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In the year 1981
530 Notable deaths
Hanns Kilian
Bobsledder.
Born May 2nd, 1905 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Died April 17th, 1981 at 75 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Peter Paul Fernandes
Indian field hockey player (1916-1981).
Born September 15th, 1916 in Karachi.
Died January 24th, 1981 at 64 years old in Karachi.
Józef Korbas
Polish footballer (1914-1981).
Born November 11th, 1914 in Kraków.
Died October 2nd, 1981 at 66 years old in Katowice.
Nikolai Tishchenko
Russian footballer (1926-1981).
Born December 10th, 1926 in Salovka.
Died May 10th, 1981 at 54 years old in Lobnya.
Vladimir Sudets
Soviet air commander during world war ii (1904–1981).
Born October 23rd, 1904 in Dnipro.
Died May 6th, 1981 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Stane Derganc
Yugoslavia gymnast.
Born April 23rd, 1893 in Ljubljana.
Died August 9th, 1981 at 88 years old in Ankaran.
László Raffinsky
Hungarian-romanian footballer (1905-1981).
Born April 23rd, 1905 in Miskolc.
Died July 31st, 1981 at 76 years old in Cluj-Napoca.
Dragutin Najdanović
Serbian footballer (1908-1981).
Born April 15th, 1908 in Belgrade.
Died November 3rd, 1981 at 73 years old in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Vittorio Tamagnini
Ciao (1910-1981).
Born October 28th, 1910 in Civitavecchia.
Died January 20th, 1981 at 70 years old in Civitavecchia.
Ioachim Moldoveanu
Romanian footballer (1913-1981).
Born August 17th, 1913 in Alba County.
Died July 31st, 1981 at 67 years old in Craiova.
Deaths 441 to 450 of 530
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon