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In the year 1961
430 Notable deaths
Tiny Sandford
American actor (1894-1961).
Born February 26th, 1894 in Osage.
Died October 29th, 1961 at 67 years old in Los Angeles.
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr.
U.s. army general, diplomat.
Born December 17th, 1897 in Philadelphia.
Died November 13th, 1961 at 63 years old in Washington, D.C..
Franklyn Farnum
American actor (1878-1961).
Born June 5th, 1878 in Boston.
Died July 4th, 1961 at 83 years old in Woodland Hills (cancer).
Harriet Bosse
Swedish–norwegian actress (1878-1961).
Born February 19th, 1878 in Christiania.
Died November 2nd, 1961 at 83 years old in Christiania.
Kiyotake Kawaguchi
Japanese general (1892–1961).
Born December 3rd, 1892 in Kōchi Prefecture.
Died May 16th, 1961 at 68 years old in Japan.
Dorothy Burgess
Film, stage actress (1907–1961).
Born March 4th, 1907 in Los Angeles.
Died August 21st, 1961 at 54 years old in Riverside (tuberculosis).
Mukhtar Auezov
Kazakh writer.
Born September 28th, 1897 in Russian Empire.
Died June 27th, 1961 at 63 years old in Moscow.
Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria
Archduchess of austria.
Born July 13th, 1876 in Reichenau an der Rax.
Died April 8th, 1961 at 84 years old in Vaduz.
Earle Dickson
American engineer (1892–1961).
Born October 10th, 1892.
Died September 21st, 1961 at 68 years old in Kitchener.
Vladimir Sofronitsky
Russian pianist (1901-1961).
Born May 8th, 1901 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1961 at 60 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]
Paul Ramadier
Prime minister of france (1888–1961).
Born March 17th, 1888 in La Rochelle.
Died October 14th, 1961 at 73 years old in Rodez.
Maurice Tourneur
French film director and screenwriter (1876–1961).
Born February 2nd, 1876 in Paris.
Died August 4th, 1961 at 85 years old in Paris.
Douglas Walton
Canadian actor.
Born October 16th, 1910 in Toronto.
Died November 15th, 1961 at 51 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Werner Jaeger
German-american classical philologist (1888-1961).
Born July 30th, 1888 in Lobberich. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1961 at 73 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Henri Breuil
French priest and academic (1877–1961).
Born February 28th, 1877 in Mortain.
Died August 17th, 1961 at 84 years old in L'Isle-Adam.
Howard P. Robertson
American mathematician and physicist (1903–1961).
Born January 27th, 1903 in Hoquiam.
Died August 26th, 1961 at 58 years old in Pasadena.
York Bowen
English composer and pianist (1884-1961).
Born February 22nd, 1884 in London.
Died November 23rd, 1961 at 77 years old in London.
William Astbury
British biochemist (1898-1961).
Born February 25th, 1898 in Stoke-on-Trent.
Died June 4th, 1961 at 63 years old in Leeds.
Carlos Duarte Costa
Roman catholic bishop and saint.
Born July 21st, 1888 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died March 26th, 1961 at 72 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Camille Guérin
French veterinarian and scientist (1872-1961).
Born December 22nd, 1872 in Poitiers.
Died June 9th, 1961 at 88 years old in Paris.
George Irving
American actor, director (1874-1961).
Born October 5th, 1874 in New York City.
Died September 11th, 1961 at 86 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Carlos Luz
19th president of brazil (1894-1961).
Born August 4th, 1894 in Três Corações.
Died February 9th, 1961 at 66 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Valentine Davies
Film director, screenwriter (1905-1961).
Born August 25th, 1905 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1961 at 55 years old in Malibu. [ref]
Günter Litfin
First victim of the berlin wall (1937–1961).
Born January 19th, 1937 in Berlin.
Died August 24th, 1961 at 24 years old in Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal.
Dun Karm Psaila
Maltese poet (1871-1961).
Born October 18th, 1871 in Żebbuġ.
Died October 13th, 1961 at 89 years old in Valletta.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 430
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson