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The following is a list of notable deaths in 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.

Deaths in 1980

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January

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Frank Wykoff
 
Simonne Mathieu
 
Cecil Beaton
 
Jimmy Durante

February

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Richard Williams (RAAF officer)
 
David Janssen
 
Bon Scott
 
Enrico Celio

March

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Emmett Ashford
 
Mohammad Hatta
 
Boun Oum
 
Óscar Romero
 
Jesse Owens

April

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William Tolbert
 
Jean-Paul Sartre
 
Mario Bava
 
Alfred Hitchcock
 
Clarrie Grimmett
 
Josip Broz Tito
 
Fatmawati

June

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Philip Guston
 
Masayoshi Ōhira
 
Henry Aurand
 
Ignatius Jacob III

July

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Peter Sellers
 
Vladimir Vysotsky
 
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

August

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Patrick Depailler
 
Gabriel González Videla
 
General Yahya Khan, Martial Law Administrator Pakistan

September

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Bill Evans
 
Jean Piaget
 
John Bonham

October

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John Kotelawala
 
Edelmiro Julián Farrell
 
Charles Adler Jr.
 
Marcelo Caetano

Sergey Taboritsky, Russian ultranationalist and journalist (b. 1897)

November

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Steve McQueen
 
John McEwen
 
Mae West

December

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John Lennon
 
Colonel Sanders
 
Alexei Kosygin
 
Karl Dönitz

Unknown month 1980

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  • Justicia Acuña, first woman to become a civil engineer in Chile (b. 1893)
  • M. P. Alladin, Trinidad and Tobago artist, poet, writer, teacher and public servant (b. 1919)
  • María Álvarez de Guillén, Salvadoran businesswoman, writer and women's rights activist (b. 1889)
  • Lev Balandin, Soviet swimmer and European Championships medalist (b. 1934)
  • Margaret Ballinger, South African politician, first President of the Liberal Party of South Africa (b. 1894)
  • Robert Barbour, Scottish airman and flying ace of World War I (b. 1895)
  • Archie Bayes, English football goalkeeper (b. 1896)
  • Juan Besuzzo, Uruguayan international footballer (b. 1913)
  • Frank Bielby, English professional rugby league footballer (b. 1897)

References

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  1. ^ Socialist Affairs. Socialist International. 1980. p. 20.
  2. ^ "Frank Wykoff". US Olympic and Paralympic Museum. July 21, 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ Brittain, Victoria (January 8, 1980). "Kenyans Say Murder Suspected In the Death of 'Born Free' Author". The Washington Post. Washington, DC: Nash Holdings LLC. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  4. ^ "Dr. T. (Tobie) Goedewaagen" (in Dutch). Parlementair Documentatie Centrum. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  5. ^ Schneider, Jane T. & Peter T. Schneider (2003). Reversible Destiny: Mafia, Antimafia, and the Struggle for Palermo, Berkeley: University of California Press ISBN 0-520-23609-2 page=158
  6. ^ 50 Years of Army Computing: From ENIAC to MSRC. DIANE Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-4289-1659-3.
  7. ^ George Meany American labour leader?
  8. ^ Constance Wootten Malloy (1988). Becoming a Heroine Quietly: The Life and Work of Barbara Pym. U. of Calif., Davis. p. 521.
  9. ^ Finn Ronne American explorer
  10. ^ Elizabeth Lomas; Archive of Art and Design (Great Britain) (2001). Guide to the Archive of Art and Design, Victoria & Albert Museum. Taylor & Francis. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-57958-315-6.
  11. ^ Wistrich, Robert S. (1982). Who's Who in Nazi Germany. New York: Macmillan. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-02-630600-3.
  12. ^ Shojiro Iida, 1888-1980
  13. ^ John Parker (1981). Who's who in the Theatre. Pitman. p. 745. ISBN 9780810302358.
  14. ^ Robert Santelli (2001). The Big Book of Blues: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Penguin Books. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-14-100145-6.
  15. ^ Biographical Memoirs: V.56. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. 1987-01-01. doi:10.17226/897. ISBN 978-0-309-03693-1.
  16. ^ Seiler, Michael (February 14, 1980). "From the Archives: Massive Heart Attack Kills Actor David Janssen, 48". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  17. ^ Erich Hückel, 9 August 1896 - 16 February 1980
  18. ^ John T. Hayes (1980). The Art of Graham Sutherland. Alpine Fine Arts Collection Limited. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-933516-18-2.
  19. ^ Colin Larkin (1995). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Guinness Pub. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-56159-176-3.
  20. ^ J.B. Rhine
  21. ^ Frank Whitford (1986). Oskar Kokoschka: A Life. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-297-78718-1.
  22. ^ Doke, Clement Martyn (A) 1893-1985
  23. ^ "Jay Silverheels". The Lone Ranger.tv. Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2011-11-21. Jay Silverheels suffered a stroke in 1974 and passed away on March 5, 1980 after several years of ill health
  24. ^ Antony Beevor (5 May 2005). The Mystery of Olga Chekhova: The true story of a family torn apart by revolution and war. Penguin Books Limited. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-14-192594-3.
  25. ^ "Fromm: otro volcán en Cuernavaca" [Fromm: Another volcano in Cuernavaca] (in Spanish). En el Volcan. October 1, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  26. ^ Kathleen Burner; Sarah Wilson; Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) (March 2002). Paris: Capital of the Arts. Harry N. Abrams. p. 432. ISBN 978-0-8109-6639-0.
  27. ^ Louise Lovely
  28. ^ United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Related Programs (1985). Foreign assistance and related programs appropriations for 1986: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations... U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 304–.
  29. ^ Milton H. Erickson; Zeig (1980). Teaching Seminar with Milton H. Erickson, M.D. Psychology Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-87630-247-7.
  30. ^ Bernas, Richard and Ruth B Hilton. "Susskind, Walter", Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 June 2014 (subscription required)
  31. ^ Martin McQuillan (1 March 2011). Roland Barthes. Macmillan International Higher Education. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-230-34389-4.[permanent dead link]
  32. ^ a b John Willis; Crown (September 1981). John Willis' Screen World, 1981. Crown Publishing Group. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-517-54482-2.
  33. ^ Guy A. Marco (1993). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States. Garland Pub. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8240-4782-5.
  34. ^ "Jesse Owens Dies Of Cancer At 66: Hero of the 1936 Berlin Olympics". The New York Times. April 1, 1980. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  35. ^ Paul Holmes; Marcia Karp (1991). Psychodrama: Inspiration and Technique. Tavistock/Routledge. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-415-02672-7.
  36. ^ Katherine Kennicott Davis 1892–1980
  37. ^ Roger D. Kinkle (1997). Leading Musical Performers (popular Music and Jazz) 1900-1950: 2150 Biographies Updated to 1996 with Additions and Corrections. Windmill Publications. p. 117.
  38. ^ Bishop James Buis, M.H.M. †
  39. ^ Pepys-Whiteley, D. "Courtneidge, Dame (Esmerelda) Cicely (1893–1980)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, January 2011, accessed 8 August 2011 (subscription required)
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  41. ^ Flint, Peter B. (30 April 1980). "Alfred Hitchcock Dies; A Master of Suspense". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
