Famous People Who Died in 1974

• Brennan, Walter

  Three-time Oscar-winning western sidekick

• Byck, Samuel

  The guy who plotted to assassinate President Nixon with a plane

• Ellington, Duke

  Performer of "Take the 'A' Train"

• Elliot, Cass

  The big member the pop group The Mamas & The Papas

• Lindbergh, Charles

  The first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

• Lippmann, Walter

  Influential 20th century columnist who did “Today and Tomorrow” (1931-67)

• Sexton, Anne

  Confessional American poet of the 1960s and '70s

• Sullivan, Ed

  Host of TV's The Ed Sullivan Show, 1948-71

• Warren, Earl

  Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1953-69

• Zhukov, Georgi K.

  World War II Russian Army commander

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