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In the year 1981
497 Notable deaths
Nils Asther
Actor (1897-1981).
Born January 17th, 1897 in Copenhagen.
Died October 13th, 1981 at 84 years old in Stockholm (disease).
Max Delbrück
Biophysicist.
Born September 4th, 1906 in Berlin.
Died March 10th, 1981 at 74 years old in Pasadena. [ref]
Henry Eyring
Mexican-born american theoretical chemist (1901-1981).
Born February 20th, 1901 in Colonia Juárez, Chihuahua. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1981 at 80 years old in Salt Lake City. [ref]
Hiromichi Yahara
Japanese army colonel.
Born October 2nd, 1902 in Yonago.
Died May 7th, 1981 at 78 years old in Kamakura.
Stefan Wyszyński
Polish roman catholic cardinal (1901-1981).
Born August 3rd, 1901 in Zuzela. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1981 at 79 years old in Warsaw (stomach cancer). [ref]
Ariel Durant
Russian-jewish american writer.
Born May 10th, 1898 in Khmelnytskyi.
Died October 25th, 1981 at 83 years old in Los Angeles.
Kaka Kalelkar
Indian social reformer, historian, educationist, and journalist.
Born December 1st, 1885 in Satara.
Died August 21st, 1981 at 95 years old
Karl-Jesco von Puttkamer
German admiral.
Born March 24th, 1900 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died March 4th, 1981 at 80 years old in Neuried.
Frances Yates
English historian of the renaissance (1899–1981).
Born November 28th, 1899 in Portsmouth.
Died September 29th, 1981 at 81 years old in London. [ref]
Robert Aickman
British writer and conservationist (1914-1981).
Born June 27th, 1914 in London.
Died February 26th, 1981 at 66 years old in London.
Deaths 131 to 140 of 497
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius