List of Famous people who died at 80

Norman Arthur Erbe was the 35th Governor of Iowa, holding the position from 1961 to 1963.

Bernhard Kaun was an American composer and orchestrator. He is known for Frankenstein (1931) theme.

Peretz Bernstein was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician and one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence.

Barry M. Malkin was an American film editor with about 30 film credits. He is noted for his extended collaboration with director Francis Ford Coppola, having edited most of Coppola's films from 1969 to 1997. In particular, Malkin worked with Coppola on four of the component and compilation films of the Godfather Trilogy, though he did not edit the first film, The Godfather. Film critic Roger Ebert called the first two Godfather films a "cultural bedrock".

Alexander Brailowsky was a Russian-born French pianist who specialised in the works of Frédéric Chopin. He was a leading concert pianist in the years between the two World Wars.

Walter Ladengast was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1928 and 1979. He was born in Vienna, Austria and died in Munich, Germany, aged 80.