Deaths in the 1960s

Johann Gottfried Ohsol

1878–1968 (age 90)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Johann Gottfried Ohsol was a Riga-born individual who lived from 1878 to 1968.

James Powell

1949–1964 (age 15)

Ferncliff Cemetery

James Powell was a New York City resident who lived from 1949 to 1964.

Kasbar Najarian

1897–1964 (age 67)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Kasbar Najarian was a Gaziantep-born professional who lived from 1897 to 1964.

Paulding Fosdick

1882–1967 (age 85)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Paulding Fosdick was an American professional who lived from 1882 to 1967.

Russell A. Gausman

1892–1963 (age 71)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Russell A. Gausman was a St. Louis-based film professional who lived from 1892 to 1963.

John Meehan

1902–1963 (age 61)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

John Meehan was a Tehachapi resident who lived from 1902 to 1963.

Sam Crawford

1880–1968 (age 88)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Sam Crawford was an American professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues from 1899 to 1917.

Bobby Wallace

1873–1960 (age 87)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Bobby Wallace was an American professional baseball player and manager who had a lengthy career in the Major Leagues.

Hoot Gibson

1892–1962 (age 70)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Hoot Gibson was an American actor and rodeo performer known for his roles in silent Western films.

Nacio Herb Brown

1896–1964 (age 68)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Nacio Herb Brown was an American composer and songwriter known for his work in Hollywood film musicals.

Frank Reicher

1875–1965 (age 90)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Frank Reicher was an Austrian-American actor who appeared in numerous films and theatrical productions.

Edith Johnson

1894–1969 (age 75)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Edith Johnson was an American actress who appeared in silent films during the early 20th century.

Sharon Lynn

1901–1963 (age 62)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Sharon Lynn was an American actress and singer who performed in films and on stage.

Robert F. Hill

1886–1966 (age 80)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Robert F. Hill was a Canadian film director and screenwriter known for his work in silent cinema.

Frank Jenks

1902–1962 (age 60)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Frank Jenks was an American character actor who appeared in numerous films and television shows.

Malcolm X

1925–1965 (age 40)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Malcolm X was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who became a prominent figure in the Nation of Islam...

Theodor Reik

1888–1969 (age 81)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Theodor Reik was an Austrian psychoanalyst and pioneering figure in psychoanalytic theory and practice.

Ludwig Donath

1900–1967 (age 67)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Ludwig Donath was an Austrian-American actor known for his character roles in films and theater.

Raymond Walburn

1887–1969 (age 82)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Raymond Walburn was an American character actor who appeared in numerous films and stage productions.

Augusta Savage

1892–1962 (age 70)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Augusta Savage was an American sculptor and educator who was a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance.

Basil Rathbone

1892–1967 (age 75)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Basil Rathbone was a British actor best known for his iconic portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in film and television.

Douglass H. Atwill

1881–1960 (age 79)

Lakewood Cemetery

Douglass H. Atwill was an American businessman and philanthropist who lived from 1881 to 1960.

Reinhold Rudenberg

1883–1961 (age 78)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Reinhold Rudenberg was a German electrical engineer and inventor known for his contributions to television technology.

Maribel Vinson

1911–1961 (age 50)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Maribel Vinson was an American figure skater and three-time U.S. national champion who competed in the 1930s and 1940s.

Gordon Allport

1897–1967 (age 70)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Gordon Allport was an influential American psychologist known for his work in personality psychology and trait theory.

William Ernest Castle

1867–1962 (age 95)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

William Ernest Castle was an American geneticist and biologist who made significant contributions to the study of heredi...

E. T. Pickering

1888–1961 (age 73)

Geneva

E. T. Pickering was an American astronomer and scientist active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Rube Geyer

1884–1962 (age 78)

Mora

Rube Geyer was an American baseball player who played in the major leagues during the early 20th century.

Brandon Tynan

1875–1967 (age 92)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Brandon Tynan was an Irish-American actor known for his stage and early film performances.

Robert Wilson Goelet

1880–1966 (age 86)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Robert Wilson Goelet was an American businessman and member of the prominent Goelet family of New York.

Anna Hartwell Lusk

1870–1968 (age 98)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Anna Hartwell Lusk was an American socialite and philanthropist from New York City.

Elizabeth C. Grinnell

1876–1960 (age 84)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Elizabeth C. Grinnell was an American woman of social prominence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Mary Lodge McKee

1888–1967 (age 79)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Mary Lodge McKee was an American woman from a prominent family who lived from 1888 to 1967.

L. K. Thorne

1888–1964 (age 76)

Woodlawn Cemetery

L. K. Thorne was an American businessman and resident of Westport who lived from 1888 to 1964.

Laurence Owen

1944–1961 (age 17)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Laurence Owen was an American figure skater who won the U.S. national championship before his death in 1961.

Maribel Owen

1940–1961 (age 21)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Maribel Owen was an American figure skater and daughter of champion Maribel Vinson who competed in the 1950s and 1960s.

Margaret Curtis

1883–1965 (age 82)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Margaret Curtis was an American amateur golfer and founder of the Curtis Cup, one of the most prestigious competitions i...

Edwin Boring

1886–1968 (age 82)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Edwin Boring was an influential experimental psychologist and historian of psychology who shaped the discipline through ...

William Ernest Hocking

1873–1966 (age 93)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

William Ernest Hocking was an American idealist philosopher known for his work in metaphysics and philosophy of religion...

Edwin Bidwell Wilson

1879–1964 (age 85)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Edwin Bidwell Wilson was a mathematician and statistician who made significant contributions to applied mathematics and ...

John Sargent Pillsbury Sr.

1878–1968 (age 90)

Lakewood Cemetery

John Sargent Pillsbury Sr. was a prominent American businessman and member of the influential Pillsbury milling family.

Lyle Wright

1898–1963 (age 65)

Lakewood Cemetery

Lyle Wright was a Canadian bibliographer and literary scholar specializing in early American literature and printing his...

Ellen Torelle Nagler

1870–1965 (age 95)

Lakewood Cemetery

Ellen Torelle Nagler was a Minnesota resident and member of a prominent family in the Upper Midwest.

Faith Thompson

1893–1961 (age 68)

Lakewood Cemetery

Faith Thompson was a Minneapolis resident active in the early 20th century.

Lillian Gertrude Hahnen

1882–1966 (age 84)

Lakewood Cemetery

Lillian Gertrude Hahnen was a Des Moines resident of the late 19th and mid-20th centuries.

Roscoe Pound

1870–1964 (age 94)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Roscoe Pound was an eminent American legal scholar and dean of Harvard Law School who revolutionized jurisprudence.

Edward Burlingame Hill

1872–1960 (age 88)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Edward Burlingame Hill was an American composer and music educator who taught at Harvard University for many decades.

Felix Frankfurter

1882–1965 (age 83)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Felix Frankfurter was an Austrian-born American jurist and influential Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

Henry Bryant Bigelow

1879–1967 (age 88)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Henry Bryant Bigelow was an American marine biologist and oceanographer who made pioneering contributions to the study o...

Daniel L. Marsh

1880–1968 (age 88)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Daniel L. Marsh was an American educator and religious leader who served as president of Boston University.