In the year 1981
518 Notable deaths
Furry Lewis
Blues guitarist and songwriter.
Born March 6th, 1895 in Greenwood. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1981 at 86 years old in Memphis. [ref]
Helmut Gröttrup
German engineer and inventor of the smart card (1916-1981).
Born February 12th, 1916 in Cologne.
Died July 4th, 1981 at 65 years old in Munich.
Lyudmila Zhivkova
Bulgarian minister (1942-1981).
Born July 26th, 1942 in Govedartsi. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1981 at 38 years old in Sofia (brain tumor). [ref]
Enid Bagnold
English dramatist, playwright, memoirist (1889-1981).
Born October 27th, 1889 in Rochester.
Died March 31st, 1981 at 91 years old in 17, Hamilton Terrace Nw8 (bronchopneumonia).
Paul Mattick
American political writer (1904-1981).
Born March 13th, 1904 in Słupsk.
Died February 7th, 1981 at 76 years old in Cambridge.
Ivan Galamian
American musician.
Born January 23rd, 1903 in Tabriz.
Died April 14th, 1981 at 78 years old in New York City.
Du Yuming
Chinese general.
Born November 28th, 1904 in Mizhi County.
Died May 7th, 1981 at 76 years old in Beijing.
Edward Lasker
German-american chess player (1885-1981).
Born December 3rd, 1885 in Kępno.
Died March 25th, 1981 at 95 years old in New York City.
Isobel Elsom
British actress (1893-1981).
Born March 16th, 1893 in Cambridge. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1981 at 87 years old in Woodland Hills (disease). [ref]
Mao Dun
Chinese writer.
Born July 4th, 1896 in Tongxiang. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1981 at 84 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Deaths 181 to 190 of 518
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe