Famous People Who Died in 1980 (Part 2)

Deaths 201 - 373 of 373

• Jul 18 Naoomal Jeoomal, Indian cricket batsman (3 Tests, Sind), dies at 76
• Jul 19 Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, international relationship expert, and author (Politics Among Nations), dies at 76
• Jul 20 Gerard Croiset, Dutch parapsychologist, dies at 71

• Jul 22 Fred Kaps [Abram Bongers], Dutch magician (ISM World Champion 1950, 1955 & 1961), dies of cancer at 54
• Jul 23 Keith Godchaux, American pianist, and singer (Grateful Dead, 1971-79 - "Let Me Sing Your Blues Away"), dies in a car accident at 32
• Jul 23 Mollie Steimer, American political prisoner and anarchist agitator, dies at 82
• Jul 23 Sarto Fournier, Mayor of Montreal (b. 1908)

• Jul 24 Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926)
• Jul 25 Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet, singer, and actor (b. 1938)
• Jul 26 Allen Hoskins, American child actor (Our Gang), dies of cancer at 59
• Jul 26 François Louis Ganshof, Belgian medieval historian, dies at 85
• Jul 26 Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani fiction writer and Urdu poet, dies at 52

• Jul 28 Cecil Burleigh, American violinist, composer (Sonnets of Autumn; Boyhood Recollections), and educator (University of Wisconsin, 1921-55), dies at 95
• Jul 29 Jan Tausinger, Romanian-Czech violist and composer, dies at 58
• Jul 30 Charles McGraw [Butters], American actor (Spartacus, The Birds, The Killers, Smith Family), dies after falling through a glass shower door at 66
• Jul 30 Norman Lloyd, American pianist, author and composer, dies at 70
• Jul 31 Bobby Van [Stein], American stage and screen musical singer and actor (The Affairs of Dobie Gillis; Small Town Girl), dies of brain cancer at 49
• Jul 31 Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer and musician, dies of a massive heart attack at 55
• Aug 1 Patrick Depailler, French Formula 1 driver (b. 1944)

• Aug 2 Verdun Scott, New Zealand cricket batsman (10 Tests, 3 x 50; Auckland) and rugby league utility back (1 Test; Auckland Pakehā), dies at 64
• Aug 4 Diego Fabbri, Italian playwright and leader (Vatican movie bureau), dies at 69
• Aug 5 Harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924)
• Aug 6 Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player, dies at 66
• Aug 6 Marino Marini, Italian sculptor (The Pilgrim - Houston), dies at 79
• Aug 8 Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistani general and politician (President of Pakistan 1969-71, Bangladesh genocide during his regime), dies at 63
• Aug 8 Jacqueline Cochran, US pilot and 1st woman to break sound barrier, dies at 74
• Aug 8 Paul Triquet, Canadian military officer, dies at 70
• Aug 9 Elliott Nugent, American director and actor, dies at 83
• Aug 9 Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 41
• Aug 9 Philip Lee, Australian cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 5 wickets; South Australia), dies at 75
• Aug 11 Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
• Aug 11 Willi Forst, Austrian actor and director (Bel Amis, Operette, Vienna Blood), dies at 77
• Aug 14 Dorothy Stratten [Hoogstraten], Canadian playmate (August, 1979), model and actress (Galixina), murdered by estranged husband and manager Paul Snider at 20
• Aug 18 Norman Cazden, American composer, educator, and music theorist, dies at 65
• Aug 19 American farmer and inventor of center-pivot irrigation, US's most widely used irrigation system, dies at 86 [1]
• Aug 19 Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, dies at 91
• Aug 20 Joe Dassin, French-American singer (Les Champs-Élysées), dies at 41
• Aug 21 Jack Cheetham, South African cricket batsman and captain (24 Tests; Western Province), dies at 60
• Aug 22 Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (Mercedes Benz), dies at 89
• Aug 22 James Smith McDonnell, American aircraft manufacturer, dies of a stroke at 81
• Aug 23 Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill's Speech), dies at 77
• Aug 24 Andre Parrot, French archaeologist (Mari, Assur), dies at 79
• Aug 24 Frederick A. Fox, American classical composer (Nightscenes; Shaking The Pumpkin),and educator (Indiana University, 1974-94), dies at 80
• Aug 24 Yootha Joyce, British actress (Man About the House, George and Mildred), dies of liver failure at 53
• Aug 25 Gower Champion, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and theater director (42nd Street; Showboat; Marge & Gower Champion Show), dies of blood cancer at 61
• Aug 26 Jimmy Forrest, American jazz saxophonist (Night Train), dies at 60
• Aug 26 Miliza Korjus, Polish-American actress (Great Waltz), dies at 71
• Aug 26 Rosa Albach-Retty, German actress (b. 1874)
• Aug 26 Tex Avery, American cartoonist (b. 1908)
• Aug 27 Douglas Kenney, American humorist (co-founded the magazine National Lampoon), dies at 33
• Aug 27 Sam Levenson, American humorist (Sam Levenson Show, Masquerade Party), dies at 68
• Aug 29 Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, French politician and Nazi collaborator (anti-Semite minister in WWII Vichy government), dies at 92
• Sep 2 William Douglas Denny, American composer, dies at 70
• Sep 3 Barbara O'Neil, American actress (Tower of London, Stella Dallas), dies at 70
• Sep 3 Dirch Passer, prolific Danish actor (Going for Broke, Mig og mafiaen), dies of a myocardial infarction at 54
• Sep 3 Duncan Renaldo, Spanish actor (Cisco Kid, Guns of Fury), dies from lung cancer at 76
• Sep 3 Fabian von Schlabendorff, German resistance fighter/judge, dies at 73
• Sep 4 Wolfgang Gentner, German nuclear physicist, dies at 74
• Sep 5 Barbara Loden, American actress (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies of cancer at 48
• Sep 5 Don Banks, Australian orchestral, jazz, and film score composer, dies of leukemia at 56
• Sep 8 Bruce Dooland, Australian cricket all-rounder (3 Tests; Nottinghamshire; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1955), dies at 56
• Sep 8 Hermann Claudius, German folk poet (Meister Bertram), dies at 101
• Sep 8 Jean Piaget, Swiss pioneer developmental psychologist and zoologist, dies at 84

• Sep 9 Harold Clurman, American theatrical producer and director (Deadline at Dawn), dies at 78
• Sep 9 John Howard Griffin, American photographer, journalist and author (Black Like Me), dies from complications of diabetes at 60
• Sep 11 Jose Antonio Calcano, Venezuelan composer, teacher, and choral director, dies at 80
• Sep 12 André Chéron, French chess player (French Champion, 1926, 1927 & 1929) and endgame theorist, dies at 84
• Sep 12 Lillian Randolph, American radio and screen actress (The Great Gildersleeve; Amos 'n Andy; It's A Wonderful Life: Roots; The Onion Field), dies of cancer at 81
• Sep 15 Bill Evans, American jazz pianist ("Peace Piece"; "Waltz For Debbie"), dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51

• Sep 17 Katherine A Porter, American author (Ship of Fools, Pulit-66), dies at 90
• Sep 18 Katherine Anne Porter, American writer (Ship of Fools), dies at 90
• Sep 20 Sanpei Hayashiya, Japanese comedian (b. 1925)
• Sep 21 Ernest White, Canadian organist, organ designer, and composer, dies at 79
• Sep 21 Willem Ravelli, Dutch baritone singer (St Matthew Passion), dies at 88
• Sep 23 Alan Strode Campbell Ross, British linguist (coined the terms U & non-U), dies at 73
• Sep 25 Earl Roy Curry, American religious thinker and Kirtland Temple overseer, dies at 90

• Sep 25 Lewis Milestone [Leib Milstein], Moldovan-American Academy Award-winning film director (d All Quiet on the Western Front; Of Mice and Men; Ocean's 11), dies at 84
• Sep 25 Marie Under, Estonian author and poet, dies at 97
• Sep 29 Bindo Maserati, Italian auto engineer and businessman (manager Maserati Racing; founder O.S.C.A. Racing), dies at 97
• Oct 2 Valentin Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46
• Oct 6 Jean Robic, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1947; World C'ship gold cyclo-cross 1950), dies in a road accident at 59
• Oct 6 Josephine "Hattie" Jacques, British comedy actress (Carry on films, Hancock's Half Hour), dies of a heart attack at 58
• Oct 6 Ray Walker, actor (Baby Take a Bow), dies
• Oct 7 Jan Cox, Belgian-American Expressionist painter, dies at 61
• Oct 8 Maurice Martenot, French cellist, WWI radio telegrapher, and instrument inventor (ondes Martenot), dies at 81 [1]
• Oct 10 Walter Keeton, cricketer (opening bat in 2 Test for Eng 1934-39), dies
• Oct 10 William "Billie" Thomas, American child actor (Buckwheat- Our Gang), dies of a heart attack at 49
• Oct 13 Philip "Gabby" Pahinui, Hawaiian slack-key guitarist and singer, dies of a heart attack at 59
• Oct 14 Oscar Alemán, Argentine jazz and swing guitarist, and singer ("Rosa Madreselva"), dies at 71
• Oct 14 S N Banerjee, cricketer (one Test for India), dies
• Oct 15 Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896)
• Oct 15 Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian hydrodynamicist and mathematician, dies at 79
• Oct 16 Carl Romme, Dutch politician, Minister of Social Affairs (KVP), dies at 83
• Oct 21 Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician and eponym of Asperger syndrome, dies at 74
• Oct 24 Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 33), dies at 30
• Oct 25 Víctor Galíndez, Argentine boxer (WBA light heavyweight title 1974-79), dies in stock-car race pit area accident at 31
• Oct 25 Virgil Fox, American organist, dies at 68
• Oct 26 Marcello Caetano, last Portuguese prime minister of the Estado Novo regime (1968-1974), dies in exile of a heart attack at 74
• Oct 27 John Van Vleck, American physicist, mathematician, and Nobel Laureate who pioneered the modern quantum mechanical theory of magnetism, dies at 81
• Oct 27 Judy LaMarsh, Canadian lawyer, politician (Member of Parliament, 1960-68), author, and broadcaster (CBC Radio), dies of pancreatic cancer at 55
• Oct 27 Steve Peregrin Took, English musician (Tyrannosaurus Rex), dies of a drug overdose at 31
• Oct 28 Leon Janney (Ramon), American actor (Charly, Stolen Paradise, Hawk), dies of cancer at 63
• Nov 2 Edith Bunker, character in TV sitcom "All in the Family", dies of a stroke

• Nov 3 Hans Ruin, Finnish Swedish-language historian and philosopher, dies at 89
• Nov 3 Ludwig Hohl, writer, dies
• Nov 4 Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer, 1st female in Canada to get bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, dies at 75
• Nov 6 Mary Michael, American actress (Biridie-Wonderful John Acton), dies at 77

• Nov 7 Wolfgang Weyrauch, German writer, dies at 73
• Nov 9 Carmel Myers, American stage and silent and sound screen actress (Ben-Hur; Svengali), dies of a heart attack at 81
• Nov 9 Victor Sen Yung [Cheung Young], American actor (Across the Pacific, Charlie Chan in Honolulu), dies from accidental asphyxiation at 65
• Nov 11 Benode Behari Mukherjee, Indian blind artist (Lives of Medieval Saints fresco), dies at 76 [1]
• Nov 12 Alexander Voormolen, Dutch composer and music librarian, dies at 85
• Nov 12 Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer and dissident (Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984), dies in a car accident at 42
• Nov 16 Imogen Hassall, English actress (Countess of Cleavage-Carry on Loving), suicide at 37
• Nov 16 O. V. [Overton Vertis] Wright, American blues singer, dies at 41
• Nov 18 Conn Smythe, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame team owner (Toronto Maple Leafs 1927-61; Stanley Cup x 8), dies of heart failure at 85
• Nov 19 Andreas Nezertis, Greek composer, dies at 82
• Nov 20 John McEwen, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (1967-68), dies at 80
• Nov 21 Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies
• Nov 22 Herbert Wade, cricketer (South African batsman and captain 1935-36), dies
• Nov 22 Leonard Barr, comedian (Dean Martin Show, Szysznyk), dies at 77

• Nov 22 Norah McGuinness, Northern Irish painter (b. 1901)
• Nov 23 Herby Wade, South African cricket batsman and captain (10 Tests, 327 runs; Natal), dies at 75
• Nov 23 Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54
• Nov 24 George Raft, American actor (Scarface, Johnny Angel, Mr Ace), dies at 79
• Nov 24 Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (Pulitzer Prize, 1934 - The People's Choice), dies at 83
• Nov 26 Pete DePaolo, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1925; first driver to average > 100mph at Indy, recording 101.13mph), dies at 82
• Nov 26 Rachel Roberts, Welsh actress (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Foul Play, Doctor's Wife), commits suicide at 53
• Nov 27 F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (b. 1882)

• Dec 1 Sam Levene, American Broadway actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75
• Dec 2 Richard Pindle Hammond, American composer dies at 83
• Dec 2 Romain Gary [Roman Kacew], Lithuanian-French writer, also published as Émile Ajar (Les racines du ciel; La vie devant soi), diplomat, and screenwriter (The Longest Day), dies of a self-inflicted gunshot at 66

• Dec 4 Francisco Sá Carneiro, 109th Prime Minister of Portugal, dies at 46
• Dec 4 Stanislawa Walasiewicz [Stella Walsh], Polish-born American athlete (Olympic gold 100m 1932), dies when shot during an armed robbery, at 69
• Dec 7 Darby Crash, American Punk rocker (Germs), dies of an overdose at 22

• Dec 11 Ignacio Prieto [Arrizubieta], Spanish composer, dies at 80
• Dec 12 Jean Lesage, Canadian politician (19th Premier of Quebec, 1960-66), dies of throat cancer at 68

• Dec 14 Richard Gurley Drew, American inventor (created masking tape and cellophane at 3M), dies at 81
• Dec 15 Angus Campbell, American psychologist (Elections & Political Order), dies at 70
• Dec 15 Rudolph Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer and professor of Law at Leiden University, dies at 86

• Dec 16 Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (b. 1900)

• Dec 24 Alec Wilder, American classical, jazz, and pop music composer (The Churkendoose), and musicologist (American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950), dies at 73 [1]

• Dec 24 Siggie Nordstrom, American singer (The Nordstrom Sisters), dies at 87
• Dec 25 (Ludwig) "Louis" Neefs, Belgian pop singer (Eurovision, 1967 & 1969), dies, along with his wife, in a car accident at 43
• Dec 25 Fred Emney, British actor (Let the People Sing; Adventures of a Private Eye; Lilac Domino), dies at 80
• Dec 26 (John) "Peck" Kelley, American jazz pianist and bandleader (Peck's Bad Boys), dies from complications of Parkinson's disease at 82
• Dec 26 Tony Smith, American sculptor (b. 1912)
• Dec 28 Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricket spin bowler (1 Test India, 5 Tests Pakistan), at 72
• Dec 28 Jersey calf, lived 222 days with an artificial heart
• Dec 29 Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian writer (b. 1899)
• Dec 29 Roy Engle, American writer and actor (The Man from Planet X, The Wild Wild West, My Favorite Martian), dies from meningitis at 67
• Dec 29 Tim Hardin, American singer (If I Were a Carpenter, Reason to Believe), dies of a drug overdose at 39
• Dec 31 Arthur Wellard, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 7 wickets, BB 4/81; Somerset CCC), dies at 78
• Dec 31 Bob Shawkey, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1923, 27; AL ERA leader 1920, New York Yankees), dies at 90

• Dec 31 Raoul Walsh, American director (High Sierra), dies at about 88

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