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Dead at age 80
1,700 Notable deaths
Chester W. Nimitz
United states navy fleet admiral.
Born February 24th, 1885 in Fredericksburg.
Died February 20th, 1966 at 80 years old in Yerba Buena Island (stroke).
Jonas Salk
Jewish-american 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]
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While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci