Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1922 On this day in history louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80
1930 On August - 28 alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies
1933 On this day in history death of helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)
1943 On this day in history boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies
1944 Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald on this day in history.
1947 On this day in history death of manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)
1951 Robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32 on this day in history.
1955 On August - 28 death of emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi
1958 Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67 on August - 28.
1959 Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68 on this day in history.
1960 Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81 on August - 28.
1961 Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies on August - 28.
1964 Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62 on August - 28.
1965 On this day in history death of giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909)
1967 Charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies on this day in history.
1968 On August - 28 john Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies
1969 Clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74 on August - 28.
1971 Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies on this day in history.
1972 William HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29 on August - 28.
1975 On this day in history death of fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
1978 Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78 on August - 28.
1979 On August - 28 simonow, writer, dies
1981 On August - 28 death of béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900)
1982 On August - 28 g W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies
1983 On this day in history jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66
1985 Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 on August - 28.
1987 On August - 28 john Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81
1988 On this day in history hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98
1990 On this day in history willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies
1991 On this day in history christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies
1993 On this day in history rené Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80
1994 David Wright, poet, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1995 Agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1996 Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50 on August - 28.
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