Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for February 22nd: https://ko-fi.com/post/February-22-George-Washington-N4N1IY87Y
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Bummer February 22nd
February 22, 1976: 32-year-old Florence Ballard, an original member of The Supremes, dies in a Detroit hospital of a blood clot in a coronary artery. She’d entered the hospital the previous day with numbness in her fingers and toes.
February 22, 1984: David Vetter, the subject of Paul Simon’s song “The Boy in the Bubble,” dies of Burkitt lymphoma at age 12. Vetter was born with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), a condition that makes common illnesses unusually severe. He had to live in a specialized sterile environment until he could receive a bone marrow transplant. Vetter did receive a successful transplant in 1984, but unfortunately it did not prevent his cancer.
February 22, 1987: Pop artist Andy Warhol dies of a heart condition while in the hospital recovering from gall bladder surgery. He has never fully recovered from being shot by Valerie Solanas in 1968.
