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| Name | Dates | Age | Cause of Death |
 SAMUEL BARBER = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: SAMUEL OSBORNE BARBER II 9 March 1910 West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 23 January 1981 New York City, USA |
70 | Cancer |
 ADELE ASTAIRE = AMERICAN = = Dancer, Actress and Singer = |
Born: ADELE MARIE AUSTERLITZ 10 September 1896 Omaha, Nebraska, USA | Died: 25 January 1981 Scottsdale, Arizona, USA |
84 | After suffering a stroke |
 GEIRR TVEITT = NORWEGIAN = = Composer = |
Born: NILS TVEITT 19 October 1908 Bergen, NORWAY | Died: 1 February 1981 Norheimsund, Hardanger, NORWAY |
72 | |
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ERNST PEPPING = GERMAN = = Composer and Academic Teacher = |
Born: 12 September 1901 Duisburg, GERMANY | Died: 1 February 1981 Spandau, GERMANY |
79 | |
 BILL HALEY = AMERICAN = = Rock and Roll Pioneer = |
Born: WILLIAM JOHN CLIFTON HALEY 6 July 1925 Highland Park, Michigan, USA | Died: 9 February 1981 Harlingen, Texas, USA |
55 | Heart Attack |
 MIKE BLOOMFIELD = AMERICAN = = Blues Guitarist = |
Born: MICHAEL BERNARD BLOOMFIELD 28 July 1943 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 15 February 1981 San Francisco, USA |
37 | Found dead of a drug overdose in his car |
 RON GRAINER = AUSTRALIAN = = Electronic Music Pioneer and Composer = |
Born: RONALD ERLE GRAINER 11 August 1922 Atherton, Queensland, AUSTRALIA | Died: 21 February 1981 Cuckfield, Sussex, ENGLAND |
58 | Spinal Cancer |
 HOWARD HANSON = AMERICAN = = Composer, Conductor, Educator and Music Theorist = |
Born: HOWARD HAROLD HANSON 28 October 1896 Wahoo, Nebraska, USA | Died: 26 February 1981 |
84 | |
 BOB HITE = AMERICAN = = Musician, Songwriter = = lead vocalist of = = Canned Heat {1965-1981} = |
Born: ROBERT ERNEST HITE 26 February 1943 Torrance, California, USA | Died: 5 April 1981 Los Angeles, California, USA |
38 | Heart Attack |
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MAURICE ZBRIGER = CANADIAN = = Violinist, Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 10 July 1896 Kamenets-Podolskiy, UKRAINE | Died: 5 April 1981 Montreal, CANADA |
84 | |
 KIT LAMBERT = BRITISH = = Record Producer, Record Label Owner = = former manager and producer of = = The Who {1964-1975} = |
Born: CHRISTOPHER SEBASTIAN LAMBERT 11 May 1935 Knightsbridge, London, ENGLAND | Died: 7 April 1981 Middlesex, ENGLAND |
45 | |
 IVAN GALAMIAN = IRANIAN-born ARMENIAN = = Violin Teacher = |
Born: IVAN ALEXANDER GALAMIAN 23 January 1903 Tabriz, IRAN | Died: 14 April 1981 New York City, New York, USA |
78 | |
 STEVE CURRIE = ENGLISH = = Musician = = bassist of = = T.Rex {December 1970-August 1976} = |
Born: 19 May 1947 Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, ENGLAND | Died: 28 April 1981 Algarve, PORTUGAL |
33 | Car Crash |
 BOB MARLEY = JAMAICAN = = Reggae Singer, Song Writer, Musician, and Guitarist = |
Born: ROBERT NESTA MARLEY 6 February 1945 Nine Mile, Saint Ann, JAMAICA | Died: 11 May 1981 Miami, Florida, USA |
36 | The spread of melanoma to his lungs and brain |
 ROY BROWN = AMERICAN = = R&B Singer, Songwriter and Musician = |
Born: ROY JAMES BROWN 10 September 1920 or 1925 Kinder, Louisiana, USA | Died: 25 May 1981 San Fernando, California, USA |
55 or 60 | |
 MARY LOU WILLIAMS = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist, Composer, and Vocalist = |
Born: MARY ELFRIEDA SCRUGGS 8 May 1910 Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Died: 28 May 1981 Durham, North Carolina, USA |
71 | |
 HARRY CHAPIN = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter = |
Born: HARRY FORSTER CHAPIN 7 December 1942 Brooklyn, New York City, USA | Died: 16 July 1981 Jericho, New York, USA |
38 | Car Crash |
 ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT = AMERICAN = = Composer and Arranger = |
Born: 15 June 1894 Kansas City, Missouri, USA | Died: 18 August 1981 New York City, New York, USA |
87 | Liver Cancer |
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LEE HAYS = AMERICAN = = Folk Singer = |
Born: 14 March 1914 Little Rock, Arkansas, USA | Died: 26 August 1981 Croton-on-Hudson, New York, USA |
67 | |
 TADEUSZ BAIRD = POLISH = = Composer = |
Born: 26 July 1928 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, POLAND | Died: 2 September 1981 |
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MASTER VENU = INDIAN = = Film Composer = |
Born: MADDURI VENUGOPAL 1916 Machilipatnam, INDIA | Died: 8 September 1981 Chennai, INDIA |
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 FURRY LEWIS = AMERICAN = = Country Blues Guitarist and Songwriter = |
Born: WALTER E. LEWIS 6 March 1893 Greenwood, MS, USA | Died: 14 September 1981 Memphis, TN, USA |
88 | |
 CHICK BULLOCK = AMERICAN = = Jazz and Dance Band Vocalist = |
Born: CHARLES BULLOCK 16 September 1898 Butte, MT, USA | Died: 15 September 1981 California, USA |
72 | |
 SVEN GYLDMARK = DANISH = = Film Composer = |
Born: SVEN RUDOLF SIDENIUS GYLDMARK 21 April 1904 Søllerød, DENMARK | Died: 5 October 1981 Hellerup, DENMARK |
77 | |
 MARIUS CASADESUS = FRENCH = = Violinist and Composer = |
Born: 24 October 1892 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 13 October 1981 Suresnes, FRANCE |
88 | |
 GEORGES BRASSENS = FRENCH = = Singer-Songwriter = |
Born: 22 October 1921 Sète, Hérault, FRANCE | Died: 29 October 1981 Saint-Gély-du-Fesc, FRANCE |
60 | |
 LOTTE LENYA = AUSTRIAN = = Actress and Singer = = wife of Kurt Weill = |
Born: KAROLINE WILHELMINE CHARLOTTE BLAMAUER 18 October 1898 Vienna, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY | Died: 27 November 1981 New York City, New York, USA |
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CORNELIUS CARDEW = ENGLISH = = Avant-Garde Composer = |
Born: 7 May 1936 Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND | Died: 13 December 1981 Leyton, London, ENGLAND |
45 | Road Accident |
 HOAGY CARMICHAEL = AMERICAN = = Pianist, Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: HOWARD HOAGLAND CARMICHAEL 22 November 1899 Bloomington, Indiana, USA | Died: 27 December 1981 Rancho Mirage, California, USA |
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