List of Famous people who died at 80

Samuel "Sam" Leavitt, A.S.C, was an American cinematographer who was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for The Defiant Ones (1958).

Lois June Nettleton was an American film, stage, radio, and television actress. She received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won two Daytime Emmy Awards.

Kazuo Kitamura was a Japanese actor. His son is actor Yukiya Kitamura. Kitamura met Shōhei Imamura when he was a student of Waseda University and became a close friend so often worked with Imamura. Kitamura joined Bungakuza theatre company and started his acting career in 1950. In 1953, he made his film debut with An Inlet of Muddy Water directed by Tadashi Imai.

Heinrich Gattineau was a German economist, Sturmabteilung (SA) leader, director of IG Farben and defendant during the Nuremberg trials.

Kenneth "Ken" Charles Henry was a speed skater from the United States.

Beniamino Placido was an Italian journalist, writer, and television critic.