1968 was a tough year, politically, for the country (USA). I was only in 3rd grade when we watched the news about the RFK and MLK murders (assassinations) with great sadness!
I'm always fascinated to see who passed away on my birthday, or close to it. Here i see Rose Wilder Lane died at 81 years old, the day that i was one day old. It's somewhat eerie for me to realize that her mother was Laura Ingalls, and my all-time favorite television show is Little House On The Prarie. I'm sure it's just my imagination but i feel as though there might be a connection there.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who loved the genuine kindness and humour of Marion Lorne. She was an absolute gem. I was born a month after she died, but have an autographed photo (to someone else). Someone wrote a play about her that played in Seattle called “For Lorne”. Wish I’d seen it.
So many familiar faces…. More importantly, so many giants! Helen Keller…… Not only a giant, but quite a looker back in the day… But as someone already said, so many (Bobby Kennedy Sr, Martin Luthier King, both in particular) were murdered by assassins. Sad year
One of the great things about your videos is reminding us of people we had long forgotten. I watched a lot of The Three Stooges and The Little Rascals on TV when I was young. I knew Dudley Dickerson's face, but I never knew his name, until now. And that's just one example among many. Thanks!
One person who has not been included in this video is Bill Masterton. Bill played in the NHL for the expansion Minnesota North Stars and scored the first goal in the team's history. However, on January 13, 1968, Masterson received a stiff body check and hit his head hard on the ice. He died two days later, the result of massive head injuries which was a shock to all players and fans in the National Hockey League. Bill is the only player in NHL history to die as a direct result of injuries suffered in a game. Out of respect to Bill Masterton, the Bill Masterton Trophy has been awarded since 1968 to a player who demonstrates dedication to hockey.
A few years ago one of the Minneapolis TV stations found some footage of that night. Thankfully the hit/aftermath wasn’t recorded but it’s pretty eerie watching it, seeing Bill on the ice and knowing what’s coming.
Fun fact : Prior to June Foray's arrival at Warner Brothers in 1955, Bea Benederet was one of the main female voice performers for the Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes cartoons. She originated the Voices of Witch Hazel, Miss Prissy the spinster hen, and Granny. She was also the voice of Little Red Riding Hood in the Bugs Bunny cartoon Little Red Riding Rabbit.
@@jchapman8248Her main voice work for Hanna Barbera was as Betty Rubble on The Flintstones, but she also voiced characters for Top Cat and The Jetsons as well.
What I remember the most she was on an episode of I Love Lucy - it was such a funny episode. She was Lucille Ball's pick to be Ethel Mertz, but she already signed to be on George Burns and Gracie Allen show.
Bobby Driscoll was a sad situation. He was a big child star in many 1950’s Disney movies such as Treasure Island and The Song of the South but as he got older found it difficult to find parts and fell into heroin addiction. He was found dead in a Harlem apartment. An overdose victim and as he had no ID wound up being buried in Potter’s Field.
Yes, I believe he voiced Peter Pan and the figure Peter Pan was modeled after him. He died in an abandoned tenement building on the Lower East Side being used as a shooting gallery. Probably the worst fall from grace in Hollywood history.
I liked the actor Dan Duryea. He was a very good actor. He was great in westerns. He appeared in a Twilight Zone episode based in the wild west. He was a retired gunslinger who became the town drunk from the PTSD he had due to killing so many men in gun fights. He was bullied around by this town bully (Martin Landau). One day a traveling peddler (Henry J. Fate - Malcom Atterbury) comes in and offers a vial this elixir to Dan Duryea just prior to a showdown with the bully (Landau) to steady his nerve and get his shooting skills back. Then wham Dan shoots Martin in the hand. After a some time whe things seem to calm down, in rides a young Doug McClure aiming to challenge Dan to a shoot out. Dan takes another swig of the elixir where upon Doug is likewise drinking a vial the same stuff sold to him by the traveling peddler. In the end, they both end up shooting one another in their respective shooting hands! That saved both their lives. That peddler, Henry J. Fate, was some kind of guardian angel. Oops..got carried away! 😳😊
Honorable Mentions: 1) Padre Pio - Roman Catholic priest and Saint. Died of pneumonia of September 23, 1968 Three who passed away on October 30, 1968: 1) Author Conrad Richter- Wrote the novels The Sea of Grass and The Light in the forest. Passed away from a heart attack. 2) Actress Pert Kelton - Best known for originating the role of Alice Kramden on the variety series Cavalcade of Stars. Also passed away from a heart attack. 3) Actor Ramon Navarro - Best known for starring in the original silent film version of Ben-Hur. Murdered in a robbery attempt at his home.
