February 28th
170 Notable deaths
Tommaso Costantino
Italian fencer.
Born June 23rd, 1885 in Tunis.
Died February 28th, 1950 at 64 years old in Brindisi.
André Devaux
French sprinter.
Born August 4th, 1894 in Laon.
Died February 28th, 1981 at 86 years old in Chaumont.
Arne Mortensen
Norwegian rower (1900–1942).
Born October 14th, 1900 in Stavanger.
Died February 28th, 1942 at 41 years old
Pelayo Novo García
Spanish footballer (1990–2023).
Born November 1st, 1990 in Oviedo.
Died February 28th, 2023 at 32 years old in La Corredoria train station (train collision). [ref]
Grant Turner
New zealand footballer (1958–2023).
Born October 7th, 1958 in Lower Hutt.
Died February 28th, 2023 at 64 years old in Tauranga (cancer). [ref]
Väinö Penttala
Olympic wrestler.
Born January 16th, 1897 in Isokyrö.
Died February 28th, 1976 at 79 years old in Isokyrö.
Yuldash Akhunbabaev
Uzbekistani politician (1885-1943).
Born July 1st, 1885 in Margilan.
Died February 28th, 1943 at 57 years old in Tashkent.
Raúl Sánchez
Chilean footballer (1933-2016).
Born October 28th, 1933 in Valparaíso.
Died February 28th, 2016 at 82 years old in Santiago. [ref]
Jean Marcel Honoré
Catholic cardinal.
Born August 13th, 1920 in Saint-Brice-en-Coglès.
Died February 28th, 2013 at 92 years old in Tours.
Mario Bergara
Uruguayan association football player (1937-2001).
Born December 1st, 1937 in Montevideo.
Died February 28th, 2001 at 63 years old
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel