Famous Deaths on March 28

Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584)

Grand Prince of Moscow (1533-47) and 1st Tsar of Russia (1547-75 and 1576-84), dies of a stroke while playing chess at 53 [O.S. 18 Mar]

1673 Adam Pijnacker, Dutch landscape painter and etcher, buried at 51
1677 Václav [Wenceslaus] Hollar, Bohemian-born etcher, dies at about 69
1687 Constantijn Huygens, Dutch diplomat and poet, dies at 90
1701 Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor, dies at 75
1712 Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and inventor (fire hose; street lighting), dies at 75

Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794)

Marquis de Condorcet, French enlightenment philosopher (Condorcet Method) and mathematician, is murdered or commits suicide in prison at 50

1799 Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders, Dutch adventurer/spy, dies at 55
1801 Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66
1818 Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 62
1828 William Thornton, British-American architect (Capitol Building in Washington, D.C), dies at 68
1840 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89
1847 Mariano Rodríguez de Ledesma, Spanish composer, dies at 67
1849 Stephan Endlicher, Austrian botanist, dies at 44
1850 Gerard C. Brandon, American politician (b. 1788)
1856 Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76
1860 Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer, dies at 73
1863 James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brigadier general, dies at 52
1865 Albert G Bilders, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26
1866 Solomon Foot, American politician (U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1851-66) and attorney, dies at 63
1868 James Brudenell, British 7th Earl of Cardigan (led the Charge of the Light Brigade during Crimean War), dies at about 70
1870 George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
1872 Humphrey Marshall, American politician and Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, dies at 60
1874 Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer (Hansen hypothesis), dies at 78
1877 Vincenzo Fioravanti, Italian composer, dies at 77
1880 Achille Peri, composer, dies at 67

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

Russian composer (Boris Godunov; Night on Bald Mountain; Pictures at an Exhibition), dies from complications of alcoholism at 42

1885 Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, Swedish composer, dies at 53
1887 Ditler Monrad, Danish politician and bishop (Council President of Denmark 1863-64), dies at 75
1889 Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, killed by husband William Kemmler
1891 Dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies
1896 E Rundle Charles, writer, dies
1907 Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, Russian composer, dies at 65
1908 John Eliot, English meteorologist, dies at 68
1910 David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1837)
1910 Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor, dies at 71
1910 William Paul Roberts, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 68
1914 Hanus Trnecek, composer, dies at 55
1918 Johann Christoph Lauterbach, German violinist and concert master, dies at 87
1927 Karl Prohaska, Austrian composer, dies at 57
1928 Giuseppe Ferrata, Italian composer and pianist, dies at 63
1929 Lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (b. 1861)
1930 Uchimura Kanzō, Japanese religious writer and pacifist (How I Became a Christian), dies at 69

Ban Johnson (1864-1931)

American Baseball HOF executive (founder, President American League), dies after a long illness at 67

1939 Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903)
1941 Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian Police Commissioner (b. 1877)

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

British author (Jacob's Room, To the Lighthouse), commits suicide at 59

1942 Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1918-27), dies at 67
1942 Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spanish poet (Viento del Pueblo), dies at 31
1943 Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian-American piano virtuoso, conductor, and composer (Aleko; Piano Concerto No. 3), dies at 69
1944 Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by Nazis
1944 Stephen Leacock, Canadian economist and humorist (Literary Lapses), dies at 75
1946 Chick Fullis, baseball player (b. 1904)
1946 Cum Posey, American Baseball HOF executive (owner NgL Homestead Grays; 9 x consecutive NL pennants 1937–45); and Basketball HOF guard (5 x Coloured World C'ships), dies from cancer at 55
1947 Johnny Evers, American Baseball HOF 2nd baseman (World Series 1907, 08 Chicago Orphans/Cubs; WS & NL MVP 1914 Boston Braves) and manager (Chicago Cubs/WS), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 65
1947 Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
1947 Rudolph Simonsen, Danish composer (Olympic Arts bronze, 1928 - Symphony No. 2 (Hellas)), and educator (Royal Danish Academy, 1916-47), dies at 57
1948 Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme and Alençon, dies at 77
1949 Grigoras Dinicu, Romanian violin virtuoso and composer, dies at 59
1950 Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Occupier), dies at 67

Jim Thorpe (1887-1953)

American all-round athlete (Olympic gold decathlon, pentathlon 1912; College & Pro Football Hall of Fame), dies of heart failure at 65

1954 Francis B Young, British physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69
1957 Christopher Morley, American author (Kitty Foil), dies at 66
1957 Gheorge Tatarescu, Romanian politician (Prime Minister. 1933-37 and 1939-40; Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1945-48), dies at 70

Chuck Klein (1904-1958)

American Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder (Triple Crown 1933; MLB All-Star 1933, 34; NL MVP 1932; Philadelphia Phillies), dies of a stroke at 53

W. C. Handy (1873-1958)

American composer and musician known as the "Father of the Blues" (Memphis Blues, St Louis Blues), dies of bronchial pneumonia at 84

1959 James Neblett, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935), dies
1962 Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (b. 1883)
1963 Alec Templeton, Welsh pianist and composer (Concertino Lirico), dies at 52
1965 Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (b. 1888)
1965 Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (The White Outlaw), dies at 80
1965 Mary [Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary], Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood and daughter of George V, dies at 67
1969 Aryeh Levin [Reb Aryeh], Orthodox Jewish rabbi, dies at 84

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)

34th US President (Republican: 1953-61) and World War II general, dies of a congestive heart failure at 78

1971 Felix Wolfes, German-American conductor, educator (New England Conservatory, 1948-68), and composer, dies at 78
1973 Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies
1974 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (That's Alright), dies of a heart attack at 68
1974 Dino Ciani, Italian pianist, dies in a car accident at 32
1974 Dorothy Fields, American singer (The Way You Look Tonight), dies at 68
1974 Francoise Rosay, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison), dies at 82
1975 Renzo Massarani, Italian composer, dies at 77
1976 Richard Arlen, American actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75
1979 Emmett Kelly, American circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80
1980 John Poulos, American drummer (The Buckinghams - "Kind Of A Drag"), dies of heart failure at 32
1980 Richard "Dick" Haymes, Argentine-American actor and singer (State Fair, Real Life, Betrayal), dies of lung cancer at 61
1982 William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
1983 Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at 71
1983 Martinus A. Jansen, Bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70), dies at 77
1984 Benjamin Mays, African-American educator (Morehouse, Howard University) and civil rights leader, dies at 89
1984 Carmen Dragon, American composer and conductor (Hollywood Bowl Symphony), dies of cancer at 69
1984 Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead
1985 Marc Chagall [Moise Shagal], Jewish Belarusan-French modernist painter and stained glass artist (La Mariée; I and the Village), dies at 97
1985 Nand Baert, Belgian radio/tv-host, dies at 53
1986 Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey-Man From Atlantis), dies at 39
1986 Virginia Gilmore, American actress (Jennie, Western Union), dies at 66
1987 Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austrian singer who inspired the "Sound of Music" (Trapp Family Singers), dies of heart failure at 82
1987 Patrick Troughton, English actor (second Doctor in Doctor Who), dies of a heart attack at 67
1990 Helene Fortescu Reynolds, actress (Bermuda Mystery), dies at 65
1991 Carlos Montalban, actor (Bananas), dies at 85
1992 Josef Matej, Czech composer, dies at 70
1992 Wendell Mayes, writer, dies of cancer at 72
1993 Scott Cunningham, Occult author (b. 1956)
1994 Albert Goldman, American rock biographer (Lives of John Lennon; Elvis), dies at 66
1994 Eugene Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright (Rhinoceros, Bald Soprano), dies at 84
1994 John Logan Gorlay, journalist, dies at 74
1995 Hugh O'Connor, American actor (In the Heat of the Night), shoots himself while battling cocaine addiction at 32
1995 Jack Regan, broadcaster, dies at 53
1995 Vivienne Byerley, English theater press agent, dies at 88
1995 William Hayter, British diplomat and Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1953-57), dies at 88
1996 Barbara McLean, film Editor, dies at 86
1996 David Band, British banker (BZW), dies at 53
1996 Edith Fowke, Canadian folklorist, dies at 82
1996 Hans Blumenberg, philosopher, dies at 75
1996 James Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop, dies at 89
1996 Ken Dibbs, Lebanese actor (Suddenly, Party Girl, High Society), dies at 78
1996 Roscoe [Charles Barnet] Harvey, British soldier, dies at 95
1996 Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician (Deputy Prime Minister 1986-87), dies at 81
1996 Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, British bibliophile, dies at 87
1999 Freaky Tah, American rapper (Lost Boyz) (b. 1971)
2000 Albert "Ab" Abspoel, Dutch actor and director (Surprise Attack, Elevator), dies at 74
2000 Anthony Powell, British novelist (b. 1905)
2001 Jim Benton, American football end (All Pro 1945, 46; NFL 1940s All-Decade Team; Cleveland/LA Rams, Chicago Bears; first to rush 300+ yards 1945), dies at 84
2001 Moe Koffman, Canadian jazz saxophonist and flautist (Cool and Hot Sax), dies at 72
2001 Vlastimir Nikolovski, Macedonian composer and pedagogue, (The Serdar), dies at 74
2003 (Farrell) "Rusty" Draper, American country and pop singer ("The Shifting, Whispering Sands"; "Are You Satisfied?"), dies of pneumonia at 80
2004 Art James, American game show host (b. 1929)
2004 Peter Ustinov, British actor, author, journalist, comedian and broadcaster (Death on Nile, Logan's Run, Billy Budd), dies of heart failure at 82
2005 Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (b. 1916)
2006 Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
2006 Charles Schepens, American ophthalmologist (b. 1912)
2006 Kevin Pro Hart, Australian artist (b. 1928)
2006 Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Irish musician (b. 1922)
2010 June Havoc Ellen Evangeline Hovick], Canadian-born American stage and screen actress, dies at 97
2011 Lee Hoiby, American concert pianist composer (1957 Arts & Letters; Summer and Smoke), dies at 85
2011 Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (b. 1917)
2012 Alexander Arutiunian, Armenian composer, dies at 91
2012 Earl Scruggs, American bluegrass banjo player (Flatt & Scruggs - "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"; "Ballad of Jed Clampett"), dies from natural causes at 88
2012 Harry Crews, American writer and actor (Indian Runner), dies from neuropathy at 76
2012 John Arden, English novelist and playwright (Left Handed Liberty), dies at 81
2013 Hugh McCracken, American session guitarist (Aretha Franklin; Paul McCartney; Steely Dan; Billy Joel; John Lennon), dies of luekemia at 70
2013 Richard Griffiths, British actor, dies from complications from heart surgery at 65
2013 Soraya Jiménez, Mexican weightlifter, dies from a heart attack at 70
2015 Douglas Leedy, American composer, dies at 77
2015 Gene Saks, American actor and director (One & Only, Prisoner of 2nd Ave), dies at 93
2016 James Noble, American actor (Benson, 1776, Airplane II: The Sequel), dies of a stroke at 94
2016 Peggy Fortnum, British Illustrator (first to draw Paddington Bear), dies at 96
2017 Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, dies at 87
2017 Christine Kaufmann, Austrian-born actress (Town Without Pity, Red Lips), dies at 72
2017 Janine Sutto, French Canadian actress and comedian (Guide de la petite vengeance), dies of natural causes at 95
2017 Ronald Hines, British actor (Not in Front of the Children, Pack of Lies), dies at 87
2020 Azam Khan, Pakistani squash player (British Open 1959-62), dies from COVID-19 at 95
2020 Jan Howard [Lula Grace Johnson], American country music singer and songwriter (For Loving You), dies at 91
2020 Tom Coburn, American politician (Sen-R-Oklahoma 2005-2015, Rep-R-Oklahoma 1995-2001), dies at 72
2021 Malcolm Cecil, British jazz bassist, record producer, audio engineer and electronic musician (Ronnie Scott; Blues Incorporated; TONTO's Expanding Head Band), dies at 84
2022 Naci Erdem, Turkish soccer centre-back (31 caps; Fenerbahçe), dies at 91