Deaths in 1981

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The following is a list of notable deaths in 1981. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

Deaths in 1981

January

Harold Urey Urey.jpg
Harold Urey
Beulah Bondi Beulah Bondi Wagon Train 1961.JPG
Beulah Bondi

February

Bill Haley Bill Haley (1974).jpg
Bill Haley
Ibrahim Abdel Hady Pasha Ibrahim Abdul Hadi Pasha (1948).jpg
Ibrahim Abdel Hady Pasha

March

Roberto Francisco Chiari Remon Roberto F. Chiari.jpg
Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón
Max Delbruck Maxdelbruck-cr.jpg
Max Delbrück
John S. McCain Jr. John S. McCain, Jr. color portrait.jpg
John S. McCain Jr.

April

Joe Louis Joe Louis by van Vechten.jpg
Joe Louis
Prince Yasuhiko Asaka Prince Asaka Yasuhiko 02.jpg
Prince Yasuhiko Asaka

May

Bob Marley Bob-Marley.jpg
Bob Marley
William Saroyan William Saroyan.jpg
William Saroyan
Stefan Wyszynski Stefan Wyszynski.jpg
Stefan Wyszyński
Soong Ching-ling Madame Sun Yat-Sen - Cecil Beaton.jpg
Soong Ching-ling
Ziaur Rahman Ziaur Rahman 1979.jpg
Ziaur Rahman

June

Rino Gaetano Rino Gaetano.jpg
Rino Gaetano
Zarah Leander Zarah Leander 1931 035.jpg
Zarah Leander

July

Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi Qahtan Shaabi.jpg
Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi

August

Melvyn Douglas Melvyn Douglas 1939.JPG
Melvyn Douglas
Bela Guttmann Guttmann 1953 (cropped).JPG
Béla Guttmann

September

Albert Speer Bundesarchiv Bild 146II-277, Albert Speer.jpg
Albert Speer
Robert Montgomery RobertMontgomeryApr1939.jpg
Robert Montgomery
Romulo Betancourt RB 1975.jpg
Romulo Betancourt

October

Gloria Grahame GloriaGrahame.jpg
Gloria Grahame
Anwar Sadat Anwar Sadat cropped.jpg
Anwar Sadat

November

William Holden WILLIAMHolden.jpg
William Holden
Natalie Wood Natalie Wood publicity 1963.jpg
Natalie Wood

December

Ferruccio Parri Ferruccio Parri Senato.jpg
Ferruccio Parri
Mehmet Shehu Mehmet Shehu -28partizan-29.jpg
Mehmet Shehu

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  2. Galiana, Ismael (1 July 1981). "Murió en Murcia el poeta y pacifista Lanza del Vasto: Apóstol de la no violencia" [The poet and pacifist Lanza del Vasto died in Murcia: Apostle of nonviolence](PDF). ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. p. 24.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "A. J. Cronin, author of 'Citadel' and 'Keys of the Kingdom', dies". New York Times. 10 January 1981. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  4. John Fearns Nicoll
  5. "JANEAR HINES". The New York Times. 1981-03-05. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  6. Don Michael Randel (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. p. 459. ISBN   978-0-674-37299-3.
  7. William Hayes (1982). "Max Ludwig Henning Delbruck. 4 September 1906-10 March 1981". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 28. London: Royal Society: 58–90. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1982.0003. JSTOR   769892.
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  11. Maurice Zbriger
  12. "Norman Taurog, Director, Dies". The New York Times. April 10, 1981. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
  13. Reagan, Ronald (1 January 1982). Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981. Best Books on. p. 343. ISBN   978-1-62376-932-1.
  14. McGowen, Deane (April 13, 1981). "Joe Louis, 66, Heavyweight King Who Reigned 12 Years, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  15. Josep Miquel Sobrer (1992). Catalonia, a Self-portrait. Indiana University Press. p. 157. ISBN   0-253-28883-5.
  16. Paul Green American author
  17. "Uri Zvi Greenberg, 83; Hebrew and Yiddish Poet". The New York Times. 10 May 1981.
  18. Pedersen, Bjørn (2019-09-24), "Odd Hassel", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), retrieved October 23, 2019
  19. Richard Hale
  20. Leo Hamalian (1987). William Saroyan: The Man and the Writer Remembered. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 233. ISBN   978-0-8386-3308-3.
  21. Gwendolyn Bennett 1902 – 1981
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  24. Stafford Leak Warren (1896–1981)
  25. Gabriel Miller (5 June 2013). William Wyler: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Most Celebrated Director. University Press of Kentucky. p. 394. ISBN   978-0-8131-4211-1.
  26. Principal Probate Registry; London, England; Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England
  27. IRMGARD BARTENIEFF, FOUNDER OF NEW YORK LABAN INSTITUTE
  28. David Bolchover (2017). The Greatest Comeback: From Genocide To Football Glory; The Story of Béla Guttman
  29. Peterkin, Tom (6 November 2007). "Christy Brown 'neglected by ex-prostitute wife'" . The Daily Telegraph . London. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2007.
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  33. Sir Milton Allen
  34. Lyle D. Goodhue American chemist
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  36. Wilhelm Pelikan
  37. Ejner Federspiel (in Danish)
  38. Kornberg, H.; Williamson, D. H. (1984). "Hans Adolf Krebs. 25 August 1900 – 22 November 1981". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 30: 350–385. doi: 10.1098/rsbm.1984.0013 . PMID   11616005.
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