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January 28th
207 Notable deaths
John Farrow
Film director, screenwriter and producer (1904–1963).
Born February 10th, 1904 in Marrickville.
Died January 28th, 1963 at 58 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Jim Capaldi
English musician and songwriter.
Born August 2nd, 1944 in Evesham.
Died January 28th, 2005 at 60 years old in London (stomach cancer). [ref]
Tom Verlaine
American singer and guitarist (1949–2023).
Born December 13th, 1949 in Morristown.
Died January 28th, 2023 at 73 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Billy Powell
American musician.
Born June 3rd, 1952 in Corpus Christi.
Died January 28th, 2009 at 56 years old in Orange Park (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Leonhard Seppala
Norwegian musher.
Born September 14th, 1877 in Skibotn.
Died January 28th, 1967 at 89 years old in Seattle.
Joseph Brodsky
Russian-american poet (1940-1996).
Born May 24th, 1940 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1996 at 55 years old in Brooklyn (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Signe Toly Anderson
American singer (1941–2016).
Born September 15th, 1941 in Seattle.
Died January 28th, 2016 at 74 years old in Beaverton (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
John McCrae
Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during world war i (1872-1918).
Born November 30th, 1872 in Guelph.
Died January 28th, 1918 at 45 years old in Boulogne-sur-Mer (pneumonia).
Gregory Jarvis
American astronaut (1944-1986).
Born August 24th, 1944 in Detroit.
Died January 28th, 1986 at 41 years old in Cape Canaveral (Space Shuttle Challenger disaster).
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Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld