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Mega Celebrity Deathday Chronology 1981-1981
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Mauri Rose -- b.5/26/1906 d.1/1/1981 (74)
Hephzibah Menuhin -- b.5/20/1920 d.1/1/1981 (60)
David Lynch -- b.7/3/1929 d.1/2/1981 (51)
Harold C. Urey -- b.4/29/1893 d.1/5/1981 (87)
A. J. Cronin -- b.7/19/1896 d.1/6/1981 (84)
Woody Chamblis -- b.10/9/1917 d.1/8/1981 (63)
"Stymie" Beard Jr. -- b.1/1/1925 N.S. d.1/8/1981 N.S. (56)
Katherine Alexander -- b.9/22/1898 d.1/10/1981 (82)
Richard Boone -- b.6/18/1917 d.1/10/1981 (63)
Fawn Brodie -- b.9/15/1915 d.1/10/1981 (65)
Beulah Bondi -- b.5/3/1888 d.1/12/1981 (92)
Isobel Elsom -- b.3/16/1893 d.1/12/1981 (87)
Don Whitehead -- b.4/8/1908 d.1/12/1981 (72)
Bernard Lee -- b.1/10/1908 d.1/17/1981 (73)
Allyn Joslyn -- b.7/21/1901 d.1/21/1981 (79)
Lathrop Douglass -- b.9/5/1907 d.1/21/1981 N.S. (73)
Russell Procope -- b.8/11/1908 d.1/21/1981 (72)
Bobby Sherwood -- b.5/30/1914 d.1/23/1981 (66)
Olin E. Teague -- b.4/6/1910 d.1/23/1981 (70)
Samuel Barber -- b.3/9/1910 d.1/23/1981 (70)
Carl Feaster -- b.9/24/1930 d.1/23/1981 (50)
Orville Brown -- b.3/10/1908 d.1/24/1981 (72)
Richard Talmadge -- b.12/3/1892 d.1/25/1981 (88)
Adele Astaire -- b.9/10/1898 d.1/25/1981 (82)
Harry Gribble -- b.3/27/1896 d.1/28/1981 (84)
"Cozy" Cole -- b.10/17/1909 d.1/29/1981 (71)
Wanda Hendrix -- b.11/3/1928 d.2/1/1981 (52)
Scott Greene Wiseman -- b.11/8/1909 d.2/1/1981 (71)
Donald Douglas -- b.4/6/1892 N.S. d.2/1/1981 N.S. (88)
Mischa Mischakoff -- b.4/16/1895 N.S. d.2/1/1981 (85)
Joe "Bebop" Carroll -- b.11/25/1919 N.S. d.2/1/1981 N.S. (61)
Louise Lorraine -- b.10/1/1901 d.2/2/1981 (79)
Kuda Bux -- b.2/7/1905 d.2/5/1981 (75)
Barend Barendse -- b.10/14/1907 d.2/5/1981 (73)
Ella Grasso -- b.5/10/1919 d.2/5/1981 (61)
Hugo Montenegro -- b.9/2/1925 N.S. d.2/6/1981 N.S. (55)
Queen Louise Frederika Of Greece -- b.4/18/1917 d.2/6/1981 (63)
Claude Kipnis -- b.4/22/1938 d.2/8/1981 (42)
Bill Haley -- b.7/6/1925 N.S. d.2/9/1981 N.S. (55)
Mercedes Gleitze -- b.11/18/1900 N.S. d.2/9/1981 N.S. (80)
Cecil Ralph "Tiny" Thompson -- b.5/31/1903 d.2/9/1981 (77)
Jean Dixon -- b.7/14/1894 d.2/12/1981 (86)
Joseph Kaufman -- b.3/27/1899 d.2/13/1981 (81)
Mike Bloomfield -- b.7/28/1944 d.2/15/1981 (36)
Howard Hanson -- b.10/28/1896 d.2/16/1981 (84)
Frankie Froeba -- b.8/6/1907 d.2/18/1981 (73)
John Knudsen Northrop -- b.11/10/1895 d.2/18/1981 (85)
Andy High -- b.11/21/1897 d.2/22/1981 (83)
Joe Smith -- b.2/16/1884 d.2/22/1981 (97)
Michael Maltese -- b.2/6/1908 N.S. d.2/22/1981 N.S. (73)
Saul Padover -- b.4/13/1905 d.2/22/1981 (75)
Shep Fields -- b.9/12/1910 d.2/23/1981 (70)
Ike Isaacs -- b.3/28/1923 d.2/27/1981 (57)
J. C. Johnson -- b.9/14/1896 d.2/27/1981 (84)
Janear Hines -- b.10/5/1950 d.3/2/1981 (30)
Torin Thatcher -- b.1/15/1905 d.3/4/1981 (76)
Brenda De Banzie -- b.7/28/1915 d.3/5/1981 (65)
Paul Horbiger -- b.4/29/1894 d.3/5/1981 (86)
E. I. "Yip" Harburg -- b.4/8/1896 N.S. d.3/5/1981 N.S. (84)
Kiril Kondrashin -- b.2/21/1914 O.S. or 3/6/1914 N.S. d.3/7/1981 (67)
John Gnagy -- b.1/13/1907 d.3/7/1981 (74)
Bosley Crowther -- b.7/13/1905 d.3/7/1981 (75)
Max Delbruck -- b.9/4/1906 d.3/9/1981 (74)
Bob Elson -- b.3/22/1904 N.S. d.3/10/1981 N.S. (76)
Sir Maurice Oldfield -- b.11/16/1915 d.3/11/1981 (65)
Kelly Brown -- b.9/24/1928 d.3/13/1981 (52)
René Clair -- b.11/11/1898 N.S. d.3/15/1981 N.S. (82)
Daffy Dean -- b.8/14/1913 d.3/17/1981 O.S. (67)
Frank C. Lane -- b.2/1/1896 d.3/19/1981 (85)
Clarence Beeks -- b.3/24/1922 d.3/21/1981 (58)
"Jumbo" Elliott -- b.8/8/1915 d.3/22/1981 (65)
Mike Hailwood -- b.4/2/1940 d.3/23/1981 (40)
Doug Lowe -- b.8/7/1902 d.3/30/1981 (78)
Louis Edward "Hap" Kuehn -- b.4/2/1901 N.S. d.3/30/1981 N.S. (79)
DeWitt Wallace -- b.11/12/1889 d.3/30/1981 (91)
Sherman Edwards -- b.4/3/1919 d.3/30/1981 (61)
Edith Wilson -- b.9/2/1896 d.3/30/1981 (84)
Enid Bagnold -- b.10/27/1889 d.3/31/1981 (91)
Carmen Mastren -- b.10/6/1913 d.3/31/1981 (67)
Juan T. Trippe -- b.6/27/1899 d.4/3/1981 (81)
Brad Johnson -- b.7/23/1924 d.4/4/1981 (56)
Bob "The Bear" Hite -- b.2/26/1943 N.S. d.4/5/1981 N.S. (38)
Mark Ethridge -- b.4/22/1896 d.4/5/1981 (84)
Kit Lambert -- b.5/11/1935 d.4/7/1981 (45)
Norman Tauroy -- b.2/23/1899 d.4/8/1981 (82)
Omar Nelson Bradley -- b.2/12/1893 d.4/8/1981 (88)
Howard Thurman -- b.11/18/1900 d.4/10/1981 (80)
Marie Ney -- b.7/18/1895 d.4/11/1981 (85)
Caroline Gordon -- b.10/6/1895 d.4/11/1981 (85)
Joe Louis -- b.5/13/1914 d.4/12/1981 (66)
Guy James Willis -- b.7/5/1915 d.4/13/1981 (65)
William Vanderbilt -- b.11/24/1901 d.4/14/1981 (79)
Effa Louise Manley -- b.3/27/1897 d.4/16/1981 (84)
Eddie Sauter -- b.12/2/1914 d.4/21/1981 (66)
Renalto William Jones -- b.10/5/1906 d.4/22/1981 N.S. (74)
Alice Lon -- b.11/23/1926 d.4/24/1981 (54)
Jim Davis -- b.8/26/1915 d.4/26/1981 (65)
Madge Evans -- b.7/1/1909 d.4/26/1981 (71)
Steve Currie -- b.5/21/1947 N.S. d.4/28/1981 N.S. (33)
Cliff Battles -- b.5/1/1910 d.4/28/1981 (70)
Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker -- b.7/13/1901 N.S. d.4/28/1981 N.S. (79)
Jules Stein -- b.4/26/1896 d.4/29/1981 (85)
William "Cat" Anderson -- b.9/12/1916 N.S. d.4/29/1981 N.S. (64)
Frank Socolow -- b.9/18/1923 d.4/30/1981 (57)
Vernon Sneider -- b.10/6/1916 d.5/1/1981 (64)
John Osborne -- b.3/15/1907 d.5/3/1981 (74)
Paul Eliot Green -- b.3/17/1894 d.5/4/1981 (87)
Frank Fitzsimmons -- b.4/7/1908 d.5/6/1981 (73)
Margaret Lindsay -- b.9/19/1910 d.5/8/1981 (70) or 5/9/1981 (70)
Margaret Lindsay -- b.9/19/1910 d.5/8/1981 (70) or 5/9/1981 (70)
Nelson Algren -- b.3/28/1909 d.5/9/1981 (72)
Bob Marley -- b.2/6/1945 d.5/11/1981 (36)
Joan Weber -- b.12/12/1935 d.5/13/1981 (45)
Nathan Abshire -- b.6/27/1913 d.5/13/1981 (67)
Ernie Freeman -- b.8/16/1922 d.5/16/1981 (58)
John Marcum -- b.??/??/1913 d.5/16/1981
Jeannette Ridlon Piccard -- b.1/5/1895 d.5/17/1981 (86)
Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer -- b.5/3/1901 d.5/17/1981 (80)
Arthur O'Connell -- b.3/29/1908 d.5/18/1981 (73)
William Saroyan -- b.8/31/1908 N.S. d.5/18/1981 N.S. (72)
Charles Yost -- b.11/6/1907 d.5/21/1981 (73)
George Jessel -- b.4/3/1898 d.5/23/1981 (83)
Jack Warner -- b.10/24/1896 d.5/24/1981 (84)
Edward Lasker -- b.12/3/1885 d.5/25/1981 (95)
Roy Brown -- b.9/10/1925 d.5/25/1981 (55)
Rosa Ponselle -- b.1/22/1897 d.5/25/1981 (84)
Mary Lou Williams -- b.5/8/1910 d.5/28/1981 (71)
Barbara Ward -- b.5/23/1914 d.5/31/1981 (67)
Giuseppe Pella -- b.4/18/1902 d.5/31/1981 (79)
Dr. Carleton Coon -- b.6/23/1904 d.6/3/1981 (76)
Chester Gorman -- b.3/11/1938 d.6/7/1981 (43)
Linda Lopokova -- b.10/21/1892 d.6/8/1981 (88)
Russell "Lucky" Hayden -- b.6/12/1912 N.S. d.6/9/1981 N.S. (68)
Allen Ludden -- b.10/5/1917 N.S. d.6/9/1981 N.S. (63)
Evalyn Knapp -- b.6/17/1906 d.6/12/1981 (74)
George Walsh -- b.3/16/1889 d.6/13/1981 (92)
John S. Knight -- b.10/26/1894 d.6/16/1981 (86)
Zerna Sharp -- b.8/12/1889 d.6/17/1981 (91)
Richard Goolden -- b.2/23/1895 d.6/18/1981 (86)
Alfred Santell -- b.9/14/1895 d.6/19/1981 (85)
George "Pee Wee" Erwin -- b.5/30/1913 N.S. d.6/20/1981 N.S. (68)
Lola Lane -- b.5/21/1906 d.6/22/1981 (75)
Joseph Sinke -- b.1/28/1909 d.6/26/1981 (72)
Norm Meyers -- b.12/30/1933 d.6/26/1981 (47)
Terrence Stanley "Terry" Fox -- b.7/28/1958 N.S. d.6/28/1981 N.S. (22)
Rusty Chambers -- b.11/12/1953 d.7/1/1981 N.S. (27)
George Voskovec -- b.6/19/1905 d.7/1/1981 (76)
Rushton Moreve -- b.11/6/1948 d.7/1/1981 (32)
Marcel Breuer -- b.5/21/1902 d.7/1/1981 (79)
John Morey -- b.??/??/???? d.7/1/1981 (32)
Ross Martin -- b.3/22/1920 d.7/3/1981 (61)
Emile Zola Berman -- b.11/2/1902 d.7/3/1981 (78)
Stephen Bosustow -- b.11/6/1911 d.7/4/1981 (69)
Loring Smith -- b.11/18/1890 d.7/8/1981 (90)
Mayer Levin -- b.10/8/1905 d.7/9/1981 (75)
Hubert Johnson -- b.1/14/1941 N.S. d.7/11/1981 N.S. (40)
Edward Little -- b.4/10/1881 d.7/11/1981 (100)
Kirby Stone -- b.4/27/1918 d.7/13/1981 (63)
Federico DeLaurentiis -- b.2/28/1955 d.7/15/1981 (26)
Harry Chapin -- b.12/7/1942 d.7/16/1981 (38)
Will Hudson -- b.3/8/1908 d.7/16/1981 (73)
Abram Kardiner -- b.8/17/1891 d.7/20/1981 (89)
Carol (Opera) Fox -- b.6/15/1926 d.7/21/1981 (55)
Max Liebman -- b.8/5/1902 d.7/21/1981 (78)
Harvey Fletcher -- b.9/11/1884 d.7/23/1981 (96)
Tom Edwards -- b.3/27/1923 d.7/24/1981 (58)
Adam John Walsh -- b.11/14/1974 N.S. d.7/27/1981 N.S. (6)
William Wyler -- b.7/1/1902 d.7/27/1981 (79)
Ray Harrison -- b.??/??/1917 d.7/27/1981 (64)
Robert Moses -- b.12/18/1888 d.7/29/1981 (92)
James Walsh -- b.4/30/1891 d.7/29/1981 (90)
Ian Martin -- b.4/29/1912 d.7/30/1981 (69)
Albert Boni -- b.10/21/1892 d.7/30/1981 (88)
General Omar Torrijos -- b.2/13/1929 d.7/31/1981 (52)
Paddy Chayevsky -- b.1/29/1923 d.8/1/1981 (58)
Stefanie Clausen -- b.4/1/1900 N.S. d.8/2/1981 N.S. (81)
Melvyn Douglas -- b.4/5/1901 N.S. d.8/4/1981 N.S. (80)
Byron Price -- b.3/25/1891 d.8/6/1981 (90)
James Fisk -- b.8/30/1910 d.8/10/1981 (70)
Joseph Curran -- b.3/1/1906 d.8/14/1981 (75)
Karl August Leopold Boehm -- b.8/28/1894 d.8/14/1981 (86)
Alfred Hamilton Barr Jr. -- b.1/28/1902 d.8/15/1981 (79)
Denys Coop -- b.7/20/1920 d.8/16/1981 (61)
Ed Brosius -- b.5/30/1920 d.8/16/1981 (61)
William M. Jennings -- b.12/14/1920 N.S. d.8/17/1981 N.S. (60)
Anita Loos -- b.4/26/1889 N.S. d.8/18/1981 N.S. (92)
Robert Russell Bennett -- b.6/15/1894 N.S. d.8/18/1981 N.S. (87)
Jessie Matthews -- b.3/11/1907 d.8/19/1981 (74)
Bill Coleman -- b.8/4/1904 d.8/24/1981 (77)
William Friske Dean -- b.8/1/1899 d.8/24/1981 (82)
Lee Hays -- b.3/14/1914 d.8/26/1981 (67)
Roger Nash Baldwin -- b.1/21/1884 d.8/26/1981 (97)
Valeri Kharlamov -- b.1/14/1948 d.8/27/1981 (33)
Joan Edwards -- b.2/13/1919 d.8/27/1981 (62)
Lowell Thomas -- b.4/6/1892 d.8/29/1981 (89)
Vera-Ellen -- b.2/16/1921 d.8/30/1981 (60)
Mohammad Ali Rajai -- b.6/15/1933 N.S. d.8/30/1981 N.S. (48)
Joseph Herman Hirshhorn -- b.8/11/1899 d.8/31/1981 (82)
Ann Harding -- b.8/7/1902 N.S. d.9/1/1981 N.S. (79)
Albert Speer -- b.3/19/1905 d.9/1/1981 (76)
Alec Waugh -- b.7/8/1898 d.9/3/1981 (83)
Verne Rowe -- b.7/2/1921 d.9/4/1981 (60)
Christy Brown -- b.6/5/1932 d.9/7/1981 (49)
Roy Wilkins -- b.8/30/1901 d.9/8/1981 (80)
Hideki Yukawa -- b.1/23/1907 d.9/8/1981 (74)
Helen Humes -- b.6/23/1913 N.S. d.9/9/1981 N.S. (68)
Sandra Tilley -- b.5/6/1943 d.9/9/1981 (38)
Jacques Lacan -- b.4/13/1901 d.9/9/1981 (80)
Frank McHugh -- b.5/23/1898 d.9/11/1981 (83)
Eugenio Montale -- b.10/12/1896 d.9/12/1981 (84)
Bob Bates -- b.9/1/1923 d.9/13/1981 (58)
Furry Lewis -- b.3/6/1893 d.9/14/1981 (88)
Chick Bullock -- b.9/16/1898 N.S. d.9/15/1981 N.S. (82)
Felia Doubrovska -- b.2/13/1896 d.9/18/1981 (85)
Nigel Patrick -- b.5/2/1913 d.9/21/1981 (68)
Joseph Hirsch -- b.4/25/1910 d.9/21/1981 (71)
Harry Warren -- b.12/24/1893 d.9/22/1981 (87)
Chief Dan George -- b.6/24/1899 d.9/23/1981 (82)
Patsy Kelly -- b.1/12/1910 d.9/24/1981 (71)
Roy Cochran -- b.1/26/1919 d.9/26/1981 (62)
Robert Montgomery -- b.5/21/1904 d.9/27/1981 (77)
Rómulo Betancourt -- b.2/22/1908 d.9/28/1981 (73)
William "Bill" Shankly -- b.9/2/1913 N.S. d.9/29/1981 N.S. (68)
Boyd Neel -- b.7/19/1905 d.9/30/1981 (76)
Dexter Bullard -- b.8/14/1898 d.10/1/1981 (83)
Harry Lewis Golden -- b.5/6/1902 d.10/2/1981 (79)
Mary Coyle Chase -- b.2/25/1907 d.10/2/1981 (74)
Fidel LaBarga -- b.9/29/1905 d.10/3/1981 (76)
Gloria Grahame -- b.11/28/1925 d.10/5/1981 (55)
Justin "Jud" Strunk Jr. -- b.6/11/1936 N.S. d.10/5/1981 N.S. (45)
Al Cooper -- b.??/??/1911 d.10/5/1981
Anwar el Sadat -- b.12/25/1918 d.10/6/1981 (62)
Blanche Noyes -- b.6/23/1900 N.S. d.10/6/1981 N.S. (81)
Oscar Moore -- b.12/25/1916 d.10/8/1981 (64)
John Mecom -- b.1/13/1911 d.10/12/1981 (70)
Nils Asther -- b.1/17/1901 d.10/13/1981 (80)
James Raymond -- b.2/25/1917 d.10/14/1981 (64)
Frank DeKova -- b.3/17/1910 d.10/15/1981 (71)
Stanley Clements -- b.7/16/1926 d.10/16/1981 (55)
Moshe Dayan -- b.5/20/1915 d.10/16/1981 (66)
David Guion -- b.12/15/1892 d.10/17/1981 (88)
Joseph "Joe" S. Carenza Sr. -- b.11/9/1924 N.S. d.10/17/1981 N.S. (56)
Bill Muncey -- b.11/12/1928 d.10/18/1981 (52)
Deborah Baltzell -- b.11/2/1955 d.10/24/1981 (25)
Edith Head -- b.10/28/1907 d.10/24/1981 (73)
Pete Reiser -- b.3/17/1919 N.S. d.10/25/1981 N.S. (62)
Ariel Durant -- b.5/10/1898 d.10/25/1981 (83)
John Warburton -- b.10/20/1887 d.10/27/1981 (94)
Richard Llewelyn-Davies -- b.12/24/1912 d.10/27/1981 (68)
Lew Jenkins -- b.12/4/1916 d.10/30/1981 (64)
Georges Brassens -- b.10/22/1921 d.10/30/1981 (60)
Val Gielgud -- b.4/28/1900 d.11/3/1981 (81)
Fred Lindstrom -- b.11/21/1905 d.11/4/1981 (75)
Frank Harvey -- b.8/11/1912 d.11/6/1981 (69)
Will Durant -- b.11/5/1885 d.11/7/1981 (96)
Abel Gance -- b.10/25/1889 d.11/10/1981 (92)
Bud Strevel -- b.??/??/???? d.11/12/1981
Steve Nelson -- b.11/24/1907 d.11/13/1981 (73)
Morgan Conway -- b.3/16/1903 d.11/16/1981 (78)
Enid Markey -- b.2/22/1896 d.11/16/1981 (85)
William Holden -- b.4/17/1918 d.11/16/1981 (63)
Bob Eberle -- b.7/24/1916 d.11/17/1981 (65)
Doug Roberts -- b.6/15/1941 d.11/18/1981 (40)
Henri Padou -- b.5/15/1898 N.S. d.11/19/1981 N.S. (83)
Harry Von Zell -- b.7/11/1906 d.11/21/1981 (75)
Hans Krebs -- b.8/25/1900 d.11/22/1981 (81)
Ilya Bolotowsky -- b.7/1/1907 d.11/22/1981 (74)
Jack Albertson -- b.6/16/1907 d.11/25/1981 (74)
Max Euwe -- b.5/20/1901 d.11/26/1981 (80)
Lotte Lenya -- b.10/18/1898 d.11/27/1981 (83)
Shamus O'Brien -- b.11/29/1907 d.11/28/1981 (73)
Natalie Wood -- b.7/20/1938 d.11/29/1981 (43)
Stephen Parker -- b.9/11/1948 d.11/30/1981 (33)
Robert H. Harris -- b.7/15/1911 d.11/30/1981 (70)
Taft Jordan -- b.2/15/1915 d.12/1/1981 (66)
Allan Dwan -- b.4/3/1885 d.12/2/1981 (96)
Frank Hunter -- b.6/28/1894 d.12/2/1981 (87)
Wallace K. Harrison -- b.9/28/1895 d.12/2/1981 (86)
James Oliver -- b.1/1/1914 d.12/2/1981 (67)
Hershey Kay -- b.11/17/1919 d.12/2/1981 (62)
Walter Knott -- b.12/11/1889 N.S. d.12/3/1981 N.S. (91)
Bob Morris -- b.2/3/1930 N.S. d.12/3/1981 N.S. (51)
Thomas Corcoran -- b.12/29/1900 d.12/6/1981 (80)
Walter "Shakey" Horton -- b.4/6/1921 N.S. d.12/8/1981 N.S. (60)
Sonny Til -- b.8/18/1928 d.12/9/1981 (53)
John Kieran -- b.8/2/1892 d.12/10/1981 (89)
Jerry Wurf -- b.5/18/1919 d.12/10/1981 (62)
"Pigmeat" Markham -- b.4/18/1906 d.12/13/1981 (75)
Nathaniel Benchley -- b.11/13/1915 d.12/14/1981 (66)
Claud Cockburn -- b.4/12/1904 d.12/15/1981 (77)
Sam Jones -- b.11/12/1924 d.12/15/1981 (57)
James Enright -- b.4/3/1910 N.S. d.12/20/1981 N.S. (71)
Hoagy Carmichael -- b.11/22/1899 d.12/27/1981 (82)
Guido Provoost -- b.11/7/1940 d.12/29/1981 N.S. (41)
Frank E. Adair -- b.4/9/1887 d.12/30/1981 (94)
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