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Events on Tuesday 6 January 1981 1
1896 – 1981A. J. Cronin (1896-1981)Died 6 January 1981, aged 84Scottish novelist A. J. Cronin, author of The Citadel and Dr. Finlay's Casebook, died in Montreux, Switzerland, on 6 January 1981. His novels, often drawing on his early career as a physician, were international bestsellers and several were adapted for film and television. The Citadel influenced debate over the founding of Britain's National Health Service.