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* [[January 1]]
* [[January 1]]
** [[Ceferino Garcia]], Filipino champion boxer (b. [[1906]])
** [[Hephzibah Menuhin]], American-Australian pianist, writer, and human rights campaigner (b. [[1921]])
** [[Kazimierz Michałowski]], Polish archaeologist (b. [[1901]])
** [[Kazimierz Michałowski]], Polish archaeologist (b. [[1901]])
** [[Mauri Rose]], American race car champion (b. [[1906]])
** [[Mauri Rose]], American race car champion (b. [[1906]])
* [[January 3]]
* [[January 3]]
** [[Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone]], the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria (b. [[1883]])
** [[Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone]], the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria (b. [[1883]])
** [[Felton Jarvis]], American [[record producer]] of [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]], [[Willie Nelson]], and other musicians and a singer (b. 1934)
** [[Marvin Opler]], American anthropologist (b. [[1914]])
** [[Marvin Opler]], American anthropologist (b. [[1914]])
* [[January 4]] – [[Ruth Lowe]], Canadian pianist and songwriter (b. [[1914]])
* [[January 5]]
* [[January 5]]
** [[Guy Paquinet]], French jazz trombonist
** [[Harold Urey]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Cohen | first1 = K. P. | last2 = Runcorn | first2 = S. K. | author-link2 = Keith Runcorn| last3 = Suess | first3 = H. E. | last4 = Thode | first4 = H. G. | author-link4 = Harry Thode| title = Harold Clayton Urey 29 April 1893-5 January 1981 | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1983.0022 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 29 | pages = 622–659 | year = 1983 | jstor = 769815| doi-access = free }}</ref>
** [[Harold Urey]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Cohen | first1 = K. P. | last2 = Runcorn | first2 = S. K. | author-link2 = Keith Runcorn| last3 = Suess | first3 = H. E. | last4 = Thode | first4 = H. G. | author-link4 = Harry Thode| title = Harold Clayton Urey 29 April 1893-5 January 1981 | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1983.0022 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 29 | pages = 622–659 | year = 1983 | jstor = 769815| doi-access = free }}</ref>
** [[Lanza del Vasto]], Italian philosopher, poet and activist (b. [[1901]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Galiana |first=Ismael |date=1 July 1981 |title=Murió en Murcia el poeta y pacifista Lanza del Vasto: Apóstol de la no violencia |trans-title=The poet and pacifist Lanza del Vasto died in Murcia: Apostle of nonviolence |work=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]] |location=Madrid |page=24 |language=es |url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/cgi-bin/pagina.pdf?fn=exec;command=stamp;path=H:%5Ccran%5Cdata%5Cprensa_pages%5CMadrid%5CABC%5C1981%5C198101%5C19810107%5C81E07-032.xml;id=0001341288 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
** [[Lanza del Vasto]], Italian philosopher, poet and activist (b. [[1901]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Galiana |first=Ismael |date=1 July 1981 |title=Murió en Murcia el poeta y pacifista Lanza del Vasto: Apóstol de la no violencia |trans-title=The poet and pacifist Lanza del Vasto died in Murcia: Apostle of nonviolence |work=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]] |location=Madrid |page=24 |language=es |url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/cgi-bin/pagina.pdf?fn=exec;command=stamp;path=H:%5Ccran%5Cdata%5Cprensa_pages%5CMadrid%5CABC%5C1981%5C198101%5C19810107%5C81E07-032.xml;id=0001341288 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[January 6]] – [[A. J. Cronin]], Scottish novelist (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/10/obituaries/aj-cronin-author-of-citadel-and-keys-of-the-kingdom-dies.html|title=A. J. Cronin, author of 'Citadel' and 'Keys of the Kingdom', dies|date=10 January 1981|website=New York Times|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>
* [[January 6]] – [[A. J. Cronin]], Scottish novelist (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/10/obituaries/aj-cronin-author-of-citadel-and-keys-of-the-kingdom-dies.html|title=A. J. Cronin, author of 'Citadel' and 'Keys of the Kingdom', dies|date=10 January 1981|website=New York Times|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>
* [[January 7]]
* [[January 9]] – [[Donald H. Bochkay]], 64, American Air Force pilot and flying ace (b. [[1916]])
** [[José Ardévol|Jose Ardevol]], Cuban composer and conductor of Spanish derivation (b. [[1911]])
** [[Alvar Lidell]], English radio announcer and newsreader for the [[BBC]] and compere (b. 1908)
* [[January 9]]
** [[Donald H. Bochkay]], 64, American Air Force pilot and flying ace (b. [[1916]])
** [[Obdulio Morales]], Cuban pianist, conductor, composer and [[Ethnomusicology|ethnomusicologist]] (b. [[1910]])
** [[Kazimierz Serocki]], Polish [[composer]] and one of the founders of the [[Warsaw Autumn]] contemporary music festival (b. [[1922]])
* [[January 10]]
* [[January 10]]
** [[Katharine Alexander|Katherine Alexander]], American actress (b. [[1898]])
** [[Katharine Alexander|Katherine Alexander]], American actress (b. [[1898]])
** [[Richard Boone]], American actor (b. [[1917]])
** [[Richard Boone]], American actor (b. [[1917]])
** [[Fawn M. Brodie]], American biographer and history professors at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] (b. 1915)
* [[January 11]] – [[Beulah Bondi]], American actress (b. [[1889]])
* [[January 11]] – [[Beulah Bondi]], American actress (b. [[1889]])
* [[January 12]]
** [[Isobel Elsom]], English film, theatre, and television actress (b. [[1893]])
** [[John Fearns Nicoll|Sir John Nicoll]], British colonial administrator, governor of Singapore (b. [[1899]])<ref>[https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=d787b132-b0f1-409c-8f66-9a7ae06591d4 John Fearns Nicoll]</ref>
* [[January 15]]
** [[David E. Lilienthal]], American attorney and public administrator (b. [[1899]])
** [[Emanuel Celler]], American Democratic politician from New York (b. [[1888]])
* [[January 16]] – [[Bernard Lee]], English actor (b. [[1908]])
* [[January 16]] – [[Bernard Lee]], English actor (b. [[1908]])
* [[January 17]] – [[Loukas Panourgias]], Greek athlete and footballer (b. [[1899]])
* [[January 19]] – [[Francesca Woodman]], American photographer (b. [[1958]])
* [[January 19]] – [[Francesca Woodman]], American photographer (b. [[1958]])
* [[January 21]] – [[Allyn Joslyn]], American actor (b. [[1901]])
* [[January 21]] – [[Allyn Joslyn]], American actor (b. [[1901]])
* [[January 23]] – [[Samuel Barber]], American composer (b. [[1910]])
* [[January 22]] – [[Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi]], Pakistani nationalist historian and playwright (b. [[1903]])
* [[January 25]] – [[Adele Astaire]], American actress (b. [[1896]])
* [[January 23]]
** [[Samuel Barber]], American composer (b. [[1910]])
** [[Bobby Sherwood]], American guitarist, trumpeter, bandleader, actor and radio host (b. [[1914]])
** [[Olin E. Teague]], American politician and member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1946 to 1978 (b. [[1910]])
* [[January 25]] – [[Adele Astaire]], American dancer and actress (b. [[1896]])
* [[January 29]] – [[Lajos Korányi]], Hungarian footballer (b. [[1907]])
* [[January 29]] – [[Lajos Korányi]], Hungarian footballer (b. [[1907]])
* [[January 30]] – [[John Gordon (archbishop)|John Gordon]], Irish [[Roman Catholic]] bishop (b. [[1912]])
* [[January 30]] – [[John Gordon (archbishop)|John Gordon]], Irish [[Roman Catholic]] bishop (b. [[1912]])
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** [[Ernst Pepping]], German composer (b. [[1901]])
** [[Ernst Pepping]], German composer (b. [[1901]])
** [[Geirr Tveitt]], Norwegian composer (b. [[1908]])
** [[Geirr Tveitt]], Norwegian composer (b. [[1908]])
* [[February 2]] – [[Hugh J. Addonizio]], Italian-American politician and [[Mayor of Newark]] (b. [[1914]])
* [[February 2]] –
** [[Hugh J. Addonizio]], Italian-American politician and [[Mayor of Newark]] (b. [[1914]])
* [[February 3]] – [[J Harlen Bretz]], American geologist (b. [[1882]])
** [[Louise Lorraine]], American actress (b. 1904)
* [[February 3]] –
** [[J Harlen Bretz]], American geologist (b. [[1882]])
**[[Jan Donner]], Dutch politician (b. 1891)
* [[February 4]] – [[Mario Camerini]], Italian film director and screenwriter (b. [[1895]])
* [[February 4]] – [[Mario Camerini]], Italian film director and screenwriter (b. [[1895]])
* [[February 5]]
* [[February 6]] – [[Frederica of Hanover]], [[Queen Consort]] of the [[Hellenes]] and wife of King [[Paul of Greece]] (b. [[1917]])
** [[Ella Grasso]], American politician and member of the Democratic Party (b. 1919)
** [[Kuda Bux]], [[Magic (illusion)|magician]] and [[Firewalking|firewalker]] (b. [[1905]])
* [[February 6]] –
** [[Frederica of Hanover]], [[Queen Consort]] of the [[Hellenes]] and wife of King [[Paul of Greece]] (b. [[1917]])
** [[Hugo Montenegro]], American orchestra leader and composer of [[Film soundtrack|film soundtracks]] (b. [[1925]])
* [[February 7]] – [[Hermann Esser]], German journalist and editor of the [[Nazi]] newspaper ''[[Völkischer Beobachter]]'' (b. [[1900]])
* [[February 7]] – [[Hermann Esser]], German journalist and editor of the [[Nazi]] newspaper ''[[Völkischer Beobachter]]'' (b. [[1900]])
* [[February 9]] – [[Bill Haley]], American rock musician, member of [[Bill Haley & The Comets]] (b. [[1925]])
* [[February 9]] – [[Bill Haley]], American rock musician, member of [[Bill Haley & The Comets]] (b. [[1925]])
* [[February 12]] – [[Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape]], British admiral (b. [[1888]])
* [[February 12]] – [[Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape]], British admiral (b. [[1888]])
* [[February 13]] – [[Jack Crapp]], English [[Cricket|cricketer]] (b. [[1912]])
* [[February 15]]
* [[February 15]]
** [[Karl Richter (conductor)|Karl Richter]], German conductor (b. [[1926]])
** [[Karl Richter (conductor)|Karl Richter]], German conductor (b. [[1926]])
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** [[Leonard Howell]], Founder of [[Rastafari]] (b. [[1898]])
** [[Leonard Howell]], Founder of [[Rastafari]] (b. [[1898]])
** [[Gunichi Mikawa]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1888]])
** [[Gunichi Mikawa]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1888]])
* [[February 26]] [[Howard Hanson]], American composer (b. [[1896]])
* [[February 26]]
** [[Robert Aickman]], English writer and [[Conservation movement|conservationist]] (b. [[1914]])
** [[Howard Hanson]], American composer (b. [[1896]])
* [[February 27]] – [[Jacob H. Gilbert|Jacob H Gilbert]], American lawyer and politician (b. [[1920]])


===March===
===March===
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[[File:Maxdelbrück-cr.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Max Delbrück]]]]
[[File:Maxdelbrück-cr.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Max Delbrück]]]]
[[File:John S. McCain, Jr. color portrait.jpg|100px|thumb|[[John S. McCain Jr.]]]]
[[File:John S. McCain, Jr. color portrait.jpg|100px|thumb|[[John S. McCain Jr.]]]]
* [[March 1]] – [[Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón]], 14th [[President of Panama]] (b. [[1903]])
* [[March 1]] – [[Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón]], 14th [[President of Panama]] (b. [[1905]])
* [[March 2]]
** [[Brenda de Banzie|Brenda De Banzie]], British actress (b. [[1909]])
** Janear Hines, American actress and [[Earl Hines]]' daughter (b.[[1950]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=1981-03-05 |title=JANEAR HINES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/05/obituaries/janear-hines.html |access-date=2024-04-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
** [[Tony Gulotta]], American [[racing driver]] (b. [[1903]])
* [[March 4]] – [[Torin Thatcher]], American actor (b. [[1905]])
* [[March 4]] – [[Torin Thatcher]], American actor (b. [[1905]])
* [[March 5]] – [[Yip Harburg]], American lyricist (b. [[1896]])
* [[March 5]] –
** [[Yip Harburg]], American lyricist (b. [[1896]])
** [[Paul Hörbiger]], Austrian theatre and film actor (b. [[1894]])
** [[Red Saunders (musician)|Red Saunders]], American jazz drummer and bandleader (b. [[1912]])
* [[March 6]] – [[George Geary]], English cricketer (b. [[1893]])
* [[March 6]] – [[George Geary]], English cricketer (b. [[1893]])
* [[March 7]]
* [[March 7]]
** [[Peter Birch (bishop)|Peter Birch]], Irish [[Roman Catholic]] bishop (b. [[1911]])
** [[Peter Birch (bishop)|Peter Birch]], Irish [[Roman Catholic]] bishop (b. [[1911]])
** [[Jon Gnagy]], self-taught artist remembered for being America's original television art instructor
** [[Kirill Kondrashin]], Russian conductor (b. [[1914]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Don Michael Randel|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA459|year=1996|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-37299-3|pages=459}}</ref>
** [[Kirill Kondrashin]], Russian conductor (b. [[1914]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Don Michael Randel|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA459|year=1996|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-37299-3|pages=459}}</ref>
** [[Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling]], German-Danish tennis player (b. [[1908]])
** [[Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling]], German-Danish tennis player (b. [[1908]])
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* [[March 10]] – [[Flavio Calzavara]], Italian director and screenwriter (b. [[1900]])
* [[March 10]] – [[Flavio Calzavara]], Italian director and screenwriter (b. [[1900]])
* [[March 11]] – [[Kazimierz Kordylewski]], Polish astronomer (b. [[1903]])
* [[March 11]] – [[Kazimierz Kordylewski]], Polish astronomer (b. [[1903]])
* [[March 14]] – [[Paolo Grassi]], Italian actor (b. [[1919]])
* [[March 14]]
** [[Ken Barrington]], English international cricketer (b. [[1930]])
** [[Paolo Grassi]], Italian actor (b. [[1919]])
* [[March 15]] – [[René Clair]], French film director (b. [[1898]])
* [[March 15]] – [[René Clair]], French film director (b. [[1898]])
* [[March 17]] – [[Paul Dean (baseball)|Paul Dean]], American [[Major League Baseball]] right-handed pitcher ([[1912]])
* [[March 19]] – [[Frank Lane]], American executive in professional baseball (b. [[1895]])
* [[March 20]] – [[Gerry Bertier]], American college football player (b. [[1953]])
* [[March 20]] – [[Gerry Bertier]], American college football player (b. [[1953]])
* [[March 21]] – [[Mark Donskoy]], Russian Soviet film director (b. [[1901]])
* [[March 21]] – [[Mark Donskoy]], Russian Soviet film director (b. [[1901]])
* [[March 22]]
* [[March 22]]
** [[Jumbo Elliott (coach)|Jumbo Elliott]], American track and field coach (b. [[1915]])
** [[John S. McCain Jr.]], American admiral (b. [[1911]])
** [[John S. McCain Jr.]], American admiral (b. [[1911]])
** [[Gil Puyat]], Filipino businessman and politician, Senator of the Philippines and Senate President (b. [[1907]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Philippines. Supreme Court|title=Supreme Court Reports, Annotated|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8qUxAQAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Central Book Supply, Incorporated|page=655}}</ref>
** [[Gil Puyat]], Filipino businessman and politician, Senator of the Philippines and Senate President (b. [[1907]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Philippines. Supreme Court|title=Supreme Court Reports, Annotated|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8qUxAQAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Central Book Supply, Incorporated|page=655}}</ref>
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** [[Beatrice Tinsley]], English astronomer (b. [[1941]])
** [[Beatrice Tinsley]], English astronomer (b. [[1941]])
* [[March 26]] – [[Cyril Dean Darlington]], English biologist, geneticist and eugenicist, (b. [[1903]])
* [[March 26]] – [[Cyril Dean Darlington]], English biologist, geneticist and eugenicist, (b. [[1903]])
* [[March 27]] – [[Mao Dun]], Chinese novelist, cultural critic, and minister of culture (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{Cite journal|last=McDougall|first=Bonnie S.|date=December 1998|title=Disappearing women and disappearing men in may fourth narrative: a post-feminist survey of short stories by Mao Dun, Bing Xin, Ling Shuhua and Shen Congwen|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357829808713209|journal=Asian Studies Review|volume=22|issue=4|pages=427–458|doi=10.1080/10357829808713209|s2cid=197655380 |issn=1035-7823}}</ref>
* [[March 29]] – [[Eric Williams]], 1st [[Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago]] (b. [[1911]])
* [[March 29]] – [[Eric Williams]], 1st [[Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago]] (b. [[1911]])
* [[March 30]]
* [[March 30]]
** [[Sherman Edwards]], American songwriter (b. [[1919]])
** [[Sherman Edwards]], American songwriter (b. [[1919]])
** [[Noel Harford]], New Zealand cricketer (b. [[1930]])
** [[Douglas Lowe (athlete)|Douglas Lowe]], British Olympic athlete (b. [[1902]])
** [[Douglas Lowe (athlete)|Douglas Lowe]], British Olympic athlete (b. [[1902]])
** [[DeWitt Wallace]], American magazine publisher (b. [[1889]])
** [[DeWitt Wallace]], American magazine publisher (b. [[1889]])
* [[March 31]]
* [[March 31]] – [[Frank Tieri (mobster)|Frank Tieri]], American gangster (b. [[1904]])
** [[Enid Bagnold]], British writer and playwright (b. [[1889]])
** [[Frank Tieri (mobster)|Frank Tieri]], American gangster (b. [[1904]])


===April===
===April===
[[File:Joe Louis by van Vechten.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joe Louis]]]]
[[File:Joe Louis by van Vechten.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joe Louis]]]]
[[File:Prince Asaka Yasuhiko 02.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Prince Yasuhiko Asaka]]]]
[[File:Prince Asaka Yasuhiko 02.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Prince Yasuhiko Asaka]]]]
* [[April 3]] – [[Juan Trippe]], airline entrepreneur (b. [[1899]])
* [[April 1]] – [[Eua Sunthornsanan]], singer, Thai composer and [[bandleader]] of the [[The Suntaraporn Band|Suntaraporn Band]] (b. [[1910]])
* [[April 5]] – [[Bob Hite]], American musician ([[Canned Heat]]) (b. [[1943]])
* [[April 2]] – [[Delfo Cabrera]], Argentine athlete, winner of the marathon race at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] (b. [[1918]])
* [[April 3]]
* [[April 7]] – [[Norman Taurog]], American film director (b. [[1899]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Norman Taurog, Director, Dies |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 10, 1981 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/10/obituaries/norman-taurog-director-dies-winner-of-an-oscar-for-skippy.html |access-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref>
** [[Juan Trippe]], American airline entrepreneur (b. [[1899]])
** [[Leo Kanner]], Austrian-American psychiatrist, physician, and social activist (b. [[1894]])
* [[April 5]]
** [[Bob Hite]], American musician ([[Canned Heat]]) (b. [[1943]])
** [[Maurice Zbriger]], Canadian violinist, composer and conductor (b. [[1896]])<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/maurice-zbriger-emc Maurice Zbriger]</ref>
* [[April 7]]
** [[Kit Lambert]], British producer, record label owner and manager of [[The Who]] (b. [[1935]])
** [[Norman Taurog]], American film director (b. [[1899]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Norman Taurog, Director, Dies |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 10, 1981 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/10/obituaries/norman-taurog-director-dies-winner-of-an-oscar-for-skippy.html |access-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref>
* [[April 8]] – [[Omar Bradley]], American army general (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Reagan, Ronald|title=Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=duTcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA343|date=1 January 1982|publisher=Best Books on|isbn=978-1-62376-932-1|pages=343}}</ref>
* [[April 8]] – [[Omar Bradley]], American army general (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Reagan, Ronald|title=Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=duTcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA343|date=1 January 1982|publisher=Best Books on|isbn=978-1-62376-932-1|pages=343}}</ref>
* [[April 10]]
** [[George Carlyle Marler]], Canadian politician, notary and philatelist (b. [[1901]])
** [[Howard Thurman]], American author, philosopher, theologian, Christian mystic, educator, and civil rights leader (b. [[1899]])
* [[April 11]]
** [[Caroline Gordon]], American novelist and [[Literary criticism|literary critic]] (b. [[1895]])
** [[Marie Ney]], British character actress (b. [[1895]])
* [[April 12]]
* [[April 12]]
** [[Hendrik Andriessen]], Dutch composer (b. [[1892]])
** [[Hendrik Andriessen]], Dutch composer (b. [[1892]])
** [[Prince Yasuhiko Asaka]] of Japan (b. [[1887]])
** [[Prince Yasuhiko Asaka]] of Japan (b. [[1887]])
** [[Joe Louis]], American boxer (b. [[1914]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGowen |first=Deane |date=April 13, 1981 |title=Joe Louis, 66, Heavyweight King Who Reigned 12 Years, Is Dead |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0513.html |access-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref>
** [[Joe Louis]], American boxer (b. [[1914]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGowen |first=Deane |date=April 13, 1981 |title=Joe Louis, 66, Heavyweight King Who Reigned 12 Years, Is Dead |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0513.html |access-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref>
** [[Hans Chemin-Petit]], German composer, conductor and [[music educator]] (b. [[1902]])
* [[April 14]] – [[Ivan Galamian]], [[Armenian-American]] violin teacher (b. [[1903]])
* [[April 15]]
* [[April 15]]
** [[John Thach]], American naval aviator and admiral (b. [[1905]])
** [[John Thach]], American naval aviator and admiral (b. [[1905]])
** [[Lorenzo Guerrero]], former [[President of Nicaragua]] (b. [[1900]])
** [[Lorenzo Guerrero]], former [[President of Nicaragua]] (b. [[1900]])
* [[April 16]] –
** [[Eric Hollies]], English [[Cricket|cricketer]] (b. [[1912]])
** [[Effa Manley]], American sports executive (b. [[1897]])
* [[April 18]] – [[James H. Schmitz]], German-American writer (b. [[1911]])
* [[April 18]] – [[James H. Schmitz]], German-American writer (b. [[1911]])
* [[April 19]] – [[Ernst Levy]], Swiss [[Musicology|musicologist]], composer, pianist and conductor (b. [[1895]])
* [[April 21]] – [[Eddie Sauter]], American composer and arranger (b. [[1914]])
* [[April 23]] – [[Josep Pla]], Spanish journalist and author (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Josep Miquel Sobrer|title=Catalonia, a Self-portrait|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TU9F4xq2GzsC&pg=PA157|year=1992|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-28883-5|pages=157}}</ref>
* [[April 23]] – [[Josep Pla]], Spanish journalist and author (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Josep Miquel Sobrer|title=Catalonia, a Self-portrait|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TU9F4xq2GzsC&pg=PA157|year=1992|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-28883-5|pages=157}}</ref>
* [[April 26]]
* [[April 26]]
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** [[Muhammad Lafir]], Sri Lankan snooker player (b. [[1930]])
** [[Muhammad Lafir]], Sri Lankan snooker player (b. [[1930]])
* [[April 27]] – [[John Aspinwall Roosevelt]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. [[1916]])
* [[April 27]] – [[John Aspinwall Roosevelt]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. [[1916]])
* [[April 28]] [[Cliff Battles]], American football player ([[Boston Redskins]]) and a member of the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] (b. [[1910]])
* [[April 28]]
** [[Cliff Battles]], American football player ([[Boston Redskins]]) and a member of the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] (b. [[1910]])
** [[Mickey Walker (boxer)|Mickey Walker]], American professional boxer (b. [[1903]])
* [[April 30]] – [[Peter Huchel]], German poet and editor (b. [[1903]])


===May===
===May===
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** [[Nelson Algren]], American author (b. [[1909]])
** [[Nelson Algren]], American author (b. [[1909]])
** [[Margaret Lindsay]], American actress (b. [[1910]])
** [[Margaret Lindsay]], American actress (b. [[1910]])
** [[Nip Pellew]], Australian [[Cricket|cricketer]] (b.[[1893]])
* [[May 10]] – [[Ismail of Johor]], Malaysian sultan (b. [[1894]])
* [[May 11]]
* [[May 11]]
** [[Odd Hassel]], Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{Citation|last=Pedersen|first=Bjørn|title=Odd Hassel|date=2019-09-24|url=http://snl.no/Odd_Hassel|work=Store norske leksikon|language=no|access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref>
** [[Odd Hassel]], Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{Citation|last=Pedersen|first=Bjørn|title=Odd Hassel|date=2019-09-24|url=http://snl.no/Odd_Hassel|work=Store norske leksikon|language=no|access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref>
** [[Bob Marley]], Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician (b. [[1945]])
** [[Bob Marley]], Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician (b. [[1945]])
** [[Hoyt W. Fuller]], American editor, educator, critic, and author during the [[Black Arts Movement]] (b. [[1923]])
* [[May 12]] – [[Benjamin Sheares]], Singaporean politician and professor, 2nd [[President of Singapore]] (b. [[1907]])
* [[May 12]] – [[Benjamin Sheares]], Singaporean politician and professor, 2nd [[President of Singapore]] (b. [[1907]])
* [[May 13]] [[Ben Andrews (actor)|Ben Andrews]], American actor (b. [[1942]])
* [[May 13]]
** [[Ben Andrews (actor)|Ben Andrews]], American actor (b. [[1942]])
* [[May 14]] – [[J. Posadas]], Argentine politician (b. [[1912]])
* [[May 14]] – [[J. Posadas]], Argentine politician (b. [[1912]])
* [[May 17]] – [[Hugo Friedhofer]], German-American film composer (b. [[1901]])
* [[May 16]] – [[Ernie Freeman]], American pianist, [[organist]], bandleader, and [[arranger]] (b. [[1922]])
* [[May 17]] –
** [[Hugo Friedhofer]], German-American film composer (b. [[1901]])
** [[Jeannette Piccard|Jeannette Ridlon Piccard]], American high-altitude [[balloonist]], and in later life an [[Episcopalianism|Episcopal]] priest (b. [[1895]])
* [[May 18]]
* [[May 18]]
** [[Eleonore Baur]], German Nazi and only woman to participate in Munich Beer Hall Putsch (b. [[1885]])
** [[Eleonore Baur]], German Nazi and only woman to participate in Munich Beer Hall Putsch (b. [[1885]])
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** [[William Saroyan]], American author (b. [[1908]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Leo Hamalian|title=William Saroyan: The Man and the Writer Remembered|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mu1gEq5Zqq8C&pg=PA233|year=1987|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3308-3|pages=233}}</ref>
** [[William Saroyan]], American author (b. [[1908]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Leo Hamalian|title=William Saroyan: The Man and the Writer Remembered|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mu1gEq5Zqq8C&pg=PA233|year=1987|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3308-3|pages=233}}</ref>
* [[May 20]] – [[Dositej II, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia]] (b. [[1906]])
* [[May 20]] – [[Dositej II, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia]] (b. [[1906]])
* [[May 21]] [[Yuki Shimoda]], American actor (b. [[1921]])
* [[May 21]]
** [[Yuki Shimoda]], American actor (b. [[1921]])
** [[Patsy O'Hara]], [[Irish republicanism|Irish republican]] [[1981 Irish hunger strike|hunger striker]] and member of the [[Irish National Liberation Army]] (b. [[1957]])
** [[Raymond McCreesh|Raymond Mccreesh]], Irish volunteer in the [[South Armagh Brigade]] of the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (b. [[1957]])
* [[May 22]] – [[Boris Sagal]], Ukrainian-American television and film director (b. [[1923]])
* [[May 22]] – [[Boris Sagal]], Ukrainian-American television and film director (b. [[1923]])
* [[May 23]]
* [[May 23]]
** [[George Jessel (actor)|George Jessel]], American actor (b. [[1898]])
** [[George Jessel (actor)|George Jessel]], American actor (b. [[1898]])
** [[Donald Macintyre (Royal Navy officer)|Donald Macintyre]], British naval officer and naval historian (b. [[1904]])
** [[Donald Macintyre (Royal Navy officer)|Donald Macintyre]], British naval officer and naval historian (b. [[1904]])
** [[Rayner Heppenstall]], British novelist, poet, diarist, and a BBC radio producer (b. [[1911]])
* [[May 24]]
* [[May 24]]
** [[Jaime Roldós Aguilera]], 33rd [[President of Ecuador]] (b. [[1940]])
** [[Jaime Roldós Aguilera]], 33rd [[President of Ecuador]] (b. [[1940]])
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** [[Ruby Payne-Scott]], Australian radio astronomer (b. [[1912]])
** [[Ruby Payne-Scott]], Australian radio astronomer (b. [[1912]])
** [[A. Thiagarajah]], Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician (b. [[1916]])
** [[A. Thiagarajah]], Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician (b. [[1916]])
** [[Fredric Warburg]], British publisher, who in 1935 founded the company [[Secker & Warburg]] (b. [[1898]])
* [[May 28]]
* [[May 28]]
** [[John Bryan Ward-Perkins]], British archaeologist (b. [[1912]])
** [[John Bryan Ward-Perkins]], British archaeologist (b. [[1912]])
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* [[June 2]] – [[Rino Gaetano]], Italian musician and singer-songwriter (b. [[1950]])
* [[June 2]] – [[Rino Gaetano]], Italian musician and singer-songwriter (b. [[1950]])
* [[June 5]] – [[Miguel Contreras Torres]], Mexican actor, director, producer and screenwriter (b. [[1899]])
* [[June 5]] – [[Miguel Contreras Torres]], Mexican actor, director, producer and screenwriter (b. [[1899]])
* [[June 10]] – [[Jenny Maxwell]], American actress (b. [[1941]])
* [[June 9]] – [[Allen Ludden]], 63, American television host (Password), stomach cancer.
* [[June 10]]
** [[Jenny Maxwell]], American actress (b. [[1941]])
** [[Phelps Phelps]], 38th [[Governor of American Samoa]], [[United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic]] (b. [[1897]])
* [[June 11]] – [[Botak Chin]], Malaysian criminal and gangster (b. [[1951]])
* [[June 11]] – [[Botak Chin]], Malaysian criminal and gangster (b. [[1951]])
* [[June 12]] – [[Mahmoud Fawzi]], Egyptian diplomat and political figure, 35th [[Prime Minister of Egypt]] (b. [[1900]])
* [[June 12]] – [[Mahmoud Fawzi]], Egyptian diplomat and political figure, 35th [[Prime Minister of Egypt]] (b. [[1900]])
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** [[George Voskovec]], Czech-American actor, writer, dramatist and director (b. [[1905]])
** [[George Voskovec]], Czech-American actor, writer, dramatist and director (b. [[1905]])
* [[July 3]] – [[Ross Martin]], American actor (b. [[1920]])
* [[July 3]] – [[Ross Martin]], American actor (b. [[1920]])
* [[July 7]] – [[Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi]], South Yemenite socialist leader, 1st [[President of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen]] ([[South Yemen]]) (b. [[1920]])
* [[July 7]] – [[Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi]], South Yemenite socialist leader, 1st President of [[South Yemen]] (b. [[1920]])
* [[July 8]] [[Joe McDonnell (hunger striker)|Joe McDonnell]], Irish republican hunger striker (b. [[1951]])
* [[July 8]]
** [[Jugah Barieng]], Malaysian politician (b. [[1903]])
** [[Joe McDonnell (hunger striker)|Joe McDonnell]], Irish republican hunger striker (b. [[1951]])
* [[July 10]] – [[Giorgio De Lullo]], Italian actor and director (b. [[1921]])
* [[July 10]] – [[Giorgio De Lullo]], Italian actor and director (b. [[1921]])
* [[July 16]] – [[Harry Chapin]], American singer and songwriter (b. [[1942]])
* [[July 16]] – [[Harry Chapin]], American singer and songwriter (b. [[1942]])
* [[July 26]] – [[Stafford L. Warren]], American physician and radiologist; inventor of the mammogram (b. 1896)<ref>[https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/stafford-leak-warren-1896-1981 Stafford Leak Warren (1896–1981)]</ref>
* [[July 27]] – [[William Wyler]], American movie director (b. [[1902]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Gabriel Miller|title=William Wyler: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Most Celebrated Director|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHY17v9qCQ0C&pg=PA394|date=5 June 2013|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-4211-1|pages=394}}</ref>
* [[July 27]] – [[William Wyler]], American movie director (b. [[1902]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Gabriel Miller|title=William Wyler: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Most Celebrated Director|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHY17v9qCQ0C&pg=PA394|date=5 June 2013|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-4211-1|pages=394}}</ref>
* [[July 28]] – [[Stanley Rother|Stanley Francis Rother]], American priest, martyr, and Blessed (b. [[1935]])
* [[July 28]] – [[Stanley Rother|Stanley Francis Rother]], American priest, martyr, and Blessed (b. [[1935]])
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* [[August 4]] – [[Melvyn Douglas]], American actor (b. [[1901]])
* [[August 4]] – [[Melvyn Douglas]], American actor (b. [[1901]])
* [[August 14]] – [[Karl Böhm]], Austrian conductor (b. [[1894]])
* [[August 14]] – [[Karl Böhm]], Austrian conductor (b. [[1894]])
* [[August 15]] – [[Karl Gero, Duke of Urach]], Lichtenstein noble (b. [[1899]])
* [[August 15]]
** [[Carlo Buscaglia]], Italian football player (b. [[1909]])
** [[Karl Gero, Duke of Urach]], Lichtenstein noble (b. [[1899]])
* [[August 18]]
* [[August 18]]
** [[Robert Russell Bennett]], American composer and arranger (b. [[1894]])
** [[Robert Russell Bennett]], American composer and arranger (b. [[1894]])
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* [[August 19]] – [[Jessie Matthews]], English dancer, singer and actress (b. [[1907]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Jessie Matthews]], English dancer, singer and actress (b. [[1907]])
* [[August 22]] – [[Glauber Rocha]], Brazilian filmmaker (b. [[1939]])
* [[August 22]] – [[Glauber Rocha]], Brazilian filmmaker (b. [[1939]])
* [[August 27]]
* [[August 27]] – [[Valeri Kharlamov]], Soviet ice hockey player (b. [[1948]])
** [[Irmgard Bartenieff]], German-American dancer, physical therapist and pioneer of [[dance therapy]] (d. [[1981]])<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/02/obituaries/irmgard-bartenieff-founder-of-new-york-laban-institute.html IRMGARD BARTENIEFF, FOUNDER OF NEW YORK LABAN INSTITUTE]</ref>
* [[August 28]] – [[Béla Guttmann]], Hungarian Association footballer and coach (b. [[1899]])<ref>David Bolchover (2017). [https://books.google.com/books?id=mdKlDgAAQBAJ&dq=B%C3%A9la+Guttmann+27+January+1899&pg=PT165 ''The Greatest Comeback: From Genocide To Football Glory; The Story of Béla Guttman'']</ref>
** [[Valeri Kharlamov]], Soviet ice hockey player (b. [[1948]])
* [[August 28]] – [[Béla Guttmann]], Hungarian football player and coach (b. [[1899]])<ref>David Bolchover (2017). [https://books.google.com/books?id=mdKlDgAAQBAJ&dq=B%C3%A9la+Guttmann+27+January+1899&pg=PT165 ''The Greatest Comeback: From Genocide To Football Glory; The Story of Béla Guttman'']</ref>
* [[August 29]] – [[Lowell Thomas]], American writer and broadcaster (b. [[1892]])
* [[August 29]] – [[Lowell Thomas]], American writer and broadcaster (b. [[1892]])
* [[August 30]]
* [[August 30]]
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** [[Ann Harding]], American actress (b. [[1902]])
** [[Ann Harding]], American actress (b. [[1902]])
** [[Albert Speer]], German Nazi architect and war minister (b. [[1905]])
** [[Albert Speer]], German Nazi architect and war minister (b. [[1905]])
* [[September 2]] – [[Enid Lyons|Dame Enid Lyons]], Australia politician (b. [[1897]])
* [[September 2]] – [[Enid Lyons|Dame Enid Lyons]], Australian politician (b. [[1897]])
* [[September 7]] – [[Christy Brown]], Irish writer and painter (b. [[1932]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Peterkin |first=Tom |title=Christy Brown 'neglected by ex-prostitute wife' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568455/Christy-Brown-neglected-by-ex-prostitute-wife.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568455/Christy-Brown-neglected-by-ex-prostitute-wife.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=6 November 2007 |location=London|date=6 November 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[September 7]] – [[Christy Brown]], Irish writer and painter (b. [[1932]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Peterkin |first=Tom |title=Christy Brown 'neglected by ex-prostitute wife' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568455/Christy-Brown-neglected-by-ex-prostitute-wife.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568455/Christy-Brown-neglected-by-ex-prostitute-wife.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=6 November 2007 |location=London|date=6 November 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[September 8]]
* [[September 8]]
** [[Uri Zvi Greenberg]], Israeli poet and journalist (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE7DB1738F933A25756C0A967948260 | work=The New York Times | title=Uri Zvi Greenberg, 83; Hebrew and Yiddish Poet | date=10 May 1981}}</ref>
** [[Hideki Yukawa]], Japanese physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1907]])<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kemmer | first1 = N. | author-link = Nicholas Kemmer| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1983.0023 | title = Hideki Yukawa. 23 January 1907 – 8 September 1981 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 29 | pages = 660–676| year = 1983 | jstor = 769816| doi-access = free }}</ref>
** [[Hideki Yukawa]], Japanese physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1907]])<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kemmer | first1 = N. | author-link = Nicholas Kemmer| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1983.0023 | title = Hideki Yukawa. 23 January 1907 – 8 September 1981 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 29 | pages = 660–676| year = 1983 | jstor = 769816| doi-access = free }}</ref>
** [[Roy Wilkins]], American civil rights activist (b. [[1901]])
** [[Roy Wilkins]], American civil rights activist (b. [[1901]])
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** [[Jacques Lacan]], French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (b. [[1901]])
** [[Jacques Lacan]], French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (b. [[1901]])
** [[Ricardo Balbín]], Argentine politician, leader of the [[Radical Civic Union]] (UCR) (b. [[1904]])
** [[Ricardo Balbín]], Argentine politician, leader of the [[Radical Civic Union]] (UCR) (b. [[1904]])
** [[Robert Askin|Sir Robert (Bob) Askin]], Premier of New South Wales (b. [[1907]])
** [[Robert Askin|Sir Robert Askin]], Premier of New South Wales (b. [[1907]])
* [[September 11]] – [[Frank McHugh]], American actor (b. [[1898]])
* [[September 11]]
** [[Harold Bennett]], British actor (b. [[1899]])
** [[Frank McHugh]], American actor (b. [[1898]])
* [[September 12]] – [[Eugenio Montale]], Italian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1975 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1975/montale/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref>
* [[September 12]] – [[Eugenio Montale]], Italian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1975 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1975/montale/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref>
* [[September 14]] – [[Charles L. Melson]], American admiral (b. [[1904]])
* [[September 14]] – [[Charles L. Melson]], American admiral (b. [[1904]])
* [[September 15]]
* [[September 15]] – [[Rafael Méndez]], Mexican trumpet virtuoso (b. [[1906]])
** [[Harold Bennett]], British actor (b. [[1899]])
** [[Rafael Méndez]], Mexican trumpet virtuoso (b. [[1906]])
* [[September 17]] – [[Milton Allen|Sir Milton Allen]], Governor of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (b. [[1888]])<ref>[https://www.historicstkitts.kn/people/milton-pentonville-allen Sir Milton Allen]</ref>
* [[September 17]] – [[Milton Allen|Sir Milton Allen]], Governor of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (b. [[1888]])<ref>[https://www.historicstkitts.kn/people/milton-pentonville-allen Sir Milton Allen]</ref>
* [[September 21]] – [[Nigel Patrick]], English actor (b. [[1912]])
* [[September 21]] – [[Nigel Patrick]], English actor (b. [[1912]])
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[[File:Natalie Wood publicity 1963.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Natalie Wood]]]]
[[File:Natalie Wood publicity 1963.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Natalie Wood]]]]
* [[November 2]] – [[Wally Wood]], American cartoonist (b. [[1927]])
* [[November 2]] – [[Wally Wood]], American cartoonist (b. [[1927]])
* [[November 3]] – [[Jean Eustache]], French film director (b. [[1938]])
* [[November 5]] – [[Jean Eustache]], French film director (b. [[1938]])
* [[November 7]] – [[Will Durant]], American philosopher and writer (b. [[1885]])
* [[November 7]] – [[Will Durant]], American philosopher and writer (b. [[1885]])
* [[November 10]] – [[Abel Gance]], French film director (b. [[1889]])
* [[November 10]] – [[Abel Gance]], French film director (b. [[1889]])
* [[November 12]] – [[William Holden]], American actor (b. [[1918]])
* [[November 12]] – [[William Holden]], 63, American actor, bleeding.
* [[November 13]] – [[Gerhard Marcks]], German sculptor (b. [[1889]])
* [[November 13]] – [[Gerhard Marcks]], German sculptor (b. [[1889]])
* [[November 15]]
* [[November 15]]
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** [[Enid Markey]], American actress (b. [[1894]])
** [[Enid Markey]], American actress (b. [[1894]])
* [[November 17]] – [[Wilhelm Pelikan]], Austrian chemist (b. [[1893]])<ref>[https://steinerbooks.presswarehouse.com/browse/author/523454f0-d006-4472-8f4d-27fd69d3d317/Wilhelm-Pelikan?page=1 Wilhelm Pelikan]</ref>
* [[November 17]] – [[Wilhelm Pelikan]], Austrian chemist (b. [[1893]])<ref>[https://steinerbooks.presswarehouse.com/browse/author/523454f0-d006-4472-8f4d-27fd69d3d317/Wilhelm-Pelikan?page=1 Wilhelm Pelikan]</ref>
* [[November 21]] – [[Ejner Federspiel]], Danish actor (b. [[1896]])<ref>[https://danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=236 Ejner Federspiel] {{in lang|da}}</ref>
* [[November 22]]
* [[November 22]]
** [[Jack Fingleton]], Australian cricketer (b. [[1908]])
** [[Jack Fingleton]], Australian cricketer (b. [[1908]])
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* [[November 26]] – [[Max Euwe]], Dutch chess grandmaster (b. [[1901]])
* [[November 26]] – [[Max Euwe]], Dutch chess grandmaster (b. [[1901]])
* [[November 27]] – [[Lotte Lenya]], Austrian singer and actress (b. [[1898]])
* [[November 27]] – [[Lotte Lenya]], Austrian singer and actress (b. [[1898]])
* [[November 29]] – [[Natalie Wood]], American actress (b. [[1938]])
* [[November 29]] – [[Natalie Wood]], 43, American actress, drowning.


===December===
===December===
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* [[December 13]] – [[Cornelius Cardew]], English composer (b. [[1936]])
* [[December 13]] – [[Cornelius Cardew]], English composer (b. [[1936]])
* [[December 15]]
* [[December 15]]
** [[Catherine T. MacArthur]], American philanthropist (b. [[1909]])
** [[Catherine T. MacArthur]], American philanthropist (b. [[1908]])
** [[Karl Struss]], American cinematographer (b. [[1886]])
** [[Karl Struss]], American cinematographer (b. [[1886]])
* [[December 17]]
* [[December 17]]
** [[Franz Dahlem]], German politician. (b. [[1892]])
** [[Franz Dahlem]], German politician. (b. [[1892]])
** [[Mehmet Shehu]], Albanian politician, 23rd [[Prime Minister of Albania]] (b. [[1913]])
** [[Mehmet Shehu]], Albanian politician, 23rd [[Prime Minister of Albania]] (b. [[1913]])
* [[December 18]] [[Enrique Hertzog]], Bolivian politician, 42nd [[President of Bolivia]] (b. [[1896]])
* [[December 18]]
** [[Enrique Hertzog]], Bolivian politician, 42nd [[President of Bolivia]] (b. [[1896]])
** [[Juan Miles]], Argentine polo player (b. [[1895]])
* [[December 23]]
* [[December 23]]
** [[Luther H. Evans]], American political scientist and librarian, 3rd Director General of the [[UNESCO]] (b. [[1902]])
** [[Luther H. Evans]], American political scientist and librarian, 3rd Director General of the [[UNESCO]] (b. [[1902]])
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[[Category:1981 deaths]]
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[[Category:Lists of deaths in 1981]]
[[Category:1981-related lists|Deaths in 1981]]
[[Category:1981-related lists|Deaths in 1981]]

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Contents

January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December

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The following is a list of notable deaths in 1981. 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.

Deaths in 1981

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January

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Harold Urey
Beulah Bondi

February

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Bill Haley
Ibrahim Abdel Hady Pasha

March

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Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón
Max Delbrück
John S. McCain Jr.

April

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Joe Louis
Prince Yasuhiko Asaka

May

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Bob Marley
William Saroyan
Stefan Wyszyński
Soong Ching-ling
Ziaur Rahman

June

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Rino Gaetano
Zarah Leander

July

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Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi

August

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Melvyn Douglas
Béla Guttmann

September

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Albert Speer
Robert Montgomery
Romulo Betancourt

October

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Gloria Grahame
Anwar Sadat

November

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William Holden
Natalie Wood

December

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Ferruccio Parri
Mehmet Shehu

References

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  1. ^ Cohen, K. P.; Runcorn, S. K.; Suess, H. E.; Thode, H. G. (1983). "Harold Clayton Urey 29 April 1893-5 January 1981". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 29: 622–659. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1983.0022. JSTOR 769815.
  2. ^ Galiana, Ismael (1 July 1981). "Murió en Murcia el poeta y pacifista Lanza del Vasto: Apóstol de la no violencia" [The poet and pacifist Lanza del Vasto died in Murcia: Apostle of nonviolence] (PDF). ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. p. 24.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "A. J. Cronin, author of 'Citadel' and 'Keys of the Kingdom', dies". New York Times. 10 January 1981. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  4. ^ John Fearns Nicoll
  5. ^ "JANEAR HINES". The New York Times. 1981-03-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  6. ^ Don Michael Randel (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. p. 459. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3.
  7. ^ William Hayes (1982). "Max Ludwig Henning Delbruck. 4 September 1906-10 March 1981". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 28. London: Royal Society: 58–90. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1982.0003. JSTOR 769892.
  8. ^ Philippines. Supreme Court (1988). Supreme Court Reports, Annotated. Central Book Supply, Incorporated. p. 655.
  9. ^ McDougall, Bonnie S. (December 1998). "Disappearing women and disappearing men in may fourth narrative: a post-feminist survey of short stories by Mao Dun, Bing Xin, Ling Shuhua and Shen Congwen". Asian Studies Review. 22 (4): 427–458. doi:10.1080/10357829808713209. ISSN 1035-7823. S2CID 197655380.
  10. ^ Maurice Zbriger
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