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Dead at age 83
1,661 Notable deaths
Erskine Caldwell
American novelist, short story writer, travel writer, essayist.
Born December 17th, 1903 in Moreland.
Died April 12th, 1987 at 83 years old in Paradise Valley.
Billy Casper
American golfer.
Born June 24th, 1931 in San Diego.
Died February 7th, 2015 at 83 years old in Utah County (pneumonia).
Gerhart Hauptmann
German dramatist who received the nobel prize in literature in 1912 (1862-1946).
Born November 15th, 1862 in Szczawno-Zdrój. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1946 at 83 years old in Jagniątków (bronchitis). [ref]
Frank Aletter
American actor (1926-2009).
Born January 14th, 1926 in Queens.
Died May 13th, 2009 at 83 years old in California (lung cancer). [ref]
John Maynard Smith
British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1920-2004).
Born June 6th, 1920 in London. [ref]
Died April 19th, 2004 at 83 years old in Lewes (lung cancer). [ref]
Paddy Moloney
Irish musician.
Born August 1st, 1938 in Dublin.
Died October 12th, 2021 at 83 years old in Dublin. [ref]
Wilhelm Marx
German chancellor (1863-1946).
Born January 15th, 1863 in Cologne. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1946 at 83 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Gerard Philips
Dutch industrialist (1858–1942).
Born November 9th, 1858 in Zaltbommel.
Died January 26th, 1942 at 83 years old in The Hague.
Yury Luzhkov
Russian politician (1936–2019).
Born September 21st, 1936 in Moscow.
Died December 10th, 2019 at 83 years old in Munich (surgical complications). [ref]
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
German general (1885-1968).
Born January 17th, 1885 in Wrocław.
Died June 18th, 1968 at 83 years old in Holzminden.
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