Famous people died in March - page 33

Jack Butler Yeats was one of the most prominent Irish painters of the 20th century

Hugo Chavez served as the President of Venezuela from 1999 until 2013

Henry Ward Beecher was an American clergyman and influential social reformer, who staunchly supported abolition of slavery

Giuseppe Mazzini was one of the ‘patron saints’ of the Italian Risorgimento

Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist who discovered enzyme lysozyme and antibiotic penicillin

George Burns was a versatile entertainer who enjoyed a successful career spanning vaudeville, film, radio and television

Fred Allen was an American comedian

Franklin Pierce Adams was a well-known American newspaper columnist

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was one of the finest actresses of Hollywood’s Golden Age

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