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Dead at age 80
2,271 Notable deaths
Maureen Stapleton
American actress (1925-2006).
Died March 13th, 2006 at 80 years old in Lenox (lung disease).
Anna Leonowens
British educator and writer (1831-1915).
Born November 6th, 1834 in Ahilyanagar. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1915 at 80 years old in Montreal.
Louise Glück
U.s. poet and nobel laureate (1943–2023).
Born April 22nd, 1943 in New York City.
Died October 13th, 2023 at 80 years old in Cambridge (cancer). [ref]
Walter Ulbricht
German communist politician and dictator (1893–1973).
Born June 30th, 1893 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1973 at 80 years old in Groß Dölln (stroke). [ref]
Ralph Ellison
American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994).
Born March 1st, 1914 in Oklahoma City.
Died April 16th, 1994 at 80 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer).
Alva Belmont
American suffragette and socialite (1853–1933).
Born January 17th, 1853 in Mobile.
Died January 26th, 1933 at 80 years old in Paris, Augerville-la-Rivière.
Willis Reed
American basketball player (1942–2023).
Born June 25th, 1942 in Dubach. [ref]
Died March 21st, 2023 at 80 years old in Houston. [ref]
Heydar Aliyev
3rd president of the republic of azerbaijan (1923–2003).
Born May 10th, 1923 in Nakhchivan.
Died December 12th, 2003 at 80 years old in Cleveland (heart failure).
Verna Bloom
American actress (1938–2019).
Born August 7th, 1938 in Lynn.
Died January 9th, 2019 at 80 years old in Bar Harbor (dementia). [ref]
Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf
Iraqi diplomatic politician and information minister.
Born July 30th, 1940 in Hillah.
Died March 5th, 2021 at 80 years old
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran