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In the year 1981
497 Notable deaths
Boris Sagal
American director, television producer.
Born October 18th, 1923 in Dnipro. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1981 at 57 years old in Timberline Lodge (decapitation). [ref]
Beulah Bondi
American actress.
Born May 3rd, 1889 in Valparaiso. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1981 at 91 years old in Hollywood (fall). [ref]
Adele Astaire
American dancer and entertainer (1896-1981).
Born September 10th, 1896 in Omaha.
Died January 25th, 1981 at 84 years old in Tucson (stroke). [ref]
Soong Ching-ling
Former vice president of the people's republic of china and third wife of sun yat-sen (1893–1981).
Born January 27th, 1893 in Shanghai. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1981 at 88 years old in Beijing (leukemia). [ref]
Lotte Lenya
Austrian singer and actress (1898-1981).
Born October 18th, 1898 in Vienna. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1981 at 83 years old in Manhattan (cancer). [ref]
Lotte Reiniger
German silhouette animator and film director (1899–1981).
Born June 2nd, 1899 in Charlottenburg. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1981 at 82 years old in Dettenhausen. [ref]
Juan Trippe
American commercial aviation pioneer and founder of pan american world airways.
Born June 27th, 1899 in Sea Bright.
Died April 3rd, 1981 at 81 years old in New York City (stroke).
Paddy Chayefsky
American playwright, screenwriter and novelist (1923-1981).
Born January 29th, 1923 in The Bronx. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1981 at 58 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
William Saroyan
Armenian-american novelist, playwright, and short story writer (1908-1981).
Born August 31st, 1908 in Fresno. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1981 at 72 years old in Fresno (prostate cancer). [ref]
D. R. Bendre
Kannada poet.
Born January 31st, 1896.
Died October 26th, 1981 at 85 years old in Mumbai.
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