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In the year 1981
530 Notable deaths
Cedric Liddell
Canadian rower.
Born June 11th, 1913 in Clinton.
Died June 4th, 1981 at 67 years old in Walkerton.
Joseph Wright
Canadian rower (1906–1981).
Born March 28th, 1906 in Toronto.
Died June 7th, 1981 at 75 years old in Toronto.
Jean Boyer
French football player (1901-1981).
Born February 13th, 1901 in Vitry-sur-Seine.
Died November 24th, 1981 at 80 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Janina Ipohorska
Polish painter and journalist.
Born August 15th, 1914 in Lviv.
Died September 20th, 1981 at 67 years old in Kraków.
Vasily Lytkin
Russian poet and children's writer (1895-1981).
Born December 27th, 1895 in Tentyukov.
Died August 27th, 1981 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Ferenc Tóth
Hungarian olympic wrestler (1909-1981).
Born February 8th, 1909 in Szeged. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1981 at 72 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Efim Dzigan
Soviet film director (1898-1981).
Born December 14th, 1898 in Moscow.
Died December 31st, 1981 at 83 years old in Moscow.
Bill Coleman
American musician (1904-1981).
Born August 4th, 1904 in Kentucky. [ref]
Died August 24th, 1981 at 77 years old in Toulouse. [ref]
Yevgeny Fyodorov
Soviet geophysicist, hero of the soviet union (1910-1981).
Born April 10th, 1910 in Bender.
Died December 30th, 1981 at 71 years old in Moscow.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius