Dead at age 81
1,743 Notable deaths
Carlos do Carmo
Portuguese fado singer (1939–2021).
Born December 21st, 1939 in Lisbon. [ref]
Died January 1st, 2021 at 81 years old in Santa Maria Hospital (ruptured aneurysm). [ref]
Florence R. Sabin
American medical scientist (1871–1953).
Born November 9th, 1871 in Central City.
Died October 3rd, 1953 at 81 years old in Denver (myocardial infarction).
Corneliu Coposu
Romanian politician (1914–1995).
Born May 20th, 1914 in Bobota.
Died November 11th, 1995 at 81 years old in Bucharest (lung cancer).
Ernest Marsden
British–new zealand physicist (1889–1970).
Born February 19th, 1889 in Manchester.
Died December 15th, 1970 at 81 years old in Wellington.
Ludmila Belousova
Soviet-russian figure skater (1935–2017).
Born November 22nd, 1935 in Ulyanovsk.
Died September 26th, 2017 at 81 years old in Interlaken. [ref]
Barry Unsworth
English novelist.
Born August 10th, 1930 in Wingate. [ref]
Died June 5th, 2012 at 81 years old in Perugia (lung cancer).
Wilhelm Souchon
German admiral (1864-1946).
Born June 2nd, 1864 in Leipzig.
Died January 13th, 1946 at 81 years old in Bremen.
William Alland
Actor, producer, writer and director (1916-1997).
Born March 4th, 1916 in Delmar.
Died November 11th, 1997 at 81 years old in Long Beach.
Elena Garro
Mexican writer (1916–1998).
Born December 11th, 1916 in Puebla City.
Died August 22nd, 1998 at 81 years old in Cuernavaca (cardiac arrest).
Vladimir Jankélévitch
French philosopher.
Born August 31st, 1903 in Bourges. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1985 at 81 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris.
Deaths 661 to 670 of 1743
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner