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Dead at age 81
1,747 Notable deaths
Gustaw Herling-Grudziński
Polish writer, world war ii underground fighter, and political dissident.
Born May 20th, 1919 in Kielce. [ref]
Died July 4th, 2000 at 81 years old in Naples. [ref]
Reinbert de Leeuw
Dutch conductor.
Born September 8th, 1938 in Amsterdam.
Died February 14th, 2020 at 81 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Mónica Miguel
Mexican actress (1939-2020).
Born March 13th, 1939 in Tepic.
Died August 12th, 2020 at 81 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Ann Smyrner
Danish actress (1934-2016).
Born November 3rd, 1934 in Frederiksberg.
Died August 29th, 2016 at 81 years old in Benalmádena.
Robert Jungk
Austrian publicist and writer.
Born May 11th, 1913 in Berlin. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1994 at 81 years old in Salzburg. [ref]
Kirill Lavrov
Soviet and russian actor (1925-2007).
Born September 15th, 1925 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 27th, 2007 at 81 years old in Saint Petersburg (leukemia). [ref]
Tristan Bernard
French writer.
Born September 7th, 1866 in Besançon. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1947 at 81 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Max Grundig
German engineer (1908–1989).
Born May 7th, 1908 in Nuremberg.
Died December 8th, 1989 at 81 years old in Baden-Baden.
Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
Armenian general (1939-2021).
Born May 22nd, 1939 in Tbilisi.
Died March 31st, 2021 at 81 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Rex Warner
English classicist, writer, and translator (1905–1986).
Born March 9th, 1905 in Birmingham.
Died June 24th, 1986 at 81 years old in Wallingford.
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