Chico Marx on which he stayed until his death. Chico had a reputation as a world-class pinochle player, a game he and Harpo learned from their father. Groucho said Chico would throw away good cards (with the knowledge of spectators) to make the play "more interesting". Chico's last public appearance was in 1960, playing cards on the television show "Championship Bridge". He and his partner lost the game. Chico was born in Manhattan, New York City. His parents were Sam Marx (called "Frenchie" throughout his life), and his wife, Minnie Schoenberg Marx. Minnie's brother was Al Shean. The Marx family was Franco-German
George Marx with noted arachnologists in America and Europe including Tamerlan Thorell, Eugène Simon, James Henry Emerton and George Williams Peckham. Marx completed and edited "Die Spinnen Amerikas" (The American Spiders) which had been left unfinished by the death of the original author, Eugen von Keyserling. Marx was a founder and active member of the Entomological Society of Washington and served as president of the organization in 1891. In addition to all his other activities he also found time to continue his medical studies and in 1885 received an M.D. from Columbian University (now George Washington University). Marx died on January 3,