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Deaths on February 28

1994 : Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh, brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at 86
1994 : Buster Holmes, chef/restaurateur, dies at 88
1994 : Elbert "Skippy" Williams, tenor Sax player, dies at 77
1994 : George Osborne Sayles, historian, dies at 92
1994 : Leopoldina Poldi Feichtegger Gerhard, dies at 90
1994 : Pu Yi, brother of last Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, dies at 87
1995 : Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69
1995 : Keith Rigg, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia 1931-37), dies
1995 : Max Rudolf, conductor, dies at 92
1996 : Daniel Chipenda, angolam politician, dies at 64
1573 : Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54
1609 : Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39
1618 : Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63
1626 : Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51
1638 : Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56
1638 : Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies
1665 : Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies
1737 : Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63
1742 : Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53
1781 : Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50
1784 : Phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies
1796 : Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56
1818 : Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56
1844 : Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
1844 : Thommas W Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
1876 : Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53
1903 : Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88
1905 : Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85
1912 : Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies
1913 : Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic)
1916 : Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72
1922 : Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51
1925 : Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies
1929 : Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (React of P), dies at 54
1929 : John Ebenezer West, composer, dies at 65
1931 : Ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness
1935 : Alexander W F Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16), dies at 73
1936 : Pedro Mu¤oz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55
1940 : Alfonso XIII de Borb¢n, corrupt king of Spain (1902-31), dies
1940 : Johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81
1949 : Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65
1953 : Jim Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at 64
1959 : Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70
1960 : F S Flint, British translator/poet (imagist movement), dies at 74
1960 : Jonathan Hale, actor (Blondie), shoots himself at 68
1961 : Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64
1962 : Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70
1963 : Theodore Newton, actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58
1964 : Dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergen School), dies at 78
1965 : Adolf Sch„rf, president of Austria (1957-65), dies at 74
1966 : Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet
1966 : Elliot McKay See Jr, astronaut, dies at 38 in T-38 jet crash
1968 : Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41
1968 : Frankie Lymon, singer, dies at 25
1968 : Juanita Hall, actress (Capt Billy), dies at 66
1972 : Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies
1973 : Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78
1973 : Hope Landin, actress (I Remember Mama, Sugarfoot), dies at 79
1974 : Mees Toxopeus, Dutch rescue-vessel captain, dies at 89
1975 : Istvan Kardos, composer, dies at 83
1977 : Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71
1978 : Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73
1978 : Philip Ahn, LA Calif, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu), dies at 66
1979 : Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52
1979 : Mr Ed, talking horse, dies
1980 : Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricketer (45 wkts for England), dies
1984 : Leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies
1985 : Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC
1986 : Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59
1987 : Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83
1987 : Nora Kaye, US ballet dancer, dies at 67
1988 : Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99
1989 : Hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46
1990 : Colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies
1990 : Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at 86
1990 : Tuppy Owen-Smith, S Afr cricketer (batsman v England 1929), dies
1991 : Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies
1992 : Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49
1992 : Emilla Sherman, choreographer/rockette, dies
1992 : La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53
1993 : Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies
1993 : Franco Brusati, Italian dir/writer (Bread & Chocolate), dies at 70
1993 : Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81
1993 : Joyce Carey, [Lawrence], English actress (Number 27), dies at 94
1993 : Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street, Dames), dies of cancer at 82

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