WHO ALL DIED IN 1980.
See all who died in 1980.

French philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate Jean-Paul Sartre died 15. April 1980. (born 1905)

American composer Morris Stoloff died 16. April 1980. (born 1898)

Sri Lankan Tamil politician M. Canagaratnam died 20. April 1980. (born 1924)

Russian biochemist Alexander Oparin died 21. April 1980. (born 1894)

Iranian poet and painter Sohrab Sepehri died 21. April 1980. (born 1928)

American actress and singer Jane Froman died 22. April 1980. (born 1907)

German chemist Fritz Strassmann died 22. April 1980. (born 1902)

Swiss-Cuban author Alejo Carpentier died 24. April 1980. (born 1904)

German wife of Thomas Mann Katia Mann died 25. April 1980. (born 1883)

Australian-English actress Cicely Courtneidge died 26. April 1980. (born 1893)

American bass player (The Marshall Tucker Band) Tommy Caldwell died 28. April 1980. (born 1949)

English-American director and producer Alfred Hitchcock died 29. April 1980. (born 1899)

Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Marín died 30. April 1980. (born 1898)

New Zealand-Australian cricketer Clarrie Grimmett died 2. May 1980. (born 1891)

Hungarian-American animator and producer George Pal died 2. May 1980. (born 1908)

Yugoslav marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito died 4. May 1980. (born 1892)

Welsh-English actor Hugh Griffith died 14. May 1980. (born 1912)

American author Gordon Prange died 15. May 1980. (born 1910)

Estonian poet, linguist and theologist Mihkel Veske died 16. May 1980. (born 1843)

American photographer and journalist Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption: Reid Blackburn died 18. May 1980. (born 1952)