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Dead at age 81
1,738 Notable deaths
Arthur Jones
American inventor.
Born August 22nd, 1926 in Morrilton.
Died August 28th, 2007 at 81 years old in Ocala.
Gertrude B. Elion
American biochemist and pharmacologist (1918–1999).
Born January 23rd, 1918 in New York.
Died February 21st, 1999 at 81 years old in Chapel Hill.
Leszek Kołakowski
Philosopher, historian of ideas (1927–2009).
Born October 23rd, 1927 in Radom. [ref]
Died July 17th, 2009 at 81 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Vincent Auriol
16° president of the french republic (1884-1966).
Born August 27th, 1884 in Revel. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1966 at 81 years old in Paris. [ref]
Vasili Mitrokhin
Kgb officer (1922–2004).
Born March 3rd, 1922 in Yurasovo.
Died January 23rd, 2004 at 81 years old in London.
Mary Daly
American radical feminist philosopher and theologian (1928-2010).
Born October 16th, 1928 in Schenectady.
Died January 3rd, 2010 at 81 years old in Gardner. [ref]
Vang Pao
Laotian-american soldier and former drug smuggler.
Born December 8th, 1929 in Xiangkhouang Province.
Died January 6th, 2011 at 81 years old in Clovis (pneumonia). [ref]
Robert Chartoff
American film producer.
Born August 26th, 1933 in New York City.
Died June 10th, 2015 at 81 years old in Santa Monica (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Rosemary Leach
British actress (1935–2017).
Born December 18th, 1935 in Much Wenlock.
Died October 21st, 2017 at 81 years old in London. [ref]
Deaths 291 to 300 of 1738
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran