American Decades
Deaths
George Adamson, 83, environmentalist whose work was featured in his wife's book Born Free (1960), 20 August 1989.
Joy Adamson, 69, naturalist, author of Born Free, 3 January 1980.
Roger Baldwin, 97, helped to found the American Civil Liberties Union, 26 August 1981.
James Beard, 81, renowned chef, 23 January 1985.
Billy Carter, 51, well-known brother of President Jimmy Carter, 25 September 1988.
Miles L. Colean, 82, economist who helped to create the Federal Housing Administration, coiner of the term urban renewal, 16 September 1980.
Dorothy Day, 83, founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, 29 November 1980.
James F. Fixx, 52, authority on running, 20 July 1984.
R. Buckminster Fuller, 87, inventor and futurist, 1 July 1983.
George H. Gallup, 82, pioneer in opinion polling, 26 July...
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1980's Lifestyles and Social Trends
