Franklin P. Adams, 78, newspaper columnist, in New York City on 23 February 1960.

Gracie Allen, 58, actor and comedienne, in Hollywood, California, on 27 August 1964.

Peter Arno, 64, cartoonist, in Port Chester, New York, on 22 February 1968.

William Calhoun Baggs, 48, editor of the Miami News, in Miami, Florida, on 7 January 1969.

Hugh Baillie, 75, newspaperman, in La Jolla, California, on 1 March 1966.

Charles Bickford, 78, actor, in Hollywood, California, on 9 November 1967.

John Mason Brown, 68, theater critic for the Saturday Review of Literature, in New York City on 16 March 1969.

Whittaker Chambers, 60, journalist and spy, in Westminster, Maryland, on 9 July 1961.

Dickie Chappelle, 47, war correspondent and photographer, in South Vietnam on 4 November 1965.

Sir William Connor, 57, British newspaper columnist, in London, England, on 6 April 1967.

Thomas Costain, 80, newspaper columnist and novelist, in New York City on 8 October 1965.

Russel Crouse, 73, playwright and magazine editor, in New York City on 3 April 1966.

Jay Norwood ("Ding") Darling, 85, political cartoonist, in Des Moines, Iowa, on 12 February 1962.

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