In the year 1980
674 Notable deaths
Morris Stoloff
American composer (1898-1980).
Born August 1st, 1898 in Philadelphia.
Died April 16th, 1980 at 81 years old in Woodland Hills.
Arend Heyting
Dutch mathematician and logician (1898-1980).
Born May 9th, 1898 in Amsterdam.
Died July 9th, 1980 at 82 years old in Lugano.
Raymond Mays
British racing driver (1899-1980).
Born August 1st, 1899 in Bourne.
Died January 6th, 1980 at 80 years old
Gerard Bucknall
British army general (1894–1980).
Born September 14th, 1894 in Rock Ferry.
Died December 7th, 1980 at 86 years old in Cheam.
Sol Lesser
American film producer (1890–1980).
Born February 17th, 1890 in Washington.
Died September 19th, 1980 at 90 years old in Hollywood.
William Gemmell Cochran
British / american statistician (1909–1980).
Born July 15th, 1909 in Rutherglen.
Died March 29th, 1980 at 70 years old in Orleans.
Tokuji Hayakawa
Japanese businessman (1893-1980).
Born November 3rd, 1893 in Tokyo.
Died June 24th, 1980 at 86 years old in Osaka.
Alexander Mach
Slovak minister of interior of the slovakia and publicist (1902-1980).
Born October 11th, 1902 in Palárikovo. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1980 at 78 years old in Bratislava. [ref]
Maurice Genevoix
French writer (1890-1980).
Born November 29th, 1890 in Decize. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1980 at 89 years old in Xàbia.
Mollie Steimer
Russian anarchist (1897-1980).
Born November 21st, 1897 in Dunaivtsi.
Died July 23rd, 1980 at 82 years old in Cuernavaca (heart failure).
Tryggve Gran
Norwegian flying ace, polar explorer and author (1888–1980).
Born January 20th, 1888 in Bergen.
Died January 8th, 1980 at 91 years old in Grimstad.
André Leducq
French cyclist (1904–1980).
Born February 27th, 1904 in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine.
Died June 18th, 1980 at 76 years old in Marseille.
Alf Sjöberg
Swedish film director (1903-1980).
Born June 21st, 1903 in Hedvig Eleonora parish.
Died August 17th, 1980 at 77 years old in Oscar Parish (traffic collision). [ref]
Tom Godwin
American writer (1915–1980).
Born June 6th, 1915 in Maryland.
Died August 31st, 1980 at 65 years old
Justas Paleckis
Lithuanian journalist (1899-1980).
Born January 22nd, 1899 in Telšiai.
Died January 26th, 1980 at 81 years old in Vilnius.
Vasja Pirc
Slovenian chess player (1907–1980).
Born December 19th, 1907 in Idrija.
Died June 2nd, 1980 at 72 years old in Ljubljana.
Emilio Pujol
Catalan classical guitarist.
Born September 10th, 1886 in La Granadella.
Died November 15th, 1980 at 94 years old in Barcelona.
Helmut Käutner
German film director and actor (1908–1980).
Born March 25th, 1908 in Düsseldorf.
Died April 20th, 1980 at 72 years old in Castellina in Chianti.
Jijé
Comic artist (1914–1980).
Born January 13th, 1914 in Gedinne.
Died June 19th, 1980 at 66 years old in Versailles.
Willi Forst
Austrian actor, singer, director, producer, playwright (1903-1980).
Born April 7th, 1903 in Vienna.
Died August 11th, 1980 at 77 years old in Vienna (cancer).
Mikhail Kaufman
Soviet russian camera operator and film director (1897-1980).
Born September 4th, 1897 in Białystok. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1980 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Yakov Malik
Soviet diplomat (1906-1980).
Born December 19th, 1906 in Zmiiv.
Died February 11th, 1980 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Karl Olivecrona
Swedish jurist (1897-1980).
Born October 25th, 1897 in Norrbärke församling.
Died February 5th, 1980 at 82 years old in Lunds Allhelgonaförsamling.
William Howard Stein
American biochemist (1911–1980).
Born June 25th, 1911 in New York City.
Died February 2nd, 1980 at 68 years old in New York City.
Chieko Higashiyama
Japanese actress (1890–1980).
Born September 30th, 1890 in Chiba.
Died May 8th, 1980 at 89 years old in Yokohama.
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Life has more meaning in the face of death. Robert Greene