Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28
Thursday, 18 December 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 Death of Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863) on this day in history. 

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 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 August - 28. 

1955 On August - 28 death of emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi 

1958 Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history. 

1959 On August - 28 bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68 

1960 Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81 on August - 28. 

1961 Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies on this day in history. 

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 John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies on this day in history. 

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 On this day in history bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78 

1979 On this day in history simonow, writer, dies 

1981 Death of Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900) on this day in history. 

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 On this day in history ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 

1987 On August - 28 john Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81 

1988 Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98 on August - 28. 

1990 Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies on August - 28. 

1991 Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies on this day in history. 

1993 On August - 28 rené Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80 

1994 David Wright, poet, dies at 74 on August - 28. 

1995 On this day in history agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85 

1996 Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50 on this day in history. 

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