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Deaths on May 28

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
1650 : Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59
1685 : Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67
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
1833 : Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74
1836 : Anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66
1838 : Thomas Busby, composer, dies
1843 : Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84
1849 : Anne Bront‚, novelist, 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
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
1921 : Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies
1922 : Carl Tieke, composer, dies at 58
1927 : Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Belgian Kempen), dies
1937 : Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67
1940 : Adriaan J Ensched‚, dir (Dutch printers Joh Ensched‚), dies at 50
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
1942 : Jean F van Royen, German secretary PTT (camp Amersfoort), dies
1944 : Katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42
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
1969 : Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71
1971 : Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46
1972 : Edward VIII, King of Gr Brit/N Ireld/emperor (India 1936), 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
1977 : Jiri Reinberger, composer, dies at 63
1981 : Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC
1981 : Stefan Wyszynski, Polish Cardinal, dies
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 : Billy Conn, boxer/actor (Pittsburgh Kid), dies at 75
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, comedian, actor, dies at 49.

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