Birthdays & Passings (March 22nd - March 28th)

Happy Birthday!
Chico Marx (March 22, 1887)
Karl Malden (March 22, 1912)
Werner Klemperer (March 22, 1920)
Ross Martin (March 22, 1920)
Ron Carey (March 22, 1936)
Joan Crawford (March 23, 1905)
Murray Hamilton (March 24, 1923)
Norman Fell (March 24, 1924)
Connie Hines (March 24, 1931)
Ed Begley (March 25, 1901)
Howard Cosell (March 25, 1918)
Hoyt Axton (March 25, 1938)
Strother Martin (March 26, 1919)
Leonard Nimoy (March 26, 1931)
Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899)
Carl Barks (March 27, 1901)
Mary Treen (March 27, 1907)
Richard Denning (March 27, 1914)
David Janssen (March 27, 1931)

 At Rest:
Michael Todd (March 22, 1958)
Joan Shawlee (March 22, 1987)
Peter Lorre (March 23, 1964)
Dame Elizabeth Taylor (March 23, 2011)
Sam Jaffe (March 24, 1984)
Richard Widmark (March 24, 2008)
Robert Culp (March 24, 2010)
Nancy Walker (March 25, 1992)
Helen Martin (March 25, 2000)
Raymond Chandler (March 26, 1959)
Noel Coward (March 26, 1973)
Jan Sterling (March 26, 2004)
Diana Hyland (March 27, 1977)
Milton Berle (March 27, 2002)
Dudley Moore (March 27, 2002)
Farley Granger (March 27, 2011)
Peter Ustinov (March 28, 2004)
June Havoc (March 28, 2010)

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