Brothers
The brothers were:
| Stage name | Actual name | Born | Died | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chico | Leonard | March 22, 1887 | October 11, 1961 | 74 |
| Harpo | Adolph (after 1911: Arthur) | November 23, 1888 | September 28, 1964 | 75 |
| Groucho | Julius Henry | October 2, 1890 | August 19, 1977 | 86 |
| Gummo | Milton | October 23, 1892 | April 21, 1977 | 84 |
| Zeppo | Herbert Manfred | February 25, 1901 | November 30, 1979 | 78 |
A sixth brother, Manfred ("Mannie"), was actually the first child of Samuel and Minnie, born in 1886, though an online family tree states that he was born in 1885: "Family lore told privately of the firstborn son, Manny, born in 1886 but surviving for only three months, and carried off by tuberculosis. Even some members of the Marx family wondered if he was pure myth. But Manfred can be verified. A death certificate of the Borough of Manhattan reveals that he died, aged seven months, on 17 July 1886, of 'entero-colitis,' with 'asthenia' contributing, i.e. probably a victim of influenza. He is buried at New York's Washington Cemetery, beside his grandmother, Fanny Sophie Schönberg (née Salomons), who died on 10 April 1901."
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“What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably ... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)
“Best masters for the young writer and speaker are the fault- finding brothers and sisters at home who will not spare him, but will pick and cavil, and tell the odious truth.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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“the red-lily,
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from which all poets dip and quaff,
for poets are brothers in this.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)