Dead at age 81
1,520 Notable deaths
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist.
Born December 11th, 1938 in Philadelphia.
Died March 6th, 2020 at 81 years old in Bergenfield. [ref]
Ferdinand Schörner
German field marshal.
Born June 12th, 1892 in Munich.
Died July 2nd, 1973 at 81 years old in Munich.
Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii
Russian chemist and photographer.
Born August 30th, 1863 in Funikova Gora. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1944 at 81 years old in Paris. [ref]
Terrence McNally
American playwright.
Born November 3rd, 1938 in St. Petersburg. [ref]
Died March 24th, 2020 at 81 years old in Sarasota (COVID-19). [ref]
Mike Douglas
Entertainer, talk show host.
Born August 11th, 1925 in Chicago. [ref]
Died August 11th, 2006 at 81 years old in North Palm Beach (disease). [ref]
Clive Sinclair
English entrepreneur and inventor.
Born July 30th, 1940 in Richmond. [ref]
Died September 16th, 2021 at 81 years old in London. [ref]
Tuvia Bielski
Polish resistance member.
Born May 8th, 1906 in Stankiewicze.
Died June 12th, 1987 at 81 years old in Brooklyn.
Ronald Dworkin
American legal philosopher.
Born December 11th, 1931 in Providence. [ref]
Died February 14th, 2013 at 81 years old in London (leukemia). [ref]
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist.
Born October 13th, 1940 in Little Rock.
Died September 24th, 2022 at 81 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Gailard Sartain
American actor.
Born September 18th, 1943 in Tulsa. [ref]
Died June 19th, 2025 at 81 years old in Tulsa. [ref]
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You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman