Deaths in December 1980
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 1980.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
December 1980
[edit]1
[edit]- Vladimir Alekseev, 48, Soviet mathematician.
- Frank Booth, 70, American Olympic swimmer (1932).
- May Edward Chinn, 84, American physician.[1]
- John Coulter, 92, Irish-Canadian playwright.[2]
- Mel Cummin, 85, American cartoonist and magazine illustrator.
- Forward Pass, 15, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
- Rudolf Hamburger, 77, German architect.
- Kengal Hanumanthaiah, 72, Indian politician, MP (1962–1977).
- Svea Jansson, 76, Finnish-Swedish folk singer.
- Mangharam Udharam Malkani, 83, Indian playwright and literary historian.
- Tom Mason, 60, American actor (Plan 9 from Outer Space)
- Hans-Jacob Mattsson, 90, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player (1920).
- John Herman Randall Jr., 81, American philosopher.[3]
- Shigeru Sawada, 93, Japanese general.
- Zareh Vorpuni, 78, Armenian novelist.
2
[edit]- George F. Barrett, 73, American lawyer, Illinois attorney general (1941–1949).[4]
- Harald Bosio, 74, Austrian Olympic skier (1928, 1932, 1936).
- Trevor Eather, 60, Australian rugby player.
- Roza Eskenazi, c. 84–85, Greek dancer and singer.
- Romain Gary, 66, Lithuanian-born French novelist and diplomat, suicide by gunshot.[5]
- Ljubomir Ivanović Gedža, 54, Yugoslav wrestler and wrestling coach.
- Willie Gilbert, 64, American playwright (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)
- Patrick Gordon Walker, 73, British politician, MP (1945–1964, 1966–1974).[6]
- Ole Bjørn Kraft, 86, Danish politician.
- American missionaries murdered in El Salvador:[7]
- Maura Clarke, 49, shot.
- Jean Donovan, 27, shot.
- Ita Ford, 40, shot.
- Dorothy Kazel, 41, shot.
3
[edit]- Baldomiro Benquet, 73, Uruguayan Olympic rower (1936).
- Pranas Čepėnas, 81, Lithuanian-American historian.
- Birtie Maher, 87, American football player.
- Sir Oswald Mosley, 84, British politician and fascist leader (British Union of Fascists), MP (1918–1924, 1926–1931).[8]
- Beatrice Ormsby-Gore, Baroness Harlech, 89, English courtier.
- Marie-Antoinette Tonnelat, 68, French theoretical physicist.
- Eino Virtanen, 72, Finnish wrestler.
- Robert Zimmerman, 99, American-Canadian Olympic swimmer (1908, 1912).
4
[edit]- Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, 67, Sri Lankan diplomat.[9]
- Jenő Brandi, 67, Hungarian Olympic water polo player (1936, 1948).
- Joe Birch, 76, English footballer.
- Doris P. Buck, 82, American science fiction author, pulmonary embolism.
- Gösta Cederlund, 92, Swedish actor and film director.
- Geoffrey Cooke, 83, English cricketer.
- Dan Curtin, 82, Australian politician, MP (1949–1969).
- Vicente Escudero, 92, Spanish flamenco dancer.[10]
- Al Gebert, 74, American football player and coach.
- Sultan Ibraimov, 53, Soviet Kyrgyz politician, shot.[11]
- James Jones, 99, British Anglican priest.
- Zdeněk Otava, 78, Czech opera singer.
- Georgette Vincent, 52, American baseball player.
- Stanisława Walasiewicz, 69, Polish-born American Olympic track and field athlete (1932, 1936), shot.[12]
- Don Warrington, 32, Canadian football player, traffic collision.[13]
- Victims of the 1980 Camarate plane crash:[14]
- Snu Abecassis, 40, Danish-Portuguese publisher
- Adelino Amaro da Costa, 37, Portuguese politician
- Francisco Sá Carneiro, 46, Portuguese politician, prime minister (since 1980)
5
[edit]- Val Chapman, 70, New Zealand botanist and academic administrator.
- Pat Devanny, 67, Australian political activist, drowned.
- Michael J. Halberstam, 58, American cardiologist, shot.[15]
- Eddie Hickey, 77, American college basketball and football coach, heart attack.[16]
- Fidelio Hungo, 87, Cuban baseball player.
- Ernst Idla, 79, Estonian sports coach.
- Ozias Johnson, 70, American college basketball and football coach.
- Gerrit Keizer, 70, Dutch footballer.
- Harvey Peltier Jr., 57, American politician and academic administrator, member of the Louisiana State Senate (1964–1976).[17]
- Susan C. Petrey, 35, American fiction writer.
- Don Taylor, 57, New Zealand cricketer.
- Geoffrey Udal, 72, English cricketer.
6
[edit]- Margot Bennett, 68, British novelist and screenwriter.
- C. Irving Benson, 83, Australian pastor.
- Herb Bunker, 84, American college athlete and coach.[18]
- Guy W. Calissi, 71, American politician and jurist.[19]
- Ève Francis, 94, French actress and filmmaker.
- Sir Reginald Graham, 88, British soldier and businessman.[20]
- Li Jinglin, 71, Chinese politician.
- José del Carmen Marín Arista, 81, Peruvian general and academic administrator.
- Sir Roderick McLeod, 75, British general.
- Marlin B. Nelsen, 44, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (since 1977), stroke.
- Bernard Paul, 50, French filmmaker.
7
[edit]- Beechi, 67, Indian humorist.
- Karl Brunner, 80, German general.
- Gerard Bucknall, 86, British general.
- Darby Crash, 22, American singer (Germs), suicide by heroin overdose.
- Kathryn Crawford, 72, American actress, cancer.[21]
- Synnøve Gleditsch, 72, Norwegian actress.
- Josef Hellensteiner, 91, Austrian Olympic racing cyclist (1912).
- Constance Howard, 74, American actress.
- Ahmad Keshvari, 27, Iranian helicopter pilot, shootdown.
- John Beaver Mertie Jr., 92, American geologist.
- W. L. Morton, 71, Canadian historian, heart attack.[22]
- Jerry Nemer, 68, American basketball player and attorney, leukemia.
- Lennie Pearson, 62, American baseball player.
- Paul Schwegler, 73, American football player and actor.[23]
- Mary Singleton, 54, American politician, cancer.[24]
- Luke Urban, 82, American football and baseball player and coach.
8
[edit]- Theo Breuer, 71, German footballer.
- Ed Comstock, 77, American football player.
- Emil Diedt, 83, American race car builder.
- Paul Michael Iogolevitch, 78, Russian-American oil executive and philanthropist.[25]
- George Kerr, 86, American football player.
- John Lennon, 40, English singer (The Beatles), songwriter ("Imagine") and activist, shot.[26]
- Tenis Melngailis, 67, Latvian chess player.
- Robert Nuttall, 74, English footballer.
- Joe Oakley, 66, Australian footballer.
- Hermann Plocher, 79, German general.
- William Ritchie Russell, 77, Scottish neurologist.
- Albert Sadacca, 79, American electrician, popularized electric Christmas lights.
- William T. Simpson, 94, American politician.[27]
- Petar Trifunović, 69, Yugoslav chess player.
- Hoppie van Jaarsveld, 63, South African rugby player.
9
[edit]- Kanu Desai, 73, Indian artist and illustrator.
- Maneco Galeano, 35, Paraguayan musician, lung cancer.
- Péter Lázár, 30, Hungarian Olympic swimmer (1968), traffic collision.
- Georges Monnet, 82, French politician.[28]
- Dorise Nielsen, 78, Canadian-Chinese politician, MP (1940–1945), cancer.[29]
- Ted Olson, 68, American baseball player.
- Don Padgett, 69, American baseball player.
- Lyle Reifsnider, 79, American set decorator.
- John Thomas, 84, Irish footballer.
10
[edit]- Badrul Alam, 50–51, Bangladeshi physician and academic.
- Benedict I, 88, Greek Orthodox prelate, patriarch of Jerusalem (since 1957), heart attack.
- George W. Chapman, 71, Australian footballer.
- Armand de Turenne, 89, French flying ace.
- Gevheri Sultan, 76, Turkish musician and royal.
- Philip Jaffe, 85, Russian-born American journalist and businessman.
- Philip MacDonald, 80, British writer.
- Rosy Ryan, 82, American baseball player and coach.[30]
11
[edit]- Josep Llorens i Artigas, 88, Spanish artist.
- Peter Roy Barber, 53, English-born South African serial killer, execution by hanging.[31]
- John J. Bergen, 85, American businessman.[32]
- Lyne Chardonnet, 37, French actress.
- Antonio Chas, 65, Spanish footballer.
- Guy B. Gardner, 60, American football coach.
- Bert Leboe, 71, Canadian politician, MP (1953–1958, 1962–1968)
- Margaret Malcolm, 80, British novelist.
- Dim Montero, 62, American football coach, heart attack.[33]
- Tom Morey, 74, Australian politician.
- Jack Ohrberg, 44, American police officer, shot.[34]
- Sonia Orwell, 62, British editor and archivist, brain cancer.[35]
- Eilif W. Paulson, 88, Norwegian economist.
- Sepp Rist, 80, German actor.
- Hawayo Takata, 79, American Reiki practitioner.[36]
- Freda Thompson, 71, Australian aviator.[37]
- Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, 88, German royal.
- Renate Wagner-Rieger, 59, Austrian art historian.
- Edward A. Warman, 54, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1965–1971).
- Dorothy West, 89, American actress.
12
[edit]- Bruno Bartolozzi, 69, Italian composer.
- Matt Benney, 78, New Zealand politician.
- Donald Henry Galloway, 82, American intelligence personnel.[38]
- Allen Holden, 69, New Zealand cricketer.
- Erich Jantsch, 51, Austrian astrophysicist.
- Władysław Kochański, 62, Polish soldier.
- Jean Lesage, 68, Canadian politician, premier of Quebec (1960–1966), heart failure.[39]
- Hilda Lindley, 61, American environmentalist, cancer.[40]
- Urie McCleary, 75, American art director (Patton).
- Severino Montano, 65, Filipino playwright and poet.
- Sir Jules Thorn, 81, Austrian-British businessman and philanthropist.[41]
13
[edit]- Fleming Alexander, 92, American newspaper publisher.
- Antoni Bura, 81, Polish Olympic bobsledder (1928).
- John Callender, 77, English footballer.
- John L. Dale, 52, American politician.[42]
- Sir Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland, 91, British hereditary peer.[43]
- Kiyoshi Hasegawa, 89, Japanese-French artist.
- Ginevra King, 82, American socialite.[44]
- R. D. Low, 85, Scottish comics writer (Oor Wullie).
- John Morris, 85, British anthropologist and mountaineer.
- Svend Olsen, 72, Danish Olympic weightlifter (1932).
- Cahit Ortaç, 71–72, Turkish politician.
- Harry Pursey, 89, British politician, MP (1945–1970).
- Hans Richter-Haaser, 68, German pianist.
- Norman Roberts, 84, British flying ace.
- Harm van Riel, 73, Dutch politician.
14
[edit]- Harry Bates, 68, British Anglican prelate.
- Sir Hugh Beadle, 75, Rhodesian jurist and politician.
- Bill Connor, 81, American football player.
- Sir Weldon Dalrymple-Champneys, 88, British physician.
- Richard Gurley Drew, 81, American inventor (masking tape).[45]
- John Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine of Rerrick, 87, Scottish banker and politician.
- Elston Howard, 51, American baseball player and coach, myocarditis.[46]
- Forbes Jones, 69, Scottish cricketer.
- Frank R. Kenison, 73, American lawyer and jurist, New Hampshire attorney general (1940–1942).[47]
- Olive Whitlock Klump, 78, American nurse and public health official.[48]
- Archie C. Kuntze, 60, American naval captain, heart attack.[49]
- Emile Lahner, 87, Hungarian-French painter.[50]
- Joël Le Theule, 50, French politician.
- Nichita Smochină, 86, Romanian political activist.
- Norman Taylor, 81, Canadian Olympic rower (1924).
15
[edit]- Lelia Constantza Băjenescu, 72, Romanian radio operator.
- Angus Campbell, 70, American psychologist, heart attack.[51]
- Rudolph Cleveringa, 86, Dutch legal scholar.
- Denis Cussen, 79, Irish Olympic sprinter (1928).
- Hans Fiederer, 60, German footballer.
- Léopold Gelot, 90, French racing cyclist.
- Alvin Gouldner, 60, American sociologist, heart attack.[52]
- Peter Gregg, 40, American racing driver, suicide by gunshot.[53]
- Slavko Hlastan, 82, Slovenian Olympic gymnast (1924).
- Eugène Huat, 73, French boxer.
- Julius H. Johnston, 75, American football and basketball player and coach.
- Komninos Pyromaglou, 80–81, Greek politician.
- Ante Roje, 75, Croatian Olympic swimmer (1924, 1936).
- James L. Tuck, 70, British-American physicist.[54]
16
[edit]- Frederick Arnold, 81, English cricketer.
- Keith Christie, 49, English jazz musician.
- Peter Collinson, 44, British film director (The Italian Job, Tomorrow Never Comes), lung cancer.[55]
- Roddy Connolly, 79, Irish politician, TD (1943–1944, 1948–1951).
- Jan Fethke, 77, German-Polish filmmaker.
- Welthy Honsinger Fisher, 101, American literacy activist.[56]
- Edward C. Harwood, 80, American economist.
- Anatol Josepho, 86, Russian-American inventor of the photo booth.
- Roy Lechthaler, 72, American football player.
- Jose B. Lingad, 66, Filipino politician, shot.[57]
- J. D. Morgan, 61, American tennis player and coach.[58]
- Colonel Sanders, 90, American fast food entrepreneur (Kentucky Fried Chicken), pneumonia.[59]
- Ram Subhag Singh, 63, Indian politician.
- Stanisław Tatar, 84, Polish general.
- Hellmuth Walter, 80, German-American engineer.
- Helga Josephine Zinnbauer, 71, Austrian-Australian librarian.
17
[edit]- Şarık Arıyak, 50, Turkish diplomat, shot.[60]
- Hank Baylis, 57, American baseball player.
- Ahmet Berman, 48, Turkish footballer.
- Robert Cauchon, 80, Canadian politician, MP (1949–1958).
- Chiang Kuei, 72, Taiwanese novelist.
- Sir William Duthie, 88, British politician, MP (1945–1964).
- Elsie Few, 71, Jamaican-born British artist.
- Marius Katiliškis, 66, Lithuanian writer.
- William Kendis, 64, American actor.[61]
- Oskar Kummetz, 89, German naval admiral.
- Rubens Pedrazzi, 73, Italian sculptor.
- Ralph Spearow, 85, American Olympic pole vaulter (1924).[62]
- Judson L. Transue, 83, American politician.
- Richard Tufts, 84, American golfer.[63]
18
[edit]- Partomo Moegihardjo Alibazah, 50, Indonesian diplomat, cardiovascular disease.
- Mukat Behari Lal Bhargava, 77, Indian politician.
- Christopher Burney, 63, English diplomatic aide and soldier.
- Héctor José Cámpora, 71, Argentine politician, president (1973), laryngeal cancer.[64]
- Dobriša Cesarić, 78, Croatian poet and translator.
- William M. Currie, 70, Canadian banking executive.
- Quartus de Wet, 81, South African jurist.
- Henry Frnka, 77, American football player and coach.[65]
- Frances Fuller, 73, American actress.[66]
- Raymond Gushue, 80, Canadian academic administrator and lawyer.
- Bertha I. Hill, 86, American politician.[67]
- Alexei Kosygin, 76, Soviet politician, premier (1964–1980).[68]
- Sir Albert Margai, 70, Sierra Leonean politician, prime minister (1964–1967), heart attack.[69]
- Bucky Moore, 75, American football player.
- Gokul Chand Mukerji, 85–86, Indian-Iraqi soldier and driver.
- Gabrielle Robinne, 94, French actress.
- Ben Travers, 94, English playwright.[70]
19
[edit]- Charles Cooper, 73, American basketball player and coach.[71]
- Harry Daer, 62, English cricketer.
- Nasrollah Entezam, 80, Iranian diplomat, stroke.
- Theodora Hall, 78, New Zealand physician.
- Dora Jung, 74, Finnish textile artist.
- Moshe Kelman, 57, Israeli soldier and war criminal (Ein al-Zeitun massacre), cancer.
- Norm McLean, 84, Australian footballer.
- Geoffrey Sambell, 66, Australian Anglican prelate.[72]
- Max M. Turshen, 74, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1937–1968).[73]
- Olav Tveten, 73, Norwegian architect.
- Maurice Voirin, 89, French politician.
- Gustav Winckler, 83, German jurist.
20
[edit]- Cyril Abotomey, 78, Australian rugby player.
- Roland Bond, 77, British locomotive engineer.
- Sid Hird, 70, Australian-South African cricketer.
- Leo Jansen, 50, Dutch artist, heart attack.
- Robert E. Kintner, 71, American television executive and journalist, heart ailment.[74]
- Mike Knode, 85, American football and baseball player.
- Dagmar Olsson, 72, Swedish actress.
- Artur Paredes, 81, Portuguese guitarist.
- Alfonso Salazar, 82, Chilean politician.
- Dagmar Salén, 79, Swedish Olympic sailor (1936).
- Ben Sharpsteen, 85, American film director and producer.
- Minoru Shibuya, 73, Japanese filmmaker.
- Jack Stapp, 68, American country music manager.[75]
- Leandro Tojong, 75, Filipino politician.
- Tom Waring, 74, English footballer.
- Bertalan Zsótér, 74, Hungarian Olympic sports shooter (1936).
21
[edit]- Philip Lemont Barbour, 82, American historian and linguist, heart attack.
- Maurice Browne, 67, New Zealand cricketer.
- Marc Connelly, 90, American playwright (The Green Pastures).[76]
- Carleton Harris, 70, American jurist.
- Tony Jacobs, 55, American baseball player.
- Stanisław Jaśkiewicz, 73, Polish actor.
- Gus Kuester, 92, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1935–1957).
- Douglas Lockwood, 62, Australian journalist, heart attack.[77]
- Bob Packard, 64, American Olympic sprinter (1936).
- Vladimir Potapov, 66, Soviet mathematician.
- Nelson Rodrigues, 68, Brazilian playwright, cardiovascular disease.[78]
22
[edit]- Miriam Battista, 68, American actress, emphysema.[79]
- William Fenn, 76, American Olympic cyclist (1924).[80]
- Lewis Ganson, 66–67, English magician.
