List of Famous people who died at 80

Maurice Rollet was a French poet, activist and medical doctor. He sometimes used the pseudonym François Le Cap.

Roy Merrill Speer Jr. was an American attorney, and entrepreneur. He was also the former CEO, co-founder and chairman of the Home Shopping Network.

Francisco De Nittis was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, an archbishop and a diplomat.

Frank Mackenzie Ross was the 19th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.

Gordon L. "Gordy" Wren was an American ski jumper who competed in the 1940s. He finished fifth in the individual large hill event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.

Valentin Ferdinandovich Asmus was a Soviet philosopher. He was one of the small group who continued the classical European philosophical tradition through the early Soviet times. He was an independent thinker and unorthodox Marxist, with interests in the history of philosophy and aesthetics.