Page 4: Famous Deaths Happened In 1981

Jul 07 Keefe Brasselle, actor (Be Our Guest), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Jul 08 Loring Smith, actor (Hartmans), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Jul 09 Allen Ludden, TV show host (Password), dies at 61 in the year 1981.  

Jul 10 In the year 1981 death of ken Rex McElroy, American hog rustler (b. 1936)  

Jul 12 Ben Seijes, historian (WW II), dies at 73 in the year 1981.  

Jul 16 Harry Chapin, folk vocalist (Taxi), dies in car crash at 38 on this day in history.  

Jul 18 Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch para-psychologist, dies at 87 in the year 1981.  

Jul 19 In the year 1981 louis Cheslock, composer, dies at 81  

Jul 25 Ian Martin, actor (Uncle Bill-O'Neills), dies at 69 in the year 1981.  

Jul 26 Donald Lybbert, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Jul 27 Billy [William] Wyler, US director (Ben Hur, Funny Girl), dies in the year 1981.  

Jul 28 Fr. Stanley Rother, Roman Catholic Priest, Martyr and Missionary to Guatemala (b. 1935) died in the year 1981.  

Jul 29 Robert Moses, American urban planner (b. 1888) died on this day in history.  

Jul 31 Gen Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash in the year 1981.  

Aug 01 Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (Network, Hospital) dies of cancer at 58 in the year 1981.  

Aug 03 In the year 1981 death of robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered  

Aug 04 Melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], actor (Woman's Face, Hud), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Aug 14 Dudley Nourse, cricketer (34 Tests for South Africa, 2960 runs), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 17 Robert Russell Bennett, US composer/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 87 in the year 1981.  

Aug 18 In the year 1981 anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88  

Aug 19 Jessie Matthews, actress (Gangway, First a Girl), dies at 74 in the year 1981.  

Aug 21 Hermann Schey, German/Neth singer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Aug 26 Lee Hays, rocker, dies of a heart attack on this day in history.  

Aug 27 Joan Edwards, singer (Joan Edwards Show), dies at 62 in the year 1981.  

Aug 28 On this day in history death of béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900)  

Aug 29 In the year 1981 lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY at 89  

Aug 30 On this day in history death of mohammad Ali Rajai, president of Iran, assassinated by a bomb  

Aug 31 Joseph H Hirschhorn, US art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Sep 01 In the year 1981 death of albert Speer, German NSDAP-architect/minister of Army at 76  

Sep 03 On this day in history death of alec Waugh, English writer (b. 1898)  

Sep 04 In the year 1981 verne Rowe, actor (Verne-Fernwood 2 Night), dies at 59  

Sep 05 Ayatollah Ali Qoddusi, prosecutor-general of Iran, assassinated died in the year 1981.  

Sep 06 In the year 1981 joseph Yasser, composer, dies at 88  

Sep 08 On this day in history death of hediki Joekawa, Japans physicist (Nobel 1949) at 74  

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Apr 02 Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer was born in the year 1981.  

Apr 02 On this day in history birth of bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti, American actress  

Apr 28 On this day in history birth of jessica Alba, American actress  

Apr 30 On this day in history birth of john O'Shea, Irish footballer  

Apr 30 In the year 1981 birth of emma Pierson, British actress  

May 19 Georges St. Pierre, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter was born in the year 1981.  

May 19 On this day in history birth of luciano Figueroa, Argentine footballer  

May 22 Bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler was born on this day in history.