Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28
Sunday, 06 July 2025
1922 Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1930 Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies on August - 28.
1933 On this day in history death of helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)
1943 Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies on this day in history.
1944 Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald on August - 28.
1947 On this day in history death of manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)
1951 On August - 28 robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32
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 On this day in history bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68
1960 Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1961 Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies on August - 28.
1964 On this day in history gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62
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 John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies on August - 28.
1969 On August - 28 clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74
1971 On this day in history nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies
1972 On August - 28 william HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29
1975 Death of Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) on this day in history.
1978 Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1979 Simonow, writer, dies on this day in history.
1981 On August - 28 death of béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900)
1982 On this day in history g W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies
1983 On August - 28 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 John Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81 on this day in history.
1988 Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98 on August - 28.
1990 Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies on this day in history.
1991 On August - 28 christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies
1993 René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80 on this day in history.
1994 David Wright, poet, dies at 74 on August - 28.
1995 Agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1996 On this day in history lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50
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