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Riad Al Sunbati
Arts & Music
20
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Riad Al Sunbati

ุฑูŠุงุถ ุงู„ุณู†ุจุงุทูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
November 30, 1906 โ€“ September 10, 1981 (74 years old)

Towering Egyptian classical composer and oud virtuoso whose majestic, complex musical suites for Umm Kulthum, notably 'Al-Atlal' (The Ruins), represent the supreme pinnacle of neoclassical 20th-century Arabic musical art.

Cairo, Egypt
Terry Fox
Sports & Athletics
152
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 4,250

Terry Fox

Terrance Stanley Fox
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
28 July 1958 โ€“ 28 June 1981 (22 years old)

Terrance Stanley 'Terry' Fox was a Canadian humanitarian and athlete who, having lost his right leg to osteosarcoma at age eighteen, embarked on the historic 'Marathon of Hope' in 1980, running a full marathon (26.2 miles) every single day across Canada on an artificial leg to raise money for cancer research. Running 3,339 miles before cancer spread to his lungs, his legacy has raised over $850 million worldwide.

New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Amara Debbache
Arts & Music
5
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Amara Debbache

ุนู…ุงุฑุฉ ุงู„ุฏุจุงุด
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1929 AD โ€“ 1981 (52 years old)

Talented modernist painter of the Tunis School known for his vibrant gouaches and poetic interpretations of traditional Maghrebi architecture and equestrian pageantry.

Tunis, Tunisia
Ziaur Rahman
Statesmanship & Statesmen
34
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Ziaur Rahman

เฆœเฆฟเฆฏเฆผเฆพเฆ‰เฆฐ เฆฐเฆนเฆฎเฆพเฆจ
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh
1936 โ€“ 1981 (45 years old)

President of Bangladesh who broadcast the declaration of independence in March 1971, founded the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and conceived the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

Dhaka, Bangladesh
Odd Hassel
Science
1
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Odd Hassel

Odd Hassel
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway
1897-05-17 โ€“ 1981-05-11 (83 years old)

Eminent Norwegian physical chemist awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1969 for establishing conformational analysis of organic molecules, particularly cyclohexane.

Oslo, Norway
Robert Nesta Marley
Arts & Music
35
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 999

Robert Nesta Marley

Bob Marley
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica
6 February 1945 โ€“ 11 May 1981 (36 years old)

Global musical and spiritual prophet who brought Jamaican reggae and Rastafari consciousness to the world stage, uniting humanity with anthems of liberation, peace, and love in Exodus, Redemption Song, and One Love.

Miami (Florida), United States
Joe Louis
Sports & Athletics
37
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 3,120

Joe Louis

Joseph Louis Barrow
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
13 May 1914 โ€“ 12 April 1981 (66 years old)

Joe Louis, 'The Brown Bomber', was an American heavyweight boxing champion whose record 140-consecutive-month reign as world heavyweight champion (1937โ€“1949) with 25 successful title defenses remains an all-time record in boxing history. His dramatic first-round knockout of German boxer Max Schmeling in 1938 made him America's first nationwide African-American folk hero on the eve of World War II.

Paradise, Nevada, United States
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