This archive lists notable deaths associated with August 28 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on August 28, 2026.
Bill Doba, the American football coach who led Washington State University’s Cougars from 2003 through 2007,
died on August 28, 2026, at age 85 from complications from a stroke. Born…
Kaka Mallam Yale, a Nigerian politician and senator,
died on August 28, 2026, aged 73. Born in January 1953 in Yale town of Konduga District, he represented Borno Central in…
Ray Miller, an American politician and former member of the Ohio General Assembly,
died on August 28, 2026, aged 77. A Democrat and graduate of Ohio State University, he also…
Mykola Dzyuba, a Ukrainian politician,
died on August 28, 2026, aged 79. Born Mykola Hryhorovych Dzyuba on November 12, 1946, in Suvyd, then part of the Ukrainian SSR, he served…
Li Weikang, the Chinese Peking opera singer and actress,
died on August 28, 2026, aged 79. A native of Beijing, she was a retired performer who became a national first-class…
Kenneth Treister, an American architect best known for the Holocaust Memorial he designed in Miami Beach, Florida,
died on August 28, 2026, aged 96. A Fellow of the American Institute…
Harald V, Norway’s king since 1991,
died on August 28, 2026, at age 89. He had reigned for more than three decades after ascending the throne on January 17, 1991.…
Priit Aimla, the Estonian writer, poet and politician,
died on August 28, 2026, aged 85. Born in Võru on April 19, 1941, he became known for stage plays and books,…
Nicolae Ungureanu, the Romanian footballer and manager best known for his work with Universitatea Craiova, the national team and Drobeta-Turnu Severin,
died on August 28, 2026, aged 69. Born in…
Brîndușa Armanca, a Romanian journalist and academic,
died on August 28, 2026, aged 71. Born in Câmpulung Moldovenesc in 1954, she studied philology at the West University of Timișoara and…
Frank Campo, an American composer and emeritus professor of music at California State University Northridge,
died on August 28, 2026, at age 99. Born in New York City in 1927,…
Jackie Glass, an American judge and television personality,
died on August 28, 2026, at age 70. Glass was known to television audiences through "Swift Justice with Jackie Glass" and was…
Joan Phillip, a Canadian politician and member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly,
died on August 28, 2026, aged 74. Born Joan Carter in North Vancouver, she was known as…
Larry Christenson, the American baseball pitcher who spent his entire Major League Baseball career with the Philadelphia Phillies and helped them win the 1980 World Series,
died on August 28,…
Algerian musician and radio presenter
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Welsh dramatist and screenwriter (EastEnders
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Senegalese Olympic wrestler (1972
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Dutch football goalkeeper.(SC Cambuur)
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
American baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
American basketball player
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Trinidadian Islamic broadcaster
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Mexican soprano
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Italian scientist
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
English football/soccer player
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Polish Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Tunisian-born Canadian doctor and sociologist
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Ukrainian composer and teacher
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Yemeni politician
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Swiss entrepreneuse
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Indian Konkani music composer
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
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Died on Friday August 29th 2025
New Zealand gerontologist
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Canadian film editor (The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Australian-born British journalist
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
New Zealand rugby union player (Southland
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Cuban percussionist
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
French poet
Died on Friday August 29th 2025
American writer (NeuroTribes)
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
American educator and Presbyterian church leader
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
Puerto Rican college volleyball player (Texas Longhorns
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
South African jazz drummer
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
New Zealand Māori King
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
Latvian sculptor
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
Spanish politician
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
South Korean Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
Indian lawyer and political commentator
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
Portuguese football player (Benfica
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
Italian journalist and politician
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
American art historian
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
Irish Gaelic footballer
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
American academic administrator (Vanderbilt University)
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
British-born New Zealand journalist (TVNZ
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
American meteorologist
Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
American basketball player (Ole Miss Rebels)
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
Russian politician
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
American Olympic rower
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
American politician
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
American germanist and academic administrator
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
British radio broadcaster
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
Iraqi Chaldean Catholic prelate
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
French Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
German writer
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
British-born and U.S.-based thoroughbred flat and steeplechase trainer
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
Colombian-born American oncologist
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
Romanian sound engineer
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
American artist
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
Chilean politician
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
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Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
Scottish engineer and academic administrator
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
mercenary leader
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
Bangladeshi businessperson
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
New Zealand lawyer and public servant
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
American attorney
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
Swiss archbishop
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
American animator (Monsters
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
American physician and pathologist
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
American football coach
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
Indian guitarist (Avial) and composer (Frozen)
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
Panamanian boxer
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
Finnish Olympic alpine skier (1952)
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
Fijian politician
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
Pakistani field hockey player
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
Turkish puppeteer
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
Bulgarian politician
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
Romanian engineer and politician
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
Turkish football player (Zonguldak Kömürspor)
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
South Korean actress
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
Indian actor (Jana Aranya
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
Kenyan racing cyclist
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
Hong Kong banker
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
