In the year 1983
580 Notable deaths
Pat O'Brien
American film actor (1899-1983).
Born November 11th, 1899 in Milwaukee.
Died October 15th, 1983 at 83 years old in Santa Monica (myocardial infarction).
Donald Maclean
British diplomat and spy.
Born May 25th, 1913 in London. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1983 at 69 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Tom Evans
British musician.
Born June 5th, 1947 in Liverpool.
Died November 19th, 1983 at 36 years old in Greater London (hanging).
John Bodkin Adams
British general practitioner and fraudster (1899–1983).
Born January 21st, 1899 in Randalstown.
Died July 5th, 1983 at 84 years old in Eastbourne (heart failure).
Maurice Bishop
Revolutionary and grenada 's second prime minister (1979-1983).
Died October 19th, 1983 at 39 years old in St. George's (ballistic trauma).
Felix Pappalardi
American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist (1939–1983).
Born December 30th, 1939 in The Bronx.
Died April 17th, 1983 at 43 years old in Manhattan (gunshot wound). [ref]
Larry McDonald
American politician (1935-1983).
Born April 1st, 1935 in Atlanta.
Died September 1st, 1983 at 48 years old in Sakhalin (Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash).
Henry Martin Jackson
American politician (1912-1983).
Born May 31st, 1912 in Everett.
Died September 1st, 1983 at 71 years old in Everett (aortic aneurysm).
John Williams
English actor (1903–1983).
Born April 15th, 1903 in Buckinghamshire.
Died May 5th, 1983 at 80 years old in La Jolla (disease).
Eric Hoffer
American philosopher (1898-1983).
Born July 25th, 1898 in New York City. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1983 at 84 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Kenneth Clark
English art historian, museum director, and broadcaster (1903–1983).
Born July 13th, 1903 in London. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1983 at 79 years old in Hythe. [ref]
Merle Travis
American country/western singer-songwriter and musician.
Born November 29th, 1917 in Muhlenberg County.
Died October 20th, 1983 at 65 years old in Tahlequah (myocardial infarction).
Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt
Prussian princess.
Born June 10th, 1898 in Ballenstedt.
Died May 22nd, 1983 at 84 years old in Essen.
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist (1903–1983).
Born December 28th, 1903 in Duquesne.
Died April 22nd, 1983 at 79 years old in Oakland.
Ninoy Aquino
Filipino senator and governor of tarlac (1932–1983).
Born November 27th, 1932 in Concepcion.
Died August 21st, 1983 at 50 years old in Ninoy Aquino International Airport (assassination).
Waheed Murad
Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer (1938–1983).
Born October 2nd, 1938 in British Raj, Sialkot, Punjab.
Died November 23rd, 1983 at 45 years old in Karachi (myocardial infarction).
Walter Slezak
Austrian-born film and stage actor (1902–1983).
Born May 3rd, 1902 in Vienna. [ref]
Died April 22nd, 1983 at 80 years old in New York City (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Rebecca West
British writer, journalist, literary critic, and feminist (1892-1983).
Born December 21st, 1892 in London.
Died March 15th, 1983 at 90 years old in London.
William Walton
English composer (1902–1983).
Born March 29th, 1902 in Oldham.
Died March 8th, 1983 at 80 years old in Ischia (myocardial infarction).
Kurt Tank
German aircraft designer (1898–1983).
Born February 24th, 1898 in Bydgoszcz.
Died June 5th, 1983 at 85 years old in Munich.
Srinivasa Rao Srirangam
Telugu poet and lyricist (1910–1983).
Born January 2nd, 1910 in Visakhapatnam.
Died June 15th, 1983 at 73 years old in Chennai.
Faye Emerson
American actress (1917-1983).
Born July 8th, 1917 in Elizabeth.
Died March 9th, 1983 at 65 years old in Deià (cancer).
Alfred Tarski
Polish-american logician (1901-1983).
Born January 14th, 1901 in Warsaw.
Died October 27th, 1983 at 82 years old in Berkeley.
Shizo Kanakuri
Japanese long-distance runner.
Born August 20th, 1891 in Tamana.
Died November 13th, 1983 at 92 years old in Tamana.
Ghanshyam Das Birla
Indian businessman (1894–1983).
Born April 10th, 1894 in Pilani.
Died June 11th, 1983 at 89 years old in London.
Deaths 51 to 75 of 580
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson