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In the year 1980
620 Notable deaths
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980).
Born October 9th, 1940 in Liverpool Maternity Hospital.
Died December 8th, 1980 at 40 years old in New York City (gunshot wound).
Steve McQueen
American actor (1930-1980).
Born March 24th, 1930 in Beech Grove.
Died November 7th, 1980 at 50 years old in Ciudad Juárez (lung cancer).
Alfred Hitchcock
English filmmaker (1899–1980).
Born August 13th, 1899 in Leytonstone. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1980 at 80 years old in Bel Air (kidney failure). [ref]
Colonel Sanders
American entrepreneur (1890-1980) who founded kfc.
Born September 9th, 1890 in Henryville. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1980 at 90 years old in Louisville (pneumonia, leukemia). [ref]
Mohammad Reza I of Iran
Shah of iran from 1941 to 1979.
Born October 26th, 1919 in Tehran.
Died July 27th, 1980 at 60 years old in Cairo (lymphoma).
Oswald Mosley
British aristocrat and fascist politician (1896–1980).
Born November 16th, 1896 in Westminster.
Died December 3rd, 1980 at 84 years old in Orsay (Parkinson's disease).
Jesse Owens
American track and field athlete (1913–1980).
Born September 12th, 1913 in Oakville. [ref]
Died March 31st, 1980 at 66 years old in Tucson (lung cancer). [ref]
Peter Sellers
English actor and comedian (1925–1980).
Born September 8th, 1925 in Southsea. [ref]
Died July 24th, 1980 at 54 years old in Middlesex Hospital (myocardial infarction). [ref]
John Bonham
English drummer (1948–1980).
Born May 31st, 1948 in Redditch. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1980 at 32 years old in Windsor (asphyxia). [ref]
Bon Scott
British-australian rock singer (1946-1980).
Born July 9th, 1946 in Forfar. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1980 at 33 years old in East Dulwich (intoxication, opiod overdose, drowning). [ref]
Josip Broz Tito
Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman (1892−1980).
Born May 7th, 1892 in Kumrovec. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1980 at 87 years old in Ljubljana (heart failure). [ref]
Karl Dönitz
German navy officer, admiral and supreme commander of the german navy, head of state and chief german wehrmacht military and convicted nazi war criminal (1891-1980).
Born September 16th, 1891 in Grünau.
Died December 24th, 1980 at 89 years old in Aumühle (myocardial infarction).
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980).
Born June 21st, 1905 in Paris. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1980 at 74 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (edema). [ref]
Ian Curtis
English musician (1956–1980).
Born July 15th, 1956 in Stretford. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1980 at 23 years old in Macclesfield (hanging). [ref]
Sanjay Gandhi
Indian politician (1946-1980).
Born December 14th, 1946 in New Delhi.
Died June 23rd, 1980 at 33 years old in New Delhi (aviation accident).
Mae West
American actress and sex symbol (1893-1980).
Born August 17th, 1893 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1980 at 87 years old in Hollywood (stroke). [ref]
Dorothy Stratten
Canadian playmate and actress (1960–1980).
Born February 28th, 1960 in Vancouver.
Died August 14th, 1980 at 20 years old in Los Angeles (gunshot wound).
Mohammed Rafi
Indian playback singer (1924–1980).
Born December 24th, 1924 in Kotla Sultan Singh.
Died July 31st, 1980 at 55 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction).
Otto Frank
Father of anne frank (1889–1980).
Born May 12th, 1889 in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]
Died August 19th, 1980 at 91 years old in Birsfelden (lung cancer). [ref]
Jean Piaget
Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896-1980).
Born August 9th, 1896 in Neuchâtel. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1980 at 84 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Douglas C. Kenney
American writer, co-founder and editor of national lampoon (1946-1980).
Born December 10th, 1947 in Palm Springs.
Died August 27th, 1980 at 32 years old in Kauai (falling from height).
Marshall McLuhan
Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar.
Born July 21st, 1911 in Edmonton. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1980 at 69 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Alice Lee Roosevelt
American writer and socialite (1884–1980).
Born February 12th, 1884 in Manhattan.
Died February 20th, 1980 at 96 years old in Washington, D.C..
Jimmy Durante
American actor, comedian and singer (1893–1980).
Born February 10th, 1893 in Manhattan.
Died January 29th, 1980 at 86 years old in Santa Monica (pneumonia).
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist.
Born August 16th, 1929 in Plainfield. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1980 at 51 years old in Fort Lee (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
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