Famous People Who Died in 1965

• Blackstone, Harry Sr.

  Stage magician with elaborate props, 1910-60

• Churchill, Winston

  Indefatigable prime minister of Britain during World War II

• Cole, Nat King

  The singer of "Unforgettable" and "Mona Lisa"

• Dandridge, Dorothy

  Star of the movie Carmen Jones

• Doss, Nannie

  "The Jolly Black Widow" serial killer

• Eliot, T.S.

  Author of The Waste Land

• Hansberry, Lorraine

  The author of A Raisin in the Sun

• Kilgallen, Dorothy

  The New York journalist who died "mysteriously" while investigating JFK’s death

• Maugham, W. Somerset

  The author of Of Human Bondage

• Murrow, Edward R.

  World War II CBS newsman and host of TV's See It Now

• Otero-Warren, Nina

  The early New Mexico activist who helped win the vote for women

• Stagg, Amos Alonzo

  Football coach at the University of Chicago, 1892-1932

• Stevenson, Adlai

  Presidential runner-up of 1952 and 1956

• Trigger

  Roy Rogers's faithful movie steed

• Wallace, Henry A.

  Vice President of the United States, 1941-45

• X, Malcolm

  Assassinated leader of the 1960s black power movement

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