Explore notable deaths.

Victor Prather

1923–1961

military officer, balloonist

Official cause

drowning

Anita Stewart

1895–1961

actor, film producer, film actor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Fritzi Ridgeway

1898–1961

actor, film actor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Angela Iacobellis

1948–1961

Official cause

leukemia

Dorothy Page

1904–1961

actor, film actor

Official cause

cancer

Adrian Goldsmith

1921–1961

aircraft pilot

Official cause

peritonitis

Matti Lahtela

1881–1961

politician

Official cause

traffic collision

Heinrich Rau

1899–1961

politician, resistance fighter, communist

Official cause

myocardial infarction

B. Carroll Reece

1889–1961

politician, jurist, banker

Official cause

lung cancer

Chen Geng

1903–1961

politician, military officer, writer

Official cause

myocardial infarction

L.S. Alexander Gumby

1885–1961

archivist

Official cause

tuberculosis

Ruth Fischer

1895–1961

politician, journalist, writer

Official cause

disease

Dorothy Thompson

1893–1961

journalist, writer, newspaperperson

Official cause

heart failure

Roald Mandelstam

1932–1961

poet, writer

Official cause

tuberculosis

Jawad Saleem

1920–1961

painter, sculptor, artist

Official cause

myocardial infarction

João Villaret

1913–1961

film actor, stage actor, actor

Official cause

kidney failure

Count Carl Douglas

1908–1961

diplomat

Official cause

traffic collision

Thomas Anthony Dooley III

1927–1961

physician, writer

Official cause

melanoma

Sultana Suruzhon

1904–1961

painter

Official cause

traffic collision

Bud Tinning

1906–1961

baseball player

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Rita Taketsuru

1896–1961

businessperson

Official cause

liver cirrhosis

Joseph Wendel

1901–1960

kenttäpiispa, Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Eden Phillpotts

1862–1960

poet, novelist, writer

Official cause

disease

Eduard Ludwig

1906–1960

architect

Official cause

traffic collision