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In the year 1981
497 Notable deaths
Anwar Sadat
Egyptian president and nobel peace prize recipient (1918-1981).
Born December 25th, 1918 in Mit Abu al-Kum. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1981 at 62 years old in Cairo (ballistic trauma, exsanguination). [ref]
Omar Bradley
United states army general (1893–1981).
Born February 12th, 1893 in Clark.
Died April 8th, 1981 at 88 years old in New York City.
Bobby Sands
Irish terrorist of the provisional irish republican army (1954-1981).
Born March 9th, 1954 in Rathcoole. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1981 at 27 years old in HM Prison Maze (starvation). [ref]
Moshe Dayan
Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981).
Born May 20th, 1915 in Degania Alef. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1981 at 66 years old in Tel Aviv (cancer, myocardial infarction, colorectal cancer). [ref]
Harry Chapin
American musician.
Born December 7th, 1942 in Brooklyn.
Died July 16th, 1981 at 38 years old in New York City (traffic collision).
Robert Moses
American urban planner.
Born December 18th, 1888 in New Haven.
Died July 29th, 1981 at 92 years old in West Islip (heart disease).
Richard Boone
American actor.
Born June 18th, 1917 in Los Angeles.
Died January 10th, 1981 at 63 years old in St. Augustine (pneumonia, head and neck cancer, esophageal cancer).
Jack Albertson
American character actor.
Born June 16th, 1907 in Malden. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1981 at 74 years old in Hollywood (colorectal cancer).
Jacques Lacan
French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist.
Born April 13th, 1901 in 3rd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1981 at 80 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Robert Montgomery
American actor (1904–1981).
Born May 21st, 1904 in Beacon. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1981 at 77 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran