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
SS Adolph Woermann SS Adolph Woermann SS "Adolph Woermann" was a German ocean liner built in 1922 by Blohm + Voss in Hamburg, for the shipping lines Woermann-Linie (WL) and German East Africa Line ("Deutsche Ostafrika Linie", DOAL) and named after German merchant, ship owner and politician Adolph Woermann, and the fourth ship of the same name. "Adolph Woermann" ran aground at Cape Spartivento, Sardinia, Italy, on 24 October 1928. She was refloated on 26 October 1928. At the outbreak of World War II on the homebound trip "Adolph Woermann" lay at Lobito in Portuguese Angola and was detained by the Portuguese authorities.