Deaths in 1961
See also Births in 1961
- Dashiell Hammett died 10 January 1961
- Anna Wong died 2 February 1961
- Gary Cooper died 13 May 1961
- George Kaufman died 2 June 1961
- Jeff Chandler died 17 June 1961
- Ernest Hemingway died 2 July 1961
- Ty Cobb died 17 July 1961
- Gail Russell died 26 August 1961
- Marion Davies died 22 September 1961
- Chico Marx died 11 October 1961
- James Thurber died 2 November 1961
