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January 28th
256 Notable deaths
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.
Died January 28th, 1996 at 55 years old in Brooklyn (myocardial infarction).
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).
Red Grange
American football player (1903-1991).
Born June 13th, 1903 in Sullivan County.
Died January 28th, 1991 at 87 years old in Lake Wales (pneumonia).
Maxime Weygand
French general (1867–1965).
Born January 21st, 1867 in Brussels metropolitan area, Brussels.
Died January 28th, 1965 at 98 years old in Paris.
O. P. Nayyar
Indian film music composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician.
Born January 16th, 1926 in Lahore.
Died January 28th, 2007 at 81 years old in Mumbai.
Shōtarō Ishinomori
Japanese manga artist (1938–1998).
Born January 25th, 1938 in Miyagi Prefecture.
Died January 28th, 1998 at 60 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction).
Dyanne Thorne
American actress (1943-2020).
Born October 14th, 1936 in Greenwich.
Died January 28th, 2020 at 83 years old in Las Vegas (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Yitzhak Kaduri
Iraqi-born, israeli sephardic haredi rabbi.
Born September 7th, 1898 in Baghdad.
Died January 28th, 2006 at 107 years old in Jerusalem (pneumonia).
Sohrab Modi
Indian film actor, director, producer (1897-1984).
Born November 2nd, 1897 in Mumbai.
Died January 28th, 1984 at 86 years old in Mumbai (bone cancer).
Jim Gray
American computer scientist (1944–2007/2012).
Born January 12th, 1944 in San Francisco.
Died January 28th, 2012 at 68 years old in Pacific Ocean. [ref]
Therese Brandl
Nazi concentration camp guard (1902–1948).
Born February 1st, 1902 in Staudach-Egerndach.
Died January 28th, 1948 at 45 years old in Kraków (hanging to death).
Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama
10th panchen lama of the gelug school of tibetan buddhism (1938–1989).
Born February 19th, 1938 in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County.
Died January 28th, 1989 at 50 years old in Shigatse (myocardial infarction).
Gene Sharp
American political scientist (1928-2018).
Born January 21st, 1928 in North Baltimore.
Died January 28th, 2018 at 90 years old in Boston. [ref]
Frank Forde
Australian politician, 15th prime minister of australia (1890-1983).
Born July 18th, 1890 in Mitchell.
Died January 28th, 1983 at 92 years old in Brisbane.
Paul A. Partain
American actor (1946-2005).
Died January 28th, 2005 at 58 years old in Austin (cancer).
Reynaldo Hahn
Venezuelan-french composer (1874-1947).
Born August 9th, 1874 in Caracas.
Died January 28th, 1947 at 72 years old in Paris (brain cancer).
Taimur bin Faisal Al Said
Sultan of oman (1886-1965).
Born January 1st, 1886 in Muscat.
Died January 28th, 1965 at 79 years old in Mumbai.
Johannes Kleiman
Concealer of anne frank (1896-1959).
Born August 17th, 1896 in Koog aan de Zaan.
Died January 28th, 1959 at 62 years old in Amsterdam.
Dino Buzzati
Italian writer (1906-1972).
Born October 16th, 1906 in Belluno.
Died January 28th, 1972 at 65 years old in Milan (pancreatic cancer).
Geoff Nicholls
British guitarist and keyboardist (1948–2017).
Born February 29th, 1948 in Birmingham.
Died January 28th, 2017 at 68 years old (lung cancer).
Thomas Hicks
American track and field athlete.
Born January 11th, 1876 in Birmingham.
Died January 28th, 1952 at 76 years old in Winnipeg. [ref]
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain