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Events on Tuesday 1 February 1966 1
1895 – 1966Buster Keaton (1895-1966)Died 1 February 1966, aged 70Buster Keaton was a silent-film actor and director renowned for his deadpan expression and inventive physical comedy in films such as The General. He died of lung cancer in Los Angeles on 1 February 1966.