In the year 1992
615 Notable deaths
Salvatore Lima
Italian politician and mafia (1928–1992).
Born January 23rd, 1928 in Palermo.
Died March 12th, 1992 at 64 years old in Mondello. [ref]
Isidro Lángara
Spanish footballer (1912-1992).
Born May 25th, 1912 in Pasaia.
Died August 21st, 1992 at 80 years old in Andoain.
Ken Darby
American composer (1909-1992).
Born May 13th, 1909 in Nebraska. [ref]
Died January 24th, 1992 at 82 years old in Sherman Oaks. [ref]
Wayne McLaren
Stuntman, model, actor, rodeo performer (1940–1992).
Born September 12th, 1940 in Lake Charles.
Died July 22nd, 1992 at 51 years old in Newport Beach (lung cancer).
Nikolai Bogolyubov
Soviet mathematician and theoretical physicist (1909-1992).
Born August 21st, 1909 in Nizhny Novgorod. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1992 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Peter Rice
Irish engineer.
Born June 16th, 1935 in Dundalk.
Died October 25th, 1992 at 57 years old in London (brain cancer). [ref]
Mallikarjun Mansur
Indian singer (1910–1992).
Born December 31st, 1910 in Mansur, Dharwad.
Died September 12th, 1992 at 81 years old in Dharwad.
Jean-Claude Pascal
French comedian and singer.
Born October 24th, 1927 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 5th, 1992 at 64 years old in Beaujon Hospital (stomach cancer).
Max Lerner
American journalist and educator (1902–1992).
Born December 20th, 1902 in Minsk.
Died June 5th, 1992 at 89 years old in New York City.
Gustav Lombard
German general (1895–1992).
Born April 10th, 1895 in Neustadt (Dosse).
Died September 18th, 1992 at 97 years old in Mühldorf am Inn.
Jean Dieudonné
French mathematician.
Born July 1st, 1906 in Lille. [ref]
Died November 29th, 1992 at 86 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Dorothy Alison
Australian stage, film, and television actress (1925−1992).
Born April 4th, 1925 in Broken Hill.
Died January 17th, 1992 at 66 years old in London.
Willa Brown
American pilot and aviation educator (1906-1992).
Born January 22nd, 1906 in Glasgow.
Died July 18th, 1992 at 86 years old in Chicago.
Nie Rongzhen
Marshal of the people's republic of china (1899-1992).
Born December 29th, 1899 in Wutan.
Died May 14th, 1992 at 92 years old in Beijing.
Antoni Zygmund
Polish-american mathematician (1900-1992).
Born December 26th, 1900 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1992 at 91 years old in Chicago.
Kay Boyle
American writer, educator, political activist (1902–1992).
Born February 19th, 1902 in Saint Paul.
Died December 27th, 1992 at 90 years old in Mill Valley.
Rafael Orozco Maestre
Colombian singer (1954-1992).
Born March 24th, 1954 in Becerril.
Died June 11th, 1992 at 38 years old in Barranquilla (gunshot wound).
Larbi Benbarek
French-moroccan footballer (1917-1992).
Born June 16th, 1917 in Casablanca.
Died September 16th, 1992 at 75 years old in Casablanca.
Mahmoud Hessabi
Iranian scientist.
Born February 23rd, 1903 in Tehran.
Died September 3rd, 1992 at 89 years old in Geneva.
Morris Kline
American mathematician (1908-1992).
Born May 1st, 1908 in Brooklyn.
Died June 10th, 1992 at 84 years old in Brooklyn.
Borislav Pekić
Serbian writer (1930–1992).
Born February 4th, 1930 in Podgorica.
Died July 2nd, 1992 at 62 years old in London (lung cancer).
Machiko Hasegawa
Japanese manga artist (1920–1992).
Born January 30th, 1920 in Taku. [ref]
Died May 27th, 1992 at 72 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
British actress (1891-1992).
Born January 25th, 1891 in London.
Died January 27th, 1992 at 101 years old in Stambourne (disease).
Giovanni Colombo
Catholic cardinal (1902-1992).
Born December 6th, 1902 in Caronno Pertusella.
Died May 20th, 1992 at 89 years old in Milan.
Salgueiro Maia
Portuguese soldier.
Born July 1st, 1944 in Castelo de Vide.
Died April 4th, 1992 at 47 years old in Santarém (cancer).
Deaths 226 to 250 of 615
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