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In the year 1981
572 Notable deaths
Cedric Liddell
Canadian rower.
Born June 11th, 1913 in Clinton.
Died June 4th, 1981 at 67 years old in Walkerton.
Abdusamat Taymetov
First uzbek pilot (1909-1981).
Born January 9th, 1909 in Syr-Darya Oblast.
Died July 8th, 1981 at 72 years old in Tashkent.
Athol Meech
Canadian rower (1907-1981).
Born March 28th, 1907 in Ottawa.
Died August 2nd, 1981 at 74 years old in Lake Scugog.
Vasily Lytkin
Soviet linguist, poet and translator (1895-1981).
Born December 27th, 1895 in Tentyukov.
Died August 27th, 1981 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Janina Ipohorska
Polish painter and journalist.
Born August 15th, 1914 in Lviv.
Died September 20th, 1981 at 67 years old in Kraków.
Eugène Auwerkeren
Gymnast.
Born December 10th, 1885 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1981 at 95 years old in Antwerp. [ref]
Efim Dzigan
Soviet film director (1898-1981).
Born December 14th, 1898 in Moscow.
Died December 31st, 1981 at 83 years old in Moscow.
Ferenc Tóth
Hungarian olympic wrestler (1909–1981).
Born February 8th, 1909 in Szeged. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1981 at 72 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Deaths 561 to 570 of 572
Even trees do not die without a groan. Henry David Thoreau