August 28th
154 Notable deaths
Arthur Jones
American inventor.
Born August 22nd, 1926 in Morrilton.
Died August 28th, 2007 at 81 years old in Ocala.
Jan Clayton
American actress (1917-1983).
Born August 26th, 1917 in Tularosa.
Died August 28th, 1983 at 66 years old in West Hollywood (cancer).
Nikolai Vladimirovich Zateyev
Soviet submarine commander (1926-1998).
Born June 30th, 1926 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died August 28th, 1998 at 72 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).
Harry Gold
American chemist (1910–1972).
Born December 11th, 1910 in Philadelphia.
Died August 28th, 1972 at 61 years old in Philadelphia (disease).
Bohuslav Martinů
Czech composer (1890–1959).
Born December 8th, 1890 in Polička. [ref]
Died August 28th, 1959 at 68 years old in Basel, Liestal. [ref]
Glenn Cornick
British bass player.
Born April 23rd, 1947 in Barrow-in-Furness.
Died August 28th, 2014 at 67 years old in Hilo (congestive heart failure).
Al Arbour
Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive (1932–2015).
Born November 1st, 1932 in Greater Sudbury.
Died August 28th, 2015 at 82 years old in Sarasota. [ref]
Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey
British judge (1880-1971).
Born December 2nd, 1880 in Builth Wells.
Died August 28th, 1971 at 90 years old in Malmesbury.
Kofi Abrefa Busia
Prime minister of ghana (1969-1972).
Born July 11th, 1913 in Wenchi. [ref]
Died August 28th, 1978 at 65 years old in Oxford (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Théophanis Lamboukas
The second husband of the french singer édith piaf (1936-1970).
Born January 26th, 1936 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 28th, 1970 at 34 years old in Limoges (traffic collision).
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