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Dead at age 82

1,621 Notable deaths

Ken Venturi

Professional golfer.

Born May 15th, 1931 in San Francisco.

Died May 17th, 2013 at 82 years old in Rancho Mirage (pneumonia).

Edith Pargeter

British writer.

Born September 28th, 1913 in Horsehay. [ref]

Died October 14th, 1995 at 82 years old in Madeley. [ref]

Dell Hymes

American anthropologist and linguist.

Born June 7th, 1927 in Portland.

Died November 13th, 2009 at 82 years old in Charlottesville (Alzheimer's disease).

Dave Sexton

English footballer and manager (1930-2012).

Born April 6th, 1930 in London.

Died November 25th, 2012 at 82 years old [ref]

Bohumil Hrabal

Czech writer.

Born March 28th, 1914 in Brno-Židenice. [ref]

Died February 3rd, 1997 at 82 years old in Prague (fall). [ref]

Thomas Dixon Jr.

American baptist minister, lawyer, politician and white supremacist writer.

Born January 11th, 1864 in Shelby. [ref]

Died April 3rd, 1946 at 82 years old in Raleigh. [ref]

Walerian Borowczyk

Film director.

Born October 21st, 1923 in Kwilcz. [ref]

Died February 3rd, 2006 at 82 years old in Le Port-Marly. [ref]

Muzafer Sherif

Turkish psychologist (1906-1988).

Born July 29th, 1906 in İzmir.

Died October 16th, 1988 at 82 years old in Fairbanks.

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Japanese film director (1938-2020).

Born January 9th, 1938 in Onomichi.

Died April 10th, 2020 at 82 years old in Setagaya-ku (lung cancer). [ref]

Bob Filner

American politician (1942–2025).

Born September 4th, 1942 in Pittsburgh.

Died April 20th, 2025 at 82 years old in Costa Mesa. [ref]

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