Celebrity Deaths in 1980
136 notable figures died in 1980. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Cecil Beaton
1904 – 1980 · Artists and Architects Jan 1 -
Karla Schramm
1891 – 1980 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Lil Dagover
1887 – 1980 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Oskar Kokoschka
1886 – 1980 · Artists and Architects Jan 1 -
Peppino De Filippo
1903 – 1980 · Actors Jan 1 -
Joy Adamson
1910 – 1980 · Authors and Writers, Scientists and Inventors Jan 3 -
Barbara Britton
1919 – 1980 · Actresses Jan 17 -
Iris Meredith
1915 – 1980 · Actresses Jan 22 -
Jimmy Durante
1893 – 1980 · Actors, Singer Jan 29 -
Jack Bailey
1907 – 1980 · Actors Feb 1 -
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Loren Murphy Berry
1888 – 1980 · Business Magnates Feb 2 -
Ray Heindorf
1908 – 1980 · Musicians and Composers Feb 3 -
Charlie Fowlkes
1916 – 1980 · Musicians and Composers Feb 9 -
David Janssen
1931 – 1980 · Actors Feb 13 -
Gale Robbins
1921 – 1980 · Actresses, Singer Feb 18 -
Dorothy Phillips
1889 – 1980 · Actresses Mar 1 -
Anne Cornwall
1897 – 1980 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Dorothy Strible Phillips
1889 – 1980 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Emmett Littleton “Ash” Ashford
1914 – 1980 · Sports Figures Mar 3 -
Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente
1928 – 1980 Mar 3 -
Jessica Dragonette
1905 – 1980 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Louise Lovely
1895 – 1980 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Millen Brand
1906 – 1980 · Authors and Writers Mar 3 -
Robert Paxton
1902 – 1980 · Business Magnates Mar 3 -
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Tamara de Lempicka
1898 – 1980 · Artists and Architects Mar 3 -
Lillian Ngoyi
1911 – 1980 · Social Reformers Mar 13 -
Angelo “The Gentle Don” Bruno
1910 – 1980 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Mar 21 -
Steve Fisher
1912 – 1980 · Authors and Writers Mar 27 -
Dick Haymes
1918 – 1980 · Actors, Singer Mar 28 -
Mantovani
1905 – 1980 · Musicians and Composers Mar 29 -
Alejo Carpentier
1904 – 1980 · Authors and Writers Apr 4 -
Charlotte Virginia Henry
1914 – 1980 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Cicely Courtneidge
1893 – 1980 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Dee Carroll
1925 – 1980 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Edmund Burns
1892 – 1980 · Actors Apr 4 -
Mario Bava
1914 – 1980 · Entertainers Apr 4 -
Mary McCarty
1923 – 1980 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Mia May
1884 – 1980 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Red Sovine
1918 – 1980 · Country Music Apr 4 -
Kay Medford
1919 – 1980 · Actresses, Comedian Apr 10 -
Charlotte Henry
1914 – 1980 · Actresses Apr 11 -
Florence Lake
1904 – 1980 · Actresses Apr 11 -
Raymond Bailey
1904 – 1980 · Actors Apr 15 -
Tony Beckley
1929 – 1980 · Actors Apr 19 -
Alexander Oparin
1894 – 1980 · Scientists and Inventors Apr 21 -
Jane Froman
1907 – 1980 · Actresses, Singer Apr 22 -
Alfred Hitchcock
1899 – 1980 · Film Director, TV Director Apr 29 -
Alfred Hitchcock
1899 – 1980 · Director Apr 29 -
Harold Robert Aaron
1921 – 1980 · Military Figures Apr 30 -
Hyoe Ohuchi
1888 – 1980 · Philanthropists May 1 -
George Pal
1908 – 1980 · Actors May 2 -
Josip Broz Tito
1892 – 1980 · Politicians May 4 -
Hugh Griffith
1912 – 1980 · Actors May 5 -
María Luisa Bombal
1910 – 1980 · Authors and Writers May 5 -
Harry Randall Truman
1896 – 1980 · Miscellaneous May 18 -
Ian Curtis
1956 – 1980 · Musicians and Composers May 18 -
Carl Radle
1942 – 1980 · Musicians and Composers May 30 -
Fred Beir
1927 – 1980 · Actors Jun 3 -
Ernst Busch
1900 – 1980 · Actors Jun 6 -
Jesse Edward Curry
1913 – 1980 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jun 6 -
Mary Esther Denver
1918 – 1980 · Actors Jun 6 -
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Philip Guston
1913 – 1980 · Artists and Architects Jun 6 -
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Sue K. Hicks
1895 – 1980 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jun 6 -
Henry Miller
1891 – 1980 · Artists and Architects Jun 7 -
Terence Fisher
1904 – 1980 · Director, Film Director Jun 18 -
V. V. Giri
1894 – 1980 · Politicians Jun 23 -
Barney Bigard
1906 – 1980 · Musicians and Composers Jun 27 -
Herbie Faye
1899 – 1980 · Actors Jun 28 -
Gail Patrick
1911 – 1980 · Actresses, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Jul 6 -
Donald “Red” Barry
1912 – 1980 · Actors Jul 7 -
Dore Schary
1905 – 1980 · Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Jul 7 -
Mary Hignett
1916 – 1980 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Reginald Gardiner
1903 – 1980 · Actors Jul 7 -
Robert Brackman
1898 – 1980 · Artists and Architects Jul 7 -
Peggy Knudsen
1923 – 1980 · Actresses Jul 11 -
Seretse Khama
1921 – 1980 · Politicians Jul 13 -
Peter Sellers
1925 – 1980 · Celebrities, Comedian, Film Director, Musicians, Singer Jul 24 -
Vladimir Vysotsky
1938 – 1980 · Celebrities, Singer Jul 25 -
Mohammad Reza I of Iran
1919 – 1980 · Politicians, Royalty Jul 27 -
Mohammed Rafi
1924 – 1980 · Celebrities, Musicians, Musicians and Composers, Singer Jul 31 -
Strother Martin
1919 – 1980 · Actors Aug 1 -
James S. McDonnell, Jr
1899 – 1980 · Business Magnates Aug 8 -
Rosa Albach Retty
1874 – 1980 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Tex Avery
1908 – 1980 · Artists and Architects Aug 8 -
Zeke Canova
1898 – 1980 · Actors Aug 8 -
Yahya Khan
1917 – 1980 · Politicians Aug 10 -
Dorothy Stratten
1960 – 1980 · Sex Goddess Aug 14 -
Joe Dassin
1938 – 1980 · Celebrities, Musicians, Musicians and Composers, Singer Aug 20 -
Yootha Joyce
1927 – 1980 · Actresses Aug 24 -
Gower Champion
1919 – 1980 · Actors Aug 25 -
Douglas Kenney
1946 – 1980 · Actors, Authors and Writers Aug 27 -
Dirch Passer
1926 – 1980 · Actors Sep 3 -
Duncan Renaldo
1904 – 1980 · Actors Sep 3 -
Barbara Loden
1932 – 1980 · Actors, Model Sep 5 -
Barbara O’Neil
1910 – 1980 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Lillian Randolph
1898 – 1980 · Actresses Sep 12 -
Thomas Fugate
1899 – 1980 · Politicians Sep 22 -
John Bonham
1948 – 1980 · Musicians and Composers, Song Writers Sep 25 -
Lewis Milestone
1895 – 1980 · Director, Film Director Sep 25 -
Lina Pagliughi
1907 – 1980 · Singer Oct 1 -
Lincoln Chase
1926 – 1980 · Song Writers Oct 6 -
Charme Allen
1890 – 1980 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Richard Samuel Reynolds, Jr
1908 – 1980 · Business Magnates Oct 10 -
Virginia Carol Arndt
1919 – 1980 · Authors and Writers Oct 10 -
Charles Adler Jr.
1899 – 1980 · Scientists and Inventors Oct 23 -
Jan Werich
1905 – 1980 · Actors Oct 31 -
Victor Sen Yung
1915 – 1980 · Actors Nov 1 -
Noel Langley
1911 – 1980 · Authors and Writers Nov 4 -
Steve McQueen
1930 – 1980 · Actors, Celebrities Nov 7 -
Babe London
1901 – 1980 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Boris Aronson
1899 – 1980 · Artists and Architects Nov 11 -
Carmel Myers
1899 – 1980 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Edith Evanson
1896 – 1980 · Actresses Nov 11 -
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Joseph Patterson Binns
1905 – 1980 · Business Magnates Nov 11 -
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Laurence Marshall
1889 – 1980 · Business Magnates Nov 11 -
Imogen Hassall
1942 – 1980 · Actresses Nov 16 -
Mae West
1893 – 1980 · Actresses, Sex Goddess Nov 22 -
Rachel Roberts
1927 – 1980 · Actresses Nov 26 -
Dorothy Day
1897 – 1980 · Suffragists Nov 29 -
Romain Gary
1914 – 1980 · Authors and Writers, Director, Film Director Dec 2 -
John Lennon
1940 – 1980 · Actors, Artists and Architects, Celebrities, Producer, Singer Dec 8 -
Assunta Masiello Cantisano
1892 – 1980 Dec 12 -
Harland Sanders
1890 – 1980 · Business Magnates Dec 12 -
Kathryn Crawford
1908 – 1980 · Actresses Dec 12 -
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Manuel Gago García
1925 – 1980 · Artists and Architects Dec 12 -
Robert McLean
1891 – 1980 · Business Magnates Dec 12 -
Roy Engel
1913 – 1980 · Actors Dec 12 -
Sigfred Ann “Siggie” Nordstrom Williams
1893 – 1980 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Colonel Sanders
1890 – 1980 · Business Magnates Dec 16 -
Peter Collinson
1936 – 1980 · Director, Film Director Dec 16 -
Aleksey Nikolayevich Kosygin
1904 – 1980 · Politicians Dec 18 -
Jack Stapp
1912 – 1980 · Music Publisher Dec 20 -
Karl Dönitz
1891 – 1980 · Politicians Dec 24 -
Richard Chase
1950 – 1980 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 26 -
Sam Levene
1905 – 1980 · Actors Dec 28 -
Raoul Walsh
1887 – 1980 · Director, Film Director Dec 31