Birthdays & Passings (February 22nd - February 28th) [1477]

Happy Birthday!
Sheldon Leonard (February 22, 1907)
Robert Young (February 22, 1907)
Don Pardo (February 22, 1918)
Majel Barrett (February 23, 1932)
Marjorie Main (February 24, 1890)
John Vernon (February 24, 1932)
James Farentino (February 24, 1938)
Zeppo Marx (February 25, 1901)
Jim Backus (February 25, 1913)
William Frawley (February 26, 1887)
Robert Alda (February 26, 1914)
Jackie Gleason (February 26, 1916)
Mason Adams (February 26, 1919)
Tony Randall (February 26, 1920)
Betty Hutton (February 26, 1921)
William Demarest (February 27, 1892)
Dame Elizabeth Taylor (February 27, 1932)
Mary Frann (February 27, 1943)
Billie Bird (February 28, 1908)
Zero Mostel (February 28, 1915)
Charles Durning (February 28, 1923)

At Rest:
Ed Flanders (February 22, 1995)
Stan Laurel (February 23, 1965)
John Daly (February 24, 1991)
George Gobel (February 24, 1991)
Dinah Shore (February 24, 1994)
Henny Youngman (February 24, 1998)
Don Knotts (February 24, 2006)
Dennis Weaver (February 24, 2006)
Darren McGavin (February 25, 2006)
David Doyle (February 26, 1997)
Lawrence Tierney (February 26, 2002)
Dale Robertson (February 26, 2013)
George Tobias (February 27, 1980)
Lillian Gish (February 27, 1993)
Fred Rogers (February 27, 2003)
Jonathan Hale (February 28, 1966)
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (February 28, 1977)
Zara Cully (February 28, 1978)
Paul Harvey (February 28, 2009)
Jane Russell (February 28, 2011)

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