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America Mourned Deaths of Notables
By Linda Swander
Many of America's most notable people as well as the world's most notable people died this year. The nation and the world will long remember them.
The death of Sam Rayburn, Democratic congressman from Texas's Fourth District for 48 years and Speaker of the House for an unprecedented 17 years, was awaited by the nation for more than two months.
No one can say whose death was the greatest loss to the human race, but the untimely death of Dag Hammarskjöld probably will be considered one of the greatest tragedies for 1961 when history books are written. The late United Nations secretary general was on a peace mission to the Congo when the plane in which he was riding crashed. The 56-year-old Swede was the first person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously. U.N. Undersecretary Ralph Bunche, who received the peace prize in 1950 said:
The year also brought death to several other notable political figures. New Hampshire's Republican senator, Styles Bridges, battled his five consecutive terms in the Senate to preserve the conservative image of his party. He made himself a link between the conservative and liberal Republicans. It is still unknown who will take Bridges' place as Republican policy chairman. With February came the death of 83-year-old John Zahnd, five times Presidential candidate for the Greenback Party.
"NO NOMINATION has ever been more natural or clear, for Hammarskjold has given new meaning and dimension to dedication and effective contribution in the cause of peace through brilliant statesmanship, great wisdom and rare courage."
March brought the death of the 98-year-old boss of Republican politics in Pennsylvania, Joseph R. Grundy. An arch conservative, he handpicked the governors and county leaders as well as many of the mayors of cities in the state.
Last week, the former mayor of Chicago, Martin Kennelly, who headed the Democratic reform regime, died of a heart attack. Charles E. Wilson, former president of General Motors and ex-Secretary of Defense, died of a heart attack in September. In order to become a cabinet member he gave up $2.6 million dollars worth of stock in General Motors.
AFTER THE DEATH of James Thurber, Newsweek magazine said there were no funny men left who belong so securely to American Literature as he did. American literature's other great loss was that of Nobel Prize-winning author, Ernest Hemingway. The white-bearded Hemingway will be remembered for
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his immortal novels, "A Farewell to Arms," "For Whom the Bell Tells" and "The Old Man and the Sea." He mastered the art of writing and his style can never be duplicated.
"Women are inferior"
So says George S. Abee in this week's Saturday Evening Post. He tells why they're inferior. And gives his recipe for putting "the little beasts" in their place. (P.S.: Mr. Abee is happily married.)
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Perhaps the greatest number of important deaths came in the entertainment field. Many stars of radio, television, screen and stage died in 1961. Movie-goers and movie stars mourned the death of the tall, slim and silent man of the West, Gary Cooper. He will be identified in the minds of people by his characteristic dialogue, "Yup" and "Nope."
Other deaths were those of rugged-handsome portrayer of he-man roles, Jeff Chandler; comical character actor, Charles Coburn, who started his 24-year acting career in the movies at the age of 60; rubber-faced slapstick comedienne Joan Davis; Marian Jordan, better known as Molly in one of radio's firsts, "Fibber McGee and Molly", whose favorite line was "Tain't Funny McGee"; the wiry, squint faced Irish screen and stage star, Barry Fitzgerald, who is remembered for his Oscar-winning role as the old priest in "Going My Way"; Leonard (Chico) Marx, oldest member of the madcap Marx Brothers comedy team; former Ziegfield follies girl, Marion Davies.
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