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Who Died on February 23rd?
IN THE PAST 
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As these individuals who have passed on in February 23rd we should remember their accomplishments and learn from their errors. The following is a list of notable world figures who died on February 23.
| | 1781 - George Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716) |
| | 1792 - Joshua Reynolds, English painter (b. 1723) |
| | 1821 - John Keats, English poet (b. 1795) |
| | 1848 - John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767) |
| | 1897 - Woldemar Bargiel, German composer (b. 1828) |
| | 1930 - Horst Wessel, Nazi ideologue and composer (b. 1907) |
| | 1965 - Stan Laurel, British born actor (b. 1890) and part of the comedic duo Laurel and Hardy famous for black and white films. |
| | 1973 - Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895) |
| | 1974 - Harry Ruby, American composer and writer (b. 1895) |
| | 1995 - Melvin Franklin, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1942) |
| | 1995 - James Herriot, famous autobiographical English writer (b. 1916) and vetinary surgeon |
| | 2003 - Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (b. 1910) |
| | 2004 - Carl Anderson, American singer (b. 1945) who played Judas in Broadway's "Jesus Christ Superstar." |
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