In the year 1980
608 Notable deaths
Paavo Yrjölä
Finnish decathlete.
Born June 18th, 1902 in Hämeenkyrö.
Died February 11th, 1980 at 77 years old in Hämeenkyrö.
Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson
Prime minister of iceland (1894-1980).
Born July 20th, 1894 in Eyjafjörður.
Died October 20th, 1980 at 86 years old
Emily Hood Westacott
Australian tennis player.
Born May 6th, 1910 in Brisbane.
Died October 9th, 1980 at 70 years old
Mikhail Vodopyanov
Soviet air force general (1899-1980).
Born November 18th, 1899.
Died August 11th, 1980 at 80 years old in Moscow.
Grigory Novak
Soviet weightlifter (1919–1980).
Born March 5th, 1919 in Chernobyl.
Died July 10th, 1980 at 61 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Vicente Escudero
Spanish dancer (1892–1980).
Born October 27th, 1892 in Valladolid.
Died December 4th, 1980 at 88 years old in Barcelona.
Jóhann Hafstein
Icelandic politician (1915-1980).
Born September 19th, 1915 in Akureyri.
Died May 15th, 1980 at 64 years old in Akureyri.
Juan Larrea
Spanish poet (1895-1980).
Born March 13th, 1895 in Bilbao. [ref]
Died July 9th, 1980 at 85 years old in Córdoba. [ref]
Zinaida Tusnolobova-Marchenko
Quadruple amputee veteran of wwii and heroine of the soviet union (1920-1980).
Born November 23rd, 1920 in Polotsky Uyezd.
Died May 20th, 1980 at 59 years old in Polatsk.
Harri Larva
Finnish middle distance runner (1906–1980).
Born September 9th, 1906 in Turku.
Died November 15th, 1980 at 74 years old in Turku.
Deaths 471 to 480 of 608
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran