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In the year 1983
619 Notable deaths
Sidney Skolsky
American gossip columnist, radio personality, screenwriter and actor (1905-1983).
Born May 2nd, 1905 in New York City.
Died May 3rd, 1983 at 78 years old in Los Angeles (Parkinson's disease).
Suzanne Belperron
French jeweler (1900–1983).
Born September 26th, 1900 in Saint-Claude. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1983 at 82 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Musine Kokalari
Albanian writer (1917-1983).
Born February 10th, 1917 in Adana.
Died August 24th, 1983 at 66 years old in Rrëshen (cancer).
Şehzade Ali Vâsib
Ottoman prince, descendant of murad v (1903-1983).
Born October 14th, 1903 in Çırağan Palace.
Died December 9th, 1983 at 80 years old in Alexandria.
Martha Sleeper
Actress (1910-1983).
Born June 24th, 1910 in Lake Bluff.
Died March 25th, 1983 at 72 years old in Beaufort (disease).
Mignon McLaughlin
American journalist (1913-1983).
Born June 6th, 1913 in Baltimore.
Died December 20th, 1983 at 70 years old in Coral Gables.
Bernard Vukas
Croatian footballer (1927–1983).
Died April 4th, 1983 at 55 years old in Zagreb (myocardial infarction).
Lotte H. Eisner
German film historian (1896-1983).
Born March 5th, 1896 in Berlin.
Died November 25th, 1983 at 87 years old in Garches.
Higinio Morínigo
President of paraguay (1897-1983).
Born January 11th, 1897 in Paraguarí.
Died January 27th, 1983 at 86 years old in Asunción.
Naif bin Abdullah
Younger son of king abdullah i of jordan (1914–1983).
Born November 14th, 1914 in Ta'if.
Died October 12th, 1983 at 68 years old in Amman.
Harold Stephen Black
American electrical engineer (1898–1983).
Born April 14th, 1898 in Leominster.
Died December 11th, 1983 at 85 years old in Summit.
Ernst Moritz Hess
Judge (1890–1983).
Born March 20th, 1890 in Gelsenkirchen.
Died September 14th, 1983 at 93 years old in Frankfurt.
Bryher
English novelist, poet, memoirist, and magazine editor (1894-1983).
Born September 2nd, 1894 in Margate.
Died January 28th, 1983 at 88 years old in Vevey.
Ana María
Salvadoran revolutionary (1929–1983).
Born May 17th, 1929 in Santiago Texacuangos.
Died April 6th, 1983 at 53 years old in Managua (stab wound).
Fayza Ahmed
Syrian-egyptian-lebanese singer and actress.
Born December 5th, 1934 in Sidon.
Died September 23rd, 1983 at 48 years old in Cairo (breast cancer).
Prithipal Singh
Field hockey player (1932-1983).
Born January 28th, 1932 in Nankana Sahib.
Died May 20th, 1983 at 51 years old in Ludhiana.
Lucienne Boyer
French singer (1901-1983).
Born August 18th, 1901 in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died December 6th, 1983 at 82 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Boris Hagelin
Swedish businessman and inventor (1892–1983).
Born July 2nd, 1892 in Hacıkənd, Goygol.
Died September 7th, 1983 at 91 years old in Zug.
Salo Flohr
Czech chess player, arbiter, theoretician, organiser and writer (1908–1983).
Born November 21st, 1908 in Horodenka.
Died July 18th, 1983 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Princess Faika Fuad of Egypt
Egyptian royal (1926–1983).
Born June 8th, 1926 in Alexandria.
Died January 7th, 1983 at 56 years old in Cairo.
Abukhadzhi Idrisov
Soviet sniper (1918–1983).
Born May 17th, 1918 in Berdykel.
Died October 22nd, 1983 at 65 years old in Grozny.
Edmund Jacobson
American physiologist (1888–1983).
Born April 22nd, 1888 in Chicago. [ref]
Died January 7th, 1983 at 94 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Xavier Zubiri
Spanish philosopher (1898-1983).
Born December 4th, 1898 in San Sebastián.
Died September 21st, 1983 at 84 years old in Madrid.
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