List of Famous people who died at 80

Thomas Raymond Mays was an auto racing driver and entrepreneur from Bourne, Lincolnshire, England.

Willis Goldbeck was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He wrote for 40 films between 1923 and 1962. He also directed ten films between 1942 and 1951. Willis graduated from Worcester Academy.

Charles [Auguste Louis] Panzéra was a Swiss operatic and concert baritone.

Don S. Williams was a Vancouver-based Canadian producer, director, actor, choreographer, and writer.

Herman Shumlin was a prolific Broadway theatrical director and theatrical producer beginning in 1927 with the play Celebrity and continuing through 1974 with a short run of As You Like It, notably with an all-male cast. He was also the director of two movies, including Watch on the Rhine (1943), which he first directed and produced on Broadway in 1941.

Jeanne Pérez was a French film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1930 and 1975.