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February1928

Famous People Who Died in February 1928

Feb 1 Hughie Jennings, American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder (Baltimore Orioles) and manager (Detroit Tigers 1907-20), dies of meningitis at 58
Feb 4 Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Dutch physicist (electromagnetic radiation, Nobel 1902), dies at 74

H. H. Asquith (1852-1928)

Feb 15 British Prime Minister (Liberal: 1908-16), dies at 75

H. H. Asquith

Feb 16 Eddie Foy Sr. [Edwin Fitzgerald], Irish-American actor, singer and dancer (A Favorite Fool), dies at 71
Feb 20 Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer, dies at 81
Feb 29 Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer and theorist (Wagner opera sets), dies at 65
Feb 29 Armando Diaz, Italian marshal and minister of War (1922-24), dies at 66
Feb 29 Ina Coolbrith, first poet laureate of California (b. 1841)

Famous People by Cause of Death