List of Famous people who died at 80
Antonio Gento
Antonio Gento López was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a forward.
Viktoria Savs
Viktoria Savs served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War disguised as a man. She was one of two known female soldiers on the Austrian front lines. She served with the knowledge of her superiors, but virtually unrecognized as a woman, on the Dolomite front from 1915 to 1917. After a severe injury in May 1917, she was hospitalized, and her biological sex was discovered, ending her military career. She was awarded several medals for her dedication and bravery. She was known as the "Heroine of the Drei Zinnen."
Masakane Yonekura
Masakane Yonekura was a Japanese stage director, actor, author and illustrator who was one of the central members of the Gekidan Mingei theatre company.
Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq
Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq was an Egyptian-Kuwaiti Islamic scholar and preacher. He published more than 60 books related to Islam, especially Salafism.
Akihito Kondo
Akihito Kondo was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. He played for the Taiyō Whales from 1960 to 1973. Kondo was named the Japan Series Most Valuable Player in 1960. He later managed the Yokohama BayStars from 1993 to 1995 and the Chiba Lotte Marines in 1997 and 1998. He died on 27 March 2019, five days before his 81st birthday.
Käthe Braun
Käthe Braun was a German stage and film actress. She was married to director Falk Harnack and acted in several of his films.
Ibrahim Abouleish
Ibrahim Abouleish was an Egyptian philanthropist, drug designer and chemist. He began his chemistry and medicine studies at the age of 19 in Austria. He did his doctorate in 1969 in the field of pharmacology and then worked in leading positions within pharmaceutical research. During this time he was granted patents for a number of new medicines, especially for osteoporosis and arteriosclerosis.
Masae Kasai
Masae Kasai was a volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team, Oriental Witches, that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Heinz Kaminski
Heinz Kaminski was a German chemical engineer and space researcher.
Edgardo Andrada
Edgardo Norberto Andrada was an Argentine footballer who played as a goalkeeper for several top level Argentine and Brazilian clubs.