Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: May-28

Died on This Day (May-28)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Kenyan writer Kenyan author and academic 87 1
William F. Clinger Jr. William F. Clinger Jr. American politician Member of the U.S. House of Representatives 92 5
  Claude Goasguen French politician 75 6
Edward Seaga Edward Seaga 5th Prime Minister of Jamaica Prime Minister of Jamaica 89 7
Cornelia Frances Cornelia Frances English-Australian actress English-Australian actress 77 8
  John Noakes English actor, presenter and television personality English television presenter 83 9
Bryce Dejean-Jones Bryce Dejean-Jones American professional basketball player American basketball player 23 10
Mundlapati Ramanadha Rao Mundlapati Ramanadha Rao Indian activist Indian activist 89 15
Gary Coleman Gary Coleman Gary Wayne Coleman was an American actor and comedian. American actor 42 16
Friedrich Blond Friedrich Blond Friedrich "Friedel" Blond was an Obersturmführer in the Waffen-SS during World War II. SS officer 89 17
Daihachiro Sato Daihachiro Sato Daihachiro Sato was a Japanese mathematician who was awarded the Lester R. Japanese mathematician 75 18
  Jörg Immendorff Jörg Immendorff was a German painter, sculptor, stage designer and art professor. German artist 61 19
Thorleif Schjelderup Thorleif Schjelderup Norwegian ski jumper Norwegian ski jumper 86 20
Francisco Varela Francisco Varela Francisco Javier Varela García was a Chilean biologist, philosopher, cybernetician, and neuroscientist who, together with his mentor Humberto Maturana, is best known for introducing the concept of autopoiesis to biology, and for co-founding the Mind and Life Institute to promote dialog between science and Buddhism. Chilean biologist 54 25
Roy Cullenbine Roy Cullenbine American baseball player American baseball player 77 35
Don MacLaughlin Don MacLaughlin William Donald MacLaughlin was an American actor. The son of a doctor, MacLaughlin was born November 24, 1906, in Webster, Iowa. American actor 79 40
Mary Lou Williams Mary Lou Williams Mary Lou Williams was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. American musician 71 45
William Ross Macdonald William Ross Macdonald William Ross Macdonald PC OC CD QC , served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1968 to 1974, and as 22nd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1953. Canadian politician 84 50
Isaac Hellmuth Isaac Hellmuth Isaac Hellmuth , second Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Huron, was the founder of Huron University College and the University of Western Ontario, one of Canada's leading universities. Anglican bishop 81 125
Bacho Kiro Bacho Kiro Bacho Kiro was the nickname of Kiro Petrov Zanev , a Bulgarian teacher, man of letters and revolutionary who took an active part in the April Uprising. Bulgarian revolutionary 40 150