- Earl Grace, 73, American baseball player and coach.[81]
- Joe Graves, 74, American baseball player.
- Magnus Hallenborg, 86, Swedish diplomat.
- Phillip Hoffman, 79, Canadian politician.
- William Hung, 87, Chinese-American historian.
- Thomas Cecil Hunt, 79, British gastroenterologist.
- Carlos Ramírez Ulloa, 77, Mexican civil engineer.
- Lesser Samuels, 86, American screenwriter.
- Karl Schlademan, 90, American college sports coach.[82]
- Ethel Wilson, 92, Canadian author.[83]
23
[edit]- James C. Archer, 80, Australian politician.
- Robert Ayre, 80, Canadian art critic.
- Stanley Bindoff, 72, English historian.
- Teodora Blanco Núñez, 52, Mexican artist.
- Rhoda Bloodworth, 91, New Zealand activist.
- Memmo Carotenuto, 72, Italian actor.
- Billy Dudley, 49, Nigerian political scientist.
- Paul Flinn, 85, American football player.
- Kris Neville, 55, American science fiction author.
- Frank Norman, 50, British novelist and playwright, Hodgkin's lymphoma.[84]
- Ambrose Reeves, 81, British-South African Anglican prelate.[85]
- Agnes Sander-Plump, 92, German painter.
- Cecilia Smith, 69, Australian Aboriginal activist, kidney failure.
- Astri Taube, 82, Swedish sculptor.
- Ulrich Wernitz, 59, German flying ace.
- Hans Wilhelm, 76, German screenwriter.
24
[edit]- Caroline van Hook Bean, 101, American painter.[86]
- Louis F. Capuzi, 60, American politician, heart attack.[87]
- Karl Dönitz, 89, German politician and naval admiral, president (1945), heart attack.[88]
- Bob Habenicht, 54, American baseball player.[89]
- Lew Lane, 81, American football and basketball coach.
- Heikki Liimatainen, 84, Finnish Olympic runner (1920, 1924).
- Johnny McQuade, 85, American football player.
- Irving Miller, 77, Russian-born American rabbi and Zionist activist.[90]
- Ram Prasad Nautiyal, 75, Indian politician.
- Siggie Nordstrom, 87, American singer (Nordstrom Sisters) and socialite.
- Arland Ussher, 81, British translator and academic.
- George Valentine, 81, Australian footballer.
- Joaquín Valle, 64, Spanish footballer.
- Alec Wilder, 73, American composer, lung cancer.[91]
- John Henry Williams, 93, American economist and academic administrator.[92]
25
[edit]- Enrique Bahamonde, 88, Chilean politician.
- Ludwig Beck, 71, Liechtensteiner politician.
- Arthur Francis Buddington, 90, American geologist.[93]
- Olav Dalgard, 82, Norwegian literary scholar.
- Henri Dufaux, 101, French-Swiss painter.
- Fred Emney, 80, English actor and comedian.[94]
- Gu Jiegang, 87, Chinese historian.
- José Gutiérrez Alliende, 91, Chilean politician.
- Ernest Harding, 81, English rugby player.
- C. H. E. Haspels, 86, Dutch archaeologist.
- Robert H. Herman, 55, American gastroenterologist, heart attack.[95]
- Erik Harry Johannessen, 78, Norwegian painter.
- Marcel Langiller, 72, French footballer.
- Iachen Ulrich Könz, 81, Swiss architect.
- Arthur Marder, 70, American historian, cancer.
- Louis Neefs, 43, Belgian singer, traffic collision.
- Quintin Riley, 75, British Arctic explorer, traffic collision.
- Karel Štěpánek, 81, Czech actor.
- Viola Van Katwijk, 86, American composer and pianist.
- Collier Young, 72, American film and television producer (Ironside), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.[96]
26
[edit]- Edward Ajado, 51, Nigerian Olympic sprinter (1952).
- Giuseppe Balbo, 78, Italian painter.
- Richard Chase, 30, American serial killer, drug overdose.[97]
- Ned Chawke, 62, Irish hurler.
- Bill Crouch, 73, American baseball player.
- Tony Firth, 73, New Zealand manufacturing executive (Firth Concrete).
- Ray Jenkins, 83, American lawyer, pneumonia.[98]
- Peck Kelley, 82, American jazz pianist.[99]
- Willie James Lyons, 42, American blues musician.
- Elizabeth Monk, 82, Canadian lawyer.[100]
- Johnny Oulliber, 69, American baseball player.
- Stjepan Planić, 79, Croatian architect.
- Lake Russell, 82, American football and basketball coach.
