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History Deaths on March 28


Dick Haymes
Dick Haymes, Argentinian-American actor and singer (b. 1918)

#Dick_Haymes

Richard Arlen
Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898)

#Richard_Arlen

George Henry Thomas
George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)

#George_Henry_Thomas

W. C. Handy
W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1873)

#W._C._Handy

George E. P. Box
George E. P. Box, English-American statistician and educator (b. 1919)

#George_E._P._Box

Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara
Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (b. 1877)

#Kavasji_Jamshedji_Petigara

Hugo Wast
Hugo Wast, Argentinian author and screenwriter (b. 1883)

#Hugo_Wast

William Giauque
William Giauque, Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)

#William_Giauque

Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (b. 1909)

#Eugène_Ionesco

Édouard Colonne
Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)

#Édouard_Colonne

Vethathiri Maharishi
Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1911)

#Vethathiri_Maharishi

Sigismund von Herberstein
Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian historian and diplomat (b. 1486)

#Sigismund_von_Herberstein

Piet Joubert
Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. 1831 or 1834)

#Piet_Joubert

Constantijn Huygens
Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)

#Constantijn_Huygens

Alexander Arutiunian
Alexander Arutiunian, Armenian pianist and composer (b. 1920)

#Alexander_Arutiunian

Ordulf, Duke of Saxony
Ordulf, Duke of Saxony (b. 1022)

#Ordulf,_Duke_of_Saxony

Magnus, Duke of Holstein
Magnus, Duke of Holstein (b. 1540)

#Magnus,_Duke_of_Holstein

Jeremiah Denton
Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (b. 1924)

#Jeremiah_Denton

Edmund Kirby Smith
Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)

#Edmund_Kirby_Smith

Virginia Gilmore
Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)

#Virginia_Gilmore

Carmen Dragon
Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer (b. 1914)

#Carmen_Dragon

Maria von Trapp
Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1905)

#Maria_von_Trapp

Arnulf I, Count of Flanders
Arnulf I, count of Flanders

#Arnulf_I,_Count_of_Flanders

Marquis de Condorcet
Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)

#Marquis_de_Condorcet

William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby
William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (b. 1193)

#William_de_Ferrers,_5th_Earl_of_Derby

Robert Hunter (golfer)
Robert Hunter, American golfer (b. 1886)

#Robert_Hunter_(golfer)

Miroslav Ond?í?ek
Miroslav Ond?í?ek, Czech cinematographer (b. 1934)

#Miroslav_Ond?í?ek

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)

#Sergei_Rachmaninoff

Emperor Go-Toba
Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)

#Emperor_Go-Toba

Pertinax
Pertinax, Roman emperor (b. 126)

#Pertinax

Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter and poet (b. 1887)

#Marc_Chagall

Marcus Hurley
Marcus Hurley, American basketball player and cyclist (b. 1883)

#Marcus_Hurley

Venturino of Bergamo
Venturino of Bergamo, Dominican preacher (b. 1304)

#Venturino_of_Bergamo

Ivan the Terrible
Ivan the Terrible, Russian king (b. 1530)

#Ivan_the_Terrible

Valdemar II of Denmark
Valdemar II of Denmark (b. 1170)

#Valdemar_II_of_Denmark

Gus Triandos
Gus Triandos, American baseball player and scout (b. 1930)

#Gus_Triandos

Clemence Dane
Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (b. 1888)

#Clemence_Dane

Stephen Harding
Saint Stephen Harding, founder of the Cistercian order

#Stephen_Harding

Peter Andreas Hansen
Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)

#Peter_Andreas_Hansen

Pro Hart
Pro Hart, Australian painter (b. 1928)

#Pro_Hart

Moura Lympany
Moura Lympany, English-Monacan pianist (b. 1916)

#Moura_Lympany

Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp
Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)

#Petrus_Hofman_Peerlkamp

Lomer Gouin
Lomer Gouin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Quebec (b. 1861)

#Lomer_Gouin

Dorothy Fields
Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (b. 1905)

#Dorothy_Fields

Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1882)

#Virginia_Woolf

Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov, English-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

#Peter_Ustinov

Solomon Foot
Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)

#Solomon_Foot

Pope Martin IV
Pope Martin IV (b. 1220)

#Pope_Martin_IV

Katharine Lee Bates
Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and songwriter (b. 1859)

#Katharine_Lee_Bates

Franco Gasparri
Franco Gasparri, Italian actor (b. 1948)

#Franco_Gasparri

Albert Pinkham Ryder
Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)

#Albert_Pinkham_Ryder

Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe, American football player and coach (b. 1887)

#Jim_Thorpe

Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)

#Stephen_Leacock

James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)

#James_Brudenell,_7th_Earl_of_Cardigan

Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths, English actor (b. 1947)

#Richard_Griffiths

Wenche Foss
Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (b. 1917)

#Wenche_Foss

Modest Mussorgsky
Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)

#Modest_Mussorgsky

Joseph-Médard Émard
Joseph-Médard Émard, Canadian archbishop (b. 1853)

#Joseph-Médard_Émard

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)

#Dwight_D._Eisenhower

Mahmoud Mokhtar
Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and educator (b. 1891)

#Mahmoud_Mokhtar

Donie Bush
Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (b. 1887)

#Donie_Bush

Miguel Hernández
Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)

#Miguel_Hernández

Charles Schepens
Charles Schepens, Belgian-American ophthalmologist and author (b. 1912)

#Charles_Schepens

Caspar Weinberger
Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)

#Caspar_Weinberger

Karol ?wierczewski
Karol ?wierczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)

#Karol_?wierczewski

Jack Hoxie
Jack Hoxie, American actor (b. 1885)

#Jack_Hoxie

Caleb Scofield, musician (b. 1978)
James Noble, American actor (b. 1922)
Walter Schuck, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
Gene Saks, American actor and director (b. 1921)
Joseph Cassidy, Canadian-English priest and academic (b. 1954)
Chuck Brayton, American baseball player and coach (b. 1925)
Avraham Yaski, Israeli architect and academic (b. 1927)
Lorenzo Semple, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
Robert Zildjian, American businessman, founded Sabian (b. 1923)
Bob Teague, American college football star and television news-reporter (b. 1929)
Heinz Patzig, German footballer and manager (b. 1929)
Hugh McCracken, American guitarist, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1942)
Art Malone, American race car driver (b. 1936)
Manuel García Ferré, Spanish-Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
Harry Crews, American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1935)
John Arden, English author and playwright (b. 1930)
June Havoc, American actress, dancer, and director (b. 1912)
Maurice Jarre, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
Moe Koffman, Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1928)
Anthony Powell, English soldier and author (b. 1905)
Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1914)
Scott Cunningham, American author (b. 1956)
Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1909)
Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1907)
Françoise Rosay, French actress (b. 1891)
Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1905)
Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (b. 1876)
Grigora? Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (b. 1889)
Charles Hubbard, American archer (b. 1849)
Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)
Heinrich Glarean, Swiss poet and theorist (b. 1488)
John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford (b. 1435)
Flodoard, Frankish canon and chronicler
Hatsusebe, Japanese princess