List of Famous people who died at 61

Marco Tulio Aicardi Rivera, better known by the name Rodolfo, was a Colombian singer of tropical music who was active from the 1960s until his death. He is most famous for his song "La Colegiala" credited to Rodolfo y su Tipica RA7.

Sinan Sakić was a Serbian pop-folk singer.

Kazuhisa Hashimoto was a Japanese video game developer, best known for having created the Konami Code, a cheat code used in numerous video games typically granting the player extra lives or other benefits, and which has become often used as an Easter egg in popular culture.

Gustavo Rodríguez was a Mexican publicist, comedian, actor, screenwriter, producer, TV director, gamer, and video game journalist.

Walid Ahmed Juffali or Al-Walid bin Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al Juffali was the chairman of E. A. Juffali and Brothers, the largest privately owned enterprise in Saudi Arabia, assuming office after the death of his father Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Juffali, Sheikh Al-Walid was also the Chairman of his own personal company "W Investments" a privately held investment company which mainly operated in Zurich.

Neroli Susan Fairhall was a New Zealand athlete, who was the first paraplegic competitor in the Olympic Games.

Joseph Franklin Niekro was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He was the younger brother of pitcher Phil Niekro, and the father of Major League pitcher and first baseman Lance Niekro. Niekro was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio, and attended Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, Ohio and West Liberty University in West Liberty, West Virginia. During a 22-year baseball career, he pitched from 1967–1988 for seven different teams, primarily for the Houston Astros.

Nilda Fernandez was a French singer of Spanish descent.

Daniel Toscan du Plantier was a French film producer. Educated at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques he became advertising manager for the France Soir daily newspaper in 1966 and between 1975 and 1985 was director-general of the Gaumont Film Company, and president of Unifrance, an organisation for promoting French films, from 1988 until his death.

Ross Martin was an American radio, voice, stage, film and television actor. Martin was best known for portraying Artemus Gordon on the CBS Western series The Wild Wild West, which aired from 1965 to 1969. He was the voice of Doctor Paul Williams in 1972's Sealab 2020, additional characters in 1973's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, and additional character voices in 1978's Jana of the Jungle.