Another 1968 death was Mabel Stark, the circus world's 57-year veteran Tiger Queen. She broke in the hard way, and became renowned for her superlative tiger acts before women had the vote, and a decade before the advent of Clyde Beatty. For 3.5 years, I was her assistant. Forced into bitter retirement, she overdosed on barbiturates on April 20, at age 79. // I was at LAX in '68, when the Kennedy family flew in after RFK was shot. Their plane was surrounded by black limos, far from the main terminal. He died the next day. // Bobby Driscoll was found dead in an abandoned building in NYC by urban-exploring kids. No one then knew who the deceased was, and he was buried in a potter's field, out on Hart Island. He was later ID'd by old fingerprint records, but his interment location is not accurately known. A centotaph was placed for him at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, in L.A. // For the creator(s) of In Memoriam, your visual obituaries are the very best.
Actor Al Mulock- May 1968: The first face seen in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. (The one-armed bandit). He committed suicide on the set of Once Upon A Time In The West by jumping from a hotel window. His wife Steffi Henderson had died in June 1967 from cancer.
I was 9 in ‘68. I remember hearing in the radio of Bobby Kennedy’s passing. I also remember the funeral of his brother John in 1963 when I was four watching it on TV.
I was 4 at the time of jfk's death but I can't recall it from my memory. I do barely remember images from the president's funeral but nothing I can recall in a definitive way.
@@user-gw9sk1zy4s I remember JFK’s funeral because his caisson was pulled by a horse and I remember the horse they led that had no rider and was pretty spirited. Even at 4 I was a big horse lover. Other than the horses I don’t remember anything else of the funeral.
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space mostly because at just over five feet tall he was one of the two cosmonaut trainees able to fit in the tiny confines of the first Soyuz capsule. The similarly stubby Gherman Titov actually had more seniority but the authorities wanted the first one to have a more conventionally Russian-sounding name.
RFK died the same day as my five year old classmate, Patricia. She was knocked down and killed by a tractor. Walking down the sidewalk she suddenly got spooked by a little terrier dog in a yard, and she ran out into the road. I could never quite understand why she never came back to school. It wasn't until some time later that I was told the real reason. "She's gone with the angels" they told me I asked myself "Why couldn't they take someone else" Of course, whenever I see reference to RFK I think of her.
RFK refused a police detail because his supporters didn't like cops. Then, instead of going out the planned exit, he decided against his staff's recommendation and walked thru the kitchen. Another Kennedy making high risk actions because they don't believe the laws apply to them. He hated MLK.
I admire a lot of these people, especially Helen Keller because she was one of my relatives. Helen Keller died after having multiple strokes and she died in her sleep, just a few weeks prior to her 88th birthday which is on June 27th. A lot of these people died when they were too young which makes it sadder, but we should be glad that medical technology has advanced and changed a lot since then with fewer people dying at a young age. In addition to Helen Keller, I also like MLK, Bobby Driscoll, and Scotty Beckett. Many gone way too soon. RIP!
I read a biography about Helen Keller. I saw an actual photograph of the letter that she wrote on grooved paper to her mother when Helen was only 8 years old. I also read that Helen Keller learned how to talk thanks to Alexander Graham Bell whose father or grandfather wrote a book called "Physical Speech." It wasn't sign language. It was 20+ signs that showed the placement of the tongue and mouth during speech. Helen felt that placement AND she felt the vibrations of the throat during speech. Bell also did sign language in Helen's hand. She spoke actual sentences when she was only 10 years old. She wrote her autobiography in 1901 and she dedicated it to Alexander Graham Bell. She earned more than one college degree. She was a remarkable woman.
Nick Adams; truly one of the sadder actor biographies out there. He was a tight pal of James Dean (2-8-31 9-30-55) who had kind of taken him under his wing and was destined for great things, but Dean's tragic death ended that promising trajectory, he admittedly never recovered emotionally or professionally from it. One of his best roles that showcased his real talent as an actor was in "Hell Is for Heroes" (1962) as "Homer Janeczek" the Polish D.P. (Displaced Person- a term used to describe homeless persons of war-ravaged lands) who wanted nothing more than to hang out with a U.S. Army squad and kill Germans, hoping this would net him sponsorship to emigrate to the U.S. one day. I though his accent, inflection, and characterization were spot on for the role, and knowing his heritage and background I'll bet it all came quite easily for him- watch his interaction with Steve McQueen's character; he more than holds his own in that exchange. Ironically, the HIFH screenplay was written by Robert Pirosh, who also produced "Combat!", and Nick also had two guest appearances as: Cpl. Marty Roberts / Pvt. Mick Hellar- an IMDB reviewer quote: "Bridgehead is characterized by a lot of action, gunfire, and excellent dialogue. Private Mick Hellar (excellently played by Nick Adams) is completely against being part of the war effort. He sarcastically wines and complains throughout the episode. ".
I was born in 1968 one week before MLK was assassinated and 2 months before RFK was also assassinated. Ramon Navarro was not included he died on October 30 1968 due to being murdered.
@@luisreyes1963 Exactly..he was "The Trader". Also appeared in Dick Van Dyke episode as the radio program manager when Rob has to stay awake for 100 hours.
Nick Adams who played Johnny Yuma passed away at a very young age 36 was very good friends with Robert Conrad and was helpful getting him into acting back in the 1950s. William Talman who passed away 2 years after Perry Mason went off the air guest starred on a episode of Gunsmoke as outlaw Race Fallon in 1963. Bea Benaderet was great as Cousin Pearl Bodine on The Beverly Hillbillies before Petticoat Junction. R. I. P.
Scotty Beckett was the cutest child star in the 30s $& early 40s . He died so young . I certainly remember him from Little Rascals and numerous parts in Hollywood movies. Virginia Wiedler also a child star in Big Hollywood Films. Oh and ML King and Bobby Kennedy . So sad I noticed a lot of them here had Emphysema , heart attack and Cancer . Smoking !! This generation of people were led to believe that smoking was totally glamorous and cool . So very Sad. So lied to by T obacoo Companies . 🕊️🕊️🌷🌷💔💔💐💐😢😢✝️✝️
TY for these tributes. We lost so many great people in this particular year. Your tributes are so heartfelt & sincere. God Bless You & stay safe. Sorry for the losses you faced that year as well in your family.
Wow...1968 was a pretty horrible year, as a matter of fact, the 1960s period was a tragic decade...Medgar Evers, John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy...all fell a victim of an assassin's bullet/bullets...so SAD😢
@@KevinMiller-xn5vu Black people and those who assisted Black during that era went through various trials and tribulations... it's pathetic when you're being HATED because of your different pigmentation or that you love other races other than your own...so redundant:-(
Also to have Vietnam War starting for United States when we entered the conflict in 1964 and some bloody battles in 1960s especially 1966-1968 including battle of Saigon in 1968 and in 1966 battle near Chu Chi close to Laos and Saigon. 1968 United States alone lost 16,899 soldiers.
@@scottknode898My Dad was Gunnery Sgt. in the Marine Corps. He deployed to Vietnam in 1965 and was with 7th Battalion, 3rd Marines during Operation Starlite (65-66). Thank God he returned home in one piece!
Thank you for this channel. As a writer it is truly inspiring. As a human it is a poignant reminder that time is short, and talent cannot put off the inevitable. On a personal note, my condolences for the two members of your family who passed on 9/3/68. May their memories be for eternal blessings.
Great video it reminds us of famous people from the past it also reminds us how so many younger ones died from drug abuse over the years I just wish something could be done to combat the problem.
As a kid I remember 1968 as one of the best years for me, regardless of all the violence that was happening atound me. The only thing that sucked in 1968 was the cancelation of Batman, and the Monkees, Two of my favorite TV shows.
I remember RFK was campaigning in a city when the news came in about MLK RFK was on his way there and his staff advised him not to go - as there was a lot of rioting in cities where there was a large black population. He insisted on going and what he did still moves me to tears - he announced to the people in attendance that MLK was shot. The crowd, of course, was horrified, upset, crying. RFK waited and gave the most touching eulogy one could imagine - talking for the first time what he felt when he heard about his brother's death. He reached inside himself to share his grief at that time and then quoted a poem of Aeschales (sp?) beautiful. Then he took leave. The city RFK went to was one of the few cities of that size that had no rioting that evening or ever. My heart goes out to these men of vision and valor MLK and RFK.
I’ve watched all your videos. I’m not American so I don’t know the sportsmen, game show hosts and many of the politicians. I try and spot someone who has appeared in the Twilight Zone and most years there’s always someone. Looking forward to your next video
Actor Scotty Beckett 5:20, former Little Rascal fame, died of Barbiturate overdose. He was an infant at the start of the Great Depression with the stock market crash of 1929 and was married 3 times over his short life. Margaret C. Sabo was his last in 1968.
When you create 1967, please make sure you add Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt who was caught in a rip on Cheviot Beach, Victoria. His disappearance sparked one of the largest search operations in Australia. His body was never found. This made Worldwide news. Harold Holt died on 17 December 1967 (aged 59)
I was struck by how many died early from preventable causes like drug overdoses and alcoholism. Also, i suspect , many of the early deaths from cancer are treatable with today's medical tecnology.
In the 1960s ! United States of America have lost a lot of young man’s in the Vietnam war ! And a lot of kids, who never know their fathers from that war ! And that’s why we have a lot of less fathers, brothers and uncles who die in that war called Vietnam war ! Just look it up in your history books of RUclips and television show about war !
Bobby Driscoll was used by Disney and then when he became a teenager, Disney wanted nothing to do with him. Walt didn't like the fact that Bobby had acne, so they dumped him. Without so much as thank you, he was told by a secretary that he was no longer welcomed. How's that for the Disney Co, who is supposed to be family oriented?
Lung 🫁 cancer and emphysema were responsible for many of the deaths. Smoking 🚬 was common back then. Thank goodness people don’t smoke as much anymore.
Just about all my friends are Non Smokers. I stopped at the end of 1998 for my own health and well being. Just as well it was at the time Rob Reiner had campaigned to really have the price increases put on cigarettes. With the prices they charge today there are still a good number of people out there willing to pay to bring on those smoking related illnesses.
I remember seeing Tallulah Bankhead on an episode of I Love Lucy. It was fabulous. Looked her up and then saw Lifeboat. She was quite a character. (I think the episode was The Neighbor Next Door) too funny Lucy had trouble with 3 stars - all had the same problem: alcoholism Tallulah, Richard Burton, Joan Crawford. (who was quoted as saying, Änd they call me a *itch.) The 3 of them came late, sometimes had been drinking and didn't know or mumbled their lines. Tallulah was so different that Lucy was fretting off the charts - the rehearsals during the week and the show was live in front of an audience. Show time, Tallulah was fabulous and Lucy was off, since she was so nervous about the other. Tallulah, of the 3, said Lucy was great and knew her stuff, and was such a marvelous person. She actually had the last laugh in that Lucy was off and Tallulah was great!
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I was a young kid in 1968 and it’s just so odd that people were ending their lives when I was just starting mine.
Words of wisdom from William Talman. Notice how many of these died early from heart and lung ailments.
Who else is hooked on these obituaries? I am
It's interesting to read their story. Many times I head to Wikipedia to learn more. Many of these I've never heard before.
So many were so young❤ Interesting lives they led.
I am hooked on these obituaries
I really liked William Talman a lot. He was a fantastic actor in the tv show "Perry Mason."
1968 was a tough year, politically, for the country (USA). I was only in 3rd grade when we watched the news about the RFK and MLK murders (assassinations) with great sadness!
I'm always fascinated to see who passed away on my birthday, or close to it. Here i see Rose Wilder Lane died at 81 years old, the day that i was one day old. It's somewhat eerie for me to realize that her mother was Laura Ingalls, and my all-time favorite television show is Little House On The Prarie. I'm sure it's just my imagination but i feel as though there might be a connection there.
My all time favorite,Marion Lorne. She was everybody's favorite aunt! RIP.
As Aunt Clara , she was by far the funniest character on Bewitched.
She played Aunt Clara superbly. Loved her as that lovable bumbling and sincere natured Aunt Clara.
She also gave comic relief in the Hitchcock film, Strangers on a Train.
She was also Mrs. Gurney on the 1950s sitcom " Mr. Peepers".
RIP
Thanks for Marion Lorne! She was so funny & an absolute sweet soul. She was priceless.🕊💐🪽✨️
Marion Lorne was in the 1951 Alfred Hitchcock movie, Strangers on a Train.
She was so funny. She made soo many people forget their troubles and just laugh!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who loved the genuine kindness and humour of Marion Lorne. She was an absolute gem. I was born a month after she died, but have an autographed photo (to someone else). Someone wrote a play about her that played in Seattle called “For Lorne”. Wish I’d seen it.
I had noticed that there were at least four people on this video who had passed away in their 90s as it was rare at that time to live that long.
So many familiar faces….
More importantly, so many giants!
Helen Keller……
Not only a giant, but quite a looker back in the day…
But as someone already said, so many (Bobby Kennedy Sr, Martin Luthier King, both in particular) were murdered by assassins.
Sad year
One of the great things about your videos is reminding us of people we had long forgotten. I watched a lot of The Three Stooges and The Little Rascals on TV when I was young. I knew Dudley Dickerson's face, but I never knew his name, until now. And that's just one example among many. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
One person who has not been included in this video is Bill Masterton. Bill played in the NHL for the expansion Minnesota North Stars and scored the first goal in the team's history. However, on January 13, 1968, Masterson received a stiff body check and hit his head hard on the ice. He died two days later, the result of massive head injuries which was a shock to all players and fans in the National Hockey League. Bill is the only player in NHL history to die as a direct result of injuries suffered in a game. Out of respect to Bill Masterton, the Bill Masterton Trophy has been awarded since 1968 to a player who demonstrates dedication to hockey.
Thank you. I didn't know.
Good choice. There are a lot of well known people from other areas that aren’t included.
No helmets in those days.
A few years ago one of the Minneapolis TV stations found some footage of that night. Thankfully the hit/aftermath wasn’t recorded but it’s pretty eerie watching it, seeing Bill on the ice and knowing what’s coming.
He should definitely have been included.
I admire a lot of these people, Helen Keller, Martin Luther King Jr, Robert Kennedy. People to learn from
As a life long cynic and all around curmudgeon, I can't think of one thing to learn from RFK.
Yes all three remarkable people; so awful that two died from assassination. Tragic.
Thank you for remembering Rose Wilder Lane.
Of course!
Fun fact : Prior to June Foray's arrival at Warner Brothers in 1955, Bea Benederet was one of the main female voice performers for the Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes cartoons. She originated the Voices of Witch Hazel, Miss Prissy the spinster hen, and Granny. She was also the voice of Little Red Riding Hood in the Bugs Bunny cartoon Little Red Riding Rabbit.
"Hey Grandma! I brought ya a bunny rabbit...TA HAAAAVE!"
Bea Benaderet was Lucille Ball's original choice to play Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy.
You left out Hanna-Barbera!
@@jchapman8248Her main voice work for Hanna Barbera was as Betty Rubble on The Flintstones, but she also voiced characters for Top Cat and The Jetsons as well.
What I remember the most she was on an episode of I Love Lucy - it was such a funny episode. She was Lucille Ball's pick to be Ethel Mertz, but she already signed to be on George Burns and Gracie Allen show.
Bobby Driscoll was a sad situation. He was a big child star in many 1950’s Disney movies such as Treasure Island and The Song of the South but as he got older found it difficult to find parts and fell into heroin addiction. He was found dead in a Harlem apartment. An overdose victim and as he had no ID wound up being buried in Potter’s Field.
Yes, I believe he voiced Peter Pan and the figure Peter Pan was modeled after him. He died in an abandoned tenement building on the Lower East Side being used as a shooting gallery. Probably the worst fall from grace in Hollywood history.
@@frogger1952 This is sad.
I liked the actor Dan Duryea. He was a very good actor. He was great in westerns. He appeared in a Twilight Zone episode based in the wild west. He was a retired gunslinger who became the town drunk from the PTSD he had due to killing so many men in gun fights. He was bullied around by this town bully (Martin Landau). One day a traveling peddler (Henry J. Fate - Malcom Atterbury) comes in and offers a vial this elixir to Dan Duryea just prior to a showdown with the bully (Landau) to steady his nerve and get his shooting skills back. Then wham Dan shoots Martin in the hand. After a some time whe things seem to calm down, in rides a young Doug McClure aiming to challenge Dan to a shoot out. Dan takes another swig of the elixir where upon Doug is likewise drinking a vial the same stuff sold to him by the traveling peddler. In the end, they both end up shooting one another in their respective shooting hands! That saved both their lives. That peddler, Henry J. Fate, was some kind of guardian angel. Oops..got carried away! 😳😊
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Aunt Clara, Black Widow & Betty Rubble!
Honorable Mentions:
1) Padre Pio - Roman Catholic priest and Saint. Died of pneumonia of September 23, 1968
Three who passed away on October 30, 1968:
1) Author Conrad Richter- Wrote the novels The Sea of Grass and The Light in the forest. Passed away from a heart attack.
2) Actress Pert Kelton - Best known for originating the role of Alice Kramden on the variety series Cavalcade of Stars. Also passed away from a heart attack.
3) Actor Ramon Navarro - Best known for starring in the original silent film version of Ben-Hur. Murdered in a robbery attempt at his home.
Also, Pert Kelton was wonderful as Shirley Jones' mom, "the Widow Paroo", in "The Music Man" (1962).
Another 1968 death was Mabel Stark, the circus world's 57-year veteran Tiger Queen. She broke in the hard way, and became renowned for her superlative tiger acts before women had the vote, and a decade before the advent of Clyde Beatty. For 3.5 years, I was her assistant. Forced into bitter retirement, she overdosed on barbiturates on April 20, at age 79. // I was at LAX in '68, when the Kennedy family flew in after RFK was shot. Their plane was surrounded by black limos, far from the main terminal. He died the next day. // Bobby Driscoll was found dead in an abandoned building in NYC by urban-exploring kids. No one then knew who the deceased was, and he was buried in a potter's field, out on Hart Island. He was later ID'd by old fingerprint records, but his interment location is not accurately known. A centotaph was placed for him at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, in L.A. // For the creator(s) of In Memoriam, your visual obituaries are the very best.
Actor Al Mulock- May 1968: The first face seen in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. (The one-armed bandit).
He committed suicide on the set of Once Upon A Time In The West by jumping from a hotel window. His wife Steffi Henderson had died in June 1967 from cancer.
I was 9 in ‘68. I remember hearing in the radio of Bobby Kennedy’s passing. I also remember the funeral of his brother John in 1963 when I was four watching it on TV.
I was 4 at the time of jfk's death but I can't recall it from my memory. I do barely remember images from the president's funeral but nothing I can recall in a definitive way.
@@user-gw9sk1zy4s I remember JFK’s funeral because his caisson was pulled by a horse and I remember the horse they led that had no rider and was pretty spirited. Even at 4 I was a big horse lover. Other than the horses I don’t remember anything else of the funeral.
Me too. I was also 4
@@kc2zjw cool!
I love this channel. It is a treasure. 🙏🏽
Glad you enjoy it!
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space mostly because at just over five feet tall he was one of the two cosmonaut trainees able to fit in the tiny confines of the first Soyuz capsule. The similarly stubby Gherman Titov actually had more seniority but the authorities wanted the first one to have a more conventionally Russian-sounding name.
I will never forget his name
R.I.P. Robert F. Kennedy.
He tried to warn us ... now, his son has stepped up to clean up the mess his dad warned us of.
RFK died the same day as my five year old classmate, Patricia. She was knocked down and killed by a tractor.
Walking down the sidewalk she suddenly got spooked by a little terrier dog in a yard, and she ran out into the road.
I could never quite understand why she never came back to school. It wasn't until some time later that I was told the real reason.
"She's gone with the angels" they told me
I asked myself "Why couldn't they take someone else"
Of course, whenever I see reference to RFK I think of her.
RFK refused a police detail because his supporters didn't like cops. Then, instead of going out the planned exit, he decided against his staff's recommendation and walked thru the kitchen. Another Kennedy making high risk actions because they don't believe the laws apply to them. He hated MLK.
@@kellielaine5848I hope RFK’s son is successful in his political career. I would rather vote for him than the two clowns that are running now. 😊
@kellielaine5848 OH, please!
I admire a lot of these people, especially Helen Keller because she was one of my relatives. Helen Keller died after having multiple strokes and she died in her sleep, just a few weeks prior to her 88th birthday which is on June 27th.
A lot of these people died when they were too young which makes it sadder, but we should be glad that medical technology has advanced and changed a lot since then with fewer people dying at a young age. In addition to Helen Keller, I also like MLK, Bobby Driscoll, and Scotty Beckett. Many gone way too soon. RIP!
I read a biography about Helen Keller. I saw an actual photograph of the letter that she wrote on grooved paper to her mother when Helen was only 8 years old. I also read that Helen Keller learned how to talk thanks to Alexander Graham Bell whose father or grandfather wrote a book called "Physical Speech." It wasn't sign language. It was 20+ signs that showed the placement of the tongue and mouth during speech. Helen felt that placement AND she felt the vibrations of the throat during speech. Bell also did sign language in Helen's hand. She spoke actual sentences when she was only 10 years old. She wrote her autobiography in 1901 and she dedicated it to Alexander Graham Bell. She earned more than one college degree. She was a remarkable woman.
I Helen Keller was amazing. I've read some of her writings. That lady was an astounding author! To have her as a relative would be an honor.
Nick Adams; truly one of the sadder actor biographies out there. He was a tight pal of James Dean (2-8-31 9-30-55) who had kind of taken him under his wing and was destined for great things, but Dean's tragic death ended that promising trajectory, he admittedly never recovered emotionally or professionally from it. One of his best roles that showcased his real talent as an actor was in "Hell Is for Heroes" (1962) as "Homer Janeczek" the Polish D.P. (Displaced Person- a term used to describe homeless persons of war-ravaged lands) who wanted nothing more than to hang out with a U.S. Army squad and kill Germans, hoping this would net him sponsorship to emigrate to the U.S. one day. I though his accent, inflection, and characterization were spot on for the role, and knowing his heritage and background I'll bet it all came quite easily for him- watch his interaction with Steve McQueen's character; he more than holds his own in that exchange. Ironically, the HIFH screenplay was written by Robert Pirosh, who also produced "Combat!", and Nick also had two guest appearances as: Cpl. Marty Roberts / Pvt. Mick Hellar- an IMDB reviewer quote: "Bridgehead is characterized by a lot of action, gunfire, and excellent dialogue. Private Mick Hellar (excellently played by Nick Adams) is completely against being part of the war effort. He sarcastically wines and complains throughout the episode. ".
thanks for sharing.
just looked him up: sounds like a really interesting character who died by suicide, perhaps?
I was born in 1968 one week before MLK was assassinated and 2 months before RFK was also assassinated. Ramon Navarro was not included he died on October 30 1968 due to being murdered.
Fred Clark also played the role of the trustee of Patrick Dennis in the first Auntie Mame film with Rosalind Russell.
He was in the 1949 movie White Heat with James Cagney. He played a fence for stolen goods.
@@luisreyes1963 Exactly..he was "The Trader". Also appeared in Dick Van Dyke episode as the radio program manager when Rob has to stay awake for 100 hours.
Nick Adams who played Johnny Yuma passed away at a very young age 36 was very good friends with Robert Conrad and was helpful getting him into acting back in the 1950s.
William Talman who passed away 2 years after Perry Mason went off the air guest starred on a episode of Gunsmoke as outlaw Race Fallon in 1963.
Bea Benaderet was great as Cousin Pearl Bodine on The Beverly Hillbillies before Petticoat Junction. R. I. P.
She was also fantastic as Betty Rubble
As I recall, Nick committed suicide 😞😟
If you look REAL fast, you can see Nick in the opening scene of Sweet Smell of Success. He's one of the customers in the coffee shop.
Scotty Beckett was the cutest child star in the 30s $& early 40s . He died so young . I certainly remember him from Little Rascals and numerous parts in Hollywood movies. Virginia Wiedler also a child star in Big Hollywood Films. Oh and ML King and Bobby Kennedy . So sad I noticed a lot of them here had Emphysema , heart attack and Cancer . Smoking !! This generation of people were led to believe that smoking was totally glamorous and cool . So very Sad. So lied to by T obacoo Companies . 🕊️🕊️🌷🌷💔💔💐💐😢😢✝️✝️
That reminds me, I'm out of Lucky Strikes.
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R.I.P. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Great video. ❤ Dorothy Gish was younger than her sister Lillian Gish, not older.
TY for these tributes. We lost so many great people in this particular year. Your tributes are so heartfelt & sincere. God Bless You & stay safe. Sorry for the losses you faced that year as well in your family.
Thank you for those kind words.
You didn't include Bea Benaderet's career in radio, especially in "The Jack Benny Program".
What a Lady Helen Keller was! She helped so many people!
Rest In Peace Martin Luther King.
A man with a great message and a legacy that be eternal.
Wow...1968 was a pretty horrible year, as a matter of fact, the 1960s period was a tragic decade...Medgar Evers, John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy...all fell a victim of an assassin's bullet/bullets...so SAD😢
Sad to say you're right.
@@KevinMiller-xn5vu Black people and those who assisted Black during that era went through various trials and tribulations... it's pathetic when you're being HATED because of your different pigmentation or that you love other races other than your own...so redundant:-(
Agreed.
Also to have Vietnam War starting for United States when we entered the conflict in 1964 and some bloody battles in 1960s especially 1966-1968 including battle of Saigon in 1968 and in 1966 battle near Chu Chi close to Laos and Saigon. 1968 United States alone lost 16,899 soldiers.
@@scottknode898My Dad was Gunnery Sgt. in the Marine Corps. He deployed to Vietnam in 1965 and was with 7th Battalion, 3rd Marines during Operation Starlite (65-66). Thank God he returned home in one piece!
Thank you for another beautiful video 😃
So nice of you
Struck by how young so many of these people were, but in my mind they seem to have been around forever
Thank you for this channel. As a writer it is truly inspiring. As a human it is a poignant reminder that time is short, and talent cannot put off the inevitable.
On a personal note, my condolences for the two members of your family who passed on 9/3/68. May their memories be for eternal blessings.
Thank you for featuring Virginia Weidler.
nick adams also appeared in Frankenstien Conquers the World, and Godzilla vs Astro Monster
Great video it reminds us of famous people from the past it also reminds us how so many younger ones died from drug abuse over the years I just wish something could be done to combat the problem.
You do the best - the very best - memorial tribute on RUclips.
You do a great job with these videos! Bobby Driscoll also had a starring role in the 1949 Noir, The Window.
Thanks for the info!
Rest in paradise 🙏 Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy 🙏
As a kid I remember 1968 as one of the best years for me, regardless of all the violence that was happening atound me. The only thing that sucked in 1968 was the cancelation of Batman, and the Monkees, Two of my favorite TV shows.
1968 was the worst year of my life - then to see Dr. Martin Luther King assassinated as well as Robert F Kennedy. Hurts my heart.
I remember RFK was campaigning in a city when the news came in about MLK RFK was on his way there and his staff advised him not to go - as there was a lot of rioting in cities where there was a large black population. He insisted on going and what he did still moves me to tears - he announced to the people in attendance that MLK was shot. The crowd, of course, was horrified, upset, crying. RFK waited and gave the most touching eulogy one could imagine - talking for the first time what he felt when he heard about his brother's death. He reached inside himself to share his grief at that time and then quoted a poem of Aeschales (sp?) beautiful. Then he took leave. The city RFK went to was one of the few cities of that size that had no rioting that evening or ever. My heart goes out to these men of vision and valor MLK and RFK.
I was five in 1968, now Iam 60, time flies.😊
No kidding, I was 5 years old for most of 1968, turned 6 late that year. Now 61. Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping into the future.
I was 3. Tell me about it lol.
REST IN HEAVENLY PARADISE MR. KING, BOBBY KENNEDY AND MALCOM X AND TO EVERYONE WHO IN 1968 PASSED AWAY. GOD BLESS YOU ALL AMEN .😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I am related to Rose Wilder Lane.
I was 12 years old in 1968. I recognized about 8 people.
I was 12 in '68 as well- I was watching TV with my Dad and we watched RFK's assassination live, it was really weird...
How do we not know more about some of these people, particularly the less prominent ones?
Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my Heroes!
RIP,MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, I WAS BORN APRIL 4TH 1968
So many were so young, terribly sad.
I was only 4 in 1968, but I do remember some from history and tv shows.
You present these so well and so respectfully, well done.
Thank you.
Whatta bout Martin Melcher motion picture and music executive and Doris Day's spouse for 17 years?🤔🎶🎥
You have done an exceptional job with these videos and thank you!
Thank you very much!
Please keep these coming
I love your work. It keeps us busy reading and not listening to computer voices or warp speed talking. Music is very calming too. Thank You
Thank you! 😊
Wonderful Video!!❤❤❤❤
Thank you 🤗
I’ve watched all your videos. I’m not American so I don’t know the sportsmen, game show hosts and many of the politicians. I try and spot someone who has appeared in the Twilight Zone and most years there’s always someone. Looking forward to your next video
William Talman (DA in Perry Mason) died from smoking in his 50s; warned others of the perils of lighting up -- sad...
I remember Yul Brynner did the same...
Actor Scotty Beckett 5:20, former Little Rascal fame, died of Barbiturate overdose. He was an infant at the start of the Great Depression with the stock market crash of 1929
and was married 3 times over his short life. Margaret C. Sabo was his last in 1968.
Elvis's 68 Special made history while others made history for the saddest reasons
Virginia Weidler was a great actress ❤
When you create 1967, please make sure you add Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt who was caught in a rip on Cheviot Beach, Victoria. His disappearance sparked one of the largest search operations in Australia. His body was never found. This made Worldwide news.
Harold Holt died on 17 December 1967 (aged 59)
Will do.
I was struck by how many died early from preventable causes like drug overdoses and alcoholism. Also, i suspect , many of the early deaths from cancer are treatable with today's medical tecnology.
Great video learned a lot!
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A lot of deaths by smoking in this vid.
In the 1960s !
United States of America have lost a lot of young man’s in the Vietnam war !
And a lot of kids, who never know their fathers from that war !
And that’s why we have a lot of less fathers, brothers and uncles who die in that war called Vietnam war !
Just look it up in your history books of RUclips and television show about war !
I love the music, so fitting for this..
Thomas Merton ?
Bobby Driscoll was used by Disney and then when he became a teenager, Disney wanted nothing to do with him. Walt didn't like the fact that Bobby had acne, so they dumped him. Without so much as thank you, he was told by a secretary that he was no longer welcomed. How's that for the Disney Co, who is supposed to be family oriented?
Didn’t Fred Clark portray Bea Benadarette husband on George Burns’ show? That’s how I know him.
I feel your pain you’re going through
I am surprised to see that you didn’t include Mexican born Hollywood star Ramon Novarro. Also Dorothy Gish was Lillian’s younger sister
Scotty Beckett developed a drug and alcohol problem in the early '50's, and died of an overdose.
There’s people are very gifted and special
I would have voted for Bobby!
I definitely was planning to vote for RFK.
..do you remember in '68, in '68 Bobby & Billy were out of date....
Some very young ones here. 😢
There was one name you forgot actor james burke.he was a actor who appeared in the 1937 movie dead end
The darkest year
Some are quite young 🙏
Lung 🫁 cancer and emphysema were responsible for many of the deaths. Smoking 🚬 was common back then. Thank goodness people don’t smoke as much anymore.
Just about all my friends are Non Smokers. I stopped at the end of 1998 for my own health and well being. Just as well it was at the time Rob Reiner had campaigned to really have the price increases put on cigarettes. With the prices they charge today there are still a good number of people out there willing to pay to bring on those smoking related illnesses.
Their are many ppl who get cancer and not smoke, including lung!
Most who get lung cancer never smoked.
Most who get lung cancer never smoked...
Most who get lung cancer never smoked.
I feel your pain
That’s very 😢
Riconosco jim clark,Martin luther Kingston e bob kennedy
Tallulah Bankhead non conformist broad, I loved her!
I remember seeing Tallulah Bankhead on an episode of I Love Lucy. It was fabulous. Looked her up and then saw Lifeboat. She was quite a character. (I think the episode was The Neighbor Next Door) too funny Lucy had trouble with 3 stars - all had the same problem: alcoholism Tallulah, Richard Burton, Joan Crawford. (who was quoted as saying, Änd they call me a *itch.) The 3 of them came late, sometimes had been drinking and didn't know or mumbled their lines. Tallulah was so different that Lucy was fretting off the charts - the rehearsals during the week and the show was live in front of an audience. Show time, Tallulah was fabulous and Lucy was off, since she was so nervous about the other. Tallulah, of the 3, said Lucy was great and knew her stuff, and was such a marvelous person. She actually had the last laugh in that Lucy was off and Tallulah was great!
On my birthday Freddy mrcrey just passed away
4:29 'Autoerotic asphyxiation"? Wow, I didn't know people were doing that back then.
All I could think of was - how awful to have it know that it was the cause of your death - and it's out there in public.
07:20 RIP
I understand you
There was a lot of cancer and overdoses in 68
Me too
I think the Most Deaths Will Be The 30s 40s and 50s
Love the family touch.
The year i was born.