Famous People Who Died in 1969

• Eisenhower, Dwight

  Supreme commander of Allied forces in WWII

• Fosdick, Harry Emerson

  Liberal Protestant preacher who wrote, "Shall the Fundamentalists Win?"

• Garland, Judy

  The actress who played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz

• Hampton, Fred

  The young Black Panther murdered by Chicago police in 1969

• Hawkins, Coleman

  Tenor sax player who had the hit "Body and Soul"

• Henie, Sonja

  She was the first big celebrity figure skater

• Ho Chi Minh

  Communist leader of North Vietnam, 1945-69

• Jones, Brian

  The Rolling Stones founder who died young

• Karloff, Boris

  The original Frankenstein’s Monster of the cinema

• Kennedy, Joseph Sr.

  The millionaire father of President John F. Kennedy

• Kerouac, Jack

  Beat-era author of On The Road

• Kopechne, Mary Jo

  The woman killed in Ted Kennedy's crash on Chappaquiddick Island

• Tate, Sharon

  Famous victim of Charles Manson

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