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MARGARET BALFOUR = ENGLISH = = Mezzo-Soprano = |
Born: c. 1892 | Died: January 1961 |
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 BLANCHE RING = AMERICAN = = Singer and Actress = |
Born: 24 April 1871 Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 13 January 1961 Santa Monica, California, USA |
89 | |
 ALPHONSE PICOU = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: ALPHONSE FLORISTAN PICOU 19 October 1878 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 4 February 1961 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
82 | |
 NOAH LEWIS = AMERICAN = = Jug Band and Country Blues Musician = |
Born: 3 September 1890 or 1895 Henning, Tennessee, USA | Died: 7 February 1961 Ripley, Tennessee, USA |
65 or 70 | |
 PERCY GRAINGER = AUSTRALIAN-born AMERICAN = = Pianist, Arranger and Composer = |
Born: PERCY ALDRIDGE GRAINGER 8 July 1882 Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA | Died: 20 February 1961 White Plains, New York, USA |
78 | |
 PAUL WITTGENSTEIN = AUSTRIAN = = Pianist = |
Born: 5 November 1887 Vienna, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY | Died: 3 March 1961 New York City, New York, USA |
73 | |
 GEORGE FORMBY = ENGLISH = = Music Hall Comedian, Singer & songwriter = = and Ukulele Player Extraordinaire = |
Born: GEORGE HOY BOOTH 26 May 1904 Wigan, Lancashire, ENGLAND | Died: 6 March 1961 Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, ENGLAND |
56 | Heart Attack |
 Sir THOMAS BEECHAM = ENGLISH = = Conductor and Impresario = |
Born: 29 April 1879 St Helens, Lancashire, ENGLAND | Died: 8 March 1961 London, ENGLAND |
81 | Coronary Thrombosis |
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WILBER SWEATMAN = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Ragtime and Dixieland Jazz Composer, = = Bandleader, and Clarinetist = |
Born: WILBER COLEMAN SWEATMAN 7 February 1882 Brunswick, Missouri, USA | Died: 9 March 1961 New York City, USA |
79 | |
 WALLINGFORD RIEGGER = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: WALLINGFORD CONSTANTINE RIEGGER 29 April 1885 Albany, Georgia, USA | Died: 2 April 1961 New York City, New York, USA |
75 | |
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CISCO HOUSTON = AMERICAN = = Folk Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: GILBERT VANDINE HOUSTON 18 August 1918 Wilmington, Delaware, USA | Died: 29 April 1961 San Bernardino, California, USA |
42 | Stomach Cancer |
 MIFF MOLE = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trombonist and Bandleader = |
Born: IRVING MILFRED MOLE 11 March 1898, Roosevelt, New York, USA | Died: 29 April 1961 New York City, New York, USA |
63 | |
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VICTOR CORNELIUS = DANISH = = Composer, Pianist and Singer = |
Born: 22 September 1897 | Died: 8 May 1961 |
63 | |
 UUNO KLAMI = FINNISH = = Composer = |
Born: UUNO (KALERVO) KLAMI 20 September 1900 Virolahti, FINLAND | Died: 29 May 1961 Virolahti, FINLAND |
60 | Heart Attack |
 ART GILLHAM = AMERICAN = = Songwriter = |
Born: 1 January 1895 St. Louis, Missouri, USA | Died: 6 June 1961 Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
66 | |
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SCOTT LaFARO = AMERICAN = = Jazz Double Bassist = |
Born: ROCCO SCOTT LaFARO 3 April 1936 Newark, New Jersey, USA | Died: 6 July 1961 Geneva, New York, USA |
25 | Automobile Accident |
 MEI LANFANG = CHINESE = = Beijing Opera Performer = |
Born: MÉI LÁN 22 October 1894 Beijing, CHINA | Died: 8 August 1961 |
66 | |
 HEDDLE NASH = ENGLISH = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: WILLIAM HEDDLE NASH 14 June 1894 London, ENGLAND | Died: 14 August 1961 London, ENGLAND |
67 | Lung Cancer |
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STICK McGHEE = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Jump Blues Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: GRANVILLE HENRY McGHEE 23 March 1918 Knoxville, Tennessee, USA | Died: 15 August 1961 The Bronx, New York, USA |
43 | Lung Cancer |
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MORTON HARVEY = AMERICAN = = Vaudeville Entertainer and Singer = |
Born: 1886 Omaha, Nebraska, USA | Died: 15 August 1961 Los Gatos, California, USA |
75 | |
 CLARICE VANCE "the Southern singer" = AMERICAN = = Vaudeville Personality = |
Born: CLARA ETTA BLACK 14 March 1870 Ohio, USA | Died: 24 August 1961 Napa, California, USA |
91 | |
 MAURICE DELAGE = FRENCH = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: 13 November 1879 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 21 September 1961 Paris, FRANCE |
81 | |
 ELMER DIKTONIUS = FINNISH = = Composer and Poet = |
Born: ELMER RAFAEL DIKTONIUS 20 January 1896 Helsinki, FINLAND | Died: 23 September 1961 Kauniainen, FINLAND |
65 | |
 BULBUL = AZERBAIJANI and SOVIET = = Opera Tenor, Folk Music Performer = |
Born: MURTUZA RZA OGLU MAMMADOV 22 June 1897 Khanbaghi, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 26 September 1961 Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR |
64 | |
 PETER DAWSON = AUSTRALIAN = = Bass-Baritone and Songwriter = |
Born: PETER SMITH DAWSON 31 January 1882 Adelaide, South Australia, AUSTRALIA | Died: 27 September 1961 Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA |
79 | |
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BOOKER LITTLE = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpeter and Composer = |
Born: BOOKER LITTLE, Jr. 2 April 1938 Memphis, Tennessee, USA | Died: 5 October 1961 New York City, New York, USA |
23 | Complications resulting from Uremia |
 CHICO MARX = AMERICAN = = Comedian, Musician, Bandleader, Actor and Film Star = |
Born: LEONARD MARX 22 March 1887 Manhattan, New York City, USA | Died: 11 October 1961 Hollywood, California, USA |
74 | Arteriosclerosis |
 MARGUERITE MONNOT = FRENCH = = Songwriter and Composer = |
Born: 28 May 1903 Decize, Nièvre, FRANCE | Died: 12 October 1961 Paris, FRANCE |
58 | Ruptured Appendix and the resulting Peritonitis |
 MAYA DEREN = AMERICAN = = Dancer and Choreographer = |
Born: ELEANORA DERENKOWSKAIA 29 April 1917 Kiev, USSR (present-day UKRAINE) | Died: 13 October 1961 New York, New York, USA |
44 | Brain Hemorrhage brought on by Extreme Malnutrition |
 SYLVIA REXACH = PUERTO RICAN = = Comedy Scriptwriter, Poet, Singer = = and Composer of Boleros = |
Born: 22 January 1922 San Juan, PUERTO RICO | Died: 20 October 1961 San Juan, PUERTO RICO |
39 | Intestinal Obstruction, complicated by a Duodenal Atresia |
 JOAN McCRACKEN = AMERICAN = = Dancer, Actress, and Comedian = |
Born: JOAN HUME McCRACKEN 31 December 1917 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 1 November 1961 New York, New York, USA |
43 | Heart Attack (diabetes complication) |
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YORK BOWEN = ENGLISH = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: EDWIN YORK BOWEN 22 February 1884 Crouch Hill, London, ENGLAND | Died: 23 November 1961 London, ENGLAND |
77 | |
 MOSS HART = AMERICAN = = Playwright and Theatre Director = |
Born: 24 October 1904 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 20 December 1961 Palm Springs, California, USA |
57 | Heart Attack |
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BORIS ORD = ENGLISH = = Organist and Choirmaster = |
Born: BERNHARD ORD 9 July 1897 Clifton, Bristol, ENGLAND | Died: 30 December 1961 |
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