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In the year 1961
381 Notable deaths
Grigory Levenfish
Soviet chess player.
Born March 9th, 1889 in Piotrków Trybunalski.
Died February 9th, 1961 at 71 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Peyami Safa
Turkish writer and journalist (1899-1961).
Born April 2nd, 1899 in Fatih. [ref]
Died June 15th, 1961 at 62 years old in Istanbul (cerebral hemorrhage).
Rudolf Batz
Ss officer.
Born November 10th, 1903 in Bad Langensalza. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1961 at 57 years old in Wuppertal. [ref]
Johanna Westerdijk
Dutch botanist, plant pathologist and mycologist (1883-1961).
Born January 4th, 1883 in Nieuwer-Amstel. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1961 at 78 years old in Baarn. [ref]
George Melford
American actor and director (1877–1961).
Born February 17th, 1877 in Rochester. [ref]
Died April 25th, 1961 at 84 years old in Hollywood (heart failure). [ref]
Wallingford Riegger
American music composer.
Born April 29th, 1885 in Albany. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1961 at 75 years old in New York City (fall). [ref]
Uuno Klami
Finnish composer (1900-1961).
Born September 20th, 1900 in Virolahti. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1961 at 60 years old in Virolahti (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Gala Galaction
Romanian writer, journalist, translator, theologist, orthodox priest (1879-1961).
Born April 16th, 1879 in Didești.
Died March 8th, 1961 at 81 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Eduardo Torroja
Spanish structural engineer.
Born August 27th, 1899 in Madrid.
Died June 15th, 1961 at 61 years old in Madrid.
Tommy Gorman
Canadian lacrosse player.
Born June 9th, 1886 in Ottawa.
Died May 15th, 1961 at 74 years old in Ottawa.
Deaths 201 to 210 of 381
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius