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In the year 1982
645 Notable deaths
K. P. S. Menon
Indian diplomat (1898–1982).
Born October 18th, 1898 in Kottayam.
Died November 22nd, 1982 at 84 years old in Kerala.
Hubert Lanz
German general (1896-1982).
Born May 22nd, 1896 in Entringen.
Died August 15th, 1982 at 86 years old in Munich.
Nathan Farragut Twining
United states general (1897-1982).
Born October 11th, 1897 in Monroe.
Died March 29th, 1982 at 84 years old in Lackland Air Force Base.
Tommy Loughran
American boxer (1902–1982).
Born November 29th, 1902 in Philadelphia.
Died July 7th, 1982 at 79 years old in Altoona.
Gopal Swarup Pathak
Indian politician and judge (1896-1982).
Born February 26th, 1896 in Bareilly.
Died August 31st, 1982 at 86 years old in New Delhi.
Jimmy Wakely
American actor, songwriter, country western music vocalist, and one of the last singing cowboys (1914-1982).
Born February 16th, 1914 in Howard County.
Died September 25th, 1982 at 68 years old in Mission Hills (pulmonary emphysema).
William "Bill" Henry
American actor (1914–1982).
Born November 10th, 1914 in Los Angeles.
Died August 10th, 1982 at 67 years old in Los Angeles.
John Brahm
German born film and television director (1893–1982).
Born August 17th, 1893 in Hamburg.
Died October 12th, 1982 at 89 years old in Malibu (stroke).
Minoru Shirota
Inventor.
Born April 29th, 1899 in Iida.
Died March 10th, 1982 at 82 years old in Konkaikōmyō-ji Temple.
p’Bitek Okot
Ugandan poet (1931–1982).
Born June 7th, 1931 in Gulu City.
Died July 20th, 1982 at 51 years old in Kampala.
Antonio Guzmán Fernández
President of the dominican republic (1911–1982).
Born February 12th, 1911 in La Vega.
Died July 4th, 1982 at 71 years old in Santo Domingo (gunshot wound).
Vainu Bappu
Indian astronomer (1927-1982).
Born August 10th, 1927 in Chennai.
Died August 19th, 1982 at 55 years old in Munich.
John Cody
Catholic cardinal (1907–1982).
Born December 24th, 1907 in St. Louis.
Died April 25th, 1982 at 74 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).
Pavel Aleksandrov
Russian mathematician (1896–1982).
Born May 7th, 1896 in Noginsk. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1982 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
President of guatemala (1895-1982).
Born October 17th, 1895 in Retalhuleu.
Died October 6th, 1982 at 86 years old in Guatemala City (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Irmgard Keun
German writer (1905-1982).
Born February 6th, 1910 in Berlin.
Died May 5th, 1982 at 72 years old in Cologne (lung cancer).
John Robarts
Canadian politician, premier of ontario (1917-1982).
Born January 11th, 1917 in Banff.
Died October 18th, 1982 at 65 years old in Toronto (cerebrovascular disease).
Camille Bulcke
Jesuit missionary (1909–1982).
Born September 1st, 1909 in Ramskapelle.
Died August 17th, 1982 at 72 years old in New Delhi.
Clara Lemlich
Union organizer, suffragist, activist (1886-1982).
Born March 28th, 1886 in Horodok.
Died July 12th, 1982 at 96 years old in Los Angeles.
Nahum Goldmann
Founder and long-standing president of the world jewish congress.
Born July 10th, 1895 in Višnieva.
Died August 29th, 1982 at 87 years old in Bad Reichenhall.
Pio La Torre
Italian politician (1927-1982).
Born December 24th, 1927 in Palermo.
Died April 30th, 1982 at 54 years old in Palermo.
Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
German prince (1898–1982).
Born July 23rd, 1898 in Garatshausen.
Died April 26th, 1982 at 83 years old in Regensburg.
J. J. Sakurai
American physicist (1933-1982).
Born January 31st, 1933 in Tokyo.
Died November 1st, 1982 at 49 years old in Geneva.
Adoniran Barbosa
Brazilian singer and composer.
Born August 6th, 1910 in Valinhos.
Died November 23rd, 1982 at 72 years old in São Paulo (pulmonary emphysema).
Zvi Yehuda Kook
Religious zionist leader (1891–1982).
Born April 23rd, 1891 in Žeimelis.
Died March 9th, 1982 at 90 years old in Jerusalem.
Deaths 226 to 250 of 645
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