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Dead at age 80
1,581 Notable deaths
Jonas Salk
Inventor of polio vaccine (1914-1995).
Born October 28th, 1914 in New York City.
Died June 23rd, 1995 at 80 years old in La Jolla (heart failure).
Walter Brennan
American actor (1894-1974).
Born July 25th, 1894 in Lynn. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1974 at 80 years old in Oxnard (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
David Soul
American-british actor (1943–2024).
Born August 28th, 1943 in Chicago.
Died January 4th, 2024 at 80 years old in London. [ref]
Patrick McGoohan
Irish-american actor (1928-2009).
Born March 19th, 1928 in Astoria. [ref]
Died January 13th, 2009 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (disease). [ref]
Anne Rice
American writer.
Born October 4th, 1941 in New Orleans.
Died December 11th, 2021 at 80 years old in Rancho Mirage (stroke). [ref]
Sid Haig
American actor (1939-2019).
Born July 14th, 1939 in Fresno.
Died September 21st, 2019 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). [ref]
Jack Benny
American comedic entertainer (1894–1974).
Born February 14th, 1894 in Chicago. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1974 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Frank Vincent
American actor (1937–2017).
Born April 15th, 1937 in Massachusetts, North Adams.
Died September 13th, 2017 at 80 years old in New Jersey (myocardial infarction). [ref]
David Warner
English actor (1941–2022).
Born July 29th, 1941 in Manchester.
Died July 24th, 2022 at 80 years old in Northwood (cancer). [ref]
Satyendra Nath Bose
Indian physicist and polymath (1894–1974).
Born January 1st, 1894 in Kolkata. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1974 at 80 years old in Kolkata.
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht