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Dead at age 83

1,780 Notable deaths

Alfred Ritscher

German explorer.

Born May 23rd, 1879 in Bad Lauterberg im Harz.

Died March 30th, 1963 at 83 years old in Hamburg.

Charles Arnt

Actor (1906-1990).

Born August 20th, 1906 in Michigan City.

Died August 6th, 1990 at 83 years old in Orcas Island (pancreatic cancer, liver cancer).

Dariush Shayegan

Iranian writer, indologist, philosopher and poet (1935–2018).

Born January 24th, 1935 in Tabriz.

Died March 22nd, 2018 at 83 years old in Tehran (stroke). [ref]

Chōshin Chibana

Okinawen karateka (1885-1969).

Born June 5th, 1885 in Shuri.

Died February 26th, 1969 at 83 years old (cancer).

Tahia Halim

Egyptian painter (1919–2003).

Born September 9th, 1919 in Sudan.

Died May 24th, 2003 at 83 years old in Egypt.

Theodor Hoffmann

German admiral (1935-2018).

Born February 27th, 1935 in Kuhlen-Wendorf.

Died November 1st, 2018 at 83 years old in Berlin. [ref]

Herbert Achternbusch

German writer, painter and filmmaker (1938–2022).

Born November 25th, 1938 in Munich.

Died January 10th, 2022 at 83 years old in Munich. [ref]

Diamond Jenness

New-zealand canadian anthropologist (1886–1969).

Born February 10th, 1886 in Wellington. [ref]

Died November 29th, 1969 at 83 years old in Chelsea. [ref]

Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham

British politician (1852-1936).

Born May 24th, 1852 in London. [ref]

Died March 20th, 1936 at 83 years old in Buenos Aires (pneumonia). [ref]

David Flusser

Israeli academic (1917-2000).

Born September 15th, 1917 in Vienna.

Died September 15th, 2000 at 83 years old in Jerusalem.

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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner