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)