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August 28th
196 Notable deaths
Shulamith Firestone
Canadian born us feminist scholar, activist and writer (1945-2012).
Born January 7th, 1945 in Ottawa.
Died August 28th, 2012 at 67 years old in New York. [ref]
Vince Taylor
British rock and roll singer (1939-1991).
Born July 14th, 1939 in Isleworth.
Died August 28th, 1991 at 52 years old in Lutry (lung cancer).
Paul Grice
British philosopher.
Born March 13th, 1913 in Birmingham.
Died August 28th, 1988 at 75 years old in Berkeley.
Bronislav Kaminski
Polish-russian-german ss-brigadeführer (1899-1944).
Born June 16th, 1899 in Dobrzyń nad Wisłą.
Died August 28th, 1944 at 45 years old in Łódź (gunshot wound).
Béla Guttmann
Hungarian football player and manager (1899–1981).
Born March 13th, 1900 in Budapest.
Died August 28th, 1981 at 81 years old in Vienna.
Chaim Rumkowski
Head of judenrat in lodz ghetto..
Born February 27th, 1877 in Ilyino.
Died August 28th, 1944 at 67 years old in Auschwitz (lynching).
Arthur Jones
American inventor (1926–2007).
Born August 22nd, 1926 in Morrilton.
Died August 28th, 2007 at 81 years old in Ocala.
Robert Shaw
British actor and writer (1927–1978).
Born August 9th, 1927 in Westhoughton.
Died August 28th, 1978 at 51 years old in Tuar Mhic Éadaigh (myocardial infarction).
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 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 (1947–2014).
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]
Henry Sidgwick
English philosopher (1838–1900).
Born May 31st, 1838 in Skipton.
Died August 28th, 1900 at 62 years old in Terling.
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).
Bruce Catton
American historian and journalist (1899-1978).
Born October 9th, 1899 in Petoskey.
Died August 28th, 1978 at 78 years old in Frankfort.
Robert Caldwell
British orientalist and dravidologist (1814–1891).
Died August 28th, 1891 at 77 years old in Kodaikanal.
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld
Austro-hungarian physicist.
Born April 18th, 1882 in Lviv.
Died August 28th, 1963 at 81 years old in Charlotte Amalie.
Steve Silberman
American writer and journalist (1957–2024).
Born December 23rd, 1957 in Ithaca.
Died August 28th, 2024 at 66 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Tsutomu Hata
80th prime minister of japan (1935-2017).
Born August 24th, 1935 in Kamata-ku.
Died August 28th, 2017 at 82 years old in Setagaya (senility). [ref]
Ralph Eggleston
American animator (1965–2022).
Born October 18th, 1965 in Lake Charles.
Died August 28th, 2022 at 56 years old in San Rafael (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Ernest Douwes Dekker
Indonesia politician (1879–1950).
Born October 8th, 1879 in Pasuruan.
Died August 28th, 1950 at 70 years old in Bandung.
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz