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June 28, 2002 "Arthur ""Spud"" Melin", entreprenuer, co-founded Wham-o, dies at 76 June 28, 2001 Mortimer Adler, "writer, ""Great Books"" editor", dies at 98 June 28, 1996 George Ghita Ionescu, academic, dies at 83 June 28, 1996 Michael Wishart, artist, dies at 68 June 28, 1996 Piers Gray, critic/writer, dies at 49 June 28, 1996 Ronald George Woodman, pilot, dies at 82 June 28, 1996 Willard F. McMurry, musician, dies at 89 June 28, 1995 Donald Sinclair, vet, dies at 83 June 28, 1994 Fredericka Carolyn Washington, actress (Black and Tan), dies at 90 June 28, 1994 William A Henry III, critic (Time Mag), dies of heart attack at 44 June 28, 1993 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79 June 28, 1993 GG Allin, American Musician June 28, 1992 Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55 June 28, 1991 Klas Bruinsma, clergyman, dies June 28, 1990 Estelle Lamont, entertainer, dies June 28, 1989 Joris Ivens, director (Indonesia), dies at 90 June 28, 1988 Kurt Raab, writer/actor (Boarding School, Stationmaster's Wife), dies June 28, 1985 James Craig, actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74 June 28, 1982 Gerard[us M] Rutten, director (Sterren stralen overal), dies June 28, 1982 Harry Mills, U.S., singer (Mills Brothers), dies at 70 June 28, 1981 Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, Iran Islamic Rep Party founder, bombed June 28, 1981 Peter Paul Kreuder, German composer, dies at 75 June 28, 1980 Heal Gahagan Douglas, (Rep-D-Ca), lost to Nixon, dies at 79 June 28, 1980 Herbie Faye, comedian (Doc, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 81 June 28, 1980 Jose Iturbi, Spanish/US pianist (Pequena danza Espanola), dies at 84 June 28, 1980 Yoshiro Irino, composer, dies at 58 June 28, 1980 Helen Gahagan, American Actress June 28, 1979 Paul Dessau, German composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33), dies at 84 June 28, 1976 Stanley Baker, actor (Accident, Guns of Navarone), dies at 49 June 28, 1975 Rod Serling, writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), dies at 50 June 28, 1974 Frank Sutton, actor (Sgt Vince Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC), dies at 50 June 28, 1971 Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor (Serenity), dies at 78 June 28, 1971 Joseph Colombo, mobster, shot dead at 48 June 28, 1965 [Theodora E] Betsy Ranucci-Beckman, actress (Dood Water), dies at 88 June 28, 1964 King Calder, actor (Lt Grey-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64 June 28, 1963 Frank "Home Run" Baker, (hit 2 home runs in 1911 world series) dies at 77 June 28, 1962 Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59 June 28, 1958 Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Robin Hood), dies at 77 June 28, 1957 Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder (Sturm), dies at 78 June 28, 1957 Ede Poldini, composer, dies at 88 June 28, 1954 Red deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26 June 28, 1950 Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer, dies at 72 June 28, 1947 Stanislav K Neumann, Czech poet (Anti-Guide), dies at 72 June 28, 1946 Eduard Veterman, Dutch painter/playwright, dies in an auto accident June 28, 1946 Antoinette Perry, American Actress June 28, 1940 Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya, dies at 44 June 28, 1937 Max Adler, Austrian socialist theorist, dies at 64 June 28, 1936 Alexander Berkman, Russian Writer June 28, 1929 Edward Carpenter, English Activist June 28, 1914 Franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated June 28, 1914 Sophie, Princess of Austria, assassinated June 28, 1912 Josef V Sladek, Czech poet (Za soumraku), dies at 66 June 28, 1910 Gustave Leon Huberti, composer, dies at 67 June 28, 1909 Israel Durham, Phillies president dies June 28, 1891 Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer, dies at 63 June 28, 1890 Edouard Gregoir, composer, dies at 67 June 28, 1889 Maria Mitchell, 1st U.S. woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 70 June 28, 1876 August W. Ambros, Austria musicologist, dies at 59 June 28, 1872 Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer, dies at 66 June 28, 1857 Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53 June 28, 1855 Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86 June 28, 1846 Adrian van de Ende, vicar/protestant reformer, dies at 77 June 28, 1844 Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes, "Placido", Cuban poet, dies at 35 June 28, 1836 James Madison, 4th U.S. President (1809-17), dies in Montpelier Virginia at 85 June 28, 1830 David Walker, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens), dies at 44 June 28, 1813 Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prus min of War (1807-10), dies in battle June 28, 1806 Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer, dies at 64 June 28, 1802 Johann J Angel, German author/director, dies at 60 June 28, 1798 Pierre Dutillieu, composer, dies at 44 June 28, 1788 Johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32 June 28, 1776 Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged June 28, 1748 Marretje Arends, [Matje of Nieuwendijk], Amsterdam plunderer, hanged June 28, 1748 Pieter van Dort, Amsterdam plunderer, hanged June 28, 1742 Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer, dies at 52 June 28, 1714 Cornelis Chastelein, colonial director, dies at 56 June 28, 1714 Daniel van Papenbroeck, Flemish jesuit/historian, dies at 86 June 28, 1617 Johan Evertsen de Captain, Swiss admiral, dies in battle June 28, 1598 Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Netherlands geographer, dies at 71 June 28, 1385 Andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies June 28, 1061 Floris I, count of Holland, dies June 28, 767 Paul I, [Paolo Orsini], Italian Pope (757-67), dies June 28, 573 Alboin, king of Longobarden, probably poisoned by his wife June 28, 548 Theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies |