1980 (01 jan) Frank
Clifford Wykoff sprinter (Olympics-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70
1980 (01 jan) Pietro Nenni Italian politician
(Socialists), dies at 88
1980 (02 jan) Larry Williams rocker, dies at 44
1980 (03 jan) Amos Milburn rocker, dies at 52
1980 (03 jan) Axel Springer Jr German
photographer, commits suicide at 38
1980 (03 jan) Ivan Triesault actor (Von Ryan's
Express, Desert Fox), dies at 81
1980 (03 jan) Joy Adamson author (Born Free),
killed by her servant at 69
1980 (07 jan) Carl White rocker, dies
1980 (07 jan) Sarah Selby actress (Tower of
London), dies at 74
1980 (08 jan) Oscar Ewing US government
official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90
1980 (10 jan) George Meany labor leader, dies
at 85
1980 (12 jan) Hans Ebeling cricketer (Victory
stalwart, bowled for Australia 1934), dies
1980 (13 jan) André Kostelanetz Russian
conductor, dies at 78
1980 (16 jan) Anna van Wageningen-Salomons
Dutch author (Unspoilt Dream), dies at 94
1980 (17 jan) Barbara Britton actress (Pamela-Mr
& Mrs North), dies at 59
1980 (18 jan) Cecil Beaton British
photographer, dies at 76
1980 (19 jan) Richard Franko Goldman composer,
dies at 69
1980 (19 jan) William O Douglas member US
Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81
1980 (22 jan) Iris Meredith actress (Lawless
Land, Gambling Terror), dies at 64
1980 (25 jan) David Newell actor (Dangerous
Curves, White Heat), dies at 75
1980 (29 jan) Jimmy Durante New York City NY,
singer/comedian (Ink-a-dink-a-doo, Palooka, The Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86
1980 (29 jan) Antonio Molina composer, dies at
85
1980 (30 jan) Lil Dagover actress (Destiny,
Spiders), dies at 82
1980 (30 jan) Professor Longhair king of New
Orleans music, dies at 61
1980 (31 jan) J P Duminy cricket (30 runs at 5
& 1 wicket at 39 in 3 Test South Africa), dies
1980 (01 feb)
Jack Bailey TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72
1980 (01 feb) Romolo Valli actor (Boom, La
Viaccia), dies at 54
1980 (02 feb) William H Stein US biochemist
(Nobel 1972), dies at 68
1980 (07 feb) Ernst Kunz composer, dies at 88
1980 (07 feb) Katherine Emery actress (Maze,
Isle of the Dead), dies at 73
1980 (09 feb) Antoine Pompe Belgian architect,
dies at 106
1980 (12 feb) Floyd Taliaferro Alderson actor
(Crossing Trails), dies
1980 (13 feb) David Janssen [Meyer], actor
(Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49
1980 (17 feb) Jerry Fielding orchestra leader
(Bewitched, Hogan's Heroes, Lively Ones), dies at 57
1980 (17 feb) Graham Sutherland painter, dies
1980 (18 feb) Gale Robbins actress (Fuller
Brush Girl, Mr Hex), dies at 58
1980 (19 feb) Bon Scott Australian rock
vocalist (AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie), dies at 33
1980 (20 feb) Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth
eldest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, dies in Washington DC at 96
1980 (21 feb) Chester H Lauck actor (2 Weeks to
Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78
1980 (22 feb) Alfred Andersch German writer
(Red Head), dies at 66
1980 (22 feb) Oskar Kokoschka Austria/British
painter/graphic artist, dies at 93
1980 (22 feb) Richard Kallman actor (Verboten,
Hell Canyon Outlaws), dies at 46
1980 (23 feb) Robert Vandekerckhove Belgian
politician, dies at 62
1980 (27 feb) George Tobias actor (Abner
Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 78
1980 (28 feb) Ian Alexander Ross Peebles
cricketer (45 wickets for England), dies
1980 (29 feb) Yigol Alton Israeli Foreign
Minister, dies at 61
1980 (01 mar)
John Jacob Niles composer, dies at 87
1980 (05 mar) Jay Silverheels actor (Tonto-Lone
Ranger), dies at 60
1980 (05 mar) Winifred Wagner-William German
World Festival organizer, dies at 82
1980 (09 mar) Olga Chekova actress (Moulin
Rouge, Pawns of Possession), dies at 82
1980 (10 mar) Doctor Tarnoff Jean Harris kills
Scarsdale diet doctor
1980 (10 mar) Herman Tarnower doctor (Scarsdale
Diet), killed by Jean Harris
1980 (13 mar) Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen
composer, dies at 61
1980 (17 mar) Rudolf G Escher Dutch composer (Vrai
Visage de la Paix), dies at 68
1980 (18 mar) Erich Fromm German/US
psychoanalyst, dies at 79
1980 (18 mar) Herman Griffith cricketer (13
Tests for West Indies, 44 wickets), dies
1980 (21 mar) Gideon Fagan composer, dies at 75
1980 (24 mar) Archbishop Oscar Romero
assassinated while conducting mass in San Salvador
1980 (26 mar) Jon-Jon Poulos rocker (Buckinghams),
dies from drugs at 32
1980 (28 mar) Dick Haymes actor (Real Life,
Betrayal), dies
1980 (28 mar) Jesse Owens (Olympics-gold-36),
dies in Tucson AZ at the age of 66
1980 (29 mar) [Annunzio Paolo] Mantovani
orchestra leader, dies at 74
1980 (31 mar) Jesse Owens of 1936 Berlin
Olympics fame, dies in Arizona at 66
1980 (03 apr)
Luella Gear actress (Joe & Mabel), dies at 82
1980 (10 apr) Kay Medford actress (Dean Martin
Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65
1980 (12 apr) William R Tolbert Jr Liberian
President & 27 others killed in coup
1980 (14 apr) Tom Fadden actor (Duffeild-Broken
Arrow, Cimarron City), dies at 84
1980 (15 apr) Jean-Paul Sartre existentialist
philosopher, dies in Paris at 74
1980 (15 apr) Marshall Reed actor (Fred
Asher-Lineup), dies at 62
1980 (15 apr) Paul Langton actor (Leslie-Peyton
Place), dies at 76
1980 (15 apr) Raymond Bailey actor (Mr Drysdale-Beverly
Hillbillies), dies at 75
1980 (19 apr) Alfred Hitchcock dies in Calif at
80
1980 (19 apr) Ethel Wilson actress (Aunt
Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
1980 (22 apr) Jane Froman singer (Jane Froman's
USA Canteen), dies at 72
1980 (28 apr) Tommy Caldwell rocker (Marshall
Tucker Band), dies
1980 (29 apr) Alfred Hitchcock director
(Psycho), dies at 80
1980 (02 may)
Clarrie Grimmett cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216
wickets), dies
1980 (04 may) Josip Broz Tito leader of
Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87
1980 (04 may) Kay Hammond actress (Blithe
Spirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies in Brighton UK at 71
1980 (05 may) Edmond Vandercammen Belgian
writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79
1980 (12 may) Lillian Roth actress (Animal
Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies
1980 (14 may) Hugh Griffith actor (Passover
Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at 67
1980 (14 may) Wilhelm Weismann composer, dies
at 79
1980 (17 may) Joseph M "Joop" Lücker
Dutch editor-in-chief (Volkskrant), dies at 65
1980 (18 may) Ian Curtis English rock vocalist
(Joy Division), commits suicide at 23
1980 (20 may) Jack Walsh cricketer (at Wallsend)/commentator
(NBN), dies
1980 (21 may) Ida Kaminska actress (Shop on
Main Street), dies
1980 (30 may) Carl Radle bassist (Derek &
Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment
1980 (30 may) Timmy Caldwell rocker (Marshall
Tucker Band), dies
1980 (12 jun)
Milburn Stone actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75
1980 (27 jun) Steve Peregrin Took percussionist
(T-Rex), dies at 31
1980 (28 jun) Herbie Faye comedian (Doc, Phil
Silvers Show), dies at 81
1980 (06 jul) Gail
Patrick actress (My Man Godfrey), dies of leukemia at 69
