Horatio M. Adams, 102, founder of Adams & Sons (later American Chicle Company), which secured the first U.S. patent for making chewing gum in 1872, 27 January 1956.

Vincent Astor, 67, board chairman of Newsweek and great-great-grandson of New York real-estate tycoon John Jacob Astor, 3 February 1959.

Walter C. Baker, 87, inventor of Baker Electric auto (1897) and auto-equipment manufacturer, 26 April 1955.

Cesare Barbieri, 78, the Italian-born inventor of auto antifreeze and machines to make paper cups, 25 May 1956.

Sailing P. Baruch, Jr., 53, president of Baruch Brothers and Company, an investment house, and nephew of Bernard M. Baruch, 9 February 1956.

Siegfried Bechhold, 55, German-born industrialist and former president of Armored Tank Corporation of New York, which developed the Sherman tank during World War II, 7 February 1956.

Lawrence Dale Bell, 62, founder and chairman of Bell Aircraft Corporation who aided in the design and construction of the Bell X-l experimental jet (the first aircraft to surpass the speed of sound) and several other experimental...