Died on This Day (27-Feb)
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Nathaniel Taylor | Nathaniel Taylor was an American television and film actor best known for portraying Rollo Lawson on the 1970s sitcoms Sanford and Son, Grady and the 1980s sitcom Sanford. | American television and film actor | 80 | 1 | |
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Leonard Nimoy | Leonard Simon Nimoy was an American actor, author, film director, singer, and photographer who achieved international fame for playing Spock in the Star Trek franchise for almost 50 years; from two pilot episodes in 1965 and 1967 to his final film performance in 2013. | "Spock" Actor | 83 | 5 |
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Van Cliburn | Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. was an American pianist who, at the age of 23, achieved worldwide recognition when he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 . | American pianist | 78 | 7 |
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Frank Buckles | Frank Woodruff Buckles was a United States Army corporal and the last surviving American military veteran of World War I. | WWI Veteran | 110 | 9 |
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James Avati | James Sante Avati was an American illustrator and paperback cover artist. | American artist | 92 | 15 |
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Spike Milligan | Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan was a British-Irish actor, comedian, writer, musician, poet, and playwright. | Comedian/writer | 83 | 18 |
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Les Ames | Leslie Ethelbert George Ames was a wicket-keeper and batsman for the England cricket team and Kent County Cricket Club. | Wicket-keeper and batsman for england cricket | 84 | 30 |
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George Tobias | George Tobias was an American theater, film and television actor. | American theater, film and television actor | 78 | 40 |
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Marie Dionne | The Dionne quintuplets are the first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy. | Quintuplet | 35 | 50 |
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William Sherman Jennings | William Sherman Jennings was an American politician. | American politician | 56 | 100 |
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Dick Bradsell | Richard Arthur Bradsell was a British bartender noted for his innovative work with cocktails, including the creation of many new drinks now considered to be modern classics. | London bartender | 56 | 4 | |
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Aaron Allston | Aaron Dale Allston was an American game designer and author of many science fiction books, notably Star Wars novels. | American writer | 53 | 6 |
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Ma Jiyuan | Ma Jiyuan was a Ma clique warlord in China during the Republic of China era, ruling the northwestern province of Qinghai. | Chinese warlord | 91 | 8 |
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Jonathan May | Jonathan May was an American cellist and conductor. | American conductor | 51 | 10 |
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Fred Rogers | Fred McFeely Rogers , also known as Mister Rogers, was an American television host, author, producer, and Presbyterian minister. | American television personality | 74 | 17 |
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Selwyn Toogood | Selwyn Featherston Toogood was a New Zealand radio and television personality. | New Zealand broadcaster | 84 | 19 |
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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was a Republican United States senator from Massachusetts in both Senate seats in non-consecutive terms of service and a United States ambassador. | United States Ambassador to the United Nations | 82 | 35 |
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John Vincent Holland | John Vincent Holland VC , was World War I Irish soldier, and the recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. | Recipient of the Victoria Cross | 85 | 45 |
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Rudolf S. Enblom | Rudolf S. Enblom was a Swedish architect. | Swedish architect | 83 | 75 |
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Charles B. Thompson | Charles Blancher Thompson was an American leader of a schismatic sect in the Latter Day Saint movement from 1848 to 1858. | Founder of the religious sect | 81 | 125 |