Milestones, Feb. 25, 1980

DIED. John L. Marshall, 43, nationally known orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist who served as a consultant to the U.S. Olympic ski team; in the crash of a private plane taking him to the Winter Games at Lake Placid, N.Y.

DIED. David Janssen, 48, craggily handsome actor who played tough, terse, but vulnerable heroes like the wrongly convicted doctor who pursued his wife's killer for four years in the ABC-TV hit series The Fugitive; of a heart attack; in Malibu, Calif.

DIED. Muriel Rukeyser, 66, American poet of social protest; of a heart attack; in New York City. After dropping out of...

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