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February 27th
146 Notable deaths
Fred Rogers
American television personality.
Born March 20th, 1928 in Latrobe.
Died February 27th, 2003 at 74 years old in Pittsburgh.
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015).
Born March 26th, 1931 in West End. [ref]
Died February 27th, 2015 at 83 years old in Bel Air (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). [ref]
Chandra Shekhar Azad
Indian activist and socialist and revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer.
Born July 23rd, 1906 in Madhya Pradesh, British Raj, Jhabua district, Bhavra.
Died February 27th, 1931 at 24 years old in Uttar Pradesh, British Raj, Allahabad (ballistic trauma).
Richard Lewis
American stand-up comedian (1947–2024).
Born June 29th, 1947 in Brooklyn.
Died February 27th, 2024 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
William F. Buckley, Jr.
American conservative author and commentator (1925–2008).
Born November 24th, 1925 in New York City. [ref]
Died February 27th, 2008 at 82 years old in Stamford (diabetes). [ref]
Lillian Gish
American actress (1893-1993).
Born October 14th, 1893 in Springfield.
Died February 27th, 1993 at 99 years old in New York City (heart failure). [ref]
Spike Milligan
British actor (1918-2002).
Born April 16th, 1918 in Ahmednagar. [ref]
Died February 27th, 2002 at 83 years old in Rye (kidney failure). [ref]
J. T. Walsh
American actor.
Born September 28th, 1943 in San Francisco.
Died February 27th, 1998 at 54 years old in San Diego (myocardial infarction).
Dale Robertson
American actor (1923-2013).
Born July 14th, 1923 in Oklahoma County.
Died February 27th, 2013 at 89 years old in San Diego (lung cancer, pneumonia). [ref]
Boris Spassky
Russian chess player.
Born January 30th, 1937 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 27th, 2025 at 88 years old in Moscow. [ref]
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir