Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1914 — FAMOUS OPERA SINGER DIES [ARTICLE]

FAMOUS OPERA SINGER DIES

Putnam Griswold Succumbs After Operation for Appendicitis in New York Hospital. New York, Feb. 27. —Putnam Griswold, American basso and member of the Metropolitan Opera company, died in a private sanitarium. He was operated on for appendicitis February 10. Born in Minneapolis in 1876, he first appeared as an operatic star in London in 1901. He was decorated by the kaiser, before whom he had sung at the palace. His last appearance was 'in New York February 8. He leaves a widow.