Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Jan-28

Died on This Day (Jan-28)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Luis Tejada Luis Tejada Panamanian footballer Panamanian footballer 41 2
Tom Verlaine Tom Verlaine American singer and guitarist American singer and guitarist 73 3
  Elis Svärd Swedish professional golfer Swedish golfer 25 4
Cicely Tyson Cicely Tyson American actress American actress and fashion model 96 5
Nicholas Parsons Nicholas Parsons British actor, rector and radio-TV presenter English television presenter 96 6
  Kim Bok-dong South Korean activist Korean sex slave 92 7
Coco Schumann Coco Schumann German jazz musician Holocaust survivor 93 8
  Christopher Bland British businessman British businessman and politician 78 9
Paul Kantner Paul Kantner American singer and guitarist American guitarist, singer and songwriter 74 10
  Ken Carpenter American football player American football player 84 15
Alistair Hulett Alistair Hulett Alistair Hulett was a Scottish acoustic folk singer best known as the singer of the folk punk band, Roaring Jack. British singer 58 16
  Nicolas Tindal-Carill-Worsley British World War II bomber pilot British World War II bomber pilot 94 20
Earl Ben Gilliam Earl Ben Gilliam Earl Ben Gilliam was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. United States federal judge 69 25
Joseph Brodsky Joseph Brodsky Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Poet, essayist 55 30
Red Grange Red Grange Harold Edward "Red" Grange , nicknamed "the Galloping Ghost" and "the Wheaton Iceman", was an American football halfback for the University of Illinois, the Chicago Bears, and the short-lived New York Yankees. American footballer 87 35
Gregory Jarvis Gregory Jarvis Gregory Bruce Jarvis was an American engineer and astronaut who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where he was serving as payload specialist for Hughes Aircraft. American astronaut 41 40
Ray Nance Ray Nance Ray Willis Nance was an American jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer. American musician 62 50
Dominic Salvatore Gentile Dominic Salvatore Gentile Dominic Salvatore "Don" Gentile , also known as "Ace of Aces", was a World War II USAAF pilot who surpassed Eddie Rickenbacker's World War I record of 26 downed aircraft. American flying ace 30 75
Katō Takaaki Katō Takaaki Count Kato Takaaki was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and Prime Minister of Japan from 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called "Taisho Democracy". Japanese politician 66 100
  Ferenc Deák Ferenc Deák de Kehida was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. Hungarian politician 72 150