1980 (07 jul) Reginald Gardiner actor (Great
Dictator), dies at 77
1980 (11 jul) Peggy Knudson acttress (April-So
This is Hollywood), dies at 57
1980 (12 jul) John W Davis Pres (WV State
college), dies at 92
1980 (15 jul) Eddie Jackson comedian (Jimmy
Durante Show), dies at 84
1980 (17 jul) Donald Barry actor (Mr Gallo-Mr
Novak), dies at 68
1980 (24 jul) Peter Sellers dies at 54
1980 (27 jul) Shah Mohammed Reza Pahavala of
Iran, dies in Cairo at 60
1980 (30 jul) Charles McGraw actor
(Michael-Falcon, Smith Family), dies at 66
1980 (25 aug)
Gower Champion dancer (Marge & Gower Champion
Show), dies at 60
1980 (27 aug) Sam Levenson humorist (Sam
Levenson Show), dies at 68
1980 (25 aug)
Gower Champion dancer (Marge & Gower Champion
Show), dies at 60
1980 (27 aug) Sam Levenson humorist (Sam
Levenson Show), dies at 68
1980 (05 sep)
Barbara Loden actress (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 48
1980 (12 sep) Lillian Randolph actress (Roots,
Amos n Andy), dies at 65
1980 (17 sep) Anastasio Somoza Former
Nicaraguan Pres assassinated in Paraguay
1980 (28 oct) Leon Janney actor (Hawk), dies at 63
1980 (02 nov) Edith Bunker
dies on "All in the Family"
1980 (06 nov) Mary Michael actress
(Birdie-Wonderful John Acton), dies at 77
1980 (07 nov) Steve McQueen Slater MO, actor,
dies at 50
1980 (09 nov) Carmel Myers actress (Carmel
Myers Show), dies at 79
1980 (09 nov) Victor Sen Yung actor (Bonanza,
Bachelor Family), dies at 65
1980 (22 nov) Leonard Barr comedian (Dean
Martin Show, Szysznyk), dies at 77
1980 (22 nov) Mae West dies at her Hollywood
residence at 87
1980 (24 nov) George Raft NYC, actor, dies at
85
1980 (26 nov) Rachael Roberts actress, dies at
age 53
1980 (29 nov) Dorothy Day author (Stump the
Authors), dies at 83
1980 (01 dec)
Sam Levene actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies
at 75
1980 (04 dec) Francisco Sá Carneiro PM of
Portugal (1980), dies in air crash
1980 (04 dec) Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz
sprinter (Olympics-gold-1932), shot at 69
1980 (05 dec) Don Taylor cricketer (3 Tests for
New Zealand 1947-56, 159 runs), dies
1980 (07 dec) Darby Crash rocker, dies at 22
1980 (08 dec) John Lennon assassinated at 40 in
New York by Mark David Chapman
1980 (13 dec) Harm van Riel Dutch Liberal Party
politician, dies at 73
1980 (14 dec) Elston Howard MVP catcher (New
York Yankees), dies at 59
1980 (16 dec) Harland "Colonel" Sanders
founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90
1980 (18 dec) Alexei N Kosygin Soviet PM
(1964-80), suffers a fatal heart attack at 76
1980 (21 dec) Marc Connelly playwright (One
Minute Please), dies at 90
1980 (22 dec) Dick Kallman actor (Hank
Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47
1980 (24 dec) Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder
composer, dies at 73
1980 (24 dec) Karl Dönitz German great
admiral/Führer (1945), dies at 89
1980 (25 dec) Fred Emney actor (Adventures of a
Private Eye), dies at 80
1980 (25 dec) Louis Neefs Belgian singer, dies
at 43
1980 (25 dec) Oscar Romero archbishop of El
Salvador, murdered
1980 (28 dec) Amir Elahi cricketer, 1st
Pakistani Test cricketer to die
1980 (28 dec) Jersey calf lived 222 days with
an artificial heart
1980 (29 dec) Roy Engle actor (Police Chief-My
Favorite Martian), dies at 67
1980 (29 dec) Tim Hardin US singer (Bird on a
Wire), dies of a drug overdose at 39
1980 (31 dec) Arthur Wellard cricketer (2 Tests
for England, legendary 6-hitter), dies
1980 (31 dec) Marshall McLuhan Canadian
cultural philosopher, dies at 69
1980 (31 dec) Raoul Walsh US director (High
Sierra), dies at about 88