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Dead at age 81
1,615 Notable deaths
Marlena Shaw
American female singer (1942–2024).
Born September 22nd, 1942 in New Rochelle.
Died January 19th, 2024 at 81 years old [ref]
Gail Kobe
American actress, producer.
Born March 19th, 1932 in Hamtramck.
Died August 1st, 2013 at 81 years old in Hamtramck (disease). [ref]
Truong Chinh
Former general secretary of the communist party of vietnam (1907-1988).
Born February 9th, 1907 in Quảng Ngãi.
Died September 30th, 1988 at 81 years old in Hanoi.
Itamar Franco
Brazilian politician (1930-2011).
Born June 28th, 1930 in Atlantic Ocean.
Died July 2nd, 2011 at 81 years old in São Paulo (leukemia). [ref]
Rose Valland
French resistance member, art historian (1898-1980).
Born November 1st, 1898 in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs.
Died September 18th, 1980 at 81 years old in Ris-Orangis.
Bill Foulkes
English football player and coach (1932-2013).
Born January 5th, 1932 in St Helens.
Died November 25th, 2013 at 81 years old in Manchester (Alzheimer's disease).
Ama Ata Aidoo
Ghanaian author and poet.
Born March 23rd, 1942 in Abeadzi Kyiakor.
Died May 31st, 2023 at 81 years old (disease). [ref]
Napoleon Chagnon
American anthropologist.
Born August 27th, 1938 in Port Austin. [ref]
Died September 21st, 2019 at 81 years old in Traverse City. [ref]
Enrique Rocha
Mexican actor.
Born January 5th, 1940 in Silao.
Died November 7th, 2021 at 81 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky
Ukrainian and soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology.
Born March 12th, 1863 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1945 at 81 years old in Moscow (stroke). [ref]
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It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson