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Dead at age 81
2,207 Notable deaths
Maria Ulyanova
Mother of vladimir lenin (1835-1916).
Born March 6th, 1835 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 25th, 1916 at 81 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Joe Osborn
American bassist.
Born August 28th, 1937 in Mound.
Died December 14th, 2018 at 81 years old in Greenwood (pancreatic cancer).
George Axelrod
American screenwriter, producer (1922-2003).
Born June 9th, 1922 in New York City.
Died June 21st, 2003 at 81 years old in Los Angeles.
William Lawrence Bragg
Australian-born british physicist and x-ray crystallographer.
Born March 31st, 1890 in Adelaide.
Died July 1st, 1971 at 81 years old in Ipswich.
Johann Nepomuk Hiedler
Austrian farmer and ancestor of adolf hitler (1807 – 1888).
Born March 19th, 1807 in Weitra.
Died September 17th, 1888 at 81 years old in Weitra.
Jean-Luc Nancy
French philosopher (1940–2021).
Born July 26th, 1940 in Caudéran.
Died August 23rd, 2021 at 81 years old in Strasbourg. [ref]
Helmut Jahn
German architect (1940-2021).
Born January 4th, 1940 in Zirndorf. [ref]
Died May 8th, 2021 at 81 years old in Campton Hills (traffic collision). [ref]
Colin Meads
New zealand rugby union player (1936-2017).
Born June 3rd, 1936 in Cambridge.
Died August 20th, 2017 at 81 years old in Te Kūiti (pancreatic cancer).
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Austrian film director (1885–1967).
Born August 25th, 1885 in Roudnice nad Labem. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1967 at 81 years old in Vienna.
Napoleon Chagnon
American anthropologist (1938–2019).
Born August 27th, 1938 in Port Austin. [ref]
Died September 21st, 2019 at 81 years old in Traverse City. [ref]
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