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1942 – 1981Harry Chapin (1942-1981)Died 16 July 1981, aged 38American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, best known for the 1974 hit "Cat's in the Cradle," died in a car accident on the Long Island Expressway on 16 July 1981. He was also widely known for his activism against world hunger. Congress posthumously awarded him the Congressional Gold Medal for his humanitarian work.