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In the year 1981
570 Notable deaths
Odd Hassel
Norwegian physical chemist and nobel laureate (1897-1981).
Born May 17th, 1897 in Christiania.
Died May 11th, 1981 at 83 years old in Oslo.
Maria Palmer
Stage and film actress (1917-1981).
Born September 5th, 1917 in Vienna.
Died September 6th, 1981 at 64 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Alberto Suppici
Uruguayan football player and manager (1898-1981).
Born November 20th, 1898 in Colonia del Sacramento.
Died June 21st, 1981 at 82 years old in Montevideo.
Uri Zvi Grinberg
Israeli poet (1896-1981).
Born September 22nd, 1896 in Bilyi Kamin.
Died May 8th, 1981 at 84 years old in Ramat Gan.
Julius Arigi
Austro-hungarian flying ace.
Born October 3rd, 1895 in Děčín.
Died August 1st, 1981 at 85 years old in Seewalchen am Attersee.
Nahed Sherif
Egyptian actress (1942–1981).
Born January 1st, 1942 in Alexandria.
Died April 7th, 1981 at 39 years old in Cairo (breast cancer).
Albert Cohen
Swiss writer (1895-1981).
Born August 16th, 1895 in Corfu. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1981 at 86 years old in Geneva (pneumonia). [ref]
Gerhard Boldt
Recipient of the knight's cross (1918–1981).
Born January 21st, 1918 in Lübeck.
Died May 10th, 1981 at 63 years old in Lübeck.
Curtis Bernhardt
German film director.
Born April 15th, 1899 in Worms. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1981 at 81 years old in Pacific Palisades (disease). [ref]
Marian Shockley
American actress.
Born October 10th, 1911 in Kansas City.
Died December 14th, 1981 at 70 years old in Los Angeles.
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