Important people who died in 1971

Richard Russell Jr. (1897-1971) was a United States Senator from Georgia who had a couple of buildings named after him.  William Griffith Wilson (1895-1971) was Bill W., the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).  James Cash Penney (1875-1971) was the founder of JC Penney stores in 1902.  Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) was a silent comedy filmmaker.  Philo Taylor Farnsworth (1906–1971) was an American inventor credited with the invention of television in 1927.  Hugo Lafayette Black (1886-1971) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1937–1971, over 34 years.  Dean Acheson (1893-1971) was the United States Secretary of State from 1949-1953.  Ralph Bunche (1904-1971) was a 1950 Nobel Prize diplomat.  Thomas E. Dewey (1902-1971) was the Governor of New York and Republican nominee for president in the 1940s.  I actually met him on a subway in New York City in the 1940s.  Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) was a Russian composer.  Thomas C. Hart (1877-1971) was an admiral and politician.  Glenda Farrell (1904-1971) was a TV and movie actress, actress.  Ogden Nash (1902-1971) was an American poet who often appeared on TV quiz shows.  Audie Murphy (1925-1971) was a World War II hero and actor who had his life portrayed by himself in the 1955 movie To Hell and Back.  Jim Morrison (1943-1971) was the lead singer-songwriter of the Doors.  Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was an African American jazz trumpeter and actor.  Cliff Edwards (1895-1971) was an American actor, the voice of Jiminy Cricket.  Van Heflin (1908-1971) was an American actor, both a Broadway and movie star.  Sally Crute (1886-1971) was a famous silent movie star.  King Curtis 1934-1971) was a famous saxophonist.  Ted Lewis (1890-1971) was a famous Big Band leader.  Paul Lukas (1894-1971) was a Hungarian actor who won an Academy Award in 1943.  Billy Costello (1898-1971) was a voice actor and the original voice of Popeye.  Chester Conklin (1888-1971) was one the Keystone Cops in silent movies with Charlie Chaplin.  Gene Vincent (1935-1971) was a rockabilly singer with his 1956 hit “Be-Bop-a-Lula.”  Duane Allman (1946-1971) was a rock guitarist who founded the Allman Brothers Band.  Bobby Jones (1902-1971) was an amateur golfer who popularized golf and designed golf courses.  He was the first winner of the golf grand slam in 1930, also an attorney in Atlanta, Georgia.  Do you know someone who died in 1971?