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Deaths on February 27

1167 : Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies
1656 : Johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies
1706 : John Evelyn, diarist, dies
1731 : Angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76
1733 : Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46
1735 : John Arbuthnot, physician/mathematician, dies
1779 : Jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59
1797 : Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61
1805 : Stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57
1844 : Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85
1852 : Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69
1862 : Gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23
1881 : George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46
1887 : Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53
1913 : Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58
1920 : Alexandru D Xenopol, Romanian historian, dies at 72
1921 : Schofield Haigh, cricketer (Eng all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies
1923 : Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67
1929 : Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65
1936 : Ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86
1939 : Nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70
1940 : Peter Behrens, German architect, dies
1942 : Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52
1943 : Kost¡s Palamis, Greek poet/scholar (Flogera tou Bas¡lia), dies at 84
1945 : HJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen
1947 : Mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89
1950 : Ivan Goll, writer, dies at 58
1952 : Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74
1955 : Tom Howard, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 66
1956 : Frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54
1956 : Gnther Ramin, German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57
1958 : Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack
1960 : Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer, dies at 58
1961 : Platt Adams, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1912), dies
1962 : Willie Best, actor (Charlie-My Little Margie), dies at 45
1966 : Minerva Urecal, actress (Apache Rose, Ghost Crazy), dies at 81
1968 : Johannes Tralow, writer, dies at 85
1968 : Ludvik Podest, composer, dies at 46
1969 : John Boles, actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73
1970 : Robert Bruce Lockhart, diplomat/writer, dies
1973 : Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav composer/conductor, dies at 72
1974 : Pat Brady, Toledo Ohio, actor (Roy Rodgers Show), dies at 59
1975 : Neville Cardus, writer/cricketer, dies
1977 : Allison Hayes, actress (Attack of 50 Foot Woman), dies at 47
1978 : Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov, composer, dies at 65
1980 : George Tobias, actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 78
1982 : Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer, dies at 39
1985 : David Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies
1985 : Henry Cabot Lodge, (Sen-R)/diplomat, dies at 82
1985 : Pat J O'Malley, actor (My Favorite Martian, Maude), dies at 83
1987 : Joan Greenwood, English actress (Gentle Sex, Bad Sister), dies at 65
1989 : Conrad Lorenz, Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies
1989 : Joe Silver, actor (Rage, Rapid, Deathtrap, Shivers), dies at 66
1989 : Konrad Lorenz, Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies at 85
1991 : Artie Mitchell, XXX producer (Behind the Green Door), shot at 45
1991 : H J of Royen, manager Dutch (Concertgebouw Orch), dies at 52
1991 : Robert-Jan Akkerman, Dutch diplomat (to Tunis), murdered
1992 : Marinus Ruppert, Dutch trade union leader (CNV), dies at 80
1992 : S I Hayakawa, (Sen-Calif, 1977-83), dies at 85
1993 : Jos‚ Duval, actor (Juan Valdez), dies at 72
1993 : Lillian Gish, US actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 96
1993 : Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street), dies of cancer at 83
1994 : Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector, dies at 84
1994 : Karl I Pelgrom, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66
1994 : Laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer, dies at 92
1994 : Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austria social philosopher/economist, dies at 84
1995 : Bernard Cornfield, financier, dies at 67
1995 : Philip Sherrington, opus Dei Priest, dies at 51
1996 : Fran‡ois Chaumette, actor (They Never Slept, Christine), dies at 72
1996 : George Ian Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl, dies at 64
1996 : Pat Smythe, show jumper, dies at 67
1996 : Sylvia Williams, museum director/curator, dies at 60

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