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In the year 1981
583 Notable deaths
Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark
Greco-danish royal and german noble.
Born April 18th, 1905 in Old Royal Palace.
Died April 24th, 1981 at 76 years old in Bad Wiessee.
Ziaur Rahman
Chief of army staff and president of bangladesh (1936-1981).
Born January 19th, 1936 in Bogura District.
Died May 30th, 1981 at 45 years old in Chittagong (gunshot wound).
Edith Head
American film and television costumer (1897-1981).
Born October 28th, 1897 in San Bernardino.
Died October 24th, 1981 at 83 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Bernard Lee
British actor (1908–1981).
Born January 10th, 1908 in Brentford.
Died January 16th, 1981 at 73 years old in London (stomach cancer).
Ross Martin
Polish-born american radio, stage, film and television actor.
Born March 22nd, 1920 in Gródek.
Died July 3rd, 1981 at 61 years old in Ramona (myocardial infarction).
Jim Davis
American actor (1909-1981).
Born August 26th, 1909 in Edgerton. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1981 at 71 years old in Northridge (brain cancer, multiple myeloma). [ref]
William Wyler
German-born american film director, producer and screenwriter (1902–1981).
Born July 1st, 1902 in Mulhouse. [ref]
Died July 27th, 1981 at 79 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Melvyn Douglas
American actor (1901-1981).
Born April 5th, 1901 in Macon.
Died August 4th, 1981 at 80 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
John S. McCain, Jr.
United states navy admiral (1911-1981).
Born January 17th, 1911 in Council Bluffs.
Died March 22nd, 1981 at 70 years old in Arizona (myocardial infarction).
Harry Harlow
American psychologist (1905–1981).
Born October 31st, 1905 in Fairfield.
Died December 6th, 1981 at 76 years old in Tucson.
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
Member of the house of windsor.
Born February 25th, 1883 in Windsor Castle.
Died January 3rd, 1981 at 97 years old in Kensington Palace.
Bill Haley
American rock and roll music pioneer (1925–1981).
Born July 6th, 1925 in Highland Park. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1981 at 55 years old in Harlingen (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Mike Bloomfield
American guitarist and composer.
Born July 28th, 1944 in Chicago. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1981 at 36 years old in San Francisco (drug overdose). [ref]
Samuel Barber
American composer (1910-1981).
Born March 9th, 1910 in West Chester.
Died January 23rd, 1981 at 70 years old in Manhattan (cancer).
Chief Dan George
Chief of the tsleil-waututh nation (1899-1981).
Born July 24th, 1899 in Vancouver. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1981 at 82 years old in Vancouver. [ref]
Christy Brown
Irish artist (1932-1981).
Born June 5th, 1932 in Dublin.
Died September 7th, 1981 at 49 years old in East Pennard (choking).
Frederica of Hanover
Queen consort of greece as the wife of king paul; daughter of ernest augustus, duke of brunswick (1887-1953).
Born April 18th, 1917 in Blankenburg. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1981 at 63 years old in Madrid (cardioplegia). [ref]
Will Durant
American historian, philosopher and writer (1885–1981).
Born November 5th, 1885 in North Adams.
Died November 7th, 1981 at 96 years old in Los Angeles.
Dorothy Eady
British-egyptian egyptologist (1904-1981).
Born January 16th, 1904 in London.
Died April 21st, 1981 at 77 years old in El Araba El Madfuna.
Kannadasan
Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist.
Born June 24th, 1927 in Sirukoodalpatti.
Died October 17th, 1981 at 54 years old in Chicago.
Beulah Bondi
American actress.
Born May 3rd, 1889 in Valparaiso. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1981 at 91 years old in Hollywood (fall). [ref]
Boris Sagal
American director, television producer (1923–1981).
Born October 18th, 1923 in Dnipro.
Died May 22nd, 1981 at 57 years old in Timberline Lodge (decapitation).
Soong Ching-ling
Former vice president of the people's republic of china and third wife of sun yat-sen (1893–1981).
Born January 27th, 1893 in Shanghai.
Died May 29th, 1981 at 88 years old in Beijing (leukemia).
Paddy Chayefsky
American playwright, screenwriter and novelist (1923-1981).
Born January 29th, 1923 in The Bronx.
Died August 1st, 1981 at 58 years old in New York City (cancer).
Lotte Lenya
Austrian singer and actress (1898-1981).
Born October 18th, 1898 in Vienna.
Died November 27th, 1981 at 83 years old in Manhattan (cancer).
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