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  43. ^ Clarrie Grimmett Australia
  44. ^ Malcolm Cook; Kirsten Moana Thompson (17 December 2019). Animation and Advertising. Springer Nature. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-030-27939-4.
  45. ^ Ledbetter, Les (1980). "Lillian Roth, Actress and Singer, Dies...", The New York Times, May 13, 1980, p. C20. ProQuest Historical Newspapers, Ann Arbor, Michigan; subscription access through The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library.
  46. ^ "Griffith, Hugh Emrys (1912–1980)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/55467. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  47. ^ "Philip Guston | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  48. ^ Jay Parini (2004). The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature: Norman Mailer-Sentimental literature. Oxford University Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-19-516726-9.
  49. ^ Glebb, Lloyd-Lincoln, Abbey (1995). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Guinness Pub. p. 2243.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  50. ^ Herbie Faye
  51. ^ David Shusterman (1991). C.P. Snow. Twayne Publishers. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-8057-6993-7.
  52. ^ 'Gregory Bateson: Old Men Ought to be Explorers' Archived 2021-04-17 at the Wayback Machine, Stephen Nachmanovitch, CoEvolution Quarterly, Fall 1982
  53. ^ "Gail Patrick, Actress Who Gave Up Movies to Produce TV Series". The New York Times. July 7, 1980.
  54. ^ Jacqueline Audrey Kalley; Elna Schoeman; Lydia Eve Andor (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-313-30247-3.
  55. ^ Ian Herbert (1981). Who's who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage. Gale Research Company. p. 748. ISBN 978-0-8103-0235-8.
  56. ^ "Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Biography, History, & White Revolution". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  57. ^ Canby, Vincent (November 10, 1983). "Screen: 'Star 80,' A Sex-Symbol's Life and Death". The New York Times. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
  58. ^ William Hood Simpson United States general
  59. ^ "Norman Cazden | Composer and Musicologist". Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  60. ^ "Joe Dassin, le roman de sa vie (France 3) – Le destin singulier d'une l'icône de la chanson française". Télé 7 Jours.
  61. ^ David Payne-Carter (1999). Gower Champion: Dance and American Musical Theatre. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-313-30451-4.
  62. ^ John Canemaker (1996). Tex Avery: The MGM Years, 1942-1955. Turner Pub. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-57036-291-0.
  63. ^ John Foot (August 1, 2014). "Franco Basaglia and the radical psychiatry movement in Italy, 1961–78". Crit Radic Soc Work. 2 (2): 235–249. doi:10.1332/204986014X14002292074708. PMC 4430803. PMID 25984302.
  64. ^ "Barbara O'Neil Dies". September 4, 1980. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2022. LA Times Archive
  65. ^ The Nuclear Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Nuclear Engineers. Institution of Nuclear Engineers. 1980. p. 184.
  66. ^ Ian Carr (1998). Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography. HarperCollins. p. 353. ISBN 978-0-00-255222-6.
  67. ^ Eva Marie Schepeler (1990). The Psychological Development of Jean Piaget: Interrelations of His Life and Work. U. of Calif., Davis. p. 269.
  68. ^ Harris M. Lentz (1988). Assassinations and Executions: An Encyclopedia of Political Violence, 1865-1986. McFarland. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-89950-312-7.
  69. ^ John Willis; Crown (September 1981). John Willis' Screen World, 1981. Crown Publishing Group. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-517-54482-2.
  70. ^ Elizabeth Rummel
  71. ^ Sarat Chandra Roy (Rai Bahadur) (1980). Man in India. A. K. Bose. p. 332.
  72. ^ "John Van Vleck, Nobel Laureate Known for Work on Magnetism; Earned Three Degree". The New York Times. October 28, 1980. p. A32.
  73. ^ NSA Historical Figures
  74. ^ Flint, Peter (November 8, 1980). "Steve McQueen, 50, Is Dead of a Heart Attack After Surgery for Cancer; Family Was at Bedside Established His Stardom In 'Bullitt' and 'Papillon' Friend Suggested Acting 'Don't Cap Me Up'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2008.
  75. ^ "Tennis - Herbert Flam (Etats Unis)". www.les-sports.info.
  76. ^ D. Bona (1987). Romain Gary. Paris: Mercure de France-Lacombe. pp. 397–398.
  77. ^ "Sir Oswald Mosley cremated in Paris". The Times. London. 9 December 1980. p. 6.
  78. ^ Ingham, Chris (2006). The Rough Guide to The Beatles. Rough Guides. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-84353-720-5.
  79. ^ Paula Kepos; Thomas Derdak (July 1993). International Directory of Company Histories. St. James Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-1-55862-322-4.
  80. ^ Elizabeth A. Brennan; Elizabeth C. Clarage (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2.
  81. ^ Stetson, Damon (1980-12-26). "Doenitz Dies; Gave Up for Nazis; Admiral Doenitz Is Dead; Surrendered for the Nazis". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  82. ^ Colin Larkin (1995). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Guinness Pub. p. 1832. ISBN 978-1-56159-176-3.
  83. ^ Whitman, Alden (January 1, 1981). "Marshall McLuhan, Author, Dies; Declared 'Medium Is the Message'". The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2012.