Famous Deaths on 28th May

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1089 - Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1259 - Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies
1317 - Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63
1357 - Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66
1521 - Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62
1534 - Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83
1556 - Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)
1650 - Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59
1672 - John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)
1685 - Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67
1747 - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)
1750 - Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)
1787 - Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67
1791 - Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57
1805 - Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62
1808 - Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)
1811 - Henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742)
1816 - Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord
1828 - Daikokuya Kōdayū, Japanese castaway (b. 1751)
1833 - Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74
1836 - Anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66
1838 - Thomas Busby, composer, dies
Lexicographer Noah Webster (1843) 1843 - Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84
1849 - Anne Bronte, English novelist (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall), dies
1862 - Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16]
1863 - Edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23
1864 - Henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle
1864 - Simion Bărnuţiu, Romanian philosopher and liberal politician (b. 1808)
1878 - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
1883 - August Freyer, composer, dies at 79
1889 - Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37
1890 - Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49
1898 - Edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies
1911 - Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies
1913 - Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies
1914 - Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer, dies at 76
1916 - Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (b. 1856)
1921 - Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies
1922 - Carl Teike, composer, dies at 58
1927 - Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Belgian Kempen), dies
1927 - Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter (b. 1878)
1937 - Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67
1940 - Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70
1940 - Theodor Streicher, composer, dies at 65
1940 - Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at 53
1940 - Friedrich Karl von Hessen (b. 1868)
1944 - Katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42
1947 - August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal (b. 1907)
1948 - Unity Mitford, English fascist sympathizer (b. 1914)
1953 - Hori Tatsuo, Japanese writer (b. 1904)
1954 - Achille Longo, composer, dies at 54
1958 - Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer, dies at 77
1959 - Bert Collins, cricketer (19 Tests for Aust 1920-26), dies
1963 - Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60
1964 - John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76
1968 - Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (b. 1908)
1969 - Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71
1971 - Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46
1971 - Jean Vilar, French actor (b. 1912)
King of Great Britain Edward VIII (1972) 1972 - Edward VIII, King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dies at 77
1973 - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Germ composer/conductor (Hassan), dies at 73
1973 - Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/US art critic sculptor, dies at 81
1975 - Eric Emerson, entertainer, dies
1975 - Roy Roberts, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies at 75
1976 - Steffan Danielsen, Faroese painter (b. 1922)
1977 - Jiri Reinberger, composer, dies at 63
1978 - Arthur Brough, English actor (b. 1905)
1980 - Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (b. 1895)
1981 - Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC
1981 - Stefan Wyszynski, Polish Cardinal, dies
1982 - Lt Col 'H'. Jones VC, British soldier (Falklands War) (b. 1940)
1983 - Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany, New York (b. 1909)
1984 - Eric Morecambe, British comedian (Morecambe & Wise), dies at 58
1986 - Lurene Tuttle, actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79
1987 - Charles Ludlam, actor (Big Easy), dies at 44
1990 - Giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at 67
1990 - Hussein Bin Onn, 1st minister of Malasia (1976-81), dies
1990 - Joseph Hardy, actor/director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at 71
1991 - Brigitte B Fischer, writer, dies
1991 - Ethel Lois Payne, journalist (Chic Defender), dies at 79
1993 - Charles Barnett, cricketer (20 Tests for England), dies
1994 - Julius Boros, pro golfer (US Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74
1994 - Rita Gillespie, tV Director, dies at 65
1995 - Daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at 57
1995 - Henning Kronstam, dancer, dies at 60
1995 - Jean Elizabeth Leuckert Muir, designer dressmaker, dies at 66
1995 - Jean Muir, (Dress Queen), British model, dies at 66
1996 - John "Jack" Layden, local politician, dies at 70
1996 - Sidney Greenbaum, grammarian, dies at 66
1998 - Phil Hartman, Canadian actor, comedian (b. 1948)
2001 - Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist and philosopher (b. 1946)
2001 - Joe Moakley, American politician (b. 1927)
2002 - Jean Berger, German-born composer (b. 1909)
2003 - Oleg Makarov, cosmonaut (b. 1933)
2003 - Martha Scott, American actress (b. 1912)
2003 - Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1917)
2004 - Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-born automobile executive (b. 1934)
2006 - Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian author and ski jumper (b. 1920)
2007 - Marquise Hill, American football player (b. 1982)
2007 - Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician (b. 1945)
2008 - David Mitton, Scottish-born director (b. 1938)
2008 - Robert Justman, American television producer (b. 1926)
2010 - Gary Coleman, American actor (b. 1968)