American Decades
Deaths
S. Ruth Barrett, 62, educator of the blind, director of the American Bible Society's recording department, 9 March 1961.
Bernard Baruch, 94, unpaid adviser to seven U.S. presidents, financier, and philanthropist, 20 June 1965.
Brace Beemer, 62, former radio actor who portrayed the Lone Ranger from 1941 to 1954, 1 March 1965.
Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider), 40, influential and controversial comedian, 3 August 1966.
Rachel Carson, 56, conservationist and author of Silent Spring, 14 April 1964.
Marshall Cassidy, 76, horse-racing official, inventor of stall starting gate, former director of the New York Racing Association, 23 October 1968.
Valentine Davies, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1960 and of the Screenwriter's Guild since 1949, 23 July 1961.
Walt Disney, 65, cartoonist, studio mogul,...
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1960's Lifestyles and Social Trends
The 1960's
