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In the year 1982
600 Notable deaths
Charles Walters
American film director and choreographer (1911-1982).
Born November 17th, 1911 in Brooklyn.
Died August 13th, 1982 at 70 years old in Malibu (lung cancer).
Bernhard Rogge
German admiral (1899-1982).
Born November 4th, 1899 in Schleswig.
Died June 29th, 1982 at 82 years old in Reinbek.
Ruth Donnelly
Actress (1896-1982).
Born May 17th, 1896 in Trenton.
Died November 17th, 1982 at 86 years old in New York City.
Charles Robberts Swart
South african politician (1894–1982).
Born December 5th, 1894 in Winburg.
Died July 16th, 1982 at 87 years old in Bloemfontein.
Boris Bazhanov
Secretary of the soviet union's politburo (1900-1982).
Born August 9th, 1900 in Mohyliv-Podilskyi. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1982 at 82 years old in rue Saint-Louis-en-l'Île. [ref]
Juan O'Gorman
Mexican artist and architect (1905-1982).
Born July 6th, 1905 in Coyoacán. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1982 at 76 years old in Mexico City (hanging). [ref]
Leonid Kogan
Soviet violinist (1924–1982).
Born November 14th, 1924 in Dnipro.
Died December 17th, 1982 at 58 years old in Mytishchi (myocardial infarction).
Abba P. Lerner
American economist (1903-1982).
Born October 28th, 1903 in Novoselytsia, Bessarabia Governorate.
Died October 27th, 1982 at 78 years old in Tallahassee.
David Frankfurter
Croatian jew (1909-1982).
Born July 9th, 1909 in Daruvar.
Died July 19th, 1982 at 73 years old in Ramat Gan. [ref]
Abu-Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri
Pakistani poet (1900–1982).
Born January 14th, 1900 in Jalandhar.
Died December 21st, 1982 at 82 years old in Lahore.
Annibale Bugnini, CM.
Italian vincentian and archbishop (1912-1982).
Born June 14th, 1912 in Umbria. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 1982 at 70 years old in Rome. [ref]
Hendrik Wade Bode
American controls and communications pioneer (1905-1982).
Born December 24th, 1905 in Madison.
Died June 21st, 1982 at 76 years old in Cambridge.
John Alexander
American actor (1897-1982).
Born November 29th, 1897 in Newport.
Died July 13th, 1982 at 84 years old in New York City (disease).
Grégoire Aslan
Swiss-armenian actor and musician.
Born March 28th, 1908 in Constantinople.
Died January 8th, 1982 at 73 years old in Breage (myocardial infarction).
Verna Fields
American film editor and entertainment industry executive (1918-1982).
Born March 21st, 1918 in St. Louis.
Died November 30th, 1982 at 64 years old in Encino (cancer).
John Charnley
British surgeon.
Born August 29th, 1911 in Bury.
Died August 5th, 1982 at 70 years old in Manchester.
Giovanni Ferrari
Italian footballer (1907–1982).
Born December 6th, 1907 in Alessandria.
Died December 2nd, 1982 at 74 years old in Milan.
Hubert Lanz
German general (1896-1982).
Born May 22nd, 1896 in Entringen.
Died August 15th, 1982 at 86 years old in Munich.
Tommy Loughran
American boxer (1902–1982).
Born November 29th, 1902 in Philadelphia.
Died July 7th, 1982 at 79 years old in Altoona.
Nathan Farragut Twining
United states general (1897-1982).
Born October 11th, 1897 in Monroe.
Died March 29th, 1982 at 84 years old in Lackland Air Force Base.
Jimmy Wakely
American actor, songwriter, country western music vocalist, and one of the last singing cowboys (1914-1982).
Born February 16th, 1914 in Howard County.
Died September 25th, 1982 at 68 years old in Mission Hills (pulmonary emphysema).
Gopal Swarup Pathak
Indian politician and judge (1896-1982).
Born February 26th, 1896 in Bareilly.
Died August 31st, 1982 at 86 years old in New Delhi.
William "Bill" Henry
American actor (1914–1982).
Born November 10th, 1914 in Los Angeles.
Died August 10th, 1982 at 67 years old in Los Angeles.
John Brahm
1893–1982; german born film and television director.
Born August 17th, 1893 in Hamburg.
Died October 13th, 1982 at 89 years old in Malibu (stroke). [ref]
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