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In the year 1981
518 Notable deaths
Enid Markey
American actress of stage, film and television.
Born February 22nd, 1894 in Dillon.
Died November 15th, 1981 at 87 years old in Bay Shore (disease).
Alexander Kotov
Soviet chess player.
Born August 12th, 1913 in Tula.
Died January 8th, 1981 at 67 years old in Moscow.
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player.
Born April 6th, 1921 in Horn Lake. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1981 at 60 years old in Chicago (heart failure).
Matthew Beard
Actor (1925-1981).
Born January 1st, 1925 in Los Angeles.
Died January 8th, 1981 at 56 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia, stroke).
Robert Russell Bennett
American composer, arranger (1894-1981).
Born June 15th, 1894 in Kansas City. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1981 at 87 years old in New York City (liver cancer).
Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
Iranian politician (1933-1981).
Born September 5th, 1933 in Kerman.
Died August 30th, 1981 at 47 years old in Tehran (explosive device).
Harvey Fletcher
American physicist (1884-1981).
Born September 11th, 1884 in Provo.
Died July 23rd, 1981 at 96 years old in Provo.
Cozy Cole
American musician (1909–1981).
Born October 17th, 1909 in East Orange.
Died January 29th, 1981 at 71 years old in Columbus (cancer).
Yitzhak Zuckerman
Polish jewish resistance fighter, survivor of the warsaw ghetto uprising (1915-1981).
Born December 13th, 1915 in Vilnius. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1981 at 65 years old in Lohamei HaGeta'ot. [ref]
Nahum Eitingon
Soviet intelligence officer.
Born December 6th, 1899 in Škloŭ.
Died May 3rd, 1981 at 81 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 191 to 200 of 518
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