List of Famous people who died at 80

Robert C. Foulk, was an American television and film character actor who portrayed Sheriff H. Miller in the CBS series Lassie from 1958 to 1962.

Jack Davies, born John Davies, was an English screenwriter, producer, editor and actor.

Manuel Aznar Zubigaray was a diplomat under the Franco regime and one of the most important journalists of the 20th century in Spain.

Gerhard Neumann was a German-American aviation engineer and executive for General Electric's aircraft engine division. Born and raised in Germany, he went to China shortly before World War II and ended up being an aircraft mechanic for the United States Army Air Forces there. He became an American citizen by an Act of Congress and went on to a career in the aerospace manufacturing industry.

Jeremy Slate was an American film and television actor, and songwriter.

Maurice Frère was a Belgian civil servant and governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1944 until 1957. He lectured at the Free University of Brussels.

Leopold Wagner was an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), serving as governor (Landeshauptmann) of Carinthia from 1974 to 1988.

Heinz Kühn was a German Social Democratic Party (SPD) politician and the 5th Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia between 8 December 1966 and 20 September 1978. He was born and died in Cologne.

James Titus Godbolt, known professionally as Jimmy Slyde and also as the "King of Slides", was an American tap dancer known for his innovative tap style mixed with jazz.

Joe Axelson was an American sports executive who won the first NBA Executive of the Year Award in 1973 while serving as general manager of the Kansas City–Omaha Kings. He was partly responsible for the shifting of the original Cincinnati Royals franchise to Kansas City–Omaha, and then on to Sacramento, California.