deaths
January 3, 1980
Joy Adamson, Austrian-Kenyan painter and conservationist (born 1910)
Joy Adamson
Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson was a naturalist, artist and author. Her book, Born Free, describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several languages and made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name. In 1977, she was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art.
January 3
January 3 is the third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 362 days remain until the end of the year.