Milton "Gummo" Marx

 Milton "Gummo" Marx (October 23, 1893 – April 21, 1977)

He was the second youngest of the five Marx Brothers. Born in Manhattan, New York City, he worked with his brothers on the vaudeville circuit, but left acting when he was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War I. Although the fourth Marx Brother in age, he was the first to make his debut, pretending to be a dummy in an act with his uncle Henry Shean, the brother of Al Shean in 1899. Milton was put into a costume with a papier-mâché head and pretended to be a dummy while Henry pretended to work him. The act may have only performed once and was not helped by Shean's deafness or Milton's stammer. Gummo, who in an interview said he never liked being on stage, left the group and joined the military during World War I. He was not sent overseas because the armistice was signed shortly afterward. Gummo's younger brother Zeppo took his place in the group. Gummo later went into the raincoat business. He also represented other on-screen talent and a number of writers, and was well respected as a businessman. He was married from 1929 until his wife's death in 1976. Marx died died on April 21, 1977, at his home in Palm Springs, California, aged 83, from a cerebral hemorrhage. This was four months before his brother Groucho's death. Marx is interred at Forest Lawn-Glendale.