List of Famous people who died at 80

Freddie Gilroy

First Name Freddie
Born on March 7, 1936
Died on June 28, 2016 (aged 80)

Frederick Gilroy was a Northern Irish boxer. Gilroy won a bronze medal for Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne at Bantamweight. As a professional, he took the Commonwealth and European Bantamweight titles in 1959 and contended for the World Bantamweight Title in 1960.

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Josep Lluís Sert

First Name Josep
Born on July 1, 1902
Died on March 15, 1983 (aged 80)
Born in Spain, Catalonia

Josep Lluís Sert i López was a Spanish architect and city planner.

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Peter Vogel

First Name Peter
Last Name Vogel
Born on March 9, 1937
Died on May 8, 2017 (aged 80)

Peter Vogel was a German artist, best known for his interactive electronic sculptures and sound art pieces.

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Cilinho

Born on February 9, 1939
Died on November 28, 2019 (aged 80)
Born in Brazil, São Paulo

Otacílio Pires de Camargo, commonly known as Cilinho was a Brazilian football coach, responsible for the discovery of many talents. He was born in Campinas.

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Amha Selassie

ሀ ሥላሴ, አስፋ ወሰን
First Name Amha
Born on July 27, 1916
Died on February 17, 1997 (aged 80)

Amha Selassie was Emperor-in-exile of Ethiopia. As son of Haile Selassie I, he was Crown Prince and was proclaimed Emperor three times. He was first proclaimed Emperor during an unsuccessful coup attempt against his father in December 1960, during which he was detained and compelled to accept the title. After his father was deposed in a later coup, he was proclaimed Emperor again in absentia by the Derg on 12 September 1974 in an act which he never accepted as legitimate and that ended in the abolition of the Ethiopian monarchy on 12 March 1975. He was again proclaimed Emperor in exile on 8 April 1989. This time he sanctioned the proclamation and accepted its legitimacy. After his accession, his full reign name was His Imperial Majesty Emperor Amha Selassie I, Elect of God, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah and King of Kings of Ethiopia.

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Claudio Abbado

First Name Claudio
Last Name Abbado
Born on June 26, 1933
Died on January 20, 2014 (aged 80)
Born in Italy, Lombardy

Claudio Abbado, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian conductor. He served at various times as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera, founder and director of Lucerne Festival Orchestra, music director of European Union Youth Orchestra, and principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra.

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Mário Viegas Carrascalão

First Name Mário
Last Name Carrascalão
Born on May 12, 1937
Died on May 19, 2017 (aged 80)

Mário Viegas Carrascalão was an East Timorese-Indonesian politician and diplomat. Carrascalão, a founder of the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) in 1974 and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 2000, served as the Governor of East Timor from 1983 to 1992 during the Indonesian occupation of the country. However, he re-joined the East Timorese government following the 1999 independence referendum and the transition to independence. He later served as a Deputy Prime Minister within the IV Constitutional Government of then-Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão from 2009 to 2010.

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Amaury Epaminondas

First Name Amaury
Last Name Epaminondas
Born on December 25, 1935
Died on March 31, 2016 (aged 80)
Born in Brazil, São Paulo

Amaury Epaminondas Junqueira was a Brazilian football forward who played for Brazilian club San Paolo and for several Mexicans clubs.

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Daan van Golden

First Name Daan
Died on January 10, 2017 (aged 47)

Daniël (Daan) van Golden was a Dutch artist, who has been active as a painter, photographer, collagist, installation artist, wall painter and graphic artist. He is known for his meticulous paintings of motives and details of everyday life and every day images.

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Coşkun Özarı

First Name Coşkun
Last Name Özarı
Born on January 4, 1931
Died on June 22, 2011 (aged 80)

Coşkun Özarı was a Turkish football player and coach.

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