Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
Those are people WHO died, died
They were all my friends
They just died - Jim Carrol
| 1980, | John Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40 |
| 1981, | Shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64 |
| 1982, | André Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered |
| 1982, | Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), dies |
| 1982, | Bram Behr, Suriname revolutionary, murdered |
| 1982, | Cyrill Daal, Suriname worker's union leader, murdered |
| 1982, | Frank Wijngaarde, Suriname journalist, murdered |
| 1982, | Harald Riedewald, Suriname attorney, murdered |
| 1982, | John Baboeram, Suriname lawyer, murdered |
| 1982, | Jozef Slagveer, Suriname journalist, murdered |
| 1982, | Kenneth Goncalves, Deacon of Surinamese order of advocate, murdered |
| 1982, | Leckie, Suriname scholar, murdered |
| 1982, | Leslie Rahman, Suriname journalist, murdered |
| 1982, | Marty Robbins, country singer, dies at 57 |
| 1982, | Shakey, [Walter Horton], rocker, dies at 72 |
| 1982, | Surendre Rambocus, Suriname army lieutenant, murdered |
| 1983, | Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64 |
| 1984, | Luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81 |
| 1988, | Anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79 |
| 1988, | Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, US singer (Persuasions-Good news), dies at 44 |

