List of Famous people who died at 61

Clay LaVerne Shaw was a businessman in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Helene Stanley was an American actress. She is best known for being the live model for Cinderella, Aurora, and Anita Radcliffe.

Santiago Llorente Fernández was a Spanish athlete.

Danny Wayland Seals was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals and Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as "England Dan", one half of the soft rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley, who charted nine pop singles between 1976 and 1980, including the No. 2 Billboard Hot 100 hit "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight".

Miodrag Bulatović, was a writer, novelist, journalist and playwright. He is considered to be one of the best Serbian novelists and remains one of the most translated Serbian authors.

William Ware Theiss, also called Bill Theiss, was an American costume designer for television and film.

Steven William Forrest was a Scottish singer-songwriter. He was a co-founder and keyboard player of the group Bronski Beat, known for the single Smalltown Boy and Why? As well as being a musician he was well known as an LGBTQ activist and was openly gay himself from an early age.