In the year 1981
569 Notable deaths
Tiny Thompson
Ice hockey goaltender: first goaltender to stop the puck by catching it (1903-1981).
Born May 31st, 1903 in Sandon.
Died February 9th, 1981 at 77 years old in Calgary.
Armando Bó
Argentine actor, director and screenwriter.
Born May 3rd, 1914 in Buenos Aires.
Died October 8th, 1981 at 67 years old in Buenos Aires (brain cancer).
Herman Wirth
Dutch-german pseudohistian (1885-1981).
Born May 6th, 1885 in Utrecht. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1981 at 95 years old in Kusel. [ref]
Evalyn Knapp
Actress (1906–1981).
Born June 17th, 1906 in Kansas City.
Died June 12th, 1981 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (disease). [ref]
Roman Rudenko
Soviet lawyer (1907-1981).
Born August 7th, 1907 in Nosivka. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1981 at 73 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Erwin Schulz
German nazi ss general and holocaust perpetrator (1900–1981).
Born November 27th, 1900 in Berlin. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1981 at 80 years old in Bremen.
Walter Charles Langer
American psychoanalyst (1899-1981).
Born February 5th, 1899 in Boston.
Died July 4th, 1981 at 82 years old in Sarasota.
Hugo Friedhofer
American composer (1901-1981).
Born May 3rd, 1901 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died May 17th, 1981 at 80 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Ruby Payne-Scott
Australian radio astronomer (1912-1981).
Born May 28th, 1912 in Grafton.
Died May 25th, 1981 at 68 years old in Mortdale.
Kevin Lynch
Irish hunger striker (1956-1981).
Born July 11th, 1957 in Park. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1981 at 24 years old in HM Prison Maze (starvation).
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No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut