Famous Deaths on August 28

Albert Frederick (1553-1618)

Duke of Prussia (1568–1618), dies at 65

Hugo Grotius (1583-1645)

Dutch jurist, father of international law, dies at 62

1646 Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Poesie liriche), dies at 53
1647 Johann Dilliger, German composer, dies at 53
1654 Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (Lord High Chancellor and regent of Sweden), dies at 71
1677 Wallerant Vaillant, French painter and engraver, dies at 54
1678 John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602)
1680 Joan Cererols, Catalan musician, composer and monk, dies at 57
1689 Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer, dies at 67
1757 David Hartley, English philosopher and Founder of the Associationist School of Psychology, dies at 51
1767 Johann Schobert, German-French composer, dies after eating poison mushrooms at about 32
1778 Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer and naval chaplain (My Son on the Galley), dies at 32

Junípero Serra (1713-1784)

Spanish missionary priest who founded the 1st missions in California, dies at 70

1793 Adam-Philippe Custine, French general (American Revolutionary War, French Army of the North), guillotined for treason during the Reign of Terror at 53
1798 James Wilson, One of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signatory of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, dies at 55
1803 Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer and painter, dies at 73
1805 Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (Moderator of the General Assembly 1770), dies at 83
1818 Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies
1820 Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (b. 1754)
1839 William Smith, British geologist who is credited with creating the first nationwide geological map (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils), dies at 70
1859 Leigh Hunt, English poet, critic and journalist (Romantic Movement, "Jenny Kissed Me”), dies at 74
1861 William Lyon Mackenzie, Canadian-American newspaper publisher, politician, and failed rebel leader, dies at 66
1880 Charles Thomas Jackson, American physician and geologist, dies at 75
1884 Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Moreno y Maisonave, Guatemalan-Spanish Cardinal (Archbishop of Toledo, first Cardinal born in America and of Creole parents), dies at 66
1885 Julius Hopp, Austrian composer, dies at 66
1900 Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies at 62
1903 August Labitzky, Bohemian composer, dies at 70

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903)

American writer and landscape architect (designed Central Park), dies at 81

1910 Allen Hill, English cricket fast bowler (took 1st wicket in Test cricket; 2 Tests, 7 wickets; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 64
1910 Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist and anthropologist, dies at 78
1914 Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer (From the Apocalypse; Bewitched Lake), conductor, and pedagogue (St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1878-1914), dies at 59
1915 John Davis Long, 32nd Governor of Massachusetts (1880-1915), dies at 76
1916 Francis Warre-Cornish, English writer and scholar, dies at 77
1922 Gaston of Orleans, Count of Eu, dies at 80
1927 Li Dazhao [Ta-chao], Chinese intellectual, revolutionary and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party with Chen Duxiu, executed as a political prisoner at 37
1930 Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies
1931 Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician, dies at 74
1933 Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)
1934 Doris Ulmann, American photographer best known for her portraits of the people of Appalachia, dies aged 52
1937 Frederick Burr Opper, American pioneering cartoonist (Happy Hooligan), dies at 80

Boris III (1894-1943)

Tsar of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies of heart failure at 49; likely caused by poisoning but by whom remains a mystery

1944 Ernst Thälmann, German communist presidential candidate, dies at 58
1947 Manolete [Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez], Spanish bullfighter, dies at 30
1948 Eleni Gatzoyiannis, Greek heroine (subject of "Eleni" by son Nicholas Gage about how she saved her children), shot and killed by communists at 41
1951 Robert Walker, American actor and writer (Strangers on a Train, Bataan, Madame Curie), dies from an adverse reaction to prescription drugs at 32
1953 Nikolai Golovanov, Russian conductor and composer (Bolshoi Opera), dies at 61
1955 Bob Gordon, American cool jazz baritone saxophonist, dies in a car accident at 27

Emmett Till (1941-1955)

American lynching victim, kidnapped and lynched at 14, in Money, Mississippi

1958 Nikolay Golovanov, Soviet composer, dies at 67
1959 Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68
1960 Anton Lajovic, Slovenian composer, dies at 81
1961 Tom Connolly, American Baseball HOF umpire (AL-record 8 x World Series), dies at 90
1964 Lumsden Hare, Irish actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess), dies at 89
1965 Giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909)
1967 Bruce Smith, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1941, U of Minnesota; NFL: Green Bay Packers), dies of cancer at 47
1967 Charles Darrow, American businessman who modified and popularized Monopoly game, dies at 78
1968 John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies
1968 Nick Castle, American choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58
1969 Clarence Hennecke, American actor (The Strong Man, Murder by Television, Keystone Kops), dies at 74
1971 Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper and murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies at 66
1972 William, English Prince of Gloucester and grandson of George V, dies in accident at 30
1975 Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
1976 Anissa Jones, American child actress (Family Affair - "Buffy"), dies of multiple drug intoxication at 18
1978 Bruce Catton, American historian and writer (Civil War), dies at 78
1978 F. Van Wyck Mason, American historian and author (Three Harbours), dies at 76
1979 Konstantin Simonov, Soviet journalist and poet (Wait Foe Me), dies at 73
1981 Béla Guttmann, Hungarian soccer midfielder (4 caps; MTK Hungária, Hakoah Wien) and coach (Benfica, AC Milan, FC Porto; Hungary, Austria, Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, Uruguay, Portugal), dies at 82
1981 Guy Stevens, British record company executive (Sue; Island), band manager (Mott the Hoople; Procol Harum), and record producer (The Clash - London Calling), dies from an overdose of anti-alcohol medication at 38
1981 Paul Anspach, Belgian fencer (Olympic gold individual epée, team epée 1912), dies at 99
1982 Geoff Chubb, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 21 wickets; Border), dies at 71
1982 Nini de Boël, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), dies at 84
1983 Jan Clayton, American actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66
1984 Mohamed Naguib, Egyptian general and revolutionary (one of the leaders of Egyptian Revolution, 1st President of Egypt 1952-54), dies at 83
1985 Ruth Gordon, American actress (Rosemary's Baby, The Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88
1987 John Huston, US/Irish actor and director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81
1988 Hazel Dawn [Henrietta Tout], American stage actress, singer, and violinist (The Pink Lady; The Debutante), and silent film actress (My Lady Incog), dies at 98
1988 Paul Whitelaw, New Zealand cricket batsman (2 Tests; Auckland), dies at 78
1989 Joseph Alsop, American political newspaper columnist (Men Around the President), dies at 78
1990 Larry Jackson, American baseball pitcher (5 × MLB All-Star; MLB wins leader 1964; St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies), dies from cancer at 59
1990 Pamela Harrison, British concert pianist and composer, dies at 74
1990 Patience Strong [Winifred Emma May], English poet and journalist, dies at 83
1990 Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies at 77
1991 Eleanor Berry, actress (Death Valley Days), dies
1993 René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80
1993 William Stafford, American poet (b. 1914)
1994 Alfonso Letelier (-Llona), Chilean composer and educator (El Hombre ante la Ciencia - (Man Before Science)), dies at 88
1994 David Wright, South African-British poet (Deafness: A Personal Account), dies of cancer at 74
1994 Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian pater, murdered
1994 Pieter de Cort, Belgian rock guitarist (Betty Goes Green), dies of cancer at 25
1995 Carl Ronald Giles, British cartoonist (Daily Express), dies at 78
1995 Earl Bascom, American rodeo pioneer (b. 1906)
1995 Michael Ende, German writer (The Neverending Story), dies at 65
1995 Michael VerMeulen, American journalist and magazine editor (British GQ), dies at 38
1996 Al Zarilla, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1948; St. Louis Browns), dies of cancer at 77
1996 Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50
1996 Phyllis Pearsall, painter/writer, dies at 89
2003 Brian Douglas Wells, American criminal (failed) (b. 1956)
2005 Esther Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1910)
2005 George Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1911)
2005 Jacques Dufilho, French actor (b. 1914)
2006 Benoît Sauvageau, French Canadian politician (b. 1963)
2006 Melvin Schwartz, American Physicist and Nobel Laureate (neutrinos - subatomic particles with no electric charge and virtually no mass), dies at 73
2007 Arthur Jones, American inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines, dies at 80
2007 Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist (b. 1935)
2007 Hilly Kristal, American Founder of CBGB/Punk rock legend (b. 1932)
2007 Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American actress (Katsumi-Sayonara, Mrs Livingston-Courtship of Eddie's Father), dies at 78
2007 Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (b. 1913)
2007 Paul MacCready, American aeronautical engineer and inventor (1st man-powered aircraft), dies at 81
2008 Phil Hill, American auto racer (F1 world champion 1961; 24 Hours of Le Mans 1958, 61, 62), dies at 81
2009 DJ AM [Adam Goldstein], American DJ and musician, dies of a drug overdose at 36
2010 William P. Foster, notable band director and founder of the Marching 100 of Florida A&M University
2011 George Green, American songwriter ("Hurts So Good", "Rain On The Scarecrow"), dies of lung cancer at 59
2012 Rhodes Boyson, British politician and author (Black Papers), dies at 87
2013 Rob du Bois, Dutch composer, dies at 79
2014 Bill Kerr, South African-born Australian actor (Hancock's Half Hour), dies at 92
2014 Glenn Cornick, British rock bassist (Jethro Tull, 1967-70; Wild Turkey), dies from heart failure at 67

Al Arbour (1932-2015)

Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman, coach and executive (coach NY Islanders Stanley Cup 1980-83), dies of Parkinson's disease and dementia at 82

2016 Juan Gabriel [Alberto Aguilera Valadez], Mexican singer,-songwriter dies of a heart attack at 66
2017 Bobby Boyd, American NFL cornerback (5 × All-Pro 1964–1968; NFL interceptions leader 1965; Baltimore Colts), dies of bladder cancer at 79
2018 Tatyana Kuznetsova, Soviet cosmonaut (youngest person selected for space training at 20 but never flew), dies at 77