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Famous People Who Died in 1961
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
Cooper, Gary
The tall, laconic actor who starred in
High Noon
Fauset, Jessie Redmon
The "midwife" of the Harlem Renaissance and editor of 'The Crisis'
Hammett, Dashiell
The author of "The Maltese Falcon"
Hemingway, Ernest
The famously manly author of
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Jung, Carl
The founder of analytical psychology
Moses, Grandma
The American folk artist who started painting in her seventies
Saarinen, Eero
The Midcentury Modern architect who designed the Gateway Arch
Schrödinger, Erwin
Creator of the Schrödinger's Cat paradox
Thurber, James
Author of
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt
The second wife of President Woodrow Wilson
Wong, Anna May
Hollywood's first Chinese American film star
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