Deaths in January 1980
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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 1980. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
January 1980
1
- Alfréd von Adda, 91, Hungarian Olympic equestrian (1928).
- Aldo Aimi, 73, Italian footballer.
- Irene Aloisi, 54, Italian actress.
- John L. Brunner, 50, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 1965).[1]
- Thomas Cameron, 85, Canadian parasitologist.
- Ernest Cormier, 94, Canadian architect.[2]
- Adolph Deutsch, 82, British-American composer, heart failure.[3]
- Alberto Duñabeitia, 79, Spanish footballer.
- Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, 99, American sculptor.
- James Wilfred Jefford, 78, British naval admiral.
- Bill McCoy, 73, New Zealand cricketer.
- Pierre Mony, 83, French footballer.
- Pietro Nenni, 88, Italian politician, deputy prime minister (1945–1946, 1963–1968).[4]
- Stepan Shchipachev, 81, Soviet poet.[5]
- Charles Sirato, 74, Hungarian poet and translator.
- Nils Skoglund, 73, Swedish Olympic diver (1920).
- Gilbert E. Smith, 76, American college sports coach.
- Anne Burnett Tandy, 79, American rancher, art collector and philanthropist, cancer.[6]
- Gerard Tap, 79, Dutch footballer.
- George Wardrope, 80, Canadian politician.
- Frank Wykoff, 70, American Olympic sprinter (1928, 1932, 1936), three-time gold medalist.[7]
2
- Erik Andersen, 77, Danish Olympic racing cyclist (1924).
- Phyllis Barclay-Smith, 77, British ornithologist, stroke.
- Walter O. Bigby, 52, American politician and judge, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1968–1979), lung cancer.[8]
- Alessandro Bruschetti, 69, Italian artist.
- Rhys Carpenter, 90, American art historian and archaeologist.[9]
- Irene Crespin, 83, Australian geologist.[10]
- Alexandra Illmer Forsythe, 61, American computer scientist.
- Kenny Hogan, 77, American baseball player.
- Torleiv Hytten, 89, Norwegian-Australian economist and academic administrator.
- George Lees, 84, American baseball player.
- Cecylia Vetulani, 71, Polish art historian.
- J. Mayo Williams, 85, American record producer.
3
- Joy Adamson, 69, Austrian conservationist and writer (Born Free), murdered.[11]
- Lucien Buysse, 87, Belgian racing cyclist.
- George Sutherland Fraser, 64, Scottish poet and literary critic.
- Bob Geary, 88, American baseball player.
- Patrick Hutber, 51, British journalist, injuries sustained in a traffic collision.[12]
- Bernhard Kaun, 80, American film composer.
- Colin Keith-Johnston, 83, British actor.
- Amos Milburn, 52, American singer and pianist, stroke.
- Harald Heide Steen, 68, Norwegian actor.
- Ivan Triesault, 81, Estonian-American actor, heart failure.
4
- Richard Bradford, 66, British Anglican prelate.
- Foster Edwards, 76, American baseball player.
- Ruth Garver Gagliardo, 84, American educator and literacy advocate.[13]
- Tobie Goedewaagen, 84, Dutch philosopher, politician and Nazi collaborator.
- Axel Henry Hansen, 92, Norwegian Olympic gymnast (1912).
- Shohachi Ishii, 53, Japanese Olympic wrestler (1952), kidney cancer.[14]
- Mariana Beauchamp Jodoin, 98, Canadian politician.
- Cole Lesley, 69, English writer and biographer.[15]
- Rurie Morgan, 67, New Zealand cricketer.
- Michele Racco, 66, Italian-Canadian mobster (Siderno Group), cancer.[16]
- Herbert Rollwage, 63, German flying ace.
- Cecil Sheridan, 69, Irish comedian and actor.
- Uncle Homer Walker, 81, American banjoist.
5
- Olav Berkaak, 64, Norwegian novelist.
- Klas Böök, 70, Swedish diplomat.
- Sir Roy Bucher, 84, British general.
- Bert Cronin, 77, British Olympic gymnast (1928).
- Glenn Frey, 67, American football player.
- Walther Gruner, 74, German-English opera singer and teacher.
- Giovanni Migliorini, 48, Italian footballer.
- Uno Naissoo, 51, Estonian jazz musician.
- George J. Richardson, 86, American trade unionist, cardiac arrest.[17]
6
- Antonio Bilbao La Vieja, 87–88, Argentine rugby player and architect.
- Frank Fane, 82, Canadian politician, MP (1958–1968).
- June Gilmore, 57, American baseball player.
- Sir Francis Hill, 80, British historian.
- John Hoffman, 75, Hungarian-born American film editor.
- Jo Mendi II, 40, American chimpanzee.[18]
- William Kay, 85, British Anglican prelate.
- Piersanti Mattarella, 44, Italian politician, president of Sicily (since 1978), shot.[19]
- Raymond Mays, 80, English racing driver.
- Leonard Mitchell, 54, New Zealand artist.
- Boje Postel, 89, German-British painter.
- Dilipkumar Roy, 82, Indian musician and musicologist.
- Georgeanna Tillman, 35, American singer (The Marvelettes), sickle cell disease.[20]
- Victor Tolgesy, 51, Hungarian-born Canadian sculptor.[21]
7
- Yocheved Bat-Miriam, 78, Russian-born Israeli poet.
- Irene Beasley, 75, American singer, pneumonia.
- Kenneth S. Fagg, 78, American commercial artist.
- Cyril Mann, 68, British painter and sculptor.
- Simonne Mathieu, 71, French tennis player.
- Eddie Scarf, 71, Australian Olympic wrestler (1932, 1936).[22]
- Sarah Selby, 74, American actress, cancer.
- Carl White, 47, American singer (The Rivingtons) and songwriter ("Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow").[23]
- Larry Williams, 44, American singer and songwriter, suicide by gunshot.[24]
- Dov Yosef, 80, Canadian-born Israeli politician.[25]