Died On This Date: Mar 2

Hood, Wally
b. February 9, 1895 d. March 2, 1965
Major League Baseball Player. He played Major League baseball for three seasons (1920 to 1922) as an outfielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. His career record was 67 Games Played, 19 Hits, 23 Runs, 5 Home Runs, 14 RBIs and a .237 Batting Average.

Brant Jr., William
b. 1842 d. March 2, 1898
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He enlisted in the Union Army on May 16, 1861, serving as a Corporal in Company A, 1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. Promoted to Sergeant of Company A on February 4, 1862, he fought at this rank at the Battles of Five Forks, Glendale and Second Bull Run. He was then advanced to 1st Sergeant on September 1, 1862, serving in this capacity in the Battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Mine Run.

Springfield, Dusty
b. April 16, 1939 d. March 2, 1999
Musician. Known as the "White Queen of Soul," she had hits songs 'You Don't Have To Say You Love Me,' 'Son of A Preacher Man' and 'I Only Want To Be With You.' She sang with the musical group "The Pet Shop Boys," their Song 'What Have I Done To Deserve This.' She was inducted into the Rock N'Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. She was awarded O.B.E. for her contribution to music in 1999 just before her death. She died at her home in Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.

Scott, Randolph
b. January 23, 1898 d. March 2, 1987
Actor. He was born George Randolph Crane in Orange County, Virginia while his parents were on a vacation. His father was a textile manufacturer in Charlotte, North Carolina where George spent his boyhood and had the privilege of attending private college-prep schools. At age twenty, he was conscripted into the army during World War I and saw service in Europe. Upon discharge, he attended Georgia Tech, transferred to the University of North Carolina coming away with a degree in engineering.

Charlo, Pvt. Louis Charles
b. September 26, 1926 d. March 2, 1945
United States Marine Corps Private. One of the six Marines who raised the first American flag on Mount Surabachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. This flag was later replaced by the flag in the famous flag raising photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press. Private Charlo was killed in action on March 2, 1945.

Potter, Robert
b. 1800 d. March 2, 1842
US Congressman. Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Robert Potter was born in June 1799 in Granville County, North Carolina. He enlisted in the Navy at sixteen and served seven years until 1821, when he left to study law; he was admitted to the bar by 1826 and started practicing in Oxford, North Carolina. In 1828 he married Isabel Taylor and the next year was elected to the United States Congress, serving from March 1829 to November 1831.

Healey, Jeff
b. March 25, 1966 d. March 2, 2008
Musician. Real name Norman Jeffrey Healey. A native of Toronto, he is best remembered as the lead singer and guitarist of The Jeff Healey Band. Formed in 1985, with bassist Joe Rockman and drummer Tom Stephen, the trio had numerous hit songs and albums during the 1980s, 1990s, and into the 2000s. Some of their best known recordings include, "Angel Eyes", "Cruel Little Number", "My Little Girl", "Confidence Man", "Stuck In The Middle With You", "Lost In Your Eyes", "How Long Can A Man Be Strong"..

Marx, Samuel
b. January 26, 1902 d. March 2, 1992Motion picture producer and screenwriter of the 1930s through 1960s. Of Saxe-Coburg-Cutinha, Nicholas Joseph
b. January 13, 1945 d. March 2, 1968
Vietnam Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. He was a Specialist Fourth Class with the U.S. Army, Company C, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism at Gia Dinh, Republic of Vietnam. His official CMOH citation reads as follows: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. While serving as a machine gunner with Company C, Sp4c. Cutinha.

Platten, Frederick
b. April 17, 1847 d. March 2, 1939
Indian War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during the Wars with the Plains Indians as a Sergeant in Company H, 6th United States Cavalry. He was azwarded the CMOH for his bravery at Sappa Creek, Kansas, on April 23, 1876, His citation reads "1st Sgt. Platten with 5 other men waded in mud and water up the creek to a position directly behind an entrenched Cheyenne position, who were using natural bank pits to good advantage against the main column.

Dick, Philip K.
b. December 16, 1928 d. March 2, 1982Writer. Born prematurely, he was one of a set of fraternal twins. The other, Jane, died when they were six weeks old. It was a loss that he would feel deeply for the rest of his life and would shape his future work. After his parent’s divorce, he went to Berkley, CA with his mother and would later attend the University of California. The college did not suit him, and he would eventually dropped out. He would claim that he discovered Science Fiction at the age of twelve.