1979 Death Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80 1974 Death Betty Compson, actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at 77 1967 Death Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues), dies on 65th birthday 1917 Birthday Robert Lowell, poet and pacifist, Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean 1902 Birthday Langston Hughes, poet/translator, Weary Blues 1898 Birthday Emmett Kelly, Sedan, Kansas, circus clown, Weary Willie
