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Gus Hall

AKA Arvo Kustaa Halberg

Born: 8-Oct-1910
Birthplace: Cherry, MN
Died: 13-Oct-2000
Location of death: Manhattan, NY
Cause of death: Diabetes complications

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Activist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Leader, Communist Party USA

Military service: US Navy (1942-46)

Father: Matt Halberg
Mother: Susannah Halberg
Wife: Elizabeth Turner Hall (m. 1935)
Son: Arvo
Daughter: Barbara Conway

    Communist Party USA
    Young Communist League
    Inciting a Riot 1934
    Conspiracy to teach and advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government by force and violence
    Extradited from Mexico (1951)
    Inmate: Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary eight years
    Finnish Ancestry
    Risk Factors: Diabetes



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