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February 24, 2004 John Randolph, actor, Prizzi's Honor, dies at 88 February 24, 1999 Andre Dubus, American Writer February 24, 1998 Henny Youngman, comedian (Take my wife please), dies at 92 February 24, 1998 Henny Youngman, comedian, ", Take My Wife, Please!: Henny Youngman's Giant Book of Jokes, ", dies at 91 February 24, 1998 Henry Youngman, American Comedian February 24, 1997 Isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress and singer (Outland, Comics), dies at 69 February 24, 1996 Anna Larina, revolutionary, dies at 82 February 24, 1996 Gene Mitchell, museum director, dies on 70th birthday February 24, 1996 James Runcieman Sutherland, academic, dies at 95 February 24, 1996 Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist, dies at 71 February 24, 1995 Richard Nicholson, musician, dies at 89 February 24, 1994 Dinah Shore, singer (Chevrolet), dies of cancer at 76 February 24, 1994 Donald Phillips, pianist/composer, dies at 80 February 24, 1994 Jean Sablon, crooner, dies at 87 February 24, 1994 Knut Anders Haukfield, SOE Operative, dies at 83 February 24, 1994 Lores Bonney, aviator, dies at 96 February 24, 1993 Bobby Moore, English soccer team capt (World champs 1966), dies February 24, 1993 Toy Caldwell, guitarist (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45 February 24, 1992 Kay Loring, dies after long illness February 24, 1991 George Gobel, Chicago, comedian (George Gobel Show), dies at 71 February 24, 1991 Jean Rogers, actress (Flash Gordon, Hot Cargo), dies at 74 February 24, 1991 Marcella Markham, dies of breast cancer at 68 February 24, 1991 Webb Pierce, U.S. country singer (Bye Bye Love), dies of cancer at 64 February 24, 1990 Johnnie Ray, singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61 February 24, 1990 Malcolm Forbes, CEO (Forbes Publishing), dies of a heart attack at 70 February 24, 1990 Sandro Pertini, president of Italy (1978, 85), dies at 93 February 24, 1990 Tony Conigliaro, baseball player (Red Sox), dies of pneumonia at 45 February 24, 1990 Malcolm S. Forbes, American Publisher February 24, 1989 Norris Cotton, American Politician February 24, 1988 Irwan Chanin, U.S. theater builder, dies at 96 February 24, 1986 Tommy Douglas, Canadian Clergyman February 24, 1984 Uwe Johnson, writer, dies at 59 February 24, 1983 Herbert Norman Howells, composer, dies at 90 February 24, 1983 Tennessee Williams, U.S. playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 71 February 24, 1982 Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71 February 24, 1976 Charles Wilfred Orr, composer, dies at 82 February 24, 1976 H Allen Smith, TV host (Armchair Detective), dies at 69 February 24, 1976 Julian Rivero, actor (Via Pony Express), dies at 85 February 24, 1975 Nikolai A Bulganin, marshal/premier of U.S.S.R. (1955-58), dies at 79 February 24, 1973 Art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73 February 24, 1970 Conrad Nagel, actor (Celebrity Time), dies at 73 February 24, 1969 Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at 61 February 24, 1967 Franz Waxman, German composer (Day at the races), dies at 60 February 24, 1964 Alexander Archipenko, Ukr sculptor/water colors painter, dies at 76 February 24, 1964 Frank Conroy, actor (Midnight Mary, Threat), dies at 73 February 24, 1962 Hu Shih, Chinese Philosopher February 24, 1961 Leon Jeunehomme, Belgian teacher (Pedagogie en Cours), dies at 77 February 24, 1960 Jean Binet, composer, dies at 66 February 24, 1958 Fernand Baldensperger [Fernand Baldenne], French poet, dies at 86 February 24, 1953 Karl R G von Rundstedt, Germ gen-field marshal (Ardennes), dies at 77 February 24, 1953 Robert M. La Follette, American Politician February 24, 1953 Gerd von Rundstedt, German Soldier February 24, 1945 Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament February 24, 1944 Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80 February 24, 1941 Oskar Loerke, German director (Longest Day-1926), dies at 56 February 24, 1933 Spottiswoode Aitken, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home), dies at 64 February 24, 1930 Jacobus van Looy, Dutch writer/painter (Night Cactus), dies at 74 February 24, 1929 Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer, dies at 75 February 24, 1926 Eddie Plank, pitcher (won 327 games in 17 years), dies at 51 February 24, 1925 Hjalmar Branting, Swedish Statesman February 24, 1924 Edmond Picard, Fren/Belg writer (Ambidextre journalist), dies at 87 February 24, 1922 Alfred Espinas, French sociologist (Societes Animales), dies at 77 February 24, 1922 Dmitri B Shostakovitch, father of Russian composer Dmitri D S, dies February 24, 1919 Josephine McGill, composer, dies at 41 February 24, 1914 Joshua Chamberlain, American Soldier February 24, 1908 Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66 February 24, 1907 Otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77 February 24, 1895 Ignaz Lachner, composer, dies at 87 February 24, 1876 Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 February 24, 1874 Anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49 February 24, 1874 John Bachman, American Clergyman February 24, 1871 Theodore Caruelle d'Aligny, French painter/etcher, dies at 73 February 24, 1862 Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72 February 24, 1848 Frans van Campenhout, Belg singer/composer (Brabaneonne), dies at 69 February 24, 1836 Daniel Berzsenyi, Hungarian poet, dies at 59 February 24, 1829 Auguste Chouteau, St. Louis co-founder, dies February 24, 1825 Thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies February 24, 1815 Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies February 24, 1812 Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61 February 24, 1810 Henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies February 24, 1806 John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81 February 24, 1799 Broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41 February 24, 1799 Georg C Lichtenberg, German physicist/writer, dies at 56 February 24, 1785 Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39 February 24, 1784 Anton Laube, composer, dies at 65 February 24, 1735 Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56 February 24, 1704 Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies February 24, 1692 Antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74 February 24, 1686 Ferdinando Tacca, Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66 February 24, 1666 Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77 February 24, 1642 Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 February 24, 1624 Vicente Espinel, Sp adventure/chaplain (Marcos de Obregon), dies at 72 February 24, 1563 Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44 |