Famous People Who Died at Age 81

From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:

• Adams, Samuel (at 81 years 16 days on October 2, 1803)

• Kaczynski, Ted (committed suicide at 81 years 19 days on June 10, 2023)

• Huston, John (at 81 years 23 days on August 28, 1987)

• Caniff, Milton (at 81 years 35 days on April 3, 1988)

• Blanc, Mel (at 81 years 41 days on July 10, 1989)

• Madison, Dolley (at 81 years 53 days on July 12, 1849)

• Hagman, Larry (died of complications from cancer at 81 years 63 days on November 23, 2012)

• Karloff, Boris (at 81 years 71 days on February 2, 1969)

• Kennedy, Joseph Sr. (died of complications from stroke at 81 years 74 days on November 19, 1969)

• Cushing, Peter (at 81 years 77 days on August 11, 1994)

• Ketcham, Hank (died of prostate cancer at 81 years 79 days on June 1, 2001)

• Porter, Bill (at 81 years 86 days on December 4, 2013)

• Rivers, Joan (died of complications from surgery at 81 years 88 days on September 4, 2014)

• Nixon, Pat (died of lung cancer at 81 years 98 days on June 22, 1993)

• Kroc, Ray (at 81 years 101 days on January 14, 1984)

• Nixon, Richard M. (died of a stroke at 81 years 103 days on April 22, 1994)

• Roundtree, Richard (at 81 years 107 days on October 24, 2023)

• Campbell, Glen (died of Alzheimer's disease at 81 years 108 days on August 8, 2017)

• Kotto, Yaphet (at 81 years 120 days on March 15, 2021)

• Isherwood, Christopher (at 81 years 131 days on January 4, 1986)

• O'Toole, Peter (at 81 years 134 days on December 14, 2013)

• Styron, William (at 81 years 143 days on November 1, 2006)

• Robbins, Harold (at 81 years 146 days on October 14, 1997)

• Crosby, David (at 81 years 158 days on January 19, 2023)

• Gazzara, Ben (died of pancreatic cancer at 81 years 159 days on February 3, 2012)

• Davis, Bette (at 81 years 184 days on October 6, 1989)

• Giovanni, Nikki (at 81 years 185 days on December 9, 2024)

• Davis, Jefferson (at 81 years 186 days on December 6, 1889)

• Hawks, Howard (at 81 years 210 days on December 26, 1977)

• Knotts, Don (at 81 years 218 days on February 24, 2006)

• Jones, George (at 81 years 226 days on April 26, 2013)

• King George III (at 81 years 239 days on January 29, 1820)

• Lee, Peggy (died of a heart attack at 81 years 240 days on January 21, 2002)

• Queen Victoria (died of cerebral hemorrhage at 81 years 243 days on January 22, 1901)

• Montessori, Maria (at 81 years 249 days on May 6, 1952)

• Withers, Bill (at 81 years 270 days on March 30, 2020)

• Altman, Robert (at 81 years 273 days on November 20, 2006)

• Land, Edwin (at 81 years 298 days on March 1, 1991)

• Bronson, Charles (at 81 years 300 days on August 30, 2003)

• Prince Rainier III (natural causes at 81 years 310 days on April 6, 2005)

• Coffin, William Sloane (died of heart failure at 81 years 315 days on April 12, 2006)

• Price, Vincent (died of complications from lung cancer at 81 years 319 days on April 11, 1993)

• Rayburn, Gene (died of heart failure at 81 years 342 days on November 29, 1999)

• Rouse, James (at 81 years 349 days on April 9, 1996)

• Taft, Helen "Nellie" (at 81 years 354 days on May 22, 1943)

• McCain, John (died of brain cancer at 81 years 361 days on August 25, 2018)

• Muskie, Edmund (died of heart failure at 81 years 364 days on March 26, 1996)

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