Deaths in 1981
See also Births in 1981
- Bill Haley died 9 February 1981
- Omar N. Bradley died 8 April 1981
- Bob Marley died 11 May 1981
- William Saroyan died 18 May 1981
- George Jessel died 24 May 1981
- Harry Chapin died 16 July 1981
- Paddy Chayefsky died 1 August 1981
- Anita Loos died 18 August 1981
- Robert Montgomery died 27 September 1981
- Hazel Scott died 2 October 1981
- Gloria Grahame died 5 October 1981
- Anwar Sadat died 6 October 1981
- William Holden died 16 November 1981
- Natalie Wood died 29 November 1981
- Hoagy Carmichael died 27 December 1981
