Dead at age 81

1,747 Notable deaths

Nexhat Daci

Kosovan politician.

Born July 26th, 1944 in Veliki Trnovac.

Died January 1st, 2026 at 81 years old in Pristina. [ref]

Ahmed Balafrej

Moroccan prime minister (1908-1990).

Born September 8th, 1908 in Rabat.

Died April 14th, 1990 at 81 years old in Rabat.

Agnes Arber

British botanist (1879-1960).

Born February 23rd, 1879 in Primrose Hill.

Died March 22nd, 1960 at 81 years old in Cambridge.

René Burri

Swiss photographer (1933-2014).

Born April 9th, 1933 in Zürich. [ref]

Died October 20th, 2014 at 81 years old in Zürich (cancer). [ref]

Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana

Prime minister of nepal (1885–1967).

Born December 23rd, 1885.

Died January 6th, 1967 at 81 years old in Bengaluru.

Javad Nurbakhsh

Master of nimatullahi sufi order (1926–2008).

Born December 10th, 1926 in Kerman.

Died October 10th, 2008 at 81 years old in Oxford. [ref]

Lawrence Grant

Actor (1870-1952).

Born October 30th, 1870 in Bournemouth.

Died February 19th, 1952 at 81 years old in Santa Barbara.

Luis Ramos

Uruguayan footballer (1939–2021).

Born October 9th, 1939 in Montevideo.

Died March 14th, 2021 at 81 years old in Montevideo. [ref]

Adamantios Androutsopoulos

Lawyer and professor (1919-2000).

Born August 20th, 1919 in Messenia Perfecture.

Died November 10th, 2000 at 81 years old in Athens.

Valentine Hugo

French painter, draftsman, and illustrator (1887-1968).

Born March 16th, 1887 in Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Died March 16th, 1968 at 81 years old in Paris.

Deaths 881 to 890 of 1747

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde