Dead at age 81

1,741 Notable deaths

August Dvorak

American scientist.

Born May 5th, 1894 in Glencoe.

Died October 10th, 1975 at 81 years old

Giorgio Gomelsky

Georgian musician (1934–2016).

Born February 28th, 1934 in Tbilisi.

Died January 13th, 2016 at 81 years old in New York City.

Karuna Banerjee

Indian actress (1919-2001).

Born December 25th, 1919 in Kolkata.

Died November 13th, 2001 at 81 years old in Kolkata.

Noël Browne

Irish politician (1915-1997).

Born December 20th, 1915 in Waterford.

Died May 21st, 1997 at 81 years old in Baile na hAbhann.

László Sólyom

Politician and former president of hungary (1942–2023).

Born January 3rd, 1942 in Pécs.

Died October 8th, 2023 at 81 years old in Budapest. [ref]

John Howard Lawson

American dramatist (1894–1977).

Born September 25th, 1895 in New York City.

Died August 14th, 1977 at 81 years old in San Francisco.

Juan Ramón Verón

Argentine footballer.

Born March 17th, 1944 in La Plata.

Died May 27th, 2025 at 81 years old in La Plata. [ref]

Bob Brookmeyer

American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer (1929–2011).

Born December 19th, 1929 in Kansas City.

Died December 16th, 2011 at 81 years old in New London (heart failure). [ref]

Victor Francis Hess

Austrian physicist and nobel prize laureate (1883-1964).

Born June 24th, 1883 in Deutschfeistritz. [ref]

Died December 17th, 1964 at 81 years old in Mount Vernon. [ref]

Henri Verneuil

French-armenian playwright and filmmaker (1920-2002).

Born October 15th, 1920 in Tekirdağ.

Died January 11th, 2002 at 81 years old in Bagnolet.

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There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel