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In the year 1961
381 Notable deaths
Edgar Krahn
Estonian mathematician.
Born October 1st, 1894 in Laiuse.
Died March 6th, 1961 at 66 years old in Rockville.
E. A. Mario
Italian musician and writer.
Born May 5th, 1884 in Naples. [ref]
Died June 24th, 1961 at 77 years old in Naples. [ref]
Elmer Diktonius
Finnish poet (1896-1961).
Born January 20th, 1896 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1961 at 65 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Ben Corbett
Actor (1892-1961).
Born February 6th, 1892 in Hudson.
Died May 19th, 1961 at 69 years old in Hollywood.
Augusto Barcía Trelles
Spanish politician (1881-1961).
Born March 5th, 1881 in A Veiga. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1961 at 80 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Don Sunderlage
American basketball player (1929-1961).
Born December 20th, 1929 in Roselle.
Died July 15th, 1961 at 31 years old in Lake Geneva (traffic collision).
Richard Gunn
Boxer.
Born February 16th, 1871 in London.
Died June 23rd, 1961 at 90 years old in Lambeth.
Kathleen Kirkham
Actress (1895-1961).
Born April 15th, 1895 in Menominee.
Died November 7th, 1961 at 66 years old in Santa Barbara.
Maneca
Brazilian footballer (1926-1961).
Born January 28th, 1926 in Salvador.
Died June 28th, 1961 at 35 years old in Rio de Janeiro (poison).
Julien Mandel
French photographer.
Born January 1st, 1893 in Poland.
Died September 24th, 1961 at 68 years old in Recife (acute myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 281 to 290 of 381
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner