Famous Deaths for 28th February 2026

1788 – Thomas Cushing, American statesman, Continental Congressman, acting Governor of Massachusetts (1785) and dangerous radical, dies at 62
1965 – Adolf Schärf, Austrian politician (President of Austria, 1957-65; Vice-Chancellor, 1945-57), dies at 74
1986 – Laura Z. Hobson, American TV writer and panelist (I’ve Got a Secret), dies at 85
1989 – Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Indian yoga instructor and scholar known as “The Father of Modern Yoga”, dies at 101
1994 – G. O. Sayles, English historian, dies at 92
1998 – Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (Father Ted Crilly-Father Ted), dies of a heart attack at 45
2006 – John La Rose, Trinidadian-British activist, trade unionist, publisher and poet (Eyelets of Truth Within Me), dies at 78
2016 – George Kennedy, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport films; Naked Gun films;, Dallas), dies at 91
2017 – Claude Rene Georges Pascal, French composer, dies at 96
2020 – Johnny Antonelli, American baseball pitcher (6 × MLB All-Star; World Series, NL ERA leader 1954; NY Giants), dies from colon cancer at 89

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