- Tony Smith, 68, American sculptor, heart attack.[101]
- Egidio Vagnozzi, 74, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.[102]
27
[edit]- Robert Asp, 57, American educator.
- Todhunter Ballard, 77, American novelist.
- Charles S. Dewey, 100, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1941–1945).[103]
- Eric Green, 72, English golfer.
- Arthur Havers, 82, English golfer.[104]
- Michael Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens, 68, British politician, MP (1955–1964).
- Leo Mishkin, 73, American film and television critic.[105]
- Peet Petersen, 39, Dutch footballer, cancer.
28
[edit]- Pepper Bassett, 70, American baseball player.
- James N. Bloodworth, 59, American jurist.
- Carl B. Close, 73, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1944–1947).
- Amir Elahi, 72, Indian-Pakistani cricketer.[106]
- Sue Metzger Dickey Hough, 97, American politician and lawyer.
- Mitsu Kōro, 87, Japanese politician.
- Walter "Popee" Lastie, 42, American jazz drummer, heart attack.
- Sam Levene, 75, Russian-born American actor (Guys and Dolls), heart attack.[107]
- William McLennan, 77, Canadian politician, MP (1958–1962).[108]
- Božo Milanović, 90, Croatian theologian and historian.
- Neville Price, 51, South African Olympic long jumper (1952, 1956).
- Tokutaro Sakurai, 83, Japanese general.
- Tariq bin Taimur, 59, Omani royal and politician, prime minister (1970–1972).
- Charles Tannen, 65, American actor and screenwriter, heart attack.
- Nobuzo Tohmatsu, 84, Japanese naval admiral.
- Franz Van Houtte, 90, Belgian footballer.
- Stan Yates, 80, Australian footballer.
29
[edit]- George Cooper, 73, Australian cricket umpire.
- Roy Engel, 67, American actor (Sky King).[109]
- Lennie Felix, 60, British jazz pianist, injuries sustained in a traffic collision.[110]
- Arnold J. Funk, 85, American general.[111]
- James Gilluly, 84, American geologist.[112]
- Tim Hardin, 39, American singer and songwriter ("If I Were a Carpenter"), heroin overdose.[113]
- Luigi Lucotti, 87, Italian racing cyclist.
- Nadezhda Mandelstam, 81, Soviet writer and memoirist.[114]
- Fatialofa Momoʻe, 57, Western Samoan politician.
- Gigi Peronace, 55, Italian football agent, heart attack.[115]
- Enric Rabassa, 60, Spanish football player and coach.
- Art Reinholz, 77, American baseball player.
- John R. Rice, 85, American evangelist, stroke.[116]
- Yoshio Shigezono, 72, Japanese lyricist.
- Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, 71, Soviet film director.
- Harold H. Tittmann Jr., 87, American diplomat.[117]
- Nanubhai Vakil, 78, Indian film director.
- Sir John Wall, Baron Wall, 67, British businessman,
30
[edit]- Frank Baker, 88, Australian-American actor.
- George Beel, 80, English footballer.
- B. R. Bruss, 84, French science fiction writer.
- Pop Buell, 67, American humanitarian.[118]
- Giuseppe Carraro, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate.
- François Colomines, 85, French racing cyclist.
- Dorothy Dessau, 80, American academic and social worker, stroke.[119]
- Harry Fultz, 92, American educator.
- Bruce Hale, 62, American basketball player and coach.[120]
- Patrick Hennessy, 65, Irish painter.
- Dorothy P. Lathrop, 89, American children's author.[121]
- J. D. McCarty, 64, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1940–1966), heart attack.[122]
- Francis Spurway, 86, English cricketer.
- Stuffy Stewart, 86, American baseball player.
- Robert Yendes, 82, American baseball player.
31
[edit]- Alan Bellhouse, 66, Australian musician and mathematician.
- Dalbir Bindra, 58, Indian-Canadian neuropsychologist.[123]
- Satya Narayan Bohidar, 67, Indian writer.
- Árpád Borsányi, 48, Hungarian Olympic weightlifter (1960).
- Abdelhafid Boussouf, 54, Algerian politician.
- Jim Britt, 70, American sportscaster.[124]
- George Cook, 85, English footballer.
- Maurice Cornforth, 71, British philosopher.
- Youra Guller, 85, French pianist.
- Ronald Allen Harris, 33, American Olympic boxer (1964).
- Ragnar Krogius, 77, Finnish chess player.
- Fernand Lemay, 86, French racing cyclist.
- Marshall McLuhan, 69, Canadian philosopher and writer.[125]
- Gon'ichirō Nishizawa, 74, Japanese politician.
- Irmgard Österwall, 66, Swedish singer.
- Viljo Rantala, 88, Finnish politician.
- Mike Rodak, 63, American football player.
- Bob Shawkey, 90, American baseball player.[126]
- Raoul Walsh, 93, American film director (The Big Trail, White Heat) and actor (The Birth of a Nation), heart attack.[127]
- Arthur Wellard, 78, English cricketer.
- Irvin F. Westheimer, 101, American businessman and social reformer.[128]
- Robert Pete Williams, 66, American blues musician, cancer.[129]
- Nick Yost, 65, American basketball player.
References
[edit]- ^ Dr. May Edward Chinn, 84, Long a Harlem Physician
- ^ Playwright Coulter, 92
- ^ John H. Randall Jr. Is Dead at 81; Philosopher Taught at Columbia; 1965 Book Received Award Challenged Ban on Russell
- ^ Dies at 73
- ^ Romain Gary Is Dead; Novelist Shot in Head, Apparently a Suicide
- ^ Gordon-Walker, British lord
- ^ Three American nuns killed in El Salvador
- ^ Sir Oswald Mosley, British Fascist Who Urged Peace With Nazis, Dies
- ^ H.S. AMERASINGHE, U.N. DIPLOMAT, DIES; Envoy From Sri Lanka Led Law of Sea Conference for 7 Years
- ^ Un bailarin de Flamenco fallecio ayer (in Spanish)
- ^ Sultan I. Ibraimov Is Dead at 53; Headed Soviet Kirghiz Republic
- ^ Stella Walsh, Former Olympic Star, Shot
- ^ Ex-Eskimo dies of injuries
- ^ Portugal's Prime Minister Is Killed In Plane Crash on Way to a Rally; Future of the Alliance in Doubt Rightist Coalition Arose in '79
- ^ Dr. Halberstam Is Slain; Brother of Famed Writer
- ^ Hickey, Former Marquette Coach, Dies at 77
- ^ Harvey A. Peltier Jr., 57
- ^ Herb Bunker dead at 84
- ^ Guy W. Calissi, 71, Retired Judge And a Jersey Prosecutor, Is Dead
- ^ GRAHAM
- ^ Ex-Actress Dies
- ^ Historian W.L. Morton
- ^ Paul Schwegler Dies
- ^ Mary Singleton, noted black Florida political leader
- ^ C. Michael Paul, a Philanthropist, Financier and Oil Man, Dies at 78; Joined Army at Age 15 Sold War Bonds in Shipyards
- ^ Autograph Hunter Slays John Lennon
- ^ William T. Simpson, 94, Is Dead; Albany Legislator From 1914-22
- ^ Georges Monnet
- ^ Canadian feminist, MP, dies in China
- ^ Rosy Ryan Dead At 82
- ^ Convicted murderer is hanged
- ^ John Bergen Is Dead; Planned Madison Sq. Garden
- ^ Obituary for Dominic Montero (Aged 62)
- ^ Five are charged in officer's slaying
- ^ George Orwell's Widow; Edited Husband's Work
- ^ Takata
- ^ Pioneer pilot dies at 74
- ^ Donald H. Galloway, 82 Retired Army Colonel
- ^ Jean Lesage, 68, Dies in Canada; Was Premier of Quebec in 1960's; Increasing Role of Government
- ^ HILDA L. WALLER, 61; L.I. CONSERVATIONIST; Long a Book Publishing Executive --Ran a Literary Agency Led 2 Environmental Groups
- ^ Magnate dies
- ^ Obituary for John L. Dale (Aged 52)
- ^ Sir Ferdinand, eighth Duke of Portland
- ^ Obituary for Ginevra King (Chicago Tribune)
- ^ Richard Drew, Scotch Tape Inventor
- ^ Elston Howard, Yank Star for Many Years, Dies at 51
- ^ Obituaries
- ^ Deaths: Olive Klump
- ^ Capt. Archie C. Kuntze, Veteran Of Two Wars, Dies in Wisconsin; Key Role in Vietnam Served on Sheboygan Council
- ^ Le peintre Emile Lahner decede (in French)
- ^ ANGUS CAMPBELL, 70; SOCIAL RESEARCHER; Professor at U. of Michigan Led in Studies of Racial Issues, the Voter and Quality of Life Studies on Racial Problems Happiness in America
- ^ ALVIN GOULDNER, 60, A RADICAL SOCIOLOGIST, DIES OF HEART ATTACK
- ^ Peter Gregg, all-time leading driver on the International Motor...
- ^ Fuller Lodge memorial service planned for LA's James Tuck
- ^ Obituaries
- ^ Welthy Fisher, Missionary and Educator, Dies at 101
- ^ An Opposition Filipino Politician Shot to Death at Gasoline Station
- ^ J.D. Morgan, ex-Bruin AD, dead at 61
- ^ Col. Harland Sanders, Founder Of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Dies; Cooked Meals as a Child Success Comes Slowly
- ^ Turkish consul assassinated
- ^ William Kendis
- ^ Memorial service slated for ex-UO track athlete
- ^ Golf leader Tufts dies
- ^ Dr. Hector Campora, Peronist and President Of Argentina in 1973; Served 9 Years in Congress
- ^ Former Tulsa, Tulane coach dies
- ^ Frances Fuller, Actress, Is Dead; She Headed Academy of Drama; With Bogart and Cooper Began in a Stock Company
- ^ Former Treasurer Bertha Hill Dies
- ^ Alexei Kosygin dies
- ^ Sir Albert Margai Dies
- ^ Travers, master of farce, bows out
- ^ Cooper dies in Philadelphia
- ^ SAMBELL, Archbishop Geoffrey
- ^ Max Turshen, Ex-Assemblyman
- ^ Robert E. Kintner, Ex-Head of ABC and NBC, Dies; Produced Growth in Companies
- ^ Jack Stapp; Was Music Publisher
- ^ Marc Connelly, Playwright, Dies; Won Fame With 'Green Pastures'
- ^ Doug Lockwood dies
- ^ Nelson Rodrigues sera sepultado no S. J. Batista (in Portuguese)
- ^ Miriam Battista, Actress In the Theater and Films
- ^ William S. Fenn, 76; 1924 Olympic cyclist
- ^ Miscellany
- ^ Karl Schlademan
- ^ Writer Wilson dies at 92
- ^ British Writer Frank Norman Dies
- ^ Rev. Ambrose Reeves
- ^ Caroline Binyon Dies, Impressionist Painter
- ^ State Rep. Louis Capuzi, one of two House members...
- ^ Doenitz Dies; Gave Up for Nazis
- ^ Robert Habenicht; ex-Cardinal dies
- ^ Irving Miller, in New York Obituaries
- ^ Alec Wilder, Composer, 73, Dead; Wrote Songs and Classical Works
- ^ John H. Williams, 93; Was Noted Economist And Dean at Harvard; Served on Advisory Groups
- ^ Arthur Buddington
- ^ Death of monocled master comic
- ^ Rite Tuesday
- ^ Collier Young, Producer; Created TV's 'Ironside'
- ^ 'Vampire killer' takes fatal overdose in jail
- ^ Ray Jenkins, McCarthy probe counsel
- ^ Peck Kelley, Jazz Pianist, Dead at 82
- ^ Elizabeth Monk dead: Pioneer woman lawyer
- ^ Tony Smith, 68, Sculptor Of Minimalist Structures
- ^ Cardinal Vagnozzi Dies; Ex-Papal Envoy in U.S.
- ^ Charles Dewey, 100, Former Congressman And Treasury Official; Served Two Terms in House
- ^ Same old story after 57 years
- ^ Leo Mishkin, Reviewed Movies, Theater and TV
- ^ Cricket
- ^ Sam Levene, a Creator of Comic Roles, Is Dead at 75
- ^ Deaths
- ^ "Obituaries: Roy Engel". Variety. March 4, 1981. p. 111. ProQuest 963289463.
Roy Engel, character actor, died recently at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank. After a career in radio, where he was the original 'Sky King' and also appeared on 'The Whistler,' Engel made his film debut in 'D.O.A.' in 1949.
- ^ Lennie Felix
- ^ Good Soldier, Good Citizen
- ^ Dr. James Gilluly, described by collegues as a giant...
- ^ Tim Hardin, Songwriter, 39, Dies; A Romantic Composer
- ^ Nadezhda Mandelstam, 81, Russian Poet's Widow
- ^ Italian soccer agent Gigi Peronace...
- ^ John Rice, Broadcast Evangelist, Dead at 85 After Being in Coma
- ^ Harold Tittmann Jr., Former Ambassador And Career Diplomat
- ^ Edgar "Pop" Buell
- ^ Dorothy Dessau, an American social worker who aided residents...
- ^ Cage Coach Hale Dies
- ^ Dorothy Lathrop, 89, Illustrator Who Won First Caldecott Medal
- ^ Former Oklahoma House Speaker J.D. McCarty dead
- ^ BINDRA, Dalbir
- ^ Sportscaster Jim Britt Dies
- ^ MARSHALL MCLUHAN, AUTHOR, DIES; DECLARED 'MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE'
- ^ Bob Shawkey
- ^ RAOUL WALSH, 93, DEAD; EARLY DIRECTOR OF MOVIES
- ^ IRVIN F. WESTHEIMER, 101, FOUNDER OF BIG BROTHERS AT START OF CENTURY
- ^ ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS DIES AT 66; LOUISIANA COUNTRY BLUES SINGER
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