Famous Deaths for 28th August 2025

430 – Augustine of Hippo, North African saint and theologian (Belijdenissen), dies at 75
1818 – Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies
1820 – Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor of the District of Columbia and site of Washington D.C., dies at 66
1927 – Li Dazhao [Ta-chao], Chinese intellectual, revolutionary and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party with Chen Duxiu, executed as a political prisoner at 37
1971 – Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper and murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies at 66
1982 – Nini de Boël, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), dies at 84
1988 – Paul Whitelaw, New Zealand cricket batsman (2 Tests; Auckland), dies at 78
1994 – Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian pater, murdered
2007 – Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American Academy Award-winning stage and screen singer and actress (Sayonara; Flower Drum Song; Courtship of Eddie’s Father – “Mrs. Livingston”), dies of cancer at 78
2024 – (Herman) “Pete” Wade, American country and pop session guitarist (Nashville A-Team; Lynn Anderson – “Rose Garden”; Crystal Gayle – “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”), dies of complications after hip surgery at 89

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