Dead at age 80
1,703 Notable deaths
Gregorio Aglipay
Filipino religious leader (1860-1940).
Born May 5th, 1860 in Batac. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1940 at 80 years old in Manila.
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
American politician.
Born June 25th, 1945 in Detroit. [ref]
Died October 7th, 2025 at 80 years old in Fayetteville. [ref]
William F. Albright
American archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist, and expert on ceramics (1891-1971).
Born May 24th, 1891 in Coquimbo. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1971 at 80 years old in Baltimore. [ref]
Michel Simon
Swiss french language actor (1895-1975).
Born April 9th, 1895 in Geneva. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1975 at 80 years old in Bry-sur-Marne (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Ron Springett
English footballer (1935-2015).
Born July 22nd, 1935 in Fulham.
Died September 12th, 2015 at 80 years old in Kingston upon Thames.
Bruno Pontecorvo
Italian nuclear physicist.
Born August 22nd, 1913 in Pisa.
Died September 24th, 1993 at 80 years old in Dubna (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Frederick Reines
American physicist (1918-1998).
Born March 16th, 1918 in Paterson.
Died August 26th, 1998 at 80 years old in Orange.
Wolfgang Iser
German philologist.
Born July 22nd, 1926 in Marienberg. [ref]
Died January 24th, 2007 at 80 years old in Konstanz. [ref]
Arthur Quiller-Couch
British writer and literary critic (1863–1944).
Born November 21st, 1863 in Bodmin.
Died May 12th, 1944 at 80 years old in Fowey (traffic collision).
Ruslan Khasbulatov
Russian politician (1942–2023).
Born November 22nd, 1942 in Grozny. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 2023 at 80 years old in Mozhaysky District. [ref]
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel