What Happened on February 24, 2007

Historical Events

27th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Basic Instinct 2" wins

Famous Weddings

Marion Jones

American former world champion track and field athlete Marion Jones (31) weds Barbadian Olympic sprinting bronze medalist Obadele Thompson (30) at the Union Hill African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilson's Mills, North Carolina

Famous Deaths

Bruce Bennett, American actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre), dies from complications of a broken hip at 100
Lamar Lundy, American NFL football defensive end, 1957-69 (Los Angeles Rams), dies at 71
Leroy Jenkins, American jazz violinist, avant-garde jazz and contemporary classical composer, dies of lung cancer at 73

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