In the year 1982
645 Notable deaths
Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (1912-1982).
Born March 15th, 1912 in Centerville.
Died January 30th, 1982 at 69 years old in Houston (esophageal cancer).
Hugh Marlowe
American actor (1911–1982).
Born January 30th, 1911 in Philadelphia.
Died May 2nd, 1982 at 71 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Alex Harvey
Scottish rock musician (1935–1982).
Born February 5th, 1935 in Glasgow.
Died February 4th, 1982 at 46 years old in Zeebrugge (myocardial infarction).
Ngaio Marsh
New zealand writer (1895-1982).
Born April 23rd, 1895 in Christchurch. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1982 at 86 years old in Christchurch. [ref]
Djuna Barnes
American modernist writer, poet and artist (1892-1982).
Born June 12th, 1892 in Cornwall-on-Hudson.
Died June 18th, 1982 at 90 years old in Greenwich Village.
Reta Shaw
American actress (1912-1982).
Born September 13th, 1912 in South Paris.
Died January 8th, 1982 at 69 years old in Encino (pulmonary emphysema).
Pierre Balmain
French fashion designer (1914–1982).
Born May 18th, 1914 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.
Died July 5th, 1982 at 68 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (liver cancer).
Kim Duk-koo
South korean boxer (1955–1982).
Born January 8th, 1959 in Geojin. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1982 at 23 years old in Paradise.
Takashi Shimura
Japanese actor (1905–1982).
Born March 12th, 1905 in Ikuno.
Died February 11th, 1982 at 76 years old in Shinjuku (pulmonary emphysema).
Roman Jakobson
Russian linguist (1896–1982).
Born October 10th, 1896 in Moscow. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1982 at 85 years old in Boston, Cambridge. [ref]
Walther Wenck
Wehrmacht general (1900–1982).
Born September 18th, 1900 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
Died May 1st, 1982 at 81 years old in Bad Rothenfelde (traffic collision).
Art Pepper
American saxophonist (1925–1982).
Born September 1st, 1925 in Gardena.
Died June 15th, 1982 at 56 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose).
Elis Regina
Brazilian singer of popular and jazz music (1945–1982).
Born March 17th, 1945 in Porto Alegre.
Died January 19th, 1982 at 36 years old in São Paulo (drug overdose).
E. H. Carr
British historian, journalist, diplomat and political scientist (1892–1982).
Born June 28th, 1892 in London. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1982 at 90 years old in London.
Georges Perec
French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist (1936–1982).
Born March 7th, 1936 in 19th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 3rd, 1982 at 45 years old in Ivry-sur-Seine (lung cancer).
Woo Bum-kon
South korean spree killer (1955–1982).
Born November 5th, 1955 in Busan. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1982 at 26 years old in Uiryeong County (suicide bombing).
Lucia Joyce
Irish ballet dancer (1907-1982).
Born July 26th, 1907 in Trieste.
Died December 12th, 1982 at 75 years old in Northampton.
Victor Jory
Canadian actor (1902–1982).
Born November 23rd, 1902 in Dawson City.
Died February 12th, 1982 at 79 years old in Santa Monica (myocardial infarction).
Hugh Everett III
Us physicist and discoverer of the relative-state interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Born November 11th, 1930 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died July 19th, 1982 at 51 years old in McLean (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Will Lee
American actor (1908–1982).
Born August 6th, 1908 in New York City.
Died December 7th, 1982 at 74 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Alberto Vargas
Peruvian pin-up artist (1896-1982).
Born February 9th, 1896 in Arequipa.
Died December 30th, 1982 at 86 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Mikhail Suslov
Soviet-era statesman (1902-1982).
Born November 21st, 1902 in Shakhovskoye.
Died January 26th, 1982 at 79 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Arthur Askey
English comedian and actor (1900–1982).
Born June 6th, 1900 in Liverpool.
Died November 16th, 1982 at 82 years old in London (gangrene).
Joe Tex
American singer-songwriter.
Born August 8th, 1935 in Baytown.
Died August 13th, 1982 at 47 years old in Navasota (myocardial infarction).
Archibald MacLeish
American poet and librarian of congress (1892-1982).
Born May 7th, 1892 in Glencoe.
Died April 20th, 1982 at 89 years old in Boston.
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Death commences too early – almost before you’re half-acquainted with life – you meet the other. Tennessee Williams