In the year 1982
600 Notable deaths
Hermann Balck
German general (1893-1982).
Born December 7th, 1893 in Gdańsk.
Died November 29th, 1982 at 88 years old in Eberbach.
Tadj ol-Molouk of Iran
Queen consort of iran from 1925 to 1941.
Born March 17th, 1896 in Baku.
Died March 10th, 1982 at 85 years old in Acapulco de Juárez.
S. K. Pottekkatt
Indian politician and writer (1913–1982).
Born March 13th, 1913 in Kozhikode.
Died August 6th, 1982 at 69 years old in Kerala (cerebrovascular disease).
Haskell Curry
American mathematician and logician (1900-1982).
Born September 12th, 1900 in Millis.
Died September 1st, 1982 at 81 years old in State College.
Ruth First
South african politician (1925-1982).
Born May 4th, 1925 in Johannesburg.
Died August 17th, 1982 at 57 years old in Maputo (letter bomb). [ref]
Patrick Cowley
American musician (1950–1982).
Born October 19th, 1950 in Buffalo.
Died November 12th, 1982 at 32 years old in San Francisco (death from AIDS-related complications).
Ulla Jacobsson
Swedish actress (1929-1982).
Born May 23rd, 1929 in Mölndal. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1982 at 53 years old in Vienna (bone cancer). [ref]
Anna German
Polish singer, popular in poland and in the soviet union (1936-1982).
Born February 14th, 1936 in Urgench.
Died August 26th, 1982 at 46 years old in Warsaw (bone cancer).
Wifredo Lam
Cuban artist (1902-1982).
Born December 8th, 1902 in Sagua La Grande.
Died September 11th, 1982 at 79 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt.
André Tchaikowsky
Composer, pianist (1935–1982).
Born November 1st, 1935 in Warsaw.
Died June 26th, 1982 at 46 years old in Oxford (colorectal cancer).
Jimmy McGrory
Scottish footballer (1904–1982).
Born April 26th, 1904 in Glasgow.
Died October 20th, 1982 at 78 years old in Glasgow.
Dave Garroway
Television journalist (1913-1982).
Born July 13th, 1913 in Schenectady.
Died July 21st, 1982 at 69 years old in Swarthmore (ballistic trauma).
Alan Badel
British stage and screen actor (1923-1982).
Born September 11th, 1923 in Manchester.
Died March 19th, 1982 at 58 years old in Chichester (disease).
Tom Tully
American actor (1908-1982).
Born August 21st, 1908 in Durango.
Died April 27th, 1982 at 73 years old in Newport Beach (cancer).
Karl von Frisch
German-austrian ethologist (1886-1982).
Born November 20th, 1886 in Vienna.
Died June 12th, 1982 at 95 years old in Munich.
Johannes Hentschel
German mechanic (1908-1982).
Born May 10th, 1908 in Berlin.
Died April 27th, 1982 at 73 years old in Achern.
Werner Naumann
Nazi politician (1909-1982).
Born June 16th, 1909 in Góra. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1982 at 73 years old in Lüdenscheid (heart failure). [ref]
John Gardner
American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor.
Born July 21st, 1933 in Batavia. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1982 at 49 years old in Susquehanna River (traffic collision). [ref]
Marjorie Bennett
Actress (1896-1982).
Born January 15th, 1896 in York.
Died June 14th, 1982 at 86 years old in Hollywood.
Barney Phillips
American actor (1913-1982).
Born October 20th, 1913 in St. Louis.
Died August 17th, 1982 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Ben Nicholson
British painter (1894-1982).
Born April 10th, 1894 in Buckinghamshire.
Died February 6th, 1982 at 87 years old in London.
Patrick Dewaere
French actor (1947-1982).
Born January 26th, 1947 in Saint-Brieuc.
Died July 16th, 1982 at 35 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (gunshot wound).
Otto Hofmann
Austrian-born german ss general, head of the ss race and settlement main office (1896-1982).
Born March 16th, 1896 in Innsbruck.
Died December 31st, 1982 at 86 years old in Bad Mergentheim.
The Amazing Criswell
American psychic (1907-1982).
Born August 7th, 1907 in Princeton.
Died October 4th, 1982 at 75 years old in Burbank (cardiac arrest).
Anatoly Solonitsyn
Russian actor.
Born August 30th, 1934 in Bogorodsk. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1982 at 47 years old in Moscow (lung cancer). [ref]
Deaths 126 to 150 of 600
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde