In the year 1982
645 Notable deaths
Meša Selimović
Yugoslavian writer.
Born April 26th, 1910 in Tuzla. [ref]
Died July 11th, 1982 at 72 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Cevdet Sunay
5th president of the republic of turkey (1899–1982).
Born February 10th, 1899 in Trabzon.
Died May 22nd, 1982 at 83 years old in Istanbul.
Helmut Dantine
Austrian-american actor (1917–1982).
Born October 7th, 1918 in Vienna.
Died May 3rd, 1982 at 63 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Big Joe Williams
American delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (1903–1982).
Born October 16th, 1903 in Crawford.
Died December 17th, 1982 at 79 years old in Macon.
William Bernbach
American businessman.
Born August 13th, 1911 in The Bronx.
Died October 2nd, 1982 at 71 years old in New York City.
Robert Coote
British actor (1909–1982).
Born February 4th, 1909 in London.
Died November 26th, 1982 at 73 years old in New York City.
Georg Leibbrandt
Nazi leader (1899-1982).
Born September 5th, 1899 in Tsebrykove. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1982 at 82 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Henri Tajfel
British social psychologist and university teacher of polish-jewish origin.
Born June 22nd, 1919 in Włocławek.
Died May 3rd, 1982 at 62 years old in Bristol.
Raghunath Murmu
Inventor of ol chiki script, writer and linguist (1905–1982).
Born May 18th, 1905 in Dandbose. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1982 at 76 years old
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Iranian politician (1936–1982).
Born February 24th, 1936 in Isfahan.
Died September 15th, 1982 at 46 years old in Tehran (gunshot wound).
Peter Weiss
Swedish-german playwright and author (1916–1982).
Born November 8th, 1916 in Babelsberg, Nowawes. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1982 at 65 years old in Stockholm (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Peter Weiss
Swedish-german playwright and author (1916-1982).
Born November 8th, 1916 in Nowawes. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1982 at 65 years old in Stockholm (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
British athlete, politician, cabinet minister, life peer and nobel peace prize winner (1889–1982).
Born November 1st, 1889 in Hendon.
Died October 9th, 1982 at 92 years old in City of Westminster. [ref]
Hal Foster
Canadian-american illustrator (1892–1982).
Born August 16th, 1892 in Halifax.
Died July 25th, 1982 at 89 years old in Winter Park.
Mahasi Sayadaw
Myanmar buddhist monk (1904-1982).
Born July 29th, 1904 in Shwebo District.
Died August 14th, 1982 at 78 years old in Yangon (cerebrovascular disease).
Leroy Grumman
American aerospace engineer (1895–1982).
Born January 4th, 1895 in Huntington.
Died October 4th, 1982 at 87 years old in Manhasset.
Virginia Fox
American actress (1902-1982).
Born April 2nd, 1902 in Wheeling. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1982 at 80 years old in Palm Springs (thrombosis).
Kenneth Rexroth
American poet (1905–1982).
Born December 22nd, 1905 in South Bend.
Died June 6th, 1982 at 76 years old in Santa Barbara.
Hermann Rauschning
German politician (1887-1982).
Born August 7th, 1887 in Toruń.
Died February 8th, 1982 at 94 years old in Portland.
Dwight Macdonald
American writer, editor, film critic, social critic, philosopher and political radical (1906-1982).
Born March 24th, 1906 in New York City.
Died December 19th, 1982 at 76 years old in New York City.
Giovanni Benelli
Catholic cardinal (1921-1982).
Died October 26th, 1982 at 61 years old in Florence (myocardial infarction).
Accamma Cherian
Indian independence activist (1909-1989).
Born February 14th, 1909 in Kanjirappally.
Died May 5th, 1982 at 73 years old in Thiruvananthapuram.
Mohan Lal Sukhadia
Indian politician (1916–1982).
Born July 31st, 1916 in Jhalawar.
Died February 2nd, 1982 at 65 years old in Bikaner.
Sultan al-Atrash
Prominent arab druze leader, syrian nationalist and commander general of the syrian revolution (1925–1927).
Born March 5th, 1891 in Al-Qurayya.
Died March 26th, 1982 at 91 years old in Al-Qurayya (myocardial infarction).
Frances O'Connor
American actress (1914-1982).
Born September 8th, 1914 in Granite Falls.
Died January 30th, 1982 at 67 years old in Long Beach.
Deaths 176 to 200 of 645
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead. Albert Einstein