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Walter Janssen was born on 7 February 1887 in Krefeld, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Maria Stuart, Teil 1 und 2 (1927), Irrende Seelen (1921) and Die Alm an der Grenze (1951). He died on 1 January 1976 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.- Olive Hasbrouck was born on 23 January 1907 in Lewiston, Idaho, USA. She was an actress, known for Tearin' Into Trouble (1927), Ride 'em High (1927) and Set Free (1927). She was married to Nelson Paul Whittier. She died on 1 January 1976 in La Jolla, California, USA.
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R&B singer Chris Kenner was born in Kenner, LA, in 1929. He began his musical career in the early 1950s singing gospel, but in 1955 he recorded an R&B single, "Don't Let Her Pin That Charge on Me", and stayed in that genre. He recorded another song in 1957, "Sick and Tired", which went to #13 on the R&B charts (a year later Fats Domino recorded it and it went to #22 on the pop charts). He was also a successful songwriter, and wrote several songs for singer Wilson Pickett, one of which, "Land of A Thousand Dances", was one of Pickett's biggest hits and also became a hit for Cannibal and the Headhunters.
In 1961 he recorded his biggest hit, "I Like It Like That"--which he also wrote--for New Orleans' Instant Records, which went to #2 on both the R&B and pop charts (in 1965 The Dave Clark Five recorded it and it was also a hit for them). Unfortunately, Kenner was unable to capitalize on his hit. A combination of a lackluster performing style on stage and a serious drinking problem hurt his career. Problems with the law further damaged it, and a stretch in prison in the late 1960s ended it. He was released from prison in 1973 and attempted a comeback, but it wasn't successful.
He died in New Orleans in 1976.- Pierre La Mure was born on 15 June 1899 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Pierre was a writer, known for Moulin Rouge (1952). Pierre died on 1 January 1976 in California, USA.
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Marie Melesh was born on 31 December 1889 in Odessa, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was an actress. She was married to Alex Melesh. She died on 1 January 1976 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Michael Butler was born on 13 May 1918 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Seven Sweethearts (1942). He died on 1 January 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Yrjö Kallinen was born on 15 June 1886 in Oulu, Finland. He was a writer and director, known for Helsinki punaiseksi (1934), Kesämökillä (1964) and Käsi kädessä (1954). He died on 1 January 1976 in Helsinki, Finland.- Music Department
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Paul Schoop was born on 31 July 1909 in Zurich, Switzerland. Paul was a composer, known for Wie d'Warret würkt (1933). Paul died on 1 January 1976 in Van Nuys, California, USA.- Helga Jerome was born on 13 June 1887 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Dawn of Truth (1920). She died on 1 January 1976 in Crowborough, East Sussex, England, UK.
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Eric Scott is an award winning author. Wrote "Down the Rivers, Westward Ho" which won the Western Heritage Award for Best Juvenile Literature in 1967. Also, using the name, Eric Lucas, he wrote, Voyage Thirteen, The Swamp Fox Brigade and, Corky. He was originally an attorney in New York City. Born Paul Greenberg in New York in 1906, he came from a family of 7 children - the first six were boys and finally a sister. Two of his sons are also in "the business." Tom Greene is a producer, writer and director. Robert V. Greene (Corky Greene) is a TV producer, director, writer, musician actor and educator. Over the years Mr. Scott drew on his many different experiences as an attorney, probation officer, vocational counselor, father and husband, writer for numerous magazines, newspapers, TV shows, his years in the merchant marine during World War II as a pharmacist mate, and as a fledgling rancher after World War II. And finally, he was one hell of a funny guy. Think of the Marx Brothers all rolled into one.- István Balázs was born on 14 April 1902 in Zalapáka, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was an actor, known for Vörös tinta (1960), Beszterce ostroma (1948) and Megtörtént bünügyek (1974). He died on 1 January 1976 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Kazuo Dan was born on 3 February 1912 in Tsuru, Yamanashi, Japan. He was a writer and actor, known for Kaachan kekkon shiroyo (1962), Yûhi to kenjû (1956) and Shinsetsu Ishikawa Goemon (1951). He was married to Yamada Yoso-ko and Ritsuko Takahashi. He died on 2 January 1976 in Fukuoka, Japan.- Writer
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Milton Pascal was born on 21 January 1908 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for How to Marry a Millionaire (1957), That Girl (1966) and Meet Millie (1952). He died on 2 January 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Alan Broadhurst was born on 8 November 1917 in Ellesmere, Shropshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Sooty (1952) and The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950). He died on 2 January 1976 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK.- Hans Ellis was born on 28 August 1927 in Bromma, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Swedish Punks (1962). He died on 2 January 1976 in Täby, Stockholms län, Sweden.
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Peter Helmers was born on 16 February 1901 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and writer, known for Stage 7 (1955), The Ford Television Theatre (1952) and Son of Lassie (1945). He died on 2 January 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Irving Kaufman was born on 8 February 1890 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for BioShock Infinite (2013), Sunshine State (2002) and Melody on Parade (1933). He was married to Belle Brooks. He died on 3 January 1976 in Indio, California, USA.- Georges-François Frontec was born on 13 August 1899 in Saint-Malo, France. He was an actor, known for Mermoz (1943), Fièvres (1942) and Mon phoque et elles (1951). He died on 3 January 1976 in Paris, France.
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Mal Evans was born on 27 May 1935 in England, UK. He was an actor, known for Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1974), Born to Boogie (1972) and The Beatles: Strawberry Fields Forever (1967). He was married to Lily Evans. He died on 4 January 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Jan Cammans was born on 30 March 1891 in Mechelen, Belgium. He was an actor, known for A Nice Case (1941), De wonderdokter (1936) and Het meisje en de madonna (1958). He died on 4 January 1976 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium.
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Checco Durante was born on 19 November 1893 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Black Corsair (1938), Loves of Don Juan (1942) and La scuola dei timidi (1941). He was married to Anita Durante. He died on 5 January 1976 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Hamit Kaplan was born on 20 September 1934 in Hamamözü, Turkey. He died on 5 January 1976 in Çorum, Turkey.
- Paraguaçu was born on 25 May 1894 in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. He was an actor, known for O Babão (1930), Acabaram-se os Otários (1929) and Cousas Nossas (1931). He died on 5 January 1976.
- Károly Takács was born on 21 January 1910 in Budapest, Hungary. He died on 5 January 1976 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Louis F. Edelman was born In New York on May 18, 1900. At 15 he entered Harvard on a full scholarship! He interrupted his education to enlist in the Navy and was sent to Annapolis Officers' Training School where he attained the rank of Lieutenant JG. In WWI he rescued his entire crew after they were torpedoed in the North Atlantic for which he was decorated with the Navy Cross. His film, "Submarine D1" was based on these experiences. When he finished his Navy service he returned to Harvard and after graduating he entered the film business as a movie salesman for the Loew's Theatre Group. As his goal was to produce films, he moved to Hollywood in 1929 and got a job managing the Loew's State and Egyptian Theaters. It was there, during a preview, that he met Irving Thalberg, the production chief at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Thalberg asked that the theatre manager sit with him during the preview of a film that the studio was not pleased with -- he wanted the opinion of a man who was used to audience reactions. He was so impressed with Edelman's comments, that he hired him the next day. He worked on a succession of assignments at MGM before joining Warner Bros. in the mid 1930's, first as an associate producer and then as a writer/producer. During his long career, he produced over 85 films not only for Warner Bros. but also for Columbia and 20th Century-Fox. Some of his credits include the definitive gangster film, "White Heat," with Jimmy Cagney, for which Edelman received an Academy Award nomination in 1950, both as writer and producer. His other credits include "G-Men" (Edelman coined that phrase as he thought "Government Men" was too long for a movie theatre marquee), "A Song to Remember", (the story of Chopin), " You Were Never Lovelier," "The West Point Story," "Here Comes the Navy," "I'll See You in My Dreams", "Marked Woman," and "Hotel Berlin", among others.
His writing credits included "Shipmates" (1931); "Flirtation Walk" (1934); "Jezebel" (1938); "White Heat" (1949); "I'll See You in my Dreams" (1951) and numerous episodes of "Make Room for Daddy" "Wyatt Earp", and "The Big Valley".
After completing "The Jazz Singer" and "I'll See you in My Dreams," with Danny Thomas, Danny asked Edelman to come up with an idea that would keep him at home. He was on the road so much that his children called him "Uncle Daddy"! It was then that Edelman created the long-running TV series "Make Room for Daddy". He then went on to create or produce "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Real McCoys," "Wyatt Earp," "The Adventures of Jim Bowie," "The Californians," "The Barbara Stanwyck Show," "Love and Marriage", "The Joey Bishop Show", and "The Big Valley." Most are still on the air today enjoying a new life and new audiences in re-runs.
Louis F. Edelman was president of The Producer's Guild of America from 1965 to 1967.- Annemarie Korff was born on 7 January 1909 in Stolp, Pomerania, Germany [now Slupsk, Pomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Nanette (1940), Der Familientag (1965) and Boccaccio (1936). She died on 6 January 1976.
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Luiz Sergio Person (1936-1976) crossed the Brazilian cultural scene like a comet. He acted, wrote, directed and produced works of both cinema and theatre, worked as a commercial director and journalist. He established one of the most solid bodies of work in Brazilian cinema with only five feature films. The most famous of them, "São Paulo S/A" (1965), remains as an unparalleled looking glass into the wide spread impact of Brazil's industrialization process and the arise of a new middle class. This film stands among the ten most important in Brazilian cinematography. His next film "The Case of the Naves Brothers" was the most courageous cry against the height of the military dictatorship, which was installed in 1964.
With aspirations to enlarge the Brazilian film market, Person was one of the creators of the IRP (RPI) - Independent Producers Reunion, pioneering initiative of cooperative distribution. A lover of theatre (where is acting an directing career began), he founded the Augusta Theatre in 1973, which became of of São Paulos's creative epicenters.- Ellen was born to Arthur Janov and Vivian Glickstein on 22 April 1953, in Los Angeles County, California.
She attended Rexford High School in Beverly Hills in 1969, and probably graduated in 1970.
She also was a singer, and was discovered by a Disney exec while singing in a club in Palm Springs. It was from that singing appearance, that she went on to do a screen test for Disney and subsequently won the part in the movie 'Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit.' It is believed that Ellen sang under the name of Ellie Janov, and recorded the songs 'Portobello Road' and 'Theme.' These songs were released on the Capitol Records label.
Ellen later left the acting profession and became a 'primal therapist' in the Los Angeles area.
She passed away as a result of a tragic house fire on 7 January 1976, in Los Angeles County, California. - Toots Pounds was born on 17 November 1897 in Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was an actress, known for Svengali (1954). She died on 7 January 1976 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK.
- Marcel-Étienne Grancher was born on 12 August 1897 in Lons-le-Saulnier, Jura, France. Marcel-Étienne was a writer, known for Sweet Madness (1951), Coeur-sur-Mer (1950) and Le charcutier de Machonville (1947). Marcel-Étienne died on 7 January 1976 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
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Herman van der Horst was born on 30 December 1910 in Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Houen zo! (1952), Toccata (1969) and Prijs de zee (1959). He died on 8 January 1976 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- George Baker was born on 10 February 1885 in Birkenhead, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Waltz Time (1933), The Beggar's Opera (1948) and The Loves of Robert Burns (1930). He was married to Olive Groves and Kathlyn Hilliard. He died on 8 January 1976 in Pontrilas, Herefordshire, England, UK.
- Jean-Louis Fénoglio was born on 7 February 1925 in Paris, France. He died on 8 January 1976 in Morainvilliers, Yvelines, France.
- Czu-En-Lai Quarter was born in 1898 in Taipei, China. Czu-En-Lai was a composer, known for Nocleg (1989). Czu-En-Lai died on 8 January 1976 in Taipei, China.
- French poet and novelist. Born of a bourgeois family. His weak health prevented him from studying at the university. First poems much in the style of Baudelaire and Mallarmé. Published pacifist texts during World War I and went through a deep identity crisis as a result. He rejected all he had written before and turned to spiritual poetry with profound religious dimensions. Married psychoanalyst Blanche Reverchon. Main novels : Paulina 1880 (1925), the story of a young woman torn between faith and pleasure ; Le Monde désert (1927), the story of the discovery of poetry, Hécate (1928) and Vagadu (1931), inspired by psychoanalysis. After 1931 Jouve spent most of his time writing poetry : Les Noces (1931), Sueur de sang (1935); La Vierge de Paris (1944), Matière Céleste (1937) and Kyrie (1938), all profoundly religious. Later poetry : Diadème (1949); Mélodrame (1957); Moires (1962).
- En-lai Chou (Enlai Zhou) is wildly recognized as the most influential diplomat in the history of Communist China, but less commonly known as the right-hand man of Zedong Mao.
He was born in rural Hwaian, China, in 1898 (the exact date is unknown). The son of an imperial government bureaucrat, Chou was disillusioned by the Manchu court's concessions to the West and became a militant nationalist. He joined the socialist movement in 1917 while he was a student studying in Japan. Two years later, upon his return to China, he was arrested for being a leftist agitator. Upon his release in 1920 he fled to France, where he became an active corresponding member of the newly founded Communist Party. After finishing his Marxist studies, Chou went back to China in 1922 to join Yat-sen Sun, then cooperating with the Communists.
In 1924 he taught at Whampoa Military Academy, which was then under Communist control. In 1927, two years after Sun's death, fighting broke out between the Communist rebels and Nationalist troops loyal to Kuomintang leader Kai-Shek Chiang in Shanghai. During that time Chou became one of the top commanders of the Chinese People's Red Army, and by 1931 he became second-in-command with the rank of general alongside Mao. Chou played a key part in the Red Army's survival and took part in the "Long March" of 1934 when the Red Army, after suffering a string of defeats at the hands of the Nationalists, retreated across the country to rebuild their shattered forces. In 1937, after Japan invaded China from occupied Manchuria, Chou negotiated a truce between the warring Chinese armies to combat the Japanese. Throught the Second World War in China (1937-1945) Chou served as the Communists' chief liaison with Chiang Kai-shek, an assignment that signaled his transition from field commander to diplomat. As a result of his new role, Chou helped plan the overall strategy during the second civil war that broke out once again between the Communists and Nationalists after the defeat of Japan in late 1945, but he personally did not lead troops into combat again, for that was now solely Mao's job.
Following the Communist victory that resulted in the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Chou was named premier and foreign minister. During his long political career, Chou played an important role in the negotiations that ended the Korean War (1950-1953)--in which China sent troops to fight alongside the Communist North Korean army--as well as the French war in Indochina (1946-1954), the US involvement in Vietnam in the 1960s and the normalization of relations with the US in 1972. En-lai Chou died while in office in Peking (Bejing) from cancer on January 8, 1976, at the age of 77 or 78, second only to Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong in the Communist hierarchy, who ironically later died in September that same year. - Guadalupe la Chinaca was born on 11 April 1914 in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Caminos de ayer (1938) and The Pretty Indian Girl (1938). She was married to Jorge Humberto Maza Chanona and José Antonio Rangel Sagredo. She died on 8 January 1976 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Winifred delevanti born in 1897 in England, began in music hall in the early 1910's, pretty brunette who starred in a handful of comedy films with Billy Merson and Lupino Lane the first of these films is ' The Man in Possession' directed by W.P. Kellino in 1915 for the Homeland Film Company, she also appeared in character roles in few well-known dramas, the first was 'Milestones' with Owen Nares and Isobel Elsom at the G.B. Samuelson Film Company in 1916, she retired from the screen after Lupino Lane's 'Splash Me Nicely' in 1917. She died in 1976 aged 79.
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Germaine Michel was born on 7 November 1892 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Tovaritch (1935), Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1960) and Song of the Streets (1933). She died on 9 January 1976 in Clichy-la-Garenne, France.- Kobunji Ichikawa was born on 13 April 1893 in Osaka, Japan. He was an actor, known for Sunae shibari: Dai-ippen (1927), Chushingura: The Truth (1928) and Rakka no mai: zenpen (1925). He died on 9 January 1976.
- Nikolai Virta was born on 19 December 1906 in village Kalikino, Tambov uyezd, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tokaryovsky District, Tambov Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for The Victors and the Vanquished (1949), Zagovor obrechyonnykh (1950) and Pobeg iz tyurmy (1978). He died on 9 January 1976 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- György Hámos was born on 1 June 1910 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a writer, known for Alfa Romeó és Júlia (1969), Rangon alul (1960) and Tilos a szerelem (1965). He died on 9 January 1976 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Howlin' Wolf was born on 10 June 1910 in White Station, Mississippi, USA. He is known for The Sopranos (1999), Upgrade (2018) and The Bay (2012). He was married to Lillie Handley. He died on 10 January 1976 in Hines, Illinois, USA.- Kodayû Ichikawa was born on 26 January 1902 in Japan. He was an actor, known for Tenichibo to Iganosuke (1926), Magistrate Toyama 2: Fireball Magistrate (1958) and What Is Your Name? (1953). He died on 10 January 1976 in Japan.
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Donn Stokes was born on 4 September 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 10 January 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Jaroslav Veverka was born on 29 May 1912 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor, known for Juliette (1971). He died on 10 January 1976 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Henry Dar Boggia was born on 27 March 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for It Takes a Thief (1968), Adventures of the Falcon (1954) and I Love Lucy (1951). He died on 11 January 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Ronnie Brandon was born on 23 April 1892 in Peterborough, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Dick Emery Show (1963), Dad's Army (1968) and Hugh and I (1962). He died on 11 January 1976 in St. Pancras, London, England, UK.
- Friedrich Schreyvogel was born on 17 July 1899 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He was a writer, known for Tanz mit dem Kaiser (1941), Das vierte Gebot (1950) and Echo der Berge (1954). He died on 11 January 1976 in Vienna, Austria.
- Agatha was born as "Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller" in 1890 to Frederick Alvah Miller and Clara Boehmer. Agatha was of American and British descent, her father being American and her mother British. Her father was a relatively affluent stockbroker. Agatha received home education from early childhood to when she turned 12-years-old in 1902. Her parents taught her how to read, write, perform arithmetic, and play music. Her father died in 1901. Agatha was sent to a girl's school in Torquay, Devon, where she studied from 1902 to 1905. She continued her education in Paris, France from 1905 to 1910. She then returned to her surviving family in England.
As a young adult, Agatha aspired to be a writer and produced a number of unpublished short stories and novels. She submitted them to various publishers and literary magazines, but they were all rejected. Several of these unpublished works were later revised into more successful ones. While still in this point of her life, Agatha sought advise from professional writer Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960). Meanwhile she was searching for a suitable husband and in 1913 accepted a marriage proposal from military officer and pilot-in-training Archibald "Archie" Christie. They married in late 1914. Her married name became "Agatha Christie" and she used it for most of her literary works, including ones created decades following the end of her first marriage.
During World War I, Archie Christie was send to fight in the war and Agatha joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment, a British voluntary unit providing field nursing services. She performed unpaid work as a volunteer nurse from 1914 to 1916. Then she was promoted to "apothecaries' assistant" (dispenser), a position which earned her a small salary until the end of the war. She ended her service in September, 1918.
Agatha wrote "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", her debut novel ,in 1916, but was unable to find a publisher for it until 1920. The novel introduced her famous character Hercule Poirot and his supporting characters Inspector Japp and Arthur Hastings. The novel is set in World War I and is one of the few of her works which are connected to a specific time period.
Following the end of World War I and their retirement from military life, Agatha and Archie Christie moved to London and settled into civilian life. Their only child Rosalind Margaret Clarissa Christie (1919-2004) was born early in the marriage. Agatha's debut novel was first published in 1920 and turned out to be a hit. It was soon followed by the successful novels "The Secret Adversary" (1922) and "Murder on the Links" (1923) and various short stories. Agatha soon became a celebrated writer.
In 1926, Archie Christie announced to Agatha that he had a mistress and that he wanted a divorce. Agatha took it hard and mysteriously disappeared for a period of 10 days. After an extensive manhunt and much publicity, she was found living under a false name in Yorkshire. She had assumed the last name of Archie's mistress and claimed to have no memory of how she ended up there. The doctors who attended to her determined that she had amnesia. Despite various theories by multiple sources, these 10 days are the most mysterious chapter in Agatha's life.
Agatha and Archie divorced in 1928, though she kept the last name Christie. She gained sole custody of her daughter Rosalind. In 1930, Agatha married her second (and last) husband Max Mallowan, a professional archaeologist. They would remain married until her death in 1976.Christie often used places that she was familiar with as settings for her novels and short stories. Her various travels with Max introduced her to locations of the Middle East, and provided inspiration for a number of novels.
In 1934, Agatha and Max settled in Winterbrook, Oxfordshire, which served as their main residence until their respective deaths. During World War II, she served in the pharmacy at the University College Hospital, where she gained additional training about substances used for poisoning cases. She incorporated such knowledge for realistic details in her stories.
She became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1956 and a Dame Commander of the same order in 1971. Her husband was knighted in 1968. They are among the relatively few couples where both members have been honored for their work. Agatha continued writing until 1974, though her health problems affected her writing style. Her memory was problematic for several years and she had trouble remembering the details of her own work, even while she was writing it. Recent researches on her medical condition suggest that she was suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other dementia. She died of natural causes in early 1976.