List of Famous people who died at 28
Blaine Johnson
Blaine Cameron Johnson, known professionally as Cadet, was a British rapper, songwriter and record producer.
Josh Samman
Joshua Kaleb Samman was an American mixed martial artist who, at the time of his death, competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and also competed for Bellator MMA.
Alexis Vastine
Alexis Vastine was a French boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Light Welterweight division. He also competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals in a controversial decision. He died in the Villa Castelli helicopter collision during the filming of French TV reality show Dropped for the TF1 network.
Jason Collier
Jason Jeffrey Collier was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the first active NBA player to die since Malik Sealy in 2000.
Barış Akarsu
Barış Akarsu was a Turkish rock musician and actor who rose to fame after winning the television series Akademi Türkiye in July 2004. He released two studio albums in three years and was also acting in television series Yalancı Yarim which aired on Star TV.
Lorenzo Taliaferro
Lorenzo Taliaferro was an American professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Lackawanna College and Coastal Carolina and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft.
Yang Jia
Yang Jia was a Chinese citizen executed for murdering six Shanghai police officers with a knife.
Big Pun
Christopher Lee Rios, better known by his stage name Big Pun, was an American rapper and songwriter. Pun's lyrics are notable for their technical efficiency, having exceptional breath control, heavy use of alliteration, as well as internal and multi-syllabic rhyming schemes. He is frequently cited as one of the best MCs of all time. Emerging from the underground hip hop scene in the Bronx borough of New York City in the early 1990s, he came to prominence during the latter half of the decade for his work with Fat Joe and the Terror Squad.
Wail al-Shehri
Wail Mohammed al-Shehri was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11, which was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the September 11 attacks.
Usman Khan
Usman Khan, also known as Abu Saif, was a British terrorist who was convicted of plotting a terrorist attack in 2012 and who was shot dead by City of London Police after being restrained by members of the public whilst committing a knife attack near London Bridge on 29 November 2019, during which he killed two people and injured three others.