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In the year 1982
645 Notable deaths
Jane Arden
British film director, actress, screenwriter, playwright, active from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Born October 29th, 1927 in Pontypool.
Died December 20th, 1982 at 55 years old in North Yorkshire.
Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa
Italian general and prefect (1920-1982).
Born September 27th, 1920 in Saluzzo. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1982 at 61 years old in Palermo (gunshot wound). [ref]
Paul Belmondo
French sculptor (1898–1982).
Born August 8th, 1898 in Sidi M'Hamed.
Died January 1st, 1982 at 83 years old in Ivry-sur-Seine.
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.
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.
Harald Ertl
Racecar driver (1948–1982).
Born August 31st, 1948 in Zell am See.
Died April 7th, 1982 at 33 years old in Giessen (aircraft crash).
Achille Lauro
Italian mayor (1887-1982).
Born June 19th, 1887 in Piano di Sorrento.
Died November 15th, 1982 at 95 years old in Naples.
Percy Williams
Canadian athlete (1908–1982).
Born May 19th, 1908 in Vancouver.
Died November 29th, 1982 at 74 years old in Vancouver (gunshot wound).
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.
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).
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..
Christian Schad
German artist (1894-1982).
Born August 21st, 1894 in Miesbach.
Died February 25th, 1982 at 87 years old in Stuttgart.
W. Lee Wilder
American film director (1904-1982).
Born August 22nd, 1904 in Sucha Beskidzka.
Died February 14th, 1982 at 77 years old in Los Angeles.
Jimmy Dickinson
English footballer (1925-1982).
Born April 24th, 1925 in Alton.
Died November 9th, 1982 at 57 years old in Alton.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Spanish composer (1891-1982).
Born March 3rd, 1891 in Madrid.
Died September 12th, 1982 at 91 years old in Madrid.
Pavel Rotmistrov
Hero of the soviet union (1901–1982).
Died April 6th, 1982 at 80 years old in Moscow.
Helene Deutsch
American psychoanalyst (1884–1982).
Born October 9th, 1884 in Przemyśl.
Died March 29th, 1982 at 97 years old in Cambridge.
Richard Nelson Gale
British army world war ii general (1896–1982).
Born July 25th, 1896 in London.
Died July 29th, 1982 at 86 years old in Kingston upon Thames.
Kristján Eldjárn
Icelandic politician, 3rd president of iceland (1916-1982).
Born December 6th, 1916 in Tjörn í Svarfaðardal.
Died September 14th, 1982 at 65 years old in Cleveland (cardiovascular disease).
Antonio Casas
Spanish actor (1911-1982).
Born November 11th, 1911 in A Coruña.
Died February 14th, 1982 at 70 years old in Madrid.
W. R. Burnett
Novelist, screenwriter (1899-1982).
Born November 25th, 1899 in Springfield.
Died April 25th, 1982 at 82 years old in Santa Monica.
Roy Webb
American film music composer (1888-1982).
Born October 3rd, 1888 in New York City.
Died December 10th, 1982 at 94 years old in Santa Monica (myocardial infarction).
Alberto Cavalcanti
Brazilian film director (1897–1982).
Born February 6th, 1897 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died August 23rd, 1982 at 85 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Leopold Trepper
Polish spy (1904–1982).
Born February 23rd, 1904 in Nowy Targ.
Died January 19th, 1982 at 77 years old in Jerusalem.
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