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February 23, 2004 Carl Anderson, actor/singer, ", Jesus Christ, Superstar, ", dies at 58 February 23, 2003 Christopher Hill, English Historian February 23, 2003 John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian February 23, 2002 Gordon Matthews, engineer, inventor of voice mail, dies at 65 February 23, 2000 Ofra Haza, singer, Prince of Egypt, dies at 43 February 23, 1998 Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74 February 23, 1998 Philip Abbott, actor, The FBI, dies at 74 February 23, 1997 Oscar Lewenstein, impressario, dies at 80 February 23, 1997 Tony Williams, jazz musician, dies at 51 February 23, 1996 Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut and wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies February 23, 1996 George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher, dies at 66 February 23, 1996 Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician, dies at 78 February 23, 1995 Art Kane, photographer, dies at 69 February 23, 1995 David Melvin English Franklin, singer, dies at 52 February 23, 1995 James Herriot, Scot author (All Creatures Great and Small), dies at 78 February 23, 1995 Norman Hunter, writer, dies at 95 February 23, 1995 Peter Guy Wykeham Fighter Pilot-Barnes, dies at 79 February 23, 1994 Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at 40 February 23, 1993 Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33 February 23, 1992 Jacquelyn Hyde, actress (Dark, House of Terror), dies at 61 February 23, 1992 Markos Vafiades, leader (ELAS, 1943-49), dies February 23, 1990 Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53 February 23, 1990 James Gavin, commandant U.S. 82nd Airborn Div (Normandy), dies at 82 February 23, 1990 Jose Napoleon Duarte, president of Salvador (1984-89), dies at 62 February 23, 1990 James M. Gavin, American Scientist February 23, 1987 Esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies at 80 February 23, 1985 Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71 February 23, 1983 Adrian Boult, conductor, dies February 23, 1980 Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62 February 23, 1976 Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74 February 23, 1976 L S Lowry, painter, dies February 23, 1974 Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63 February 23, 1972 Michael Taube, composer, dies at 81 February 23, 1971 King Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73 February 23, 1969 Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67 February 23, 1969 Joseph Messner, composer, dies at 75 February 23, 1968 Edna Ferber, U.S. author (Giant, Showboat), dies at 80 February 23, 1968 Fannie Hurst, U.S. author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78 February 23, 1965 Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel and Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74 February 23, 1961 Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies February 23, 1955 Paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86 February 23, 1945 Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62 February 23, 1945 Aubrey Cousins, Canadian sergeant (Victoria Cross), dies in battle February 23, 1944 Leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies February 23, 1942 Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60 February 23, 1935 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44 February 23, 1934 Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard February 23, 1934 Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 76 February 23, 1934 Edward Elgar, British Composer February 23, 1931 Nellie Melba, [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies February 23, 1930 Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22 February 23, 1930 Mabel Normand, actress/director (Extra Girl), dies at 35 February 23, 1927 Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79 February 23, 1924 Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th U.S. President (1913-21), dies February 23, 1920 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61 February 23, 1916 George Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71 February 23, 1915 Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC February 23, 1906 Johann Hoch, U.S. murderer, executed February 23, 1903 Albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57 February 23, 1903 Friedrich Grutzmacher, composer, dies at 70 February 23, 1902 Samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72 February 23, 1900 William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies February 23, 1900 Ernest Dowson, English Poet February 23, 1897 Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 February 23, 1884 Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23 February 23, 1867 George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90 February 23, 1855 Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies February 23, 1848 John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. President (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 February 23, 1828 Mihaly Fazekar, Hungarian botanist/literary (Book of Spices), dies February 23, 1821 John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome February 23, 1821 John Keats, writer, dies at 25 February 23, 1821 Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor, dies February 23, 1807 Francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61 February 23, 1806 John Alcock, composer, dies at 90 February 23, 1797 Antoine d'Auvergne, Fr opera composer (Coquette Trompee), dies at 83 February 23, 1792 Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68 February 23, 1766 Stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies February 23, 1718 Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63 February 23, 1704 Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50 February 23, 1682 Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75 February 23, 1669 Lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68 February 23, 1662 Johann Cruger, German organist/composer/music theorist, dies at 63 February 23, 1660 Charles X. Gustaaf, king of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37 February 23, 1607 Herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60 February 23, 1554 Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed February 23, 1468 John Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies February 23, 1447 Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies February 23, 155 Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested and burned at stake |