Famous Deaths for 29th August 2026

1542 – Cristovão da Gama, Portuguese soldier who led a force with Ethiopia against the Adal Sultanate, captured and executed at 25 or 26
1769 – Edmond Hoyle, English games expert, dies (birth date unknown)
1782 – Richard Kempenfelt, Royal Navy Admiral drowns in sinking of HMS Royal George at about 64 (exact birthday uncertain)
1799 – Pope Pius VI [Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 81
1853 – Charles Napier, British soldier and Major General of the Bombay Army who conquered Sindh and became its Governor (1843-47), dies at 71
1865 – John Brough, US publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54
1983 – Simon Oakland [Weiss], American stage and screen character actor (Toma; Kolchak), dies of colon cancer at 68
1991 – (Christina) “Dixie” Dunbar, American stage and screen dancer, singer and actress (George White’s Scandals; Pigskin Parade), dies of a heart attack at 72
2003 – Michel Constantin, French film actor, dies at 79
2018 – Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer (Paul Taylor Dance Company), dies at 88

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