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Marian Rejewski
1905–1980
mathematician, cryptologist, inventor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Wally Wales
1895–1980
actor, film actor
Official cause
stroke; pneumonia
Louis W. Sauer
1885–1980
pediatrician, physician
Official cause
pneumonia; heart failure
Clyde Taylor Ellis
1908–1980
politician, military officer, lawyer
Official cause
stroke
Nikos Xilouris
1936–1980
singer, composer, songwriter
Official cause
lung cancer
Peter Schmidt
1931–1980
painter, artist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Barbara Britton
1919–1980
actor, television actor, film actor
Official cause
stomach cancer
Anna Zelenova
1913–1980
restorer, art historian, literary scholar
Official cause
myocardial infarction
John MacLennan
1950–1980
police officer
Official cause
gunshot wound
Kim Bruce-Lockhart
1946–1980
squash player
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Andre Kostelanetz
1901–1980
conductor, radio personality, music arranger
Official cause
pneumonia
Antonio Pons
1897–1980
politician, physician
Official cause
pneumonia
Barbara Pym
1913–1980
author, novelist, autobiographer
Official cause
breast cancer
Celia Sánchez
1920–1980
military personnel, politician
Official cause
breast cancer
George Meany
1894–1980
functionary, trade unionist, union member
Official cause
cardiac arrest
Vasily Smirnov
1947–1980
serial killer
Official cause
execution by shooting
Keith Muckelroy
1951–1980
anthropologist, archaeologist
Official cause
death from scuba diving
Glenn B. Hamm
1936–1980
artist, university teacher
Official cause
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Barbara Rubin
1945–1980
director, film director
Official cause
infectious disease
Robert Thom
1915–1979
illustrator
Official cause
car collision
Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly
1904–1979
diplomat, lawyer, politician
Official cause
cancer
Hafizullah Amin
1929–1979
politician
Official cause
shot to the head
Josiah Tongogara
1938–1979
politician, partisan, freedom fighter
Official cause
traffic collision
Joan Blondell
1906–1979
actor, beauty pageant contestant, model
Official cause
leukemia