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In the year 1981
572 Notable deaths
Jakob Bender
German footballer (1910-1981).
Born March 23rd, 1910 in Düsseldorf. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1981 at 70 years old
Anders Knutsson Ångström
Swedish physicist/meteorologist (1888-1981).
Born February 28th, 1888 in Adolf Fredriks parish.
Died October 27th, 1981 at 93 years old in Västerled.
Ivan Udodov
Russian weightlifter.
Born May 20th, 1924 in Gluboky.
Died October 16th, 1981 at 57 years old in Rostov-on-Don.
Isa Quensel
Swedish singer.
Born September 21st, 1905 in Gothenburg.
Died November 3rd, 1981 at 76 years old in Solna Municipality.
Erich Fiedler
German film actor (1901-1981).
Born March 15th, 1901 in Berlin.
Died May 19th, 1981 at 80 years old in Berlin.
James Angus Gillan
British colonial administrator (1885–1981).
Born October 11th, 1885 in Aberdeen.
Died April 23rd, 1981 at 95 years old in Leigh.
Lorne Carr-Harris
Canadian-british ice hockey player (1899–1981).
Born December 15th, 1899 in Kingston.
Died April 7th, 1981 at 81 years old
Beatrice Armstrong
British diver (1894-1981).
Born January 11th, 1894 in Willesden.
Died March 12th, 1981 at 87 years old in Frinton-on-Sea.
Trevor Coker
New zealand rower (1949-1981).
Born October 1st, 1949 in Whanganui.
Died August 23rd, 1981 at 31 years old in Whanganui (brain cancer).
Deaths 471 to 480 of 572
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius