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Dead at age 81
1,743 Notable deaths
Frank Cadogan Cowper
British artist (1877-1958).
Born October 16th, 1877 in Wicken.
Died November 17th, 1958 at 81 years old in Cirencester.
Edoardo Amaldi
Italian physicist.
Born September 5th, 1908 in Carpaneto Piacentino. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1989 at 81 years old in Rome. [ref]
Katharine Mary Briggs
British folklorist (1898–1980).
Born November 8th, 1898 in Hampstead.
Died October 15th, 1980 at 81 years old in St Margaret's at Cliffe.
Vilgot Sjöman
Swedish writer and film director (1924-2006).
Born December 2nd, 1924 in Stockholm.
Died April 9th, 2006 at 81 years old in Stockholm (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Eduard Fraenkel
German-british classical philologist (1888–1970).
Born March 17th, 1888 in Berlin.
Died February 5th, 1970 at 81 years old in Oxford.
Karl Gero, Duke of Urach
German noble.
Born August 19th, 1899 in Lichtenstein.
Died August 15th, 1981 at 81 years old in Lichtenstein.
Jan Wolkers
Dutch sculptor and writer (1925–2007).
Born October 26th, 1925 in Oegstgeest.
Died October 19th, 2007 at 81 years old in Texel. [ref]
Chrysostomos II of Cyprus
Archbishop of cyprus (2006-2022).
Born April 10th, 1941 in Tala.
Died November 7th, 2022 at 81 years old in Nicosia (cancer).
Ernst Stromer
German paleontologist.
Born June 12th, 1871 in Nuremberg.
Died December 18th, 1952 at 81 years old in Germany.
Aladár Gerevich
Hungarian fencer (1910-1991).
Born March 16th, 1910 in Jászberény.
Died May 14th, 1991 at 81 years old in Budapest.
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