Deaths in October 1980

The following is a list of notable deaths in October 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.

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  1. ↑ Dorothy T. Blum, 56, NSA Systems Analyst
  2. ↑ P.E. Haggerty, 66, Dies in Dallas; Former Texas Instruments Head; Born in North Dakota Remembered As Fair-Minded
  3. ↑ Famed Architect Dies
  4. ↑ Bud Schwenk Dies; Was Football Star
  5. ↑ Eric Hass, 75, Ran for President On Socialist Labor Party Ticket; Born in Nebraska
  6. ↑ Sir John Kotelawala
  7. ↑ Ex-Buc dies
  8. ↑ Lina Pagliughi
  9. ↑ Flemmie Kittrell Dies, Professor at Howard U.
  10. ↑ Melvin Thompson, 77, Once Georgia Governor
  11. ↑ Gustav Wagner
  12. ↑ Charme Allen Dies at 89; Pioneer Radio Actress
  13. ↑ Sihugo Green, 47, Dies; Former Basketball Star
  14. ↑ Pyotr Masherov, 62, Leader Of Byelorussian Communists
  15. ↑ Genevieve Pitot, Dance Composer
  16. ↑ Juez internacional (in Spanish)
  17. ↑ Jack Baker
  18. ↑ R.S. REYNOLDS JR., 72, IS DEAD IN VIRGINIA
  19. ↑ One 'grey area' too many for this world-class climber
  20. ↑ Former Governor served two States
  21. ↑ Hattie Jacques
  22. ↑ Thomas Mutch, Was NASA Space Science Official
  23. ↑ Robic's last ride
  24. ↑ Services For Tucker Scheduled Tomorrow
  25. ↑ BRUCE A. GIMBEL, 67, OF STORE CHAIN DIES
  26. ↑ L.A. Rites For Vee Jay's Wood
  27. ↑ TODAY
  28. ↑ Dr. John Dollard, 80, Psychologist, Is Dead; A Teacher and Writer; 'Gets Beneath the Surface'
  29. ↑ Gordon R. Fisher
  30. ↑ Vaccine discoverer dies
  31. ↑ Former UW cager star George W. Levis dies
  32. ↑ Deces de l'inventeur des Ondes Martenot (in French)
  33. ↑ Frank V. Morley, 81, an Author And Publishing House Founder
  34. ↑ Justice C.W. Higgins Died Thursday At 92
  35. ↑ Math department's Hildebrandt dies
  36. ↑ Sheldon Warren Cheney Is Dead; Theater Critic and Art Historian
  37. ↑ Obituaries: Bridgetta Lobanoff
  38. ↑ Guide, 83, ran resort
  39. ↑ William Thomas, 49, who played Buckwheat in 89 'Our...
  40. ↑ Maxwell M. Geffen Is Dead at 84; Publisher of Specialty Magazines; Began Physicians' Magazine
  41. ↑ Stephen W. Kuffler, 67; Harvard Neurobiologist
  42. ↑ Staudenmaier, Attorney Lewis W.
  43. ↑ Dewey "Snorter" Luster
  44. ↑ Musician dies
  45. ↑ Irish Hunting IRA Suspect In Cop Slaying
  46. ↑ MORT DU CINÉASTE JEAN-FRANÇOIS ADAM (in French)
  47. ↑ Oscar Aleman, jazz guitarist
  48. ↑ Lawrence Baker, 90, Former Tax Lawyer And Tennis Executive
  49. ↑ KNOX, AMBASSADOR CLINTON E.
  50. ↑ LESTER LEITL
  51. ↑ Moran, ex-editor of NEWS, dies at 74
  52. ↑ Mary O'Hara Alsop Dead at 95; Wrote Novel 'My Friend Flicka'; Also a Television Series
  53. ↑ Preston Anderson
  54. ↑ Gunmen Kill Two Party Leaders
  55. ↑ Ladislas Farago, Writer, Is Dead; Held Bormann Was in Argentina; Contradictory Evidence
  56. ↑ Mikhail Lavrentyev, 79; Russian Mathematician
  57. ↑ Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, a first cousin...
  58. ↑ Laura Boulton, Musicologist, 81; Began Travels in Africa
  59. ↑ Alfonso Fanjul
  60. ↑ DONOVAN JOYCE
  61. ↑ Luigi Longo dies; Communist head
  62. ↑ Obituary for Donald W. Rehfeldt (Aged 53)
  63. ↑ Rabbi Alexander J. Burnstein, 80, Led Millinery Center Synagogue
  64. ↑ COURTENAY, Geofry William List
  65. ↑ O RECRIADOR DE UM MUNDO MORTO (in Portuguese)
  66. ↑ Premier in UFA gov't, Reid is dead at 101
  67. ↑ Frank A. Capell, 73, conservative publisher
  68. ↑ FERNANDEZ, MANUEL J., JR. (PETE) USAF MAJOR (RET.)
  69. ↑ Edwin Way Teale Is Dead at 81; Won Pulitzer for Study of Winter; 'Peaceably Inclined' Visited His Father's Britain First Book, 'Grassroot Jungles'
  70. ↑ Allen Thompson
  71. ↑ Vera gives up a lead role
  72. ↑ Federal judge succumbs
  73. ↑ Lady Isobel Barnett, British TV personality
  74. ↑ Gen. Robert Macon, 90; Led Division in Europe
  75. ↑ Stefán Jóhann látinn (in Icelandic)
  76. ↑ Sofia Discloses Death Of Vulko Chervenkov, Deposed as a Stalinist; An Associate of Dimitrov
  77. ↑ Dr. Jessica Marmorston, 80
  78. ↑ DB Todd Obit
  79. ↑ Boxer Sammy Angott Dies
  80. ↑ CLIFFORD LORD, 68, HISTORIAN, IS DEAD; He Served as President of Hofstra in Time of University Growth A Scholar-Administrator A Graduate of Amherst
  81. ↑ Charles Adler Jr., 81, an Inventor With More Than 60 Patents, Dies; Was Independently Wealthy
  82. ↑ A bishop dies
  83. ↑ Falleció en México el futbolista Muguerza (in Spanish)
  84. ↑ Sheriff-Scott's artistic career foretold by gypsy
  85. ↑ Ex-U star Bob Westfall dies at age 61
  86. ↑ Ingri d'Aulaire, 75; Won Prizes As Author of Children's Books
  87. ↑ Alexander M. Poniatoff, an engineer who founded Ampex Corp.,...
  88. ↑ Theodore O. Thackrey, 78, Dies; Ex-Editor of The New York Post
  89. ↑ Harold W. Dodds, 91, Former Princeton President; A Test of Principles First Taught High School Helped Student Move
  90. ↑ Senator Raymond Eudes
  91. ↑ Famed Organist Virgil Fox Dies at Age 68
  92. ↑ Argentine boxing fans mourn death of Victor Galindez
  93. ↑ Herbert Stein; Ford Dealer, Grid Great
  94. ↑ MARCELLO CAETANO, EX-LEADER IN LISBON; Former Prime Minister, Ousted in a Military Coup in 1974, Dies in Exile in Rio de Janeiro A Protege of Salazar Dismissed as Premier
  95. ↑ Death of police chief a riddle
  96. ↑ BOWEN, Fred William
  97. ↑ Many pay tribute to Judy LaMarsh
  98. ↑ Bernd T. Matthias Is Dead at 62; Discovered Key Superconductor; Significance of Superconductors
  99. ↑ John Van Vleck, Nobel Laureate Known for Work on Magnetism; Earned Three Degrees
  100. ↑ E.R. Callister, ex-justice, dies
  101. ↑ Veteran Actor Leon Janney Dead at 63
  102. ↑ El fallecimento del Dr. Oreamuno Flores (in Spanish)
  103. ↑ George Borg Olivier, Maltese Leader
  104. ↑ Reputed crime figure murdered
  105. ↑ E.S. Friedman, 88, Cryptanalyst Who Broke Enemy Codes, Dies; Broke Bootleggers' Code
  106. ↑ Harold McLinton dies
  107. ↑ Chauncey Morehouse, 78, jazz drummer
  108. ↑ SWIG, BENJAMIN H.
  109. ↑ Jan Werich, Czech Actor And Writer

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