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Dead at age 80

2,271 Notable deaths

Louis L'Amour

American novelist and short story writer (1908–1988).

Born March 22nd, 1908 in Jamestown. [ref]

Died June 10th, 1988 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer).

Rudolf Virchow

German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902).

Born October 13th, 1821 in Świdwin. [ref]

Died September 5th, 1902 at 80 years old in Berlin (heart failure). [ref]

Lewis Howard Latimer

American inventor (1848–1928).

Born September 4th, 1848 in Chelsea.

Died December 11th, 1928 at 80 years old in Flushing.

Mahadevi Varma

Indian hindi writer and poet (1907-1987).

Born March 26th, 1907 in Farrukhabad district.

Died September 11th, 1987 at 80 years old in Prayagraj.

Emmy Göring

German actress, art collector (1893-1973).

Born March 24th, 1893 in Hamburg.

Died June 8th, 1973 at 80 years old in Munich.

Mamnoon Hussain

12th president of pakistan from 2013 to 2018.

Born December 23rd, 1940 in Agra.

Died July 14th, 2021 at 80 years old in Karachi (cancer). [ref]

Felix Yusupov

Russian prince.

Born March 23rd, 1887 in Saint Petersburg.

Died September 27th, 1967 at 80 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Kelly Johnson

American aerospace engineer (1910–1990).

Born February 27th, 1910 in Ishpeming.

Died December 21st, 1990 at 80 years old in Los Angeles.

David Rose

English-born american conductor and composer (1910–1990).

Born June 15th, 1910 in London.

Died August 23rd, 1990 at 80 years old in Burbank.

Gary Wright

American, singer, musician and composer.

Born April 26th, 1943 in Cresskill.

Died September 4th, 2023 at 80 years old in Palos Verdes Estates (Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia). [ref]

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