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 and interned at Seaton, Devon. In 1940 most of the internees from Seaton, including Capt. Burfeind and his crew, were put aboard to be transferred to Canada. On 2 July 1940 the German submarine torpedoed "Arandora Star". Burfeind remained aboard, helping to organise "Arandora Star"s evacuation, until she sank and he was lost. 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