Famous Deaths on 28th April

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1089 - Dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies
1109 - Hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies
1192 - Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s)
1498 - Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician
1533 - Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)
1710 - Thomas Betterton, English actor
1716 - Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)
1726 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)
1741 - Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman (b. 1668)
1770 - Marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60
1772 - Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)
1781 - Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)
1799 - Francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62
1804 - Hans Gram, composer, dies at 49
1813 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
1816 - Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)
1841 - Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803)
1843 - William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies
1853 - Ludwig Tieck, writer, dies at 79
1858 - Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)
1865 - Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787)
1873 - A Manzoni, writer, dies at 88
1881 - Robert W Ollinger, US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies
1887 - Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67
1896 - Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies
1905 - Fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)
1925 - Louis F J Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies
1926 - Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
1933 - Robin Irvine, actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31
1935 - Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scotish composer, dies at 87
1936 - Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies
1944 - Frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874)
Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini (1945) 1945 - Benito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), shot after trial at 61
1945 - Claretta Petacci, mistress of Mussolini, executed
1945 - Hans Bloesch, writer, dies
1945 - Roberto Farinacci, Italian fascist (b. 1892)
1946 - Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (b. 1870)
1949 - Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines (shot) (b. 1888)
1954 - Léon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879)
1955 - Lode Cantens, Flemish playwrite (Gnomes of the City), dies at 43
1957 - Heinz "Pritzl" Bär, German fighter pilot (b. 1913)
1960 - Anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87
1964 - Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (b. 1888)
1965 - Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer/writer (Character), dies at 80
1966 - Ralph Bunker, actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at 77
1969 - Johannes Rontgen, composer, dies at 70
1970 - Ed Begley, actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69
1973 - Pat Henning, actor (Goodyear TV Playhouse), dies at 62
1973 - Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
1974 - Paul Page, actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at 70
1975 - Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 48
1976 - Eugen Roth, writer, dies at 81
1977 - Ricardo Cortez, actor/director (Bad Company, Flesh), dies at 87
1979 - Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer, dies at 86
1980 - Dee Carroll, [Betty Jean Marsh], actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies
1981 - Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight champ (1922-26) dies at 79
1982 - Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66
1982 - EW "Nobby" Clark, Engl cricketer (32 wickets in 8 Tests 1929-34), dies
1983 - Ron James, cricketer (NSW's Sheffield Shield capt 1949-50), dies
1984 - Glen H Taylor, US senator/VP candidate (1948), dies at 80
1984 - Silvia A Warner, writer, dies
1987 - Ben Linder, development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua
1988 - B. W. Stevenson, American country singer (b. 1949)
1989 - Olaff J de Landell [JB van Sparwoude], Dutch writer, dies at 77
1990 - Jean Blazer Baney, entertainer, dies
1991 - Floyd B McKissick, US founder (CORE), dies
1991 - Ken Curtis, actor (Festus-Gunsmoke), dies at 74
1991 - Steve Broidy, American motion picture executive (b. 1905)
1992 - Francis Bacon, Irish/British abstract painter, dies at 82
1992 - Olivier Messiaen, French composer (St Francois d'Assise), dies at 83
1992 - Iceberg Slim, American writer (b. 1918)
1993 - Jim Valvano, basketball coach (NC State), dies of cancer at 47
1995 - Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster, dies at 67
1995 - Henry C Rogers, press Agent, dies at 81
1995 - Peaches Roy Davis, baseball pitcher, dies at 89
1996 - Giles Grangier, film director, dies at 84
1996 - Henry Clarke, fashion photographer, dies at 75
1996 - Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, politician, dies at 80
1996 - William E Colby, director of CIA (1973-76), dies
1997 - Susan Seddon Boulet, artist, dies of cancer at 45
1998 - Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (b. 1939)
1999 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (b. 1922)
1999 - Alf Ramsey, English football manager (b. 1920)
1999 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1921)
2000 - Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (b. 1916)
2000 - Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor, researcher and politician (b. 1925)
2002 - Alexander Lebed, Russian general (b. 1950)
2002 - Lou Thesz, American wrestler (b. 1916)
2005 - Chris Candido, American wrestler (b. 1972)
2005 - Taraki Sivaram, Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka (b. 1959)
2005 - Percy Heath, American jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1923)
2007 - Dabbs Greer, American actor (b. 1917)
2007 - Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (b. 1929)
2007 - Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (b. 1912)
2009 - Valeria Peter Predescu, Romanian singer (b. 1947)
2009 - Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina (b. 1939)
2012 - Patricia Medina, English actress, dies from natural causes at 92