List of Famous people who died at 80
Freddie Gilroy
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.
Josep Lluís Sert
Josep Lluís Sert i López was a Spanish architect and city planner.
Peter Vogel
Peter Vogel was a German artist, best known for his interactive electronic sculptures and sound art pieces.
Cilinho
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.
Amha Selassie
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.
Claudio Abbado
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.
Mário Viegas Carrascalão
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.
Amaury Epaminondas
Amaury Epaminondas Junqueira was a Brazilian football forward who played for Brazilian club San Paolo and for several Mexicans clubs.
Daan van Golden
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.
Coşkun Özarı
Coşkun Özarı was a Turkish football player and coach.