Famous Deaths for February 1981
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| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
◀ 1980 1981 1982 ▶ | ||||||
Months in 1981: January March April May June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 27 of 27
1st - Donald W Douglas, US aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88
1st - Ernst Pepping, composer, dies at 79
1st - Nils Geirr Tveitt, composer, dies at 72
1st - Wanda Hendrix, actress (Sierra, Ride the Pink Horse), dies
2nd - Donald W Douglas, US aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at 88
2nd - Jan Donner, Dutch chairman of High Council, dies at 89
2nd - Louise Lorraine, actress (Adventures of Tarzan), dies
5th - Barend Barendse, Dutch sportscaster, dies at 73
5th - Kuda Bux, Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), dies at 75
5th - Ella Grasso, Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919)
6th - Hugo Montenegro, American film music composer (b. 1925)
6th - Frederika of Hanover, Queen Consort of Greece (b. 1917)
7th - Frederika of Hanover, Queen of Greece (b. 1917)
9th - Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55
12th - Jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies
15th - Jack Crapp, cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies
15th - Mike Bloomfield, rocker (Electric Flag), dies of drug overdose at 36
15th - Thomas Beversdorf, composer, dies at 56
15th - Karl Richter, German conductor (b. 1926)
16th - Howard Hanson, composer, dies at 84
18th - John Knudsen Northrop, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1895)
19th - Frank Merrik, composer, dies at 94
26th - FC Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79
26th - Howard Hanson, US composer/conductor (Nordic), dies at 84
26th - Munabi, assistant to Uganda president Obote, murdered
26th - Robert Aickman, English writer and conservationist (b. 1914)
27th - Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (b. 1920)
