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Dead at age 80

1,811 Notable deaths

Buddy Jeannette

American basketball player and coach (1917-1998).

Born September 15th, 1917 in New Kensington.

Died March 11th, 1998 at 80 years old in Nashua (stroke).

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Spanish conductor (1933–2014).

Born September 15th, 1933 in Burgos.

Died June 11th, 2014 at 80 years old in Pamplona (cancer).

Sergei Sobolev

Russian mathematician.

Born October 6th, 1908 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]

Died January 3rd, 1989 at 80 years old in Moscow. [ref]

István Nyers

Hungarian association football player.

Born May 25th, 1924 in Freyming-Merlebach.

Died March 9th, 2005 at 80 years old in Subotica. [ref]

Álvaro del Portillo

Catholic bishop, beatus, 2nd prelate of the opus dei.

Born March 11th, 1914 in Madrid. [ref]

Died March 24th, 1994 at 80 years old in Rome. [ref]

George Meeker

American actor.

Born March 5th, 1904 in Brooklyn.

Died September 19th, 1984 at 80 years old in Carpinteria (Alzheimer's disease).

Seabury Quinn

American lawyer, journalist, and author (1889–1969).

Born January 1st, 1889 in Washington, D.C..

Died December 24th, 1969 at 80 years old

Dieter Thomas Heck

German television presenter, singer and actor (1937–2018).

Born December 29th, 1937 in Flensburg.

Died August 23rd, 2018 at 80 years old in Berlin. [ref]

Hein ter Poorten

Dutch general (1887–1968).

Born November 21st, 1887 in Bogor.

Died January 15th, 1968 at 80 years old in The Hague.

Sakyo Komatsu

Japanese writer (1931–2011).

Born January 28th, 1931 in Osaka.

Died July 26th, 2011 at 80 years old in Osaka (pneumonia). [ref]

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