Milestones: Feb. 28, 1969

Died. Marjorie Uris, 26, former New York fashion model who married Author Leon Uris (Exodus, Topaz) six months ago; apparently by her own hand (.38-cal. revolver); in Aspen, Colo.

Died. Jack Kirkland, 66, newspaper-man-turned-playwright who in 1933 transformed Erskine Caldwell's earthy Tobacco Road into one of the most successful Broadway plays of its time (more than 3,000 performances), wrote the Broadway version of Man with the Golden Arm, and recently completed the book for a musical adaptation of Tobacco Road entitled Jeeter; of a heart attack; in Manhattan.

Died. Dr. Guido Guida, 71, Sicilian...

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