 23 Edwin O'Connor

  Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist best known for his influential political novel 'The Last Hurrah', which explored urban politics in mid-20th century America.

• March 24 Alice Guy-Blaché

  Alice Guy-Blaché was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer, and is considered the first female filmmaker.

• March 24 Howard Petrie

  Actor (border river bounty hunter), died at 61

• March 24 Lauwrens Voorthuyzen

  Dutch sect leader dies at the age of 70

• March 25 Douglas Evans

  Actor (south pacific trail), is killed in hollywood.

• March 27 Yuri Gagarin

  Legendary Soviet cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space, completing an orbital flight that marked a pivotal moment in human space exploration.

• March 27 Vladimir Seryogin

  Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1922)

• March 30 Bobby Driscoll

  Bobby Driscoll was a prominent child actor in Disney films during the 1940s and 1950s, most famous for voicing Peter Pan and starring in live-action Disney movies. He won a Juvenile Academy Award but tragically died young and struggled with drug addiction.

• March 31 Grover Lowdermilk

  American baseball player (born 1885).