Page 5: Famous Deaths Happened In 1961

Sep 30 Onésime gagnon: French canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of québec (b. 1888)  

Oct 01 Donald cook: Actor (too young to go steady),  

Oct 02 Reggie spooner: Cricketer (england centurion v s africa 1912),  

Oct 04 Max weber: Polish/russ/us painter,  

Oct 11 Leonard "chico" marx: Comedian (marx brothers),  

Oct 14 Paul ramadier: French politician (b. 1888)  

Oct 18 Tsuru aoki: Japanese-born american actress (b. 1892)  

Oct 19 Benjamin merkelbach: Architect/city builder of amsterdam,  

Oct 21 Nils j e ferlin: Swedish songwriter (goggles),  

Oct 25 Peter jensen: Co-inventer (loud speaker),  

Oct 26 Edgar mayne: Cricketer (4 tests for australia around wwi),  

Oct 30 Luigi einaudi: Economist/1st president italy,  

Nov 01 Alexander cohen: Dutch anarchist/author,  

Nov 02 James thurber: Humorist (the male animal),  

Nov 07 Antonius f "anton" coolen: Author (peelwerkers),  

Nov 13 Fredrik j "frits" bakker jr: Dutch actor (unknown woman),  

Nov 15 Douglas walton: Actor (bad lands),  

Nov 16 Sam rayburn: Speaker of the house for 17 years,  

Nov 24 Ruth chatterton: Actress (female, dodsworth),  

Nov 25 Hubert van innis: Belgian archer (b. 1866)  

Nov 26 Alexander borisovich goldenweiser: Composer,  

Nov 30 Stanislaw kazuro: Composer,  

Dec 03 Jekabs graubins: Composer,  

Dec 06 Frantz fanon: West indian psychiatrist and writer (b. 1925)  

Dec 08 William beatton moonie: Composer,  

Dec 12 Daiun sogaku harada: Zen founder of sanbo kyodan lineage,  

Dec 13 Grandma [anna m] moses: Us painter,  

Dec 15 William "dummy" hoy: Professional baseball player,  

Dec 16 Boris semyonovich shekhter: Composer,  

Dec 17 Marion perkins: Sculptor (man of sorrow),  

Dec 20 Moss heart: Us dramatist (you can't take it with you),  

Dec 23 Kurt meyer: German ss officer (b. 1910)  

Dec 24 Guy de lioncourt: Composer,  

Dec 25 Rheinhold rudenberg: Inventor of electron microscope,  

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Jan 02 Todd haynes: American film director  

Jan 03 Erwin blom: Dutch singer/guitarist (eton crop)  

Jan 04 Lee curreri: Nyc, actor (bruno martelli-fame)  

Jan 05 Curt bader: Bloomfield iowa, sprint kayak (olympics-96)  

Jan 07 Andrew thomson: Australian politician  

Jan 07 Supriya pathak: Indian actress  

Jan 07 John thune: American politician  

Jan 09 Oliver goldstick: American screenwriter