Famous Deaths for September 1981
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◀ 1980 1981 1982 ▶ | ||||||
Months in 1981: January February March April May June July August October November December
Deaths 1 - 30 of 30
1st - Albert Speer, German NSDAP-architect/minister of Army at 76
1st - Ann Harding, actress (When Ladies Meet, Devotion), dies
1st - Bui Thanh Liem, Vietnam, cosmonaut, dies in Mig-21 crash at 32
3rd - Alec Waugh, English writer (b. 1898)
4th - Verne Rowe, actor (Verne-Fernwood 2 Night), dies at 59
5th - Ayatollah Ali Qoddusi, prosecutor-general of Iran, assassinated
6th - Joseph Yasser, composer, dies at 88
6th - Maria Palmer, actress (Days of Glory, Web), dies
6th - Christy Brown, Irish author (b. 1932)
8th - Hediki Joekawa, Japans physicist (Nobel 1949) at 74
8th - Roy Wilkins, longtime executive director of NAACP, dies at 80
8th - Roy Wilkins, American civil rights activist (b. 1901)
9th - Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricket (2 Tests for India, 29 runs & 0-13), dies
11th - Frank McHugh, actor (Dawn Patrol, Going My Way), dies at 83
12th - Eugenio Montale, Italian poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
13th - William Loeb, publisher of Manchester Union Leader, NH, dies at 75
14th - Yasuji Kiyose, composer, dies at 81
14th - [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of blues, dies at 88 of a heart attack
15th - Sara Haden, actress (A Family Affair), dies at 83
15th - Harold Bennett, English actor (b. 1899)
19th - Joke Kool-Smit, Dutch feminist, dies
21st - Nigel Patrick, actor/director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold), dies at 68
21st - Tony Aubin, composer, dies at 73
22nd - Harry Warren, American composer and lyricist (b. 1893)
23rd - Chief Dan George, actor (Harry & Tonto, Little Big Man), dies at 82
24th - Patsy Kelly, actress (Brigid Murphy-Cop & the Kid), dies at 71
27th - Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist, dies at 77
27th - Robert Montgomery, actor/dir (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 77
28th - Rómulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (b. 1908)
29th - Bill Shankly, Scottish football manager (b. 1913)
