Famous Deaths for June 1981
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◀ 1980 1981 1982 ▶ | ||||||
Months in 1981: January February March April May July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 23 of 23
1st - Carl Vinson, (Rep-D-Ga, 1914-64), dies at 97
1st - Naim Chadir, PLO-representative in Brussels, murdered
3rd - Carleton Coon, anthropology prof (What in the World), dies at 76
3rd - Eric Dalton, cricketer (698 runs for South Africa at 31 72), dies
5th - Philo McCullough, actor (Branded, Ridin' Thru), dies
9th - Allen Ludden, game show host (Password), dies at 63
9th - Russell Hayden, actor (Hidden Gold, Apache Chief, Justice), dies
10th - Russell "Lucky" Hayden, actor (Judge Roy Bean), dies at 68
11th - Eppo Doeve, Dutch graphic artist/cartoonist/painter, dies at 73
16th - Humphrey Keervelt, director (Suriname Planning Bureau), murdered
16th - John S Knight, US newspaper magnate, dies at 86
16th - Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (b. 1917)
17th - Richard O'Connor, British general (b. 1889)
17th - Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (b. 1889)
17th - Yitzhak Zuckerman [Itzhak Zuckerman], Jewish resistance hero in World War II and one of the few survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, dies at 65
21st - Gunnar Ek, composer, dies on 81st birthday
22nd - Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies
23rd - Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela), dies at 79
26th - Peter Kreuder, German composer, dies
28th - Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, Iran Islamic Rep Party founder, bombed
28th - Peter Paul Kreuder, German composer, dies at 75
28th - Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (b. 1958)
29th - Mohammed Hussein Beheshti, Iran ayatollah/politician, murdered
