Nigerian Professor of Law Genie, American feral child Marie Mendras, political scientist Deaths January January 4 – Theodor Körner, Austrian statesman, 5th President of Austria (b. 1873) January 10 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889) January 13 – A. E. Coppard, English short story writer and poet (b. 1878) January 14 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899) January 16 Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English army officer and colonial administrator (b. 1874) Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867) January 20 – James Brendan Connolly, American Olympic athlete (b. 1868) January 26 Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906) William Eythe, American actor (b. 1918) José Linhares, Brazilian lawyer, 15th President of Brazil (b. 1886) Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese diplomat and politician (b. 1887) February February 1 – Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal (b. 1890) February 2 – Julia Morgan, American architect (b. 1872) February 4 – Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican painter (b. 1904) February 8 Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891) John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician (b. 1903) February 9 – Miklós Horthy, Austro-Hungarian admiral and regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (b. 1868) February 10 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867) February 16 Josef Hofmann, Polish-born pianist and composer (b. 1876) Sir John Townsend, Irish mathematical physicist (b. 1868) February 18 Walter James Bolton, uxoricide, last person to be executed in New Zealand (b. 1888) Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader, executed (b. 1920) Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (b. 1877) February 19 – Märta Torén, Swedish actress (b. 1925) February 20 – Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish politician and academic (b. 1878) February 23 – Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1922) February 25 – Bugs Moran, American gangster (b. 1893) February 27 – Wiljo Tuompo, Finnish general (b. 1893) March March 5 – William Cameron Menzies, American film production designer (b. 1896) March 6 – Sir Alexander Godley, British general (b. 1867) March 7 – Wyndham Lewis, English painter (b. 1882) March 8 János Esterházy, Hungarian politician in Czechoslovakia (b. 1901) Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer (b. 1886) March 11 – Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (b. 1888) March 12 – Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877) March 14 – Eugenio Castellotti, Italian racing driver (car crash) (b. 1930) March 16 – Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876) March 17 Seale Harris, American physician (b. 1870) Ramon Magsaysay, 7th President of the Philippines