Famous people and celebrities who died in December 1961

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in December 1961. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

Dec. 3 Mary Charleson
Actress (upstairs & downstairs), died at 76
Dec. 3 Jekabs Graubins
Composer dies at 75
Dec. 5 Emil Fuchs
German-born american lawyer and owner of a baseball team (born 1878).
Dec. 6 Frantz Fanon
Influential psychiatrist, philosopher, and revolutionary writer who critically analyzed colonialism, racism, and the psychological impacts of oppression through seminal works like 'Black Skin, White Masks' and 'The Wretched of the Earth'.
Dec. 8 William Beatton Moonie
Composer dies at 78
Dec. 12 Daiun Sogaku Harada Zen
Sanbo kyodan founder, who dies at the age of 91.
Dec. 13 Grandma Moses
American artist "grandma moses" is her most famous work. robertson started her career at the age 78 as a primitive artist. in 1952, at the age of 92, she published "my life's history", her autobiography.
Dec. 13 Grandma [Anna M] Moses
American painter, john paul getty, dies at 101
Dec. 15 William "Dummy" Hoy
Professional baseball player dies at the age of 99.
Dec. 16 Hans Rebane
Estonian journalist and politician, 8th minister of foreign affairs (b. 1882)
Dec. 16 Boris Semyonovich Shekhter
Composer dies at 61
Dec. 16 Cato Engelen-Sewing Dutch soprano singer/primadonna
At the age of 93, dies.
Dec. 17 Marion Perkins
At 53 years old, the sculptor man of sorrow dies.
Dec. 18 Leo Reisman
American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
Dec. 20 Moss Hart
Renowned American playwright and theater director who significantly contributed to Broadway's golden age, collaborating with George S. Kaufman and winning multiple awards.
Dec. 20 Earle Page
Australian soldier and politician, 11th prime minister of australia (b. 1880)
Dec. 23 Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
American author (b. 1875)
Dec. 24 Robert Hillyer
American poet and academic (b. 1895)
Dec. 24 Guy de Lioncourt
Composer dies at 76
Dec. 25 Otto Loewi
MED - German-american pharmacologist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1873)
Dec. 25 Owen Brewster
American captain, lawyer, and politician, 54th governor of maine (b. 1888)
Dec. 25 Rheinhold Rudenberg
The inventor of the electron microscope
Dec. 28 Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
First lady (1915-21), is buried at the age of 89.
Dec. 30 Jacobus "Ko" van den Bosch Dutch actor (Amsterdamned)/director
At the age of 53, he dies.