June 28 - Deaths

Deaths

  • 548 – Theodora I, Byzantine Empress and wife of Justinian I (b. c. 500)
  • 572 – Alboin, Italian king (b. 530)
  • 767 – Pope Paul I (b. 700)
  • 928 – Louis the Blind, Roman emperor (b. 880)
  • 1061 – Floris I, Count of Holland (b. 1020)
  • 1175 – Andrey Bogolyubsky, Russian prince (b. 1111)
  • 1194 – Emperor Xiaozong of Song (b. 1127)
  • 1385 – Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1348)
  • 1389 – Lazar of Serbia (b. 1329)
  • 1586 – Primož Trubar, Slovenian author and reformer (b. 1508)
  • 1598 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer (b. 1527)
  • 1716 – George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general (b. 1665)
  • 1813 – Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (b. 1755)
  • 1834 – Joseph Bové, Russian architect, designed the Triumphal Arch of Moscow (b. 1784)
  • 1836 – James Madison, American politician and theorist, 4th President of the United States (b. 1751)
  • 1880 – Texas Jack Omohundro, American cowboy and actor (b. 1846)
  • 1881 – Jules Armand Dufaure, French politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1798)
  • 1889 – Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (b. 1818)
  • 1892 – Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves, Greek poet and statesman (b. 1810)
  • 1913 – Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Brazil (b. 1841)
  • 1914 – Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (b. 1868)
  • 1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1863)
  • 1915 – Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (b. 1877)
  • 1916 – Ştefan Luchian, Romanian painter (b. 1868)
  • 1922 – Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (b. 1885)
  • 1929 – Edward Carpenter, English poet (b. 1844)
  • 1935 – Patriarch Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
  • 1936 – Alexander Berkman, American anarchist and writer (d. 1870)
  • 1946 – Raymond Lawler, American soccer player (b. 1888)
  • 1960 – Jake Swirbul, American businessman, co-founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (b. 1898)
  • 1962 – Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player (b. 1903)
  • 1962 – Cy Morgan, American baseball player (b. 1878)
  • 1965 – Red Nichols, American cornet player, bandleader, and composer (The California Ramblers) (b. 1905)
  • 1971 – Franz Stangl, Austrian SS officer (b. 1908)
  • 1974 – Frank Sutton, American actor (b. 1923)
  • 1975 – Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, Greek architect (b. 1913)
  • 1975 – Serge Reding, Belgian weightlifter (b. 1941)
  • 1975 – Rod Serling, American scriptwriter, producer, and author (b. 1924)
  • 1976 – Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer (b. 1927)
  • 1978 – Clifford Dupont, English-Rhodesian politician, 1st President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
  • 1980 – José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra) (b. 1895)
  • 1981 – Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and activist (b. 1958)
  • 1984 – Yigael Yadin, Israeli archeologist and politician (b. 1917)
  • 1985 – Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (b. 1913)
  • 1989 – Joris Ivens, Dutch director, writer, and producer (b. 1898)
  • 1989 – Mike Sebastian, American football player (b. 1910)
  • 1992 – Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (b. 1936)
  • 1993 – GG Allin, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Murder Junkies and The Jabbers) (b. 1956)
  • 1995 – Petri Walli, Finnish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Kingston Wall) (b. 1969)
  • 2000 – Jane Birdwood, English activist (b. 1913)
  • 2000 – Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (b. 1908)
  • 2001 – Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (b. 1902)
  • 2001 – Joan Sims, English actress (b. 1930)
  • 2003 – Willem Slijkhuis, Dutch runner (b. 1923)
  • 2004 – Anthony Buckeridge, English author (b. 1912)
  • 2005 – Brenda Howard, American activist (b. 1946)
  • 2005 – Michael P. Murphy, American lieutenant, recipient of the Medal of Honor (b. 1976)
  • 2006 – Jim Baen, American publisher and editor (b. 1943)
  • 2006 – George Page, American television host and producer (b. 1935)
  • 2006 – Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, English politician and author (b. 1919)
  • 2006 – George Unwin, English pilot (b. 1913)
  • 2007 – Eugene Bennett Fluckey, American navy officer (b. 1913)
  • 2007 – Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)
  • 2008 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakh model (b. 1987)
  • 2009 – A. K. Lohithadas, Indian screenwriter, director, and producer (b. 1955)
  • 2009 – Billy Mays, American advertising pitchman (b. 1958)
  • 2009 – Fred Travalena, American comedian and actor (b. 1942)
  • 2010 – Bill Aucoin, American band manager (b. 1943)
  • 2010 – Robert Byrd, American politician (b. 1917)
  • 2011 – Angélico Vieira, Portuguese singer and actor (D'ZRT) (b. 1982)
  • 2012 – Richard Isay, American psychiatrist (b. 1934)
  • 2012 – Leontine T. Kelly, American bishop (b. 1920)
  • 2012 – Robert Sabatier, French author (b. 1923)
  • 2012 – Doris Sams, American baseball player (b. 1927)
  • 2012 – Zhang Ruifang, Chinese actress (b. 1918)

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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:

    “There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
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    “Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
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    “On almost the incendiary eve
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