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11 Deaths

• January 23 - Samuel Barber
• January 25 - Adele Astaire, US dancer, actress and singer
• February 9 - Bill Haley, dies of heart attack
• February 15 - Mike Bloomfield, blues guitarist
• April 5 - Bob Hite , Canned Heat, heart attack
• April 7 - Kit Lambert , former manager for The Who
• May 11 - Bob Marley
• August 18 - Robert Russell Bennett, composer and arranger
• September 15 - Chick Bullock , US singer
• October 15 - Elsie Randolph , English actress, dancer and singer
• November 27 - Lotte Lenya, actress and singer, wife of Kurt Weill
• December 13 - Cornelius Cardew, avant-garde composer
• December 27 - Hoagy Carmichael

12 Awards

12.1 Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1981

12.2 Country Music Association Awards

12.3 Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 1981

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1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D 1981 in musicSee also 1980 in music, other events of 1981, 1982 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January 10 Revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadway's Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt a 1981 in televisionSee also 1980 in television, other events of 1981, 1982 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Events January 20 Comedian Andy Kaufman ruins sketches and starts a brawl live on the air during ABC's Fridays''. April 11 Van Halen's lead guitar 1981 in filmSee also 1980 in film 1981 1982 in film 1980s in film years in film film Events January 19 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleagured concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate a major facto 1981 in literatureSee also 1980 in literature, other events of 1981, 1982 in literature, list of years in literature. Events February 24 Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Dr. Herman Tarnower, the author of the bestselling The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet PEN/Faulkne 1981 in sportsSee also 1980 in sports, other events of 1981, 1982 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 CART Racing Rick Mears won the season championship Indiana 1981 Golden Raspberry Awards 1981 Springbok Tour 1981 in aviation 1981 Governor General's Awards 1981 in Canada 1981 in gay rights 1981 in archaeology 1981 in architecture 1981 in science