In the year 1980
607 Notable deaths
Alexander Mach
Slovak minister of interior of the slovakia and publicist (1902-1980).
Born October 11th, 1902 in Palárikovo. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1980 at 78 years old in Bratislava. [ref]
Mollie Steimer
Russian anarchist (1897-1980).
Born November 21st, 1897 in Dunaivtsi.
Died July 23rd, 1980 at 82 years old (heart failure).
Vasja Pirc
Slovenian chess player (1907–1980).
Born December 19th, 1907 in Idrija.
Died June 2nd, 1980 at 72 years old in Ljubljana.
William Howard Stein
American biochemist (1911-1980).
Born June 25th, 1911 in New York City.
Died February 2nd, 1980 at 68 years old in New York City.
Justas Paleckis
Lithuanian journalist (1899-1980).
Born January 22nd, 1899 in Telšiai.
Died January 26th, 1980 at 81 years old in Vilnius.
Yakov Malik
Soviet diplomat (1906-1980).
Born December 19th, 1906 in Zmiiv.
Died February 11th, 1980 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Chieko Higashiyama
Japanese actress (1890–1980).
Born September 30th, 1890 in Chiba.
Died May 8th, 1980 at 89 years old in Yokohama.
Oscar Alemán
Argentine jazz musician.
Born February 20th, 1909 in Resistencia.
Died October 14th, 1980 at 71 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Jijé
Comic artist (1914–1980).
Born January 13th, 1914 in Gedinne.
Died June 19th, 1980 at 66 years old in Versailles.
Karl Olivecrona
Swedish jurist (1897-1980).
Born October 25th, 1897 in Norrbärke församling.
Died February 5th, 1980 at 82 years old in Lunds Allhelgonaförsamling.
Deaths 321 to 330 of 607
Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi