Milestones: Feb. 21, 1969

Died. Charles ("Pee Wee") Russell, 62, sad-faced but joyful jazz clarinetist, who wailed with Eddie Condon and a host of other Dixieland greats of the '30s and '40s, and in the past decade delighted audiences on four continents by blending his basic blues style with the experimental sounds of Thelonious Monk and Ornette Coleman; of pancreatitis; in Washington, D.C.

Died. Cameron Hawley, 63, bestselling author, whose four novels were mainly reflections of his 24 years as a businessman; of a heart attack; in Marathon, Fla. Hawley retired from Armstrong Cork Co. in 1951 to...

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