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In the year 1982
600 Notable deaths
Minoru Shirota
Inventor.
Born April 23rd, 1899 in Iida.
Died March 10th, 1982 at 82 years old in Konkaikōmyō-ji Temple.
Margaret Sheridan
American actress (1926–1982).
Born October 29th, 1926 in Los Angeles.
Died May 1st, 1982 at 55 years old in Orange (lung cancer).
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).
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.
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).
Irmgard Keun
German writer (1905-1982).
Born February 6th, 1905 in Berlin.
Died May 5th, 1982 at 77 years old in Cologne (lung cancer).
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]
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).
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). [ref]
J. J. Sakurai
American physicist (1933-1982).
Born January 31st, 1933 in Tokyo.
Died November 1st, 1982 at 49 years old in Geneva.
Nahum Goldmann
Founder and president of the world jewish congress.
Born July 10th, 1895 in Višnieva. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1982 at 87 years old in Bad Reichenhall. [ref]
Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
German prince.
Born July 23rd, 1898 in Garatshausen.
Died April 26th, 1982 at 83 years old in Regensburg.
Pavel Aleksandrov
Russian mathematician.
Born May 7th, 1896 in Noginsk. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1982 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Percy Williams
Canadian athlete (1908-1982).
Born May 19th, 1908 in Vancouver.
Died November 29th, 1982 at 74 years old in Vancouver (ballistic trauma).
Marie Rambert
Dancer and teacher, founder of ballet rambert (1888–1982).
Born February 20th, 1888 in Warsaw.
Died June 12th, 1982 at 94 years old in London.
Isa Miranda
Italian actress (1905-1982).
Born July 5th, 1909 in Milan. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1982 at 73 years old in Rome (disease). [ref]
Siegfried Westphal
German general and knight's cross recipient (1902–1982).
Born March 18th, 1902 in Leipzig.
Died July 2nd, 1982 at 80 years old in Lower Saxony.
Zvi Yehuda Kook
Religious zionist leader (1891–1982).
Born April 23rd, 1891 in Žeimelis.
Died March 9th, 1982 at 90 years old in Jerusalem.
Harald Ertl
Racecar driver.
Born August 31st, 1948 in Zell am See.
Died April 7th, 1982 at 33 years old in Giessen (aircraft crash).
Clifford P. Case
American politician (1904-1982).
Born April 16th, 1904 in Franklin Park.
Died March 5th, 1982 at 77 years old in Washington, D.C..
Edmund Herring
Australian army general during world war ii and chief justice of the supreme court of victoria (1892-1982).
Born September 2nd, 1892 in Maryborough.
Died January 5th, 1982 at 89 years old in Melbourne.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Spanish composer (1891-1982).
Born March 3rd, 1891 in Madrid.
Died September 12th, 1982 at 91 years old in Madrid.
Christian Schad
German artist (1894-1982).
Born August 21st, 1894 in Miesbach. [ref]
Died February 25th, 1982 at 87 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
Yevdokiya Bershanskaya
Commander of the "night witches" (1913–1982).
Born February 6th, 1913 in Dobrovolnoe.
Died September 16th, 1982 at 69 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
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Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. Rumi