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In the year 1982
645 Notable deaths
Chaim Grade
Yiddish author (1910–1982).
Born April 4th, 1910 in Vilnius.
Died June 26th, 1982 at 72 years old in New York City.
Stanford Moore
American biochemist (1913-1982).
Born September 4th, 1913 in Chicago.
Died August 23rd, 1982 at 68 years old in New York City.
Hugo Theorell
Biochemist (1903-1982).
Born July 6th, 1903 in Linköping Cathedral Congregation. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1982 at 79 years old in Stockholm.
Valerio Zurlini
Italian film director and screenwriter (1926–1982).
Born March 19th, 1926 in Bologna.
Died October 27th, 1982 at 56 years old in Verona (internal bleeding).
Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald
German paleontologist (1902-1982).
Born November 13th, 1902 in Berlin.
Died July 10th, 1982 at 79 years old in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe.
Gino Corrado
Italian actor (1893–1982).
Born February 9th, 1893 in Florence.
Died December 23rd, 1982 at 89 years old in Woodland Hills.
Jay Laurence Lush
American geneticist (1896-1982).
Born January 3rd, 1896 in Shambaugh.
Died May 1st, 1982 at 86 years old in Ames. [ref]
Dorothy Round
British tennis player (1909–1982).
Born July 13th, 1909 in Dudley. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1982 at 73 years old in Kidderminster. [ref]
Georg Konrad Morgen
Ss judge and chief investigator, reich criminal police office (1909-1982).
Born June 8th, 1909 in Frankfurt.
Died February 4th, 1982 at 72 years old in Frankfurt.
Florence Violet McKenzie
Australian electrical engineer (1890-1982).
Born September 28th, 1890 in Melbourne. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1982 at 91 years old in Sydney.
Philip Hall
British mathematician (1904–1982).
Born April 11th, 1904 in Hampstead.
Died December 30th, 1982 at 78 years old in Cambridge.
Prince Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo
Italian prince (1898-1982).
Born March 19th, 1898 in Agliè.
Died December 12th, 1982 at 84 years old in Turin.
Heinz Heck
German biologist (1894-1982).
Born January 22nd, 1894 in Berlin.
Died March 5th, 1982 at 88 years old in Munich.
Sérgio Buarque de Holanda
Brazilian writer and historian (1902–1982).
Born July 11th, 1902 in São Paulo.
Died April 24th, 1982 at 79 years old in São Paulo.
Robert Havemann
German chemist and dissident (1910–1982).
Born March 11th, 1910 in Munich.
Died April 9th, 1982 at 72 years old in Grünheide (Mark).
Walter Fries
German general (1894–1982).
Born April 22nd, 1894 in Gusternhain.
Died August 6th, 1982 at 88 years old in Weilburg.
Hope Hampton
American actress (1897-1982).
Born February 17th, 1897 in Houston.
Died January 23rd, 1982 at 84 years old in Manhattan.
Guido Colonna di Paliano
Italian diplomat (1908-1982).
Born April 16th, 1908 in Naples.
Died January 27th, 1982 at 73 years old in Naples.
Ramón J. Sender
Spanish writer (1901–1982).
Born February 3rd, 1901 in Chalamera.
Died January 16th, 1982 at 80 years old in San Diego.
Osvaldo Zubeldía
Argentine footballer (1927-1982).
Born June 24th, 1927 in Junín.
Died January 17th, 1982 at 54 years old in Medellín (myocardial infarction).
Edmund Cooper
British writer (1926–1982).
Born April 30th, 1926 in Marple Bridge.
Died March 11th, 1982 at 55 years old in Chichester.
Karl-Gottfried Nordmann
German world war ii military aviator (1915–1982).
Born November 22nd, 1915 in Giessen.
Died July 22nd, 1982 at 66 years old in Greenwich.
André Kamperveen
Surinamese football player and politician (1924-1982).
Born September 27th, 1924 in Paramaribo. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1982 at 58 years old in Fort Zeelandia (gunshot wound).
Huang Xianfan
Chinese historian, ethnologist and educator (1899-1982).
Born November 13th, 1899 in Fusui County.
Died January 18th, 1982 at 82 years old in Guilin.
Vitaly Daraselia
Soviet footballer (1957-1982).
Born October 9th, 1957 in Ochamchire. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1982 at 25 years old in Zestaponi (traffic collision). [ref]
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