Editing 1980 in American television (section)

==Deaths==
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! Date || Name || Age ||class="unsortable" |Notability
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|January 29
|[[Jimmy Durante]]
|align="center"|86
|Actor (''The Jimmy Durante Show'')
|-
|February 13
|[[David Janssen]]
|align="center"|48
|Actor (''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'', ''[[Harry O]]'', ''[[O'Hara, U.S. Treasury]]'')
|-
|February 27
|[[George Tobias]]
|align="center"|78
|Actor (Abner Kravitz on ''[[Bewitched]]'')
|-
|March 5
|[[Jay Silverheels]]
|align="center"|67
|Actor ([[Tonto]] on ''[[The Lone Ranger (TV series)|The Lone Ranger]]'')
|-
|April 29
|[[Alfred Hitchcock]]
|align="center"|80
|Film director, host of (''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'')
|-
|June 12
|[[Milburn Stone]]
|align="center"|75
|Actor ("Doc" on ''[[Gunsmoke]]'')
|-
|June 23
|[[Babette Henry]]
|align="center"|65
|Television director (''[[Buck Rogers (TV series)|Buck Rogers]]'', ''[[That Wonderful Guy]]'')<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/162455623/ "Passings"]. ''The Los Angeles Times''. June 30, 1980. p.&nbsp;18.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/606299962/?clipping_id=162456223 "Obituaries: Babette Kiebert"]. ''Monrovia News-Post''. June 26, 1980. p.&nbsp;22.</ref>
|-
|July 31
|[[Bobby Van]]
|align="center"|51
|Game show host and panelist (''[[Match Game]]'', ''[[Tattletales]]'', ''[[Showoffs]]'', ''[[Make Me Laugh]]'')
|-
|August 14
|[[Dorothy Stratten]]
|align="center"|20
|Actress, ''[[Playboy]]'' model
|-
|September 3
|[[Duncan Renaldo]]
|align="center"|76
|Romanian-born actor (''[[The Cisco Kid (TV series)|The Cisco Kid]]'')
|-
|September 12
|[[Lillian Randolph]]
|align="center"|81
|Actress (''[[Amos 'n' Andy]]'')
|-
|November 7
|[[Steve McQueen]]
|align="center"|50
|Actor (Josh Randall on ''[[Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)|Wanted: Dead or Alive]]'')
|-
|December 8
|[[John Lennon]]
|align="center"|40
|Musician ([[The Beatles]]), co-hosted ''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'' for a week
|}