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CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAYS

Departed Individuals of Note Who Would Have Turned 100

~ February & March 2023 ~ 

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  James Dickey
American poet and novelist, Deliverance
02/02/1923 – 01/19/1997
  Bonita Granville
American actress, These Three, the Nancy Drew film series
02/02/1923 – 10/11/1988
  Liz Smith
American gossip columnist
02/02/1923 – 11/12/2017
  Conrad Bain
Canadian-born American actor, TV’s Maude, Diff'rent Strokes
02/04/1923 – 01/14/2013
  Brendan Behan
Irish poet, novelist, Borstal Boy and playwright, The Hostage
02/09/1923 – 03/20/1964
  Franco Zeffirelli
Italian motion picture director, Romeo and Juliet, Jesus of Nazareth
02/12/1923 – 06/15/2019
  Chuck Yeager
American test pilot, first person to exceed the speed of sound in flight
02/13/1923 – 12/07/2020
  Kathleen Freeman
American actress, Singin' in the Rain, The Blues Brothers
02/17/1923 – 08/23/2001
(Some sources cite a 1919 birth year)
  Dexter Gordon
American bop tenor saxophonist and actor, Round Midnight
02/27/1923 – 04/25/1990
  Charles Durning
American actor, Tootsie, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
02/28/1923 – 12/24/2012
  Barney Martin
American actor, Arthur, TV’s Seinfeld
03/03/1923 – 03/21/2005
  Ed McMahon
American announcer, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and actor
03/06/1923 – 06/23/2009
  Wes Montgomery
American jazz guitarist
03/06/1923 – 06/15/1968
  André Courrèges
French fashion designer
03/09/1923 – 01/07/2016
  Wally Schirra
American astronaut
03/12/1923 – 05/03/2007
  Diane Arbus
American photographer
03/14/1923 – 07/26/1971
  Pamela Britton
American actress, D.O.A., TV’s My Favorite Martian
03/19/1923 – 06/17/1974
  Marcel Marceau
French mime
03/22/1923 – 09/22/2007
  Murray Hamilton
American actor, The Graduate, Jaws
03/24/1923 – 09/01/1986
  Bob Elliott
American comedian, half of the "Bob and Ray" duo
03/26/1923 – 02/02